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Some defend founder of Mexican shelter 07/17/2014 10:22pm • OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press ZAMORA, Mexico (AP) -- About 500 people marched through this western Mexico city Thursday in support of the embattled but highly regarded founder of a shelter raided amid allegations of sexual and physical abuse and filthy living conditions.Shelter founder Rosa del Judge sets new Dec. 8 trial date for James Holmes 07/17/2014 07:31pm • DAN ELLIOTT Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- Defendant James Holmes had been scheduled go on trial in October, but District Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. ordered a delay because a doctor requested more time to complete Holmes' second sanity evaluation.Samour announced the new date Wednesday.Separately, Lawyer in stabbing case seeks girl's mental record 07/17/2014 05:30pm • DINESH RAMDE Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) -- An attorney for one of two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls accused of stabbing and nearly killing a classmate in hopes of pleasing a fictional online character has filed a motion seeking access to the mental health records of the other girl charged in the Oklahoma: Inmates' allegations in lawsuit false 07/17/2014 05:00pm • SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The drugs and procedures used to execute a death row inmate in a botched lethal injection in April do not risk violating the constitutional rights of other prisoners awaiting execution, attorneys for the state of Oklahoma argue.In a response filed l 5 Things about the Tour de France Stage 12 07/17/2014 04:19pm • JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer SAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) -- After a chilly start to the race, temperatures are starting to soar on the Tour de France, with another sweltering day in the saddle for race leader Vincenzo Nibali as he safely protected his overall lead during Stage 12. Others were not Is Facebook selling your browsing data to advertisers? 07/17/2014 10:02am • By Ken Colburn, Data Doctors PHOENIX, Ariz. Q: Is it true that Facebook is now selling my browsing data to advertisers? A: There have been many spirited articles written about this issue since Facebook announced a change to its advertising platform last month. The change has a lot of Facebook Doctor arrested in Prince William County as part of prescription drug sting 07/17/2014 07:04am • WASHINGTON -- Police arrested a Northern Virginia doctor as part of a drug investigation Tuesday. A narcotics task force went to the Neurological Center of Northern Virginia in Woodbridge on Tuesday to serve a warrant and arrest Dr. Samad Oraee, a McLean resident. The arrest was part of a bigg Talansky out of Tour de France with back pains 07/17/2014 06:59am • BOURG-EN-BRESSE, France (AP) -- American rider Andrew Talansky withdrew from the Tour de France on Thursday a day after riding for several hours with excruciating back pain.Talansky says he's "absolutely heartbroken to leave the Tour de France" because "I built my season around the Tour and the team CHP seizes medical records of woman seen punched 07/17/2014 05:50am • TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California Highway Patrol investigators have seized the medical records of a woman seen on video being repeatedly punched by one of its officers on the side of a Los Angeles freeway.Chris Arevalo, executive administrator for psychiatric services at Uruguay teachers protest attacks by parents 07/17/2014 01:10am • LEONARDO HABERKORN Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- Teachers in this South American country are going on a 24-hour strike to protest a wave of physical attacks on educators by students' mothers and fathers.The local teachers union called the work stoppage on Wednesday to draw attention t Uruguay teachers protest attacks by parents 07/17/2014 01:10am • LEONARDO HABERKORN Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- Teachers in this South American country are going on a 24-hour strike to protest a wave of physical attacks on educators by students' mothers and fathers.The local teachers union called the work stoppage on Wednesday to draw attention t Silver: No guarantee Sterling out by season start 07/17/2014 12:12am • JON KRAWCZYNSKI AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Eyebrow-raising testimony, abrupt changes of plans, courtroom delays. If there is one thing NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has learned during the Donald Sterling saga, it's that there are no guarantees.So when Silver was asked Tuesday if he could Mexico: Sex abuse at group home house of horror 07/17/2014 12:03am • OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press ZAMORA, Mexico (AP) -- Mexican prosecutors said Wednesday that victims told harrowing tales of sexual abuse, beatings, hunger and filth in a once well-regarded group home where authorities freed a total of 607 adults and children in a raid.Some were forced into sex 10 Things to Know for Thursday 07/16/2014 11:49pm • The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:1. WHAT'S SEEN AS POSSIBLE BREAKTHROUGH IN MIDEASTIsrael and Hamas agree to a five-hour "humanitarian" pause to their 9-day-long battle, the most encouraging sign that the Connecticut court affirms pre-gay marriage rights 07/16/2014 09:04pm • DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut's highest court ruled Wednesday that some legal rights of same-sex couples predate the state's approvals of civil unions in 2005 and gay marriage in 2008, a decision that gay rights supporters call the first of its kind in the country