UCI agrees to strip Armstrong of his 7 Tour titles

UCI agrees to strip Armstrong of his 7 Tour titles
UCI agrees to strip Armstrong of his 7 Tour titlesLance Armstrong signaling seven, for his seventh straight win in the Tour de France cycling race, July 24, 2005. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
By GRAHAM DUNBAR
AP Sports Writer

GENEVA (AP) - Lance Armstrong's name is coming out of cycling's record books.

Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for

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Miss. parties send members to Florida to canvass

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Republicans and Democrats are heading to Florida as the Nov. 6 presidential election approaches to knock on doors on behalf of their favored candidates.

The Sun Herald reports (http://bit.ly/VuIWmo ) both parties are focusing efforts out-of-state because Republican nominee Mitt Romney is a heavy favorite to win

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Arrest made in Memphis cabbie's death

Arrest made in Memphis cabbie's death
Arrest made in Memphis cabbie's death
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -

Memphis police say a 23-year-old has been charged in the shooting death of a cab driver earlier this month.

Sgt. Alyssa Macon-Moore says officers on Friday charged Khiry Hill with first degree murder in the slaying of 50-year-old Gerald Cole.

Police found Cole lying in a front yard on Oct. 6. The investigation revealed

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Banana Boat recalls sunscreen due to fire risk

Banana Boat recalls sunscreen due to fire risk

By MATTHEW PERRONE
AP Health Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen is recalling a half-million bottles of spray-on lotion after reports that a handful of people have caught on fire after applying the product and coming in contact with open flames.

Energizer Holdings Inc., based in St. Louis, said Friday that it is pulling 23

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Weakened, al-Qaida in Afghanistan tries comeback

By DEB RIECHMANN and ROBERT BURNS
Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A diminished but resilient al-Qaida, whose 9/11 attacks drew America into its longest war, is attempting a comeback in Afghanistan's mountainous east even as U.S. and allied forces wind down their combat mission and concede a small but steady toehold

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