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France needs to build on World Cup success 07/05/2014 04:58pm • JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- With no competitive games for two years, France coach Didier Deschamps may struggle to gauge just how much progress has been made by his young team after its run to the World Cup quarterfinals in Brazil.The one certainty as his country prepares Bouchard gives Canada a Slam finalist at Wimbledon 07/04/2014 10:16am • HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) -- Eugenie Bouchard could have lost her focus after the fourth game of her Wimbledon semifinal Thursday, when play was delayed for five minutes during Simona Halep's medical timeout for a left ankle injury.Bouchard also could have gotten sidetracked when Ex-mob boss' son convicted in looting of company 07/03/2014 07:20pm • KATHY MATHESON Associated Press CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) -- The son of a former Philadelphia mob boss and another reputed mob associate were convicted Thursday of federal fraud charges for taking over a Texas-based mortgage company and then plundering its assets to buy homes, luxury cars, a plane and a yac Game review: 'Valiant Hearts' a grim WWI tribute 07/03/2014 03:34pm • LOU KESTEN Associated Press The 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I has been relatively subdued, without much of the ceremony one would expect around such a historic date. Oddly enough, the most stirring tribute I've seen has come in the form of a video game -- one that fully appreciat A look at the unsettling trend of children dying in hot cars 07/03/2014 12:05pm • WASHINGTON -- Rising temperatures have given way to rising statistics. Too many young children are dying in hot cars -- left there by loving parents who simply forgot, says psychologist Elaine Ducharme. Forty four children died last year in sweltering cars, according to the statistics supplied Hammon scores 18 to lead Stars past Sun, 74-71 07/01/2014 11:20pm • UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) -- The San Antonio Stars are making up for their losses at home by winning on the road.Becky Hammon scored 18 points and Danielle Robinson had 17 to help the Stars beat the Connecticut Sun 74-71 on Tuesday night for their fifth straight road win.Kayla McBride added 15 points f Slimmed-down Oregon police horse collars suspect 07/01/2014 08:44am • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Murphy the horse, once a woebegone Oregon ranch animal, had to shed 200 pounds to make the Portland police force, and now he has collared his first suspect.Murphy, carrying Officer Cassandra Wells, galloped six blocks to catch a break-in suspect last week. He kept the suspect Indians' Kluber loses 1-0 to Dodgers' Haren 07/01/2014 03:40am • JOE RESNICK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- For the third straight game, the Cleveland Indians were involved in a one-hit shutout. And for the second day in a row, they were on the short end.Michael Bourn was awarded a single in the third inning after umpire Adrian Johnson's original call was r Haren 1-hits Indians through 7 in Dodgers' 1-0 win 07/01/2014 02:19am • JOE RESNICK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- All that separated Dan Haren from a possible chance at a no-hitter was a third-inning single that was awarded to Cleveland's Michael Bourn after a replay review.Rookie Clint Robinson made sure the right-hander's best outing of the season didn't go to Fans lose things, get robbed amid exuberance 06/30/2014 12:30pm • JORGE SAINZ Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Distracted by the World Cup atmosphere, American fan Jack Smith slipped his card into an ATM in a Rio airport.He believes the card was cloned in an instant and, over several days before he discovered it, his account was debited for $12,000, a loss Obama picks ex-P&G head to lead Veterans Affairs 06/30/2014 03:20am • JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama plans to nominate former Procter & Gamble executive Robert McDonald as the next Veterans Affairs secretary, as the White House seeks to shore up an agency beset by treatment delays and struggling to deal with an influx Stefani loses playoff, but gets into British Open 06/29/2014 08:24pm • JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- Shawn Stefani's consolation prize for losing a playoff was a chance to play in his first British Open.Stefani, Charley Hoffman, Ben Martin and Brendan Steele qualified for the major next month at Royal Liverpool based on their placements Sunday at 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