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This time, Obama fundraising is a bit of 'Scandal' 07/24/2014 02:48am • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Fact met fiction Wednesday in one of those Hollywood ways: The real-life president of the United States complains about "phony scandals" in the presence of the producer and the star of a hit TV drama about indignity and dishonor among Washington's political elite.Fundraising in B Johnny Be Good: Browns expect Manziel to behave 07/23/2014 10:10pm • BEREA, Ohio (AP) -- Johnny will be good.That's what the Browns expect from Johnny Manziel now that training camp is about to start.Cleveland coach Mike Pettine said he's not worried about the popular rookie's wild off-field behavior carrying into the season, and he's determined not to let any outsid New constitution gives Thai junta sweeping powers 07/23/2014 10:00am • THANYARAT DOKSONE Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand's new temporary constitution that gives the military government sweeping powers in the run-up to a planned October 2015 election also allows the leader of the current ruling junta to become interim prime minister, a senior army official sai Working late in life, directors refuse to say cut 07/23/2014 02:00am • The Associated Press Visiting a retired Frank Capra at his Sierra Nevada hideaway, Clint Eastwood was baffled."I always thought: 'He could be making a film right now. He's as lucid as could be. Here's the great Frank Capra not doing it,'" Eastwood recalled of the famed director, who died in 1991 at Review: Amazon unlimited e-book service is limited 07/22/2014 01:52pm • ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Amazon's new "unlimited" e-book service lets you read 600,000 books. That sounds like more than you'll ever read, but I found myself struggling to find the books I wanted.It turns out that the library of 600,000 is bit like a small bookstore with Friend convicted of impeding Boston Marathon probe 07/22/2014 12:52am • DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) -- A college friend was convicted Monday of trying to protect Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev by agreeing with another friend to get rid of a backpack and disabled fireworks they took from his dorm room three days after the attack.A Peralta, Segura lead Brewers past sloppy Reds 5-2 07/22/2014 12:26am • GENARO C. ARMAS AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Jean Segura smiled in his first game at Miller Park since returning to the Milwaukee Brewers following the death of his 9-month-old son.The shortstop still grieves, but it will be nights like the one Segura had in a 5-2 victory Monday over the Cinci 49ers start fresh after forgettable offseason 07/21/2014 03:20pm • JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- The San Francisco 49ers are eager to move forward from a forgettable offseason.They made nearly as much news off the field as in free agency and the draft, although they accomplished their top priority by re-signing quarterback Colin Kaeper Since Namath, Jets still in search of franchise QB 07/21/2014 12:39pm • DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The search continues for the New York Jets.Since the glory days of Broadway Joe, finding a franchise quarterback has been an elusive and often frustrating undertaking for a team that has rarely had a dominant player at the position.Richard Todd, Ke Can Redskins' RG3 develop chemistry with Gruden? 07/21/2014 03:36am • JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer It didn't take long for Jay Gruden to figure out Robert Griffin III."He's a perfectionist. He doesn't like negative publicity. He doesn't like negative plays to happen. He wants everything to be right," Gruden said. "He wants everybody to love Robert, and that's not goi Patriots head to camp with restocked defense 07/21/2014 12:29am • HOWARD ULMAN AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- The Patriots' defense struggled for much of last season. And that was before it faced the NFL's best offense in the AFC championship game.Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos won 26-16 and piled up 507 yards, the most New England allowed in Bi Women go online to protest 'everyday sexism' 07/20/2014 07:53pm • SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- When Laura Bates was followed home one night by a man from her bus, she didn't think much of it. Incidents like that just seemed to be part of living in London.But the writer said several other similar situations followed within days: One stranger shouted o Wiggins' first summer-league stint had everything 07/19/2014 04:32am • TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Andrew Wiggins got a little of everything out of a week in Las Vegas.The opportunity to be teammates with LeBron James? Check.Fans chanting his name whenever the Cleveland summer-league team was playing? Check.Highlight-reel dunks after splitting d Clinton papers: Iraq, bin Laden and Supreme Court 07/18/2014 07:09pm • KEN THOMAS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bill Clinton's advisers carefully considered how to explain the president's military action against Iraq in 1998 as the House was debating his impeachment, according to records from the Clinton White House that were released Friday. The docume Lots of big names still on NFL's unemployment line 07/18/2014 03:55pm • DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- MISSING: A handful of former NFL stars.REWARD: An opportunity to help a team and revive a once-flourishing career.With NFL training camps about to open, several big-name players are still unemployed, waiting anxiously, wondering when -- or if -- th