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After fan protest, Fred threatens not to play 08/21/2014 06:30pm • TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) -- Former Brazil striker Fred warned on Thursday that he and his Fluminense teammates might not play this weekend following threatening behavior by fans after the team's recent run of defeats.A few dozen Fluminense fans shouted abuse at players, threw obj Freed activist won't stop 14-year hunger strike 08/21/2014 08:28am • MUNEEZA NAQVI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) -- India's most famous prisoner of conscience has walked free after nearly 14 years in jail but vowed to continue the hunger strike that landed her in prison for attempted suicide, her brother said Thursday.Irom Sharmila, 42, has not eaten a single morse Embattled Sen. Begich's secret weapon: Alaska 08/21/2014 02:44am • BECKY BOHRER Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Begich wants Alaskans to know he is one of them and an independent voice against President Barack Obama. But Tuesday's primary produced a GOP nominee with a military record that could hold broad appeal in a state with Dulles Toll Road swaps coin buckets for E-ZPass 08/20/2014 01:39pm • WASHINGTON - The Dulles Toll Road plans to increase the number of E-ZPass lanes at plazas along the highway during the next year. The Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority, which operates the east-west toll road, plans to convert exact change lanes to electronic toll lanes. In all, 19 exact ch Feds seek to auction off extradited couple's loot 08/19/2014 02:40pm • SEATTLE (AP) -- Federal authorities are seeking to auction off silver goblets, snakeskin coats, a dozen guns and hundreds of gold coins seized from a former Washington state couple who have been extradited to Romania to face tax evasion charges.Seattlepi.com reports (http://is.gd/ZOX7F5 ) prosecutor Kids and money: When to start financial education 08/15/2014 05:02pm • WASHINGTON -- Aside from being wealthy public figures, Sting, Bill Gates and George Lucas have another thing in common: They don't plan on leaving their entire fortunes to their children. "I told them there won't be much money left because we are spending it," Sting, 62, told The Daily Mail in Police images fuel outrage in St. Louis and beyond 08/15/2014 03:27am • SHARON COHEN Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- The images were reminiscent of a war zone: Helmeted officers pointing weapons from armored trucks, flash grenades lighting the night sky and tear gas exploding in crowded streets.The ugly clashes between police and protesters in this St. Louis subu Spring to the Sky wins Troy at Saratoga 08/13/2014 08:00pm • SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) -- Spring to the Sky held off Dads Caps by three-quarters of a length Wednesday in the $100,000 Troy at Saratoga Race Course.Under meet-leading rider Javier Castellano, the 5-year-old son of Langfuhr ran 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:04.01 and paid $7.40, $3 and $2.20. Overnight ra Spring to the Sky wins Troy at Saratoga 08/13/2014 08:00pm • SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) -- Spring to the Sky held off Dads Caps by three-quarters of a length Wednesday in the $100,000 Troy at Saratoga Race Course.Under meet-leading rider Javier Castellano, the 5-year-old son of Langfuhr ran 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:04.01 and paid $7.40, $3 and $2.20. Overnight ra LeGrand, Taliaferro honorary captains for RU-PSU 08/13/2014 02:51am • PISCATWAY, N.J. (AP) -- Former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand and former Penn State player Adam Taliaferro will be the honorary captains when the Scarlet Knights play their first Big Ten game against the Nittany Lions on Sept. 13.LeGrand suffered a spinal cord injury making a tackle during a g How will college football panel pick top teams? 08/10/2014 01:04am • RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Might as well call it Mission: Impossible.Starting in mid-October, a panel of 13 football experts will begin meeting once a week to determine the four teams who will compete for the national championship in the very first College Football Playoff. Their goal Insurer pays off lawsuit with thousands in coins 08/09/2014 02:12pm • ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An insurance company settled a lawsuit with a Los Angeles man by dropping off buckets full of thousands of quarters, nickels, dimes and pennies, his attorney said Wednesday.Andres Carrasco, 76, filed a lawsuit in 2012 against Adriana's Insurance Ser 30 19th century test coins sold at auction 08/08/2014 12:00am • DALLAS (AP) -- Thirty coins stamped by the U.S. Mint in the 19th century to test designs and metals have sold at auction for more than a half-million dollars.Dallas-based Heritage Auctions had expected the coins to sell Thursday night for more than $300,000. Heritage spokesman Noah Fleisher says the Packers adding Brett Favre to Hall of Fame in 2015 08/05/2014 03:00am • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Brett Favre is returning to Titletown.The quarterback, estranged from the franchise he helped resurrect during his 16-year career, will be inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and have his number retired next July 18. Favre's No. 4 will be unveiled on the Lambeau US officials return ancient coins to Greeks 08/04/2014 07:50pm • JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Five ancient coins were returned to the Greek government Monday after a prominent collector from Rhode Island was prosecuted in a New York case that roiled the numismatic world.Dating as far back as 515 B.C., the silver coins will be displayed for pub