Site Map December 31, 2015

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• Report: Former NASCAR Cup driver Marvin Panch dead at age 89
• Remembering 15 members of the NASCAR community who passed away in 2015
• Best of Bake: Scanner sound from Austin Dillon's Daytona crash
• Turnovers plague FSU in Peach Bowl loss to Greg Ward Jr., Houston
• QB Greg Ward Jr. accounts for trio of TDs as Houston upsets FSU
• Source: WKU's Tyson Helton expected to join brother Clay's staff at USC
• Peach Bowl: Houston handcuffs Cook, Florida St. to start hype for 2016
• Citrus Bowl: Florida Gators vs. Michigan Wolverines game preview
• Clemson DE Shaq Lawson sidelined with knee injury
• Report: Baylor reaches settlement with victim in sexaul assault case
• Lions' Cooter: Goldon Tate is an 'elite' player with ball in his hands
• Upstate NY man charged with plotting New Year's Eve restaurant attack for ISIS
• Canadiens G Condon gives nod to Massachusetts roots for Winter Classic
• Citing lack of evidence, Minnesota dentist won't be charged in deer-herding complaint
• Cardinals rookie LB Golden looking iffy for matchup versus Seahawks
• John Fox knows he may have to find new coordinators this offseason
• Syria and a dictator's children: Keeping the family business going
• No drone zone around DC grows; unmanned aircraft is banned within 30 miles of national airport
• The year Obama tried to kill your 529 college savings plan
• Man arrested after alleged disturbance on Air Canada flight from Calgary to Toronto
• UN chief signals support for AU-proposed peacekeepers for Burundi; country's leader says no
• Better than a New Year's Resolution: Choose 'peace' as your word for 2016
• Throngs expected in Times Square for annual New Year's Eve bash amid tight security
• Ballots counted after peaceful Central African Republic election
• Bowl Season Odds: Fiesta Bowl, Sugar Bowl
• What should the Ducks expect from TCU without QB Trevone Boykin?
• Toy plays Islamic prayer instead of jet sounds
• Who does Cal turn to at QB without NFL bound Jared Goff?
• Memphis QB Paxton Lynch to skip senior year, enter NFL Draft
• Barack Obama tells Jerry Seinfeld being president is a lot like playing football
• Steelers' Roethlisberger back at practice after sick day: 'We have to focus'
• Gerald McCoy on Cam Newton: 'He is the MVP of the league'
• Bruins' Julien, Patriots' Belichick talk coaching, share skate on Gillette ice
• A steamy Orange Bowl awaits Clemson and Oklahoma
• Fire tears through Dubai luxury hotel within sight of fireworks show
• Urban Meyer: Ohio State losing Joey Bosa, Ezekiel Elliott to NFL after Fiesta Bowl
• QB questions loom large for Titans as well as Colts
• ISIS terrorism topped the news in 2015
• Long-forgotten tape could provide clue in 1984 cold case murder of New Jersey boy
• Medal of Honor recipient charged in hit-and-run
• Fiesta Bowl brings together elite programs for marquee matchup
• French president says terrorist threat remains at its highest level; attacks often thwarted
• UCLA OL Caleb Benenoch declares for NFL Draft: 'I am excited to pursue my dream'
• FBI offers $5,000 reward after bacon found at Vegas mosque
• Chip Kelly Should Return to College Football
• Jan. 1 bowl games: Outback, Citrus, Fiesta, Rose and Sugar
• Braves sign Kendrick, Torres to minor-league deals
• Report: Bills planning to cut Mario Williams in offseason
• The Audible: Fiesta Bowl could have at least six NFL 1st-round picks
• IK Enemkpali says Jets fans have 'no filter': 'They're crazy'
• 5 players for NFC South fans to watch in 'New Year's Six' bowl games
• Gronk dons Bruins jersey, talks hockey days: 'I was super aggressive'
• Top five NFL draft prospects in the college football playoff
• New York heroine battles to save addicts
• New Year revelers unfazed by attack worries _ in most places: 'We need to continue to live'
• How pets save us billions every year in health care costs (no wonder tails are wagging)
• Chicago releases hundreds of emails in deadly police shooting
• Florida Atlantic soccer player accused in fatal shooting
• 5 suggestions for adults who want to help a kid get a college degree without going broke
• AFC North early scouting report: Players to watch in New Year's Eve bowl games
• Even with playoff spot assured, Chiefs will play to win vs. Raiders
• Grilling and golfing: Warm December shatters temperature records across the Northeast
• Palestinian attacker shot dead after ramming car into Israeli soldiers
• North Sea drilling rig evacuated after being hit by big wave, leaving 1 dead
• Pope's year-end message warns about 'tyranny of evil'
• 'Running Man' completes epic 11,000-mile challenge
• Mother of 'affluenza' teen arrives back in the US from Mexico
• Belgian prosecutor: 10th suspect arrested in Paris attacks probe, numerous cellphones seized
• Chuck Pagano: 'I will fight my a** off to be the coach here'
• Twelve ways to live like a Navy SEAL in 2016
• Iran's president orders stepped-up missile production in response to US sanction plan
• Puerto Rico holds wake for 3 police officers slain by fellow policeman
• Here are the trends to watch for at CES 2016
• School tries banning 'break the Internet,' 'manspreading,' other overused words
• Florida girl, 3, who swallowed thumbtack released from hospital, recovering at home
• Syria state news agency says 2 explosions have killed 16 people in northeastern city
• Man falls to his death trying to climb down NYC's famed Four Seasons Hotel
• Virginia eyes new sentences for inmates whose juries were kept in the dark about end of parole
• Open carry comes to Texas: Why the Lone Star state will be safer in 2016
• Woman charged after children found on Fla. highway wearing only diapers
• Floodwaters close parts of interstate highways near St. Louis
• Ukrainian power to Crimea cut again after tower collapse
• Brian Hoyer: 'I'm ready to go play'
• Couple finds bloody elevator on Carnival cruise ship, worker reported killed
• 2-year-old husky gets new set of 3-D printed prosthetic paws
• Venezuela opposition: government move to block 4 lawmakers from seats is 'judicial coup'
• Amazon says it is donating its revenues from a song by a German anti-Islam group to refugees
• After repeated delays, Egypt says newly elected parliament will convene Jan. 10
• Israeli police question prime minister's wife over alleged inflated household spending
• Airbus has engineered a new passenger plane that fights jet lag while you fly
• 2015: The year in political scandals
• Allegiant Air flight makes emergency landing at Tennessee airport; no injuries
• Powerball jackpot rises to $334 million, 12th-highest in game's history
• Red Wings' Smith implores team to help struggling Howard
• Iraqi troops clear bombs from Ramadi streets after driving out ISIS
• Facebook testing topic-based news feeds
• Flat tire results in a seat on the bench for Celtics' Marcus Smart
• Molotov cocktail thrown through window of strip club Knicks' Early visited
• Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp laughs off 'soft German' jibe
• Abilene Christian beats Hillsdale Baptist 90-48
• Arkansas State rallies to beat Troy 84-81
• 'Affluenza' teen: Seven ways you can prevent this parenting tragedy from happening at home
• Devils sign junior goaltender MacKenzie Blackwood
• Blackhawks-Avalanche Preview
• Ex-cop accused of ditching military training to vacation in Hawaii
• Pavel Srnicek's funeral to take place in Czech Republic on Monday
• Bill Belichick backs Chip Kelly, calls firing 'disappointing'
• Dolphins RT James (toe) may return Sunday after eight-game absence
• Fight breaks out among anti-violence activists in New Jersey
• Revelers ring in the new year despite fears of attacks
• Spain: Police arrest 3 in connection with fatal stabbing of immigrant in lottery-winning city
• How to do a ‘mental reset’ for 2016
• 2 sentenced to death for killing blogger with meat cleavers in Bangladesh
• Surgeons remove 21-inch hairball from girl's stomach
• Office pool: In 2016 Pope Francis will...
• Sixteen ways to improve your life in 2016
• Grizzly death count rises as Yellowstone population grows
• Special New Year's Eve delivery for north Florida woman thanks to firefighters
• Pope tells young choristers that he sounds like a donkey when he sings
• 'Absolutely horrific': 4 teenagers killed in car crash near Indianapolis
• Gaudreau's 'Johnny B. Goode' of hockey, but he doesn't know Chuck Berry
• Jimmy Butler tips in game-winner for overtime victory over Pacers
• Pacers will try to close 2015 with a win over Bucks
• Valencia's Gary Neville dismisses United and England links
• Refugees demand new shelter over fears theirs is haunted
• The Latest: Mom of 'affluenza' teen held in Los Angeles jail until marshals take her to Texas
• Arsenal chief Arsene Wenger hails 'complete athlete' Mesut Ozil
• Claudio Ranieri gives Leicester stars New Year's Eve pass
• Six Points: Ravens at Bengals
• Six Points: Lions vs. Bears
• From popes to gyrocopters: What we learned on Capitol Hill in 2015
• Putin commemorates WWII end, Syria fight in New Year's Eve message to nation
• Six Points: Steelers at Browns
• Five players for AFC West fans to watch in 'New Year's Six' bowl games
• Super Bowl moment No. 27: Devin Hester makes history in the rain
• How to combat holiday overeating and drinking
• Gambia parliament bans female genital mutilation, sets strict penalties for offenders
• Labour Party legislator Simon Danczuk suspended by party due to explicit texts to teen
• Belgian police: Probe underway of reported orgy between police, soldiers
• Terminally ill Pennsylvania dog checks off bucket list
• The price of peace: Experts help Cyprus assess the economics of a potential reunification deal
• Marine using dark humor to get through cancer diagnosis
• Week 17 Six Points: Eagles vs. Giants
• TBT: Browns haven't been to playoffs since 2002, when Steelers broke their hearts
• Oil platforms evacuated over drifting barge in North Sea
• Bosnia charges former presidency member with war crimes, including killings and torture
• Drunk Russian man declared 'dead' wakes up in morgue
• Married terror plotters given life sentences for planning London bombing
• ISIS restaurant bombings kill 16 in Syria
• Baltimore County declines reimbursement from city for helping with Gray riot response
• China says it is building its second aircraft carrier
• Officials could negotiate with terrorists to free kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls
• Puerto Rico dodges default in January after 'extraordinary' effort
• Bullying during teen years linked to health problems for adults
• Check out Blues rookie Fabbri with four goals in last five games
• More US women using unapproved menopause hormones
• The Bruins' Brad Marchand suspended 3 games, including Winter Classic
• Lightning's Ben Bishop loses to Rangers for first time in regular season
• What did you think would happen to the Warriors with no Stephen Curry?
• Chandler Parsons and Dirk Nowitzki are so hot right now in this Zoolander parody
• Portland coach Terry Stotts calls Will Barton a 'student of the game'
• Stan Van Gundy on Brandon Jennings' debut: 'He was OK'
• Aldridge's double-double helps Spurs rout Suns 112-79
• No more Styrofoam: DC dining establishments barred from using foam food and drink containers
• Swiss hand over evidence to US authorities in FIFA case
• Ronaldo atones for missed PK, scores brace in Real victory
• Top Week 17 fantasy football matchups: Eli's birthday bash
• Check out Ford's wacky idea for a rear wheel that doubles as a unicycle
• Rome, Milan join Italian cities banning New Year's Eve fireworks due to smog
• BBC says website down for more than 3 hours due to apparent 'denial of service' attack
• Iran denies firing rockets near US ships in key strait, says claim is 'psychological warfare'
• Bahrain convicts 23 Shiites, sentences 1 to death, rest to life in prison for killing officer
• If 2015 was daunting, European Union faces even more fundamental problems in the new year
• Atletico use last-minute strikes to break Rayo Vallecano's heart
• Benteke strike lifts Liverpool over lowly Sunderland
• Best of the Blog: The looniest videos and stories of 2015
• Manchester United target Real Madrid's James Rodriguez
• Fabricio Werdum: I'm getting rich, not thinking about retirement
• Sister: Part of Ronda Rousey died in the loss to Holly Holm
• Officials close both directions of I-55 in St. Louis County due to historic flooding
• Lorenz Larkin: Albert Tumenov won't show me anything I haven't seen before
• Joseph Duffy heartbroken to miss Ireland fight but only got better since then
• Japanese research institute prevails in bid to name synthetic, highly radioactive element 113
• Yemeni officials say top pro-government militia leader assassinated in port city of Aden
• Michael Bisping says Vitor Belfort turned down the Anderson Silva fight
• Egypt officials say militants have shelled a Sinai home, killing an entire family of 5
• Max Holloway undergoes thumb surgery, sidelined for two months
• There's no debate, Conor McGregor is the 2015 'Fighter of the Year'
• Turkey, Belgium report foiling militants' plans for holiday attacks
• Belgian police arrest 10th suspect in Paris attacks probe; detain 6 in alleged New Year's plot
• Scandal-hit Portuguese bank records $10 billion loss in year it collapsed
• German Chancellor Merkel thanks fellow Germans for welcoming and aiding 1 million refugees
• Texas A&M's rally falls short in Music City Bowl loss
• The dangers of popping pills while flying
• What is kohlrabi? 15 things to know about this trendy veggie
• 5 ways to lose weight in a hurry
• Four Downs: Louisville QB Jackson stars in Music City Bowl win over Texas A&M
• Badgers sack Trojans in Holiday Bowl behind unknown's monster series
• Air India plane heading to London returns to Mumbai after passengers spot rat on board
• Woman gets out of DWI because her body is a 'brewery'
• Odor forces Allegiant flight from Orlando to Maine to make emergency landing in Rhode Island
• Air India plane returns to airport after rat spotted on board
• Howard and Zimmerman's lawyer demands retraction of Al Jazeera report
• How the world plans to welcome 2016
• Venezuela's Supreme Court bars 4 lawmakers from taking seats in new National Assembly
• Bengals believe McCarron can win in postseason
• Bengals not resting on their laurels against Ravens
• Ravens' Jimmy Smith: Time to fight back against bullying Bengals
• 'Affluenza' teen grew up in wealthy but unstable home before deadly drunken-driving wreck
• Security tight as terror threat looms over New York, Los Angeles New Year's celebrations
• US university's 41st annual list of words nominated for banishment for overuse, misuse
• The Latest: Crews working to keep I-55 south of St. Louis from shutting down amid floods
• 14-year-old receives first 3-D printed nose in US
• Mettenberger looking to send Titans into the offseason on high note
• Shanghai to Toronto Air Canada flight diverted to Calgary, passengers injured by turbulence
• With Taiwan presidential polls looming, China warns of 'new challenges' ahead for relations
• Federal appeals court overturns death sentence for Arizona inmate
• Sean Payton on Terron Armstead: No LT I'd trade him for in the league
• Jaguars pleased Bradley returning next season
• Report: Cal QB Jared Goff to announce he is headed to NFL
• Bengals TE Tyler Eifert cleared from concussion protocol, expects to play
• Florida mother shoots and killed daughter she mistook for intruder
• The Eagles probably wish they had Chiefs coach Andy Reid back
• Phoenix firefighters rescue boy who got stuck in chimney while playing with friends
• Nigerian leader says he won't release 2 detainees despite court orders
• China concludes strong storm sank cruise ship on Yangtze River, killing 442 in June
• Turbulence injures 21 passengers on Air Canada flight
• Chiefs' Travis Kelce's belated holiday gift? Getting Raiders revenge
• The Raiders think Oakland doesn't really want to keep them in town
• Report: Mother of 'affluenza' teen has been deported from Mexico to US
• Raiders' Marquette King wins AFC Special Teams Player of the Week
• Cam Newton's MVP-worthy season gets better with birth of son
• Official: 'Affluenza' teen granted temporary stay against deportation
• Rescue crews assist with evacuations in Midwest flooding
• Brussels cancels New Year's Eve fireworks due to threat
• Enrique Marquez, friend of San Bernardino shooter, indicted on gun, terror charges
• Why Wednesday was a 'great day' for Scott Kazmir to be signed by the Dodgers
• Krauthammer 'not surprised' NSA spying on Netanyahu
• Governor: Puerto Rico to make $594M bond payment, default on $37M in interest
• Tag team champs: Tareq Azim prepares Marshawn Lynch for imminent return
• Seahawks rule Lynch out for Sunday, remain hopeful for playoffs
• Latest: Daughter accidentally shot by mom didn't live at home, was visiting from out of state
• Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says police changes will focus on use of force
• DNA leads police to arrest Frenchman suspected in serial rapes in 1990s