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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 5 things at Wimbledon: Williams, Sharapova start 06/24/2014 10:46am • HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) -- While normally the defending women's champion at Wimbledon opens Centre Court on Day 2, that honor goes to 2013 runner-up Sabine Lisicki this time.Last year's winner, Marion Bartoli, will be present Tuesday, too -- but only to take part in the ceremoni Mom facing charges in kids thrown from window case 06/19/2014 08:21pm • KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A Las Vegas mother who police say was being treated for anxiety is expected to face felony charges that could get her decades in prison for allegedly throwing her 7-month-old son, her 1½-year-old daughter and herself out a second-story window, according The key to happiness? Simple, it's 'savoring' 06/18/2014 05:30pm • WASHINGTON - Everyone wants to be happy but many of us don't know how. Stopping to smell the roses still rings true. Researchers are coining a new term for that old clich Bitcoin faces biggest threat yet: a miner takeover 06/18/2014 03:16pm • PETER SVENSSON AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The Bitcoin digital currency system is in danger of losing its credibility as an independent payment system because of the growing power of a group that runs some of the computers behind it.In recent weeks, a British-based "mining pool" called GHa UK pays tribute to Prince George's 1st birthday with limited-edition coin 06/18/2014 02:44pm • Jasmine Song, special to wtop.com WASHINGTON -- To commemorate Prince George's first birthday on July 22, The Royal Mint announced it will make a limited edition The man who brought futebol to Brazil 06/14/2014 11:00pm • JOHN LEICESTER AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) -- The World Cup unfolding on your screens owes a debt of gratitude to a man with a mighty handlebar mustache.Charles Miller stepped off a boat from England 120 years ago carrying two footballs, a pump to fill them, his football boots and a rulebook. Fr US Marshals to auction seized bitcoin 06/13/2014 11:30am • PETER SVENSSON AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. Marshals Service said Thursday it will auction roughly $18 million in bitcoins seized last fall from Silk Road, a website that was effectively the eBay of illegal drugs.The marshals said Thursday that they will auction the virtual "coins, McCutchen stays hot, Pirates top Cubs 4-0 06/13/2014 12:29am • WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle has coined a phrase for where star center fielder Andrew McCutchen is at the moment."(He's) McHot," Hurdle said.For once, it might be an understatement.The reigning National League MVP had two doubles and two RBI New James Frey book includes $500,000 prize 06/12/2014 05:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- As book gimmicks go, this one has a heart of gold.Make that a pot of gold.A new young-adult trilogy to launch in October with "Endgame: The Calling" is at the center of an interactive project that includes a puzzle that leads to a key that leads -- at least for one lucky person -- t Crime Report: Bathroom Peeping Tom 06/12/2014 03:30pm • Police are looking for a man who allegedly used his iPhone to photograph a woman using the bathroom. The incident happened Tuesday night on the 4200 block of Columbia Pike. Police say the woman looked out the window, saw a hand holding an iPhone and screamed, scaring off the suspect. From this week& Figures in OJ Simpson saga have moved on 06/12/2014 02:04pm • LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) -- As if trying to escape a recurring nightmare, most of the survivors of O.J. Simpson's "Trial of the Century" refuse to talk about it on the 20th anniversary of the tragedy. And that includes Simpson who sent word from prison that he has noth Figures in OJ Simpson saga have moved on 06/12/2014 02:04pm • LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) -- As if trying to escape a recurring nightmare, most of the survivors of O.J. Simpson's "Trial of the Century" refuse to talk about it on the 20th anniversary of the tragedy. And that includes Simpson who sent word from prison that he has noth British singer Passenger falls short on new album 06/11/2014 03:00pm • RON HARRIS Associated Press Passenger, "Whispers" (Black Crow/Nettwerk)Mike Rosenberg, the man behind the inescapable breakup ballad "Let Her Go," is out with a new album that is full of songs that sounds an awful lot like his breakthrough pop hit.Rosenberg, the British singer-songwriter who perform Front row seat to OJ Simpson's fall, rise, fall 06/09/2014 12:00pm • LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) -- O.J. Simpson arose from the counsel table at his murder trial and approached the jury box with the famous leather gloves. As he struggled to get them past his knuckles, he held his hands up to jurors and stated the obvious: "They're too smal