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Africa defies chaos to thrive at World Cup 06/29/2014 05:22pm • STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Stephen Keshi had just finished repelling yet another query about the Nigeria player bonus payment issue when he wiped his brow, leaned forward and posed a rhetorical question."Can I ask if you work with the CIA?" the Nigeria coach said, sparki NHL teams turn focus to free agents after draft 06/29/2014 03:22pm • IRA PODELL AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- NHL teams are about to go shopping, and they will have less money to spend than they might have thought just a few days ago.After a weekend in which 210 players were drafted, clubs will have more decisions to make, and they don't have lots of time to Unexpected turns befall Paris menswear shows 06/28/2014 05:12pm • THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) -- Saturday's installment of Paris Menswear Week was all about unexpected turns.Karl Lagerfeld distracted guests by getting on like a house on fire -- very visibly -- with Chanel's powerful arch-rival Bernard Arnault on the Dior Homme front row chatting th Nigeria bonuses paid as player set to travel 06/28/2014 01:54am • STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Nigeria's World Cup squad has received the bonuses which the players were owed, the team spokesman said Friday, as they returned to training ahead of their second round match against France.The comments followed earlier reports that players wer Thunder draft picks McGary, Huestis fit culture 06/27/2014 07:46pm • CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Kevin Durant's emotional MVP speech made an impression on Mitch McGary and Josh Huestis long before the NBA draft.During the now-famous address, Durant mentioned specific details he appreciated about each of his teammates -- even the ones who didn't Who's that Aussie? Newbie Goss tied for lead 06/27/2014 07:21pm • JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- The young Australian at the top of the leaderboard is so new to the PGA Tour that he couldn't get into the clubhouse.Playing in his second event as a professional, 20-year-old Oliver Goss shot a bogey-free, 5-under 66 Friday in the second round of Column: Carrot and stick needed to change Suarez 06/27/2014 04:54pm • JOHN LEICESTER AP Sports Columnist BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) -- How is it that footballers are among the few who've not had much to say about the bite seen around the world, now punished with an appropriately tough ban?Luis Suarez's peers surely can't all be fearful that he might chomp them next i Hornets' Hairston looks to put mistakes behind him 06/27/2014 03:52pm • STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Charlotte Hornets shooting guard P.J. Hairston said he's learned from his past mistakes and believes his off-the-court problems are behind him.Hairston, the 26th overall pick in the NBA draft, said Friday at introductory press conference that he "f Van Dyken staying positive on social media 06/27/2014 02:54pm • JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Not long after Amy Van Dyken-Rouen had surgery for a life-threatening spine injury, while she still wasn't completely out of danger, her husband placed a cellphone in her hands.The decorated Olympic swimmer had always enjoyed sharing her life Summer TV: It should come with danger warnings 06/27/2014 07:52am • FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- It's a frightful world on TV these days.A rash of scripted summer thrillers cautions viewers to batten down the hatches. Watch out who you let nibble on your neck! Hold your loved ones tight before they vanish into thin air! And with all the deadly VDOT lifting lane closures for July 4th travelers 06/27/2014 03:51am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Temporary highway lane closures will be suspended across Virginia to help Independence Day travelers reach their holiday destinations. The Virginia Department of Transportation says lane closures in temporary work zones will be lifted from noon Thursday until noon Monday.Trav Pacers trade lone pick to Knicks for cash 06/27/2014 02:50am • JIM JOHNSON Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Larry Bird is looking at the big picture. Indiana is tight on money so the Pacers' president of basketball operations sent the team's single draft pick to the New York Knicks for cash.The Pacers selected Louis Labeyrie in the second round with the 57 Feds nix eagle penalties for California wind farm 06/26/2014 06:50pm • SCOTT SMITH Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- A California wind farm will become the first in the nation to avoid prosecution if eagles are injured or die when they run into the giant turning blades, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday.The Shiloh IV Wind Project LLC, 60 miles east Analysis: Iraq producing unusual Mideast dynamic 06/26/2014 05:14pm • MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Strange bedfellows, indeed.The Obama administration has found itself in a foreign policy and national security pickle of rare complexity with the apparent entry of Syria into the Iraq conflict on the side of the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad, a It's a wrap for Alaska troopers reality show 06/26/2014 01:58pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- It's a wrap for the Alaska State Troopers' reality show.The agency's director, Col. James Cockrell, has let Alaska Department of Public Safety employees know by email that the state has decided not to participate in another season of "Alaska State Troopers," which airs on t