MURFREESBORO, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Middle Tennessee introduced Rick Stockstill, a 24-year coaching veteran who spent the past two seasons as an assistant at South Carolina, as the Blue Raiders’ new coach at a news conference Monday. Stockstill replaces…

By DAVE GOLDBERG / AP Football Writer On the first series of Sunday’s game in Philadelphia, the New York Giants drove 73 yards and took a 7-0 lead. Down cascaded the boos from a crowd all too aware that the crippled Eagles lost 42-0 to Seattle six days earlier on national television. Philadelphia responded with…

LOS ANGELES Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Tsunami waves generated by a large offshore earthquake would threaten at least 1 million coastal residents in California and inundate the nation’s largest port complex, according to a new report. The bleak study being…

WASHINGTON Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Moderates are imploring colleagues in Congress to tone down the rhetoric on Iraq as debate about President Bush’s war policies has become increasingly bitter and partisan. Their pleas are likely to be ignored. The war…

NEW YORK Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? With less than two weeks of shopping left until Dec. 25, the nation’s stores boosted discounts on toys and apparel over the weekend. The move pulled in shoppers who stayed at home Friday after…

ALBANY, N.Y. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Career day at Concord High School in Staten Island brought in firefighters, postal workers ? and a well-dressed man with a brochure titled “Searching for a career that’s 6 feet above the rest?” Matthew…

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Tired of trying to keep track of all the so-called superfoods you’re supposed to eat? You know, oregano that packs 42 times more antioxidants than apples, cooked tomatoes that may prevent prostate cancer, and chocolate and…

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? To hear Democrats tell it, an anxious and isolated public craves a sense of national community and would galvanize behind a leader who asks people to sacrifice for the greater good. John…

CHICAGO (AP) ? Abby Lovett’s friends would die laughing if they heard her. Here she is in her office at a Chicago ad agency, the place she spends many a night and weekend, loudly proclaiming that her generation needs to work less than their baby boomer parents have. Sure, she’s putting in more than 50…