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At Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor on Friday night

Kentucky made a season-high 11 three-point baskets. That made the Cats the weak sister from the perimeter Thursday night.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Driving east on 31st Street in midtown Kansas City, Mo., you can't help but smile. On the concrete wall of a plain, single-story building is a large and simple cartoon drawing:

You're in love. You're spending every night together. Except for paying on two different apartments, you are practically living together. So you ask yourself, "Why not just take the next step?" According to a 2000 study published in the Annual Review of Sociology, 55 percent of all cohabitating couples got married in five years' time, and the other 40 percent broke up. And of course, those who got married faced the same divorce statistics as other couple. Every couple who lives together is taking certain risks legal and financial and emotional. But you can protect yourself, no matter what happens.

Q: Does fingerprint biometrics mean someone has a stored a copy of my fingerprint? Isn't that a privacy concern?

If only a handbag were just a handbag. Ever the savvy shopper, you know better. True, your purse must be capable of holding your everyday essentials, but any woman will tell you that when it comes to buying a purse, the color, shape and overall appearance must make just the right statement. And what better way to personalize your fashion statement than by designing your own custom purse?

Due to Tubby Smith's policy that bans freshmen from talking to the media until the Big Ten Conference season, Rodney Williams won't be quoted in this story.

NEW YORK - What had I done? That was my first thought when I saw the narrow lobby, key card-access elevators and compact halls on each floor of the Best Western Hospitality House in New York City.

WASHINGTON - For 24 hours, President Obama and I were neighbors.

EDMONDS, Wash. - When I was growing up there circa 1960, Edmonds was a quintessential American small town. Within about three blocks we had a bakery, a variety store, a soda fountain, a hardware store and the Princess movie theater, where a Saturday double bill cost 10 cents. One of the great pleasures of returning as an adult is how many of the historic buildings remain and how protective residents are of its now charming and largely intact downtown.

NEW YORK - The site of the worst act of terrorism on U.S. soil stands shielded from view behind a chain-link fence covered in banners. Towering cranes and other construction equipment are all that can be seen where the World Trade Center once stood.

NEW YORK - Ominous gray skies greeted us as we stepped off the ferry at Liberty Island.

New York City is especially popular in November and December because of its world famous holiday happenings. Here are a few of those, along with some lesser-known events:

FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS

CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. - A stroll around this magical bayside town that gained fame in the 1920s as a bohemian art colony is a highlight of any trip to the Monterey Peninsula.

At work (or at school), I use my ID badge to unlock the doors. Is that a smart card?

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - There are college towns. And then there is Cambridge.

WEST UNION, Ohio - Adams County doesn't look or feel like other Ohio counties.

Two friends prepare to embark on a 6,000-mile ocean adventure to Australia, making a longtime dream a reality

By Alan Solomon Chicago Tribune (MCT) "There is nothing so evil-smelling as a whale ... and a whale's breath is frightfully sickening." _John Steinbeck, "Log From the `Sea of Cortez'"