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Distracted driving tickets skyrocket in Md. 05/09/2014 12:31pm • FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- Maryland State Police records show that tickets for distracted driving offenses have skyrocketed since driving while using a hand-held cellphone became a primary offense in October.The Frederick News-Post (http://bit.ly/1novkGn ) reported Friday that troopers issued nearly 6,8 Cop killed in clashes after raids in Venezuela 05/09/2014 12:08am • RICARDO NUNES Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Young people clashed with police in the streets Thursday in an angry response to Venezuelan security forces dismantling four tent cities maintained by anti-government demonstrators, and officials reported one officer killed and another injure Minneapolis sued over All-Star game ordinance 05/08/2014 06:10pm • AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Organizers of a one-day street festival in Minneapolis sued the city Thursday, saying an ordinance that limits events around the time of Major League Baseball's All-Star game in July is unconstitutional.The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court by the Legal wrangling continues over Gov. Walker probe 05/08/2014 04:20pm • SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A convoluted legal fight over an investigation that has dogged Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker for years shows no signs of ending soon, despite a pair of legal wins this week for the first-term Republican who is weighing a presidential run.The secret in Column: Long on guts, all Sam needs is a fair shot 05/08/2014 04:14pm • JIM LITKE AP Sports Columnist Among the hundreds of players eligible for this year's NFL draft, one has come out and announced he's gay.For all the dramas that will grab center stage each time a big name moves up or down the board, the fate of Michael Sam -- and whether he gets a real shot to play a Va. transportation secretary: Distracted driving a 'major problem' 05/08/2014 11:54am • DALE CITY, Va. -- Drivers in the D.C. area are sending text messages and talking behind the wheel more than last year, despite an increased number of construction projects that clutter roadways and make the practice even more dangerous, a new report finds. "Distracted driving is a major problem Therapy dog helps troops deal with postwar stress 05/08/2014 07:10am • LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) -- After three deployments to Iraq and three to Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Dennis Swols is agitated, prone to bouts of anger and unable to really talk about his time on the battlefield.But as Swols sits in a small office in the Robinson Health Cli NJ gov tries to revive national ambitions in Maine 05/08/2014 03:14am • ALANNA DURKIN Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Embattled New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie fought to revive his presidential aspirations in northern New England on Wednesday, declaring he would not be silenced by scandal while campaigning alongside one of the nation's most endangered Republican Appeals court delays Wisconsin governor's big win 05/07/2014 09:48pm • SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Prosecutors investigating Gov. Scott Walker's 2012 recall campaign and conservative groups that supported him won a victory Wednesday with a federal appeals court ruling that, at least for now, blocks a judge's ruling that halted the probe.A three-j Warriors fire coach Mark Jackson after 3 seasons 05/07/2014 12:10pm • ANTONIO GONZALEZ AP Sports Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Mark Jackson came to the Golden State Warriors talking big and brash. He promised playoff appearances and championships, and he delivered plenty of wins along the way.Away from the court, though, Jackson never backed down from doing things ho Top Clippers exec Roeser taking leave of absence 05/07/2014 10:58am • GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles Clippers President Andy Roeser is taking an indefinite leave of absence while the NBA restructures the franchise in the wake of owner Donald Sterling's lifetime ban.Roeser's immediate departure was announced Tuesday by the NBA. The league Monica Lewinsky speaks out on affair with Clinton 05/07/2014 01:08am • CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Monica Lewinsky says there's no question her boss -- Bill Clinton -- "took advantage" of her when he was president.But she says their affair was consensual and if there was any abuse involved, it came afterward, when Clinton's inner circle tried to Colombia: Hacker tried to sabotage peace talks 05/06/2014 11:40pm • CESAR GARCIA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Authorities arrested a suspected hacker for trying to obtain information to sabotage government peace talks with Colombia's biggest rebel movement, the chief prosecutor's office said Tuesday.The announcement described Andres Sepulveda as the lea Ex-Christie aide denies knowing of political plot 05/06/2014 06:53pm • ANGELA DELLI SANTI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A former staff member to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told lawmakers Tuesday that her boss, the fired aide accused of orchestrating the political payback plot at the George Washington Bridge, wasn't capable of such a maneuver."She was just New sports playbook: How to come out as gay 05/06/2014 09:52am • DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- A new type of playbook is fast evolving in the world of sports: An informal, commonsense protocol for how prominent gay and lesbian athletes can come out with maximum acclaim and minimum turmoil.Key decisions include how to reveal one's story, whom to