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Algeria in good shape under coach Halilhodzic 05/31/2014 04:21pm • JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer When Algeria qualified for the World Cup there was a rare sight in the dressing room as Vahid Halilhodzic briefly let down his guard and joined in with the players as they sang "One, two, three, viva l'Algerie."Halilhodzic is renowned as a strict disciplinarian who is Joachim Loew still waiting for 1st title 05/31/2014 04:00pm • NESHA STARCEVIC AP Sports Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Joachim Loew has the best record of all Germany coaches, yet his team has not won a title in the eight years he has been in charge.Germany's habit of stumbling at the last or next-to-last step under Loew's guidance has raised questions whet Malawi: Peter Mutharika sworn in as new president 05/31/2014 01:46pm • RAPHAEL TENTHANI Associated Press BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) -- Malawi's President Peter Mutharika was sworn into office Saturday at a brief ceremony in Blantyre, the country's commercial center.A larger inauguration is scheduled for Monday.Mutharika was declared the winner of the election earlier Saturd 10 Things to Know: This Week's Takeaways 05/31/2014 12:07am • The Associated Press Looking back at the stories to remember from the past week:1. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION CHIEF RESIGNS AMID VETS' HEALTH CARE PROBLEMSFaced with growing evidence that patient delays were covered up, Veterans Administration Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned Friday and apologized for Toddler severely burned in drug raid in Georgia 05/31/2014 12:00am • KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- Officers raiding a Georgia home in search of a drug suspect used a flash grenade not knowing children were inside, severely burning a toddler who was sleeping just inside the door, authorities and the boy's family said.Habersham County Sheriff Joey Terr Palin backs McDaniel as he seeks to unseat Cochran 05/30/2014 04:02pm • JEFF AMY Associated Press ELLISVILLE, Miss. (AP) -- Sarah Palin told a friendly audience Friday that Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel would be an uncompromising opponent of debt and President Barack Obama, insisting that's the real issue in a race overshadowed by the arrests of four McDaniel su Costa Rica coach Pinto is a student of the game 05/30/2014 01:31pm • SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- Costa Rica coach Jorge Luis Pinto will need every bit of his tactical know-how if he is to lead the Central American nation out of Group D at the World Cup, where the team will play Italy, England and Uruguay.The vastly experienced Pinto is a keen admirer of Jose Mourinh Shinseki resigns amid veterans' health care uproar 05/30/2014 12:45pm • JULIE PACE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki apologized in public and then resigned in the privacy of the White House on Friday, driven from office by a mushrooming scandal over the agency's health care system that serves millions of the nation's former war Report: Car, truck crashes cost whopping $871B 05/30/2014 10:10am • JOAN LOWY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economic and societal harm from motor vehicle crashes amounted to a whopping $871 billion in a single year, according to a study released Thursday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.The study examined the economic toll of car and t McIlroy keeps on rolling at Memorial 05/30/2014 03:28am • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) -- Whether it's his health or his personal life, Rory McIlroy is not easily distracted when he's on top of his game.McIlroy made two eagles and three birdies on the back nine at Muirfield Village -- along with a double bogey -- on his way to a 9-under 6 Seattle US Attorney: no merit to officers' lawsuit 05/29/2014 07:20pm • PHUONG LE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) -- U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan on Thursday dismissed as "without merit" a civil-rights lawsuit filed by more than 100 Seattle police officers saying that new use-of-force policies are restricting their constitutional right to protect themselves."We will be movi Flowers, Houston absent as Chiefs begin workouts 05/29/2014 05:20pm • DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The first week of voluntary offseason workouts for the Kansas City Chiefs was more notable for who was missing from the field than anything that happened on it.Cornerback Brandon Flowers and linebacker Justin Houston were the only two players to $650M settlement reached over blood thinner 05/29/2014 11:50am • JIM SUHR AP Business Writer EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim said Wednesday it has agreed to pay $650 million to settle thousands of U.S. claims questioning the marketing and safety of its popular blood thinner Pradaxa.The company said the settlement, filed in feder $650M settlement reached over blood thinner 05/29/2014 11:50am • JIM SUHR AP Business Writer EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim said Wednesday it has agreed to pay $650 million to settle thousands of U.S. claims questioning the marketing and safety of its popular blood thinner Pradaxa.The company said the settlement, filed in feder Experts: Corruption exposing Kenya to terrorism 05/29/2014 08:01am • TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Corrupt police and other government employees willing to break rules for bribes are weakening Kenya's ability to prevent a new rash of terror carried out by attackers with links to Somali militants, officials and analysts say.Kenya has seen a long st