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Spain hopes to reverse Maracana luck vs Chile 06/16/2014 03:34pm • PAUL LOGOTHETIS AP Sports Writer CURITIBA, Brazil (AP) -- The Maracana is not filled with many fond memories for Spain, whose World Cup title is on the line at the iconic football stadium.Spain returns to the Maracana for Wednesday's must-win match against Chile nearly one year after a 3-0 defeat to Birds, squirrels take toll on Juneau power lines 06/16/2014 11:58am • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Squirrels and birds are turning the lights out on customers in Alaska's capital.Wildlife has knocked out power to Juneau customers seven times this year, the Juneau Empire (http://bit.ly/UzCxrq) reported.The latest was Wednesday night when a bald eagle dropped trash from a cit Conservative Egypt preacher blasts watching soccer 06/16/2014 12:40am • LAURA DEAN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- At the height of international world cup fervor, an ultra-conservative Egyptian cleric has said that watching soccer matches was unacceptable in Islam because it is a distraction and "destroys nations."Yasser Borhami, a founding member of the main Salafi mov Comic Kathy Griffin to host Daytime Emmys online 06/15/2014 12:50pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kathy Griffin is taking her comedy online as host of the Daytime Emmy awards as the event heads to a new home on the Internet.The 41st annual awards will be presented June 22 from the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills.Griffin joked that her only regret is that the epic evenin Cup referees fail in task to stay in background 06/14/2014 05:04pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- World Cup refereeing boss Massimo Busacca had a simple wish before this World Cup."Our goal is for the referee to remain in the background during a match and for the players to be at the center," Busacca said in the run-up to the tournament.Well, so far that's not quite workin LA Kings eager to lift Stanley Cup in Game 5 06/13/2014 10:26pm • GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals is the hottest ticket in Hollywood.Fans are paying hundreds of dollars for the cheapest seats at Staples Center on Friday night. Thousands more are expected downtown, simply hoping to be nearby when the Los Angeles Ki LA Kings eager to raise Cup at home in Game 5 06/13/2014 03:20am • GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles Kings already know there's no place like home ice for a coronation.They've got the chance to lift the Stanley Cup at Staples Center again when they host the New York Rangers in Game 5 of the finals on Friday night, giving the ultimate BRAZIL BEAT: Van Gaal not thinking much about club 06/12/2014 08:32pm • SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) -- Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal says that while he's at the World Cup he is not thinking about his job next season. Well, not very much."The World Cup is a competition for nations; there are no clubs here. I am fully focused on the Dutch team and that's it," the 62-year-old Steelers make Pouncey highest-paid center in NFL 06/12/2014 05:20pm • WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) -- As he lay on the Heinz Field turf last September, his right knee in tatters, Maurkice Pouncey admits there was a small part of him that feared his football career might be in jeopardy.The Pittsburgh Steelers never doubted. They signed him to a five-yea Some states roll back teacher tenure protections 06/12/2014 02:15pm • KIMBERLY HEFLING AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Even before a judge's scathing ruling against California's teacher tenure policies, the once-sacred protections that make it harder to fire teachers already had been weakened in many states -- and even removed altogether in some places.Florida, Survey: 10 biggest productivity killers at work 06/12/2014 11:38am • WASHINGTON -- Cellphones are a great way to stay connected, snap photos and play with apps, but they may also be distracting employees from their work. A CareerBuilder study released Thursday shows cellphones are the biggest productivity killer in the workplace. Half of the respondents in the China cultivates India amid tension with neighbors 06/11/2014 08:33am • CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- Amid fierce disputes with Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines, China is reaching out to India in a warming trend that could help ramp up economic exchanges and dissipate decades of distrust between the two giant neighbors.Chinese Premier Li Keqiang 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