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5 things about Cleveland, likely GOP host in 2016 07/09/2014 11:48am • MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) -- Good or bad, Cleveland -- all but certain to host the Republican Party's presidential nominating convention in 2016 -- is hard to ignore. It's a city with a rich history and bragging rights to things both quirky and considerable. Here are five things Vet who died after collapse had served in Vietnam 07/07/2014 06:50pm • RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- A veteran who collapsed in an Albuquerque veterans hospital cafeteria -- 500 yards from an emergency room -- before he died was a 71-year-old husband who had served in the Vietnam War, his family said Monday.The family of Jim Napoleon Garc Amazon vows to fight FTC on kids in-app purchases 07/03/2014 06:30pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Amazon says that it is prepared to go to court against the Federal Trade Commission to defend itself against charges that it has not done enough to prevent children from making unauthorized in-app purchases.The FTC alleged in a draft lawsuit released by Amazon that unauthorized c Orioles' Machado gets 5-game suspension from MLB 06/30/2014 06:06pm • DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) -- Orioles third baseman Manny Machado began serving a five-game suspension Monday, nearly three weeks after Major League Baseball initially levied the sentence and five days after his appeal hearing.Machado was suspended and fined on June 10 for intent Arizona's McCarthy gets rare win, beats Padres 2-1 06/28/2014 01:54am • JAY PARIS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Arizona Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson asked starter Brandon McCarthy how many runs he needed Friday night."He said, 'one,'" Gibson said. "We got him two."That was enough the way McCarthy dominated the punchless Padres in a 2-1 victory.McCarthy (2-10) w T1red of p@sswords? Y0u @re N*t @lone! 06/27/2014 02:56am • MARTHA IRVINE AP National Writer CHICAGO (AP) -- Good thing she doesn't need a password to get into heaven. That's what Donna Spinner often mutters when she tries to remember the growing list of letter-number-and-symbol codes she's had to create to access her various online accounts."At my age, it j Weekly Crime Report: June 9 to June 17 06/26/2014 03:15pm • Police report a break-in and two other thefts from cars in a Bethesda Metro station parking garage: Three thefts from vehicles occurred in the parking lot at Bethesda Metro Center in Bethesda between Thursday, 6/11 and Friday, 6/12. One vehicle had forced entry and two did not. Glasses, sm Eli Wallach, veteran character actor, dies at 98 06/25/2014 05:12pm • JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Eli Wallach, the raspy-voiced character actor who starred in dozens of movies and Broadway plays over a remarkable and enduring career and earned film immortality as a conniving, quick-on-the-draw bandit in the classic Western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugl Eli Wallach, veteran character actor, dies at 98 06/25/2014 05:12pm • JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Eli Wallach, the raspy-voiced character actor who starred in dozens of movies and Broadway plays over a remarkable and enduring career and earned film immortality as a conniving, quick-on-the-draw bandit in the classic Western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugl Eli Wallach, veteran character actor, dies at 98 06/25/2014 05:12pm • JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Eli Wallach, the raspy-voiced character actor who starred in dozens of movies and Broadway plays over a remarkable and enduring career and earned film immortality as a conniving, quick-on-the-draw bandit in the classic Western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugl Eli Wallach, veteran character actor, dies at 98 06/25/2014 05:12pm • JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Eli Wallach, the raspy-voiced character actor who starred in dozens of movies and Broadway plays over a remarkable and enduring career and earned film immortality as a conniving, quick-on-the-draw bandit in the classic Western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugl Sexist views dent Japan push for women's rights 06/25/2014 06:30am • ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese newspapers splashed front-page photos this week of a Tokyo assemblyman bowing deeply to a female colleague after admitting that he had heckled her with a sexist remark.The uproar over the rude comments aimed at Ayaka Shiomura by some male law Bartoli part of Wimbledon tribute to Baltacha 06/24/2014 05:05pm • LONDON (AP) -- Retired women's singles champion Marion Bartoli was part of a tribute Tuesday to the late British tennis player Elena Baltacha on Centre Court at Wimbledon.Baltacha, Britain's former No. 1 women's player, died of liver cancer May 4 at age 30.Bartoli, who did not defend her title this In the name of love, matchmakers tie knot with science 06/24/2014 04:37pm • WASHINGTON - Have you broken up with the love of your life? Don't worry. With the help of facial recognition technology, you could soon be dating their double. Dating service giant Match.com was so interested in using the technology that the company teamed up with a matchmaking company out of Los Subbing for the champion, Lisicki advances 06/24/2014 01:34pm • SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) -- A year after her loss to Marion Bartoli in the Wimbledon final, Sabine Lisicki was reunited with her victor at Centre Court on Tuesday under far different circumstances.This time, Lisicki came away a winner.Bartoli retired after winning the Wimbledon