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  • Man's death after eating roaches raises questions

    As a Florida medical examiner tries to determine how 32-year-old Edward Archbold died after eating insects during a contest to win a snake, people around the country are asking: Why?


  • Tebow time? Not yet for struggling Jets

    Tim Tebow came to Broadway in March as a backup, already a bona fide star.


  • **FILE** Demonstrators protest Feb. 13, 2012, outside of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals after a panel heard oral arguments in San Francisco in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Proposition 209, which barred racial, ethnic or gender preferences in public education, employment and contracting. (Associated Press)

    Study: Race-neutral admissions can work

    As the Supreme Court revisits the use of race in college admissions next week, critics of affirmative action are hopeful the justices will roll back the practice. A new report out Wednesday offers a big reason for their optimism: evidence from at least some of the nine states that don't use affirmative action that leading public universities can bring meaningful diversity to their campuses through race-neutral means.


  • Supreme Court to revisit race for college entry

    The Supreme Court is poised to next week revisit the use of race in college admissions, and critics of affirmative action are hopeful the justices will roll back the practice.


  • **FILE** A woman votes Jan. 31, 2012, at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland as early voting began in Ohio's March 6 presidential primary. (Associated Press)

    ID laws may delay results of elections

    The presidential election is Nov. 6, but it could take days to figure out the winner if the vote is close. New voting laws are likely to increase the number of people who have to cast provisional ballots in key states.


  • **FILE** Viviette Applewhite, 93, a plaintiff in a lawsuit against Pennsylvania's tough new voter identification law, speaks May 1, 2012, in a video played during a news conference in the Pennsylvania state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., as one of her lawyers, Witold J. Walczak of the American Civil Liberties Union, looks on. (Associated Press)

    New ID laws could delay outcome of close election

    The presidential election is Nov. 6, but it could take days to figure out the winner if the vote is close. New voting laws are likely to increase the number of people who have to cast provisional ballots in key states.


  • New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez (81) during an NFL football training camp in Foxborough, Mass., Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

    Aaron Hernandez inks new 5-year deal with Patriots

    The New England Patriots gave Pro Bowl tight end Aaron Hernandez a new, five-year contract on Monday.


  • Mexico finds 100s of bones in unusual Aztec burial

    Mexican archaeologists say they have found an unprecedented human burial in which the skeleton of a young woman is surrounded by piles of 1,789 human bones in Mexico City's Templo Mayor.


  • Astros pick another SS to lead off draft's 2nd day

    The Houston Astros led off the second day of the baseball draft by selecting another big-time shortstop.


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