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Review: 'Rover' an intense look into near future 06/11/2014 07:52am • TODD McCARTHY The Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson star in this Australian dystopian crime drama from director David Michod.Fusing a number of quasi-apocalyptic influences into a hybrid work with a pungent character of its own, "The Rover" suggests something lik Brands use music to speak globally in World Cup 06/11/2014 04:06am • MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Companies that are advertising for the World Cup are hoping music will strike a chord with fans globally.Because the FIFA World Cup, the international soccer tournament that begins on Thursday, is the most popular sports event on the planet, advertise Gypsy moth treatments take flight in Va. next week 06/11/2014 03:38am • ROANOKE, Va. (AP) -- The U.S. Forest Service is teaming up with the state to slow the spread of gypsy moths in southwest Virginia.Starting next week, aircraft will take to the skies to begin treating 30,500 acres in Carroll, Bland, Floyd, Patrick and Wythe counties. The Forest Service says the tr Mexico debates whether to debate during World Cup 06/10/2014 09:48pm • E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's congress started debate Tuesday on the rules of a historic opening of the state-owned oil industry amid doubts about whether the discussion should be held during the World Cup soccer tournament.The World Cup opens Thursday and is expe Mickelson trying to keep his focus on Pinehurst 06/10/2014 09:47pm • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) -- Phil Mickelson spent five hours in the stifling heat Tuesday at Pinehurst No. 2 with a lot on his mind.He was trying to sharpen his game, figure out what it will take to finally win a U.S. Open and make enough putts with his claw grip to avoid los Navy: Human error led to submarine collision 06/10/2014 08:10pm • BROCK VERGAKIS Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- The primary reason a submarine and a guided-missile cruiser collided off the coast of Florida during a 2012 training exercise was human error and poor teamwork by the submarine's watch team, according to a Navy investigation released on Tuesday.Th Sheriff: Cause of Colorado fire may never be known 06/10/2014 06:27pm • COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Investigators believe they know where the Black Forest Fire ignited but they might never know for sure how Colorado's most destructive fire started, El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa (mah-KEE'-tah) said Tuesday.Maketa did not reveal the location during a briefing on Stanley sweep? Rangers regroup after 0-3 start 06/10/2014 06:11pm • IRA PODELL AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The gravity of the situation was etched on the face of New York Rangers coach Alain Vigneault. One more loss Wednesday night to the Los Angeles Kings and his squad gets the distinction of being swept in the Stanley Cup finals.No team has been swept in the Spain hones tiki-taka system for defensive Dutch 06/10/2014 04:30am • PAUL LOGOTHETIS AP Sports Writer CURITIBA, Brazil (AP) -- With the Netherlands determined to use a defensive setup to beat Spain, the World Cup champions are honing their famed "tiki-taka" system in reply.Coach Vicente del Bosque put his squad through an intense opening training session on Monday, p Gadget Watch: LG Lifeband Touch needs a purpose 06/10/2014 12:14am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Smart capabilities have become the latest marketing pitch to sell more wristwatches, TVs, eyeglasses, refrigerators, cars and even toothbrushes. But have we figured out why they need to be smart?I asked myself that as I wore LG's Lifeband Touch day and night for a week.The Famed Syrian storyteller's life upended by war 06/09/2014 01:08pm • DIAA HADID Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- For more than 20 years, the Storyteller of Damascus entertained crowds in a centuries-old cafe in the Syrian capital with long, poetic tales of Arab warriors and lovers, acting out scenes with his fists thumping and a sword that he'd swing and slam China's foreign minister visits new Indian leaders 06/08/2014 10:30am • KATY DAIGLE Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) -- China's foreign minister met with his Indian counterpart on Sunday, hoping that his two-day visit with India's new leaders will spur stalled trade between the Asian nations and ease decades of tensions between them.Foreign Minister Wang Yi praised Prime A return to Pinehurst with a different landscape 06/07/2014 08:12pm • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) -- The return to Pinehurst No. 2 always held the promise of being different.Just not to this degree.Five years ago, when the USGA announced its radical plan of staging the U.S. Open and the U.S. Women's Open on the same golf course in consecutive wee Vets, visitors flock to Normandy to remember D-Day 06/06/2014 09:15am • GREG KELLER Associated Press COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) -- Ceremonies to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day are drawing thousands of visitors to the cemeteries, beaches and stone-walled villages of Normandy this week, including some of the few remaining survivors of the largest sea-borne Staying 'present' with technological distractions 06/05/2014 10:29am • Steven Jay Fogel, author of new book "Your Mind Is What Your Brain Does for a Living," on how technology may shape your personality and how to remain "present" despite constant distractions.