Beavers survive UCLA scare, Cal up next
USA Today
This allowed UCLA (3-5, 0-5 Pacific-10) to tie the game, requiring the Beavers to fire up their two minute offense for the drive that won the game. By all rights, the game never should have been so close. As usual, Rodgers and his brother J...
Sunday's poll: Which is more disappointing, two-loss USC or 0-5 in the Pac-10 UCLA?
Los Angeles Times
Few expected that at this point in the season that USC would have two losses and UCLA would be 0-5 in the Pac-10. So which is more disappointing? Vote now and let your voice be heard, then leave a comment letting us know why you voted the w...
Kansas State 30, Oklahoma 42
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Grant Gregory finished 19-of-30 for 174 yards with an interception for the Wildcats (5-4, 3-2), who saw their two-game winning streak halted. Daniel Thomas had a rushing TD and Keithen Valentine had a pair of scores on the ground ...
Japan Futures, Australia Stocks Fall on U.S. Consumer Spending
Bloomberg
Americans cut spending 0.5 percent in September, the first decline in five months, according to the Commerce Department. Commodity Prices Drop New-York based CIT filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 1, with financing from investor Carl Icahn. The ....
Umberger's second goal of game lifts Blue Jackets past Capitals, 5-4, in OT
Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON (AP) — R.J. Umberger scored his second goal of the game on a power play 1:45 into overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 5-4 win against the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
West Virginia Tops US for Sleeplessness
AOL
Nearly 1 in 5 West Virginians said they did not get a single good night's sleep in the previous month. The national average was about 1 in 10, according to a federal health survey conducted last year and released Thursday.
5 things we learned in Ravens' win over Broncos
Weblogs.baltimoresun.com
1. The Ravens can still get after the quarterback. Even without that defensive genius, Rex Ryan, and the All-World linebacker, Bart Scott, the Ravens have enough talent on defense to put a hurting on a quarterback. Although the Ravens had j...
Yankees’ Burnett to Start Game 5 of World Series on Short Rest
Bloomberg
Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- A.J. Burnett will start Game 5 of the World Series for the New York Yankees tomorrow, when he’ll pitch on three days rest for the first time this season.
Malaria vaccine for Africa likely to be distributed from 2015
Times Online
The vaccine has been given to between 5,000 and 6,000 children, and will eventually involve more than double the number. Data from earlier trials of RTS,S, published last year, showed that it reduced the risk of malaria by 53 per cent in ch...
China’s Yunnan Province Hit by 5 Magnitude Quake, Xinhua Says
Bloomberg
Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- China’s Yunnan province was hit by a 5-magnitude earthquake this morning, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing the National Seismological Network of China. The quake struck at 5:07 a.m. local time, accordin...
Japan Considers $5 Billion Afghan Aid Package, Nikkei Says
Bloomberg
Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s government may provide as much as $5 billion in aid to Afghanistan over a five-year period to show its commitment to the country and to the U.S. war on terror, Nikkei English News reported.
AP News in Brief
Houston Chronicle
The movie pulled in $68.5 million overseas, including $10.4 million in Japan, $6.3 million in Germany, $5.8 million in France and $3.2 million in China. "He's just loved everywhere on the planet," said Rory Bruer, head of distribution for S...
Denbury Resources to Acquire Encore for $4.5 Billion (Update3)
Bloomberg
Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Denbury Resources Inc ., a Plano, Texas-based oil and natural-gas producer, said it will purchase Encore Acquisition Co . for about $4.5 billion, including the assumption of debt.
Ravens' D playing 'angry' again
ESPN.com
With the Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers (5-2) on a bye, the Ravens gained a half-game in the standings to further tighten the AFC North race. It should be an interesting month of November as all three teams play each other over the next fe...
Nabokov leads Sharks past Hurricanes, 5-1
digtriad.com
RALEIGH, N.C. - Kent Huskins and Brad Staubitz scored 1:22 apart in the second period, Evgeni Nabokov made 25 saves and the surging San Jose Sharks defeated the reeling Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 on Sunday. Douglas Murray, Marc-Edouard Vlasic ...
