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With sale deadline looming, Clippers trial delayed 07/11/2014 03:54am • LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The proposed $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers is now in nobody's court.With a deadline looming next week to approve the deal, a judge on Thursday delayed the next hearing. But lawyers said a deadline extension was probable.Lawyers Arizona inmate's bid to postpone execution denied 07/10/2014 10:39pm • JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) -- A federal judge on Thursday denied an Arizona death-row inmate's request to postpone his July 23 execution until officials reveal details about the two-drug combination that will be used to put him to death.U.S. District Judge Neil Wake rejected Jose Montgomerie leads after first day of Senior Open 07/10/2014 10:32pm • CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer EDMOND, Okla. (AP) -- Colin Montgomerie declared Bernhard Langer the favorite heading into the U.S. Senior Open.After 18 holes, Montgomerie may well have seized that position himself with a 6-under 65 to lead at the end of Thursday at Oak Tree National.The Scotsman start Clippers trial put on hold past Tuesday deadline 07/10/2014 10:18pm • LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A trial that could determine the fate of the Los Angeles Clippers was delayed Thursday until after a deadline to conclude a $2 billion sale -- and a scheduled NBA vote on the deal -- but there is hope for more time.Donald Sterling has vowed Neymar unscathed by Brazil's huge World Cup defeat 07/10/2014 09:56pm • TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Neymar will leave with his image untarnished by Brazil's disastrous World Cup loss to Germany, widely seen as the player in charge of helping the national team recover from the historic home defeat.Neymar's first World Cup ended in disappointmen Medical center makes training advances: 'When the mission is patients first, you don't try first on patients' 07/10/2014 06:50pm • WASHINGTON -- It's a new approach to medical training: A special high-tech center where doctors from around the region can learn new skills or improve their technique without touching an actual patient. Clinical simulation is sweeping the country. In the D.C. area, the MedStar Simulation Trainin 5 things about the Tour de France 6th stage 07/10/2014 06:18pm • JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press REIMS, France (AP) -- What could be more fitting than a German winning a Tour de France stage in Reims, a symbol of postwar reconciliation?Well, that's just what speedster Andre Greipel did on Thursday, winning Stage 6 in yet another crash-marred affair as Italy's Vince IndyCar rookie Hawksworth back after Pocono crash 07/10/2014 04:45pm • LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer NEWTON, Iowa (AP) -- Jack Hawksworth hit the wall at Pocono so hard that he hurt his heart.Hawksworth hopes the wreck won't halt the momentum of his promising rookie season in IndyCar.Hawksworth arrived for pre-race preparations at Iowa Speedway on Thursday, just four Iraq's Kurds will boycott Cabinet meetings 07/10/2014 04:45pm • QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's already testy relationship with Iraq's Kurdish minority further frayed Thursday, as the Kurds declared their politicians will boycott Cabinet meetings and authorities in Baghdad suspended all cargo flights to the la New report offers guidance for parenting kids with ADHD 07/10/2014 03:39pm • WASHINGTON -- Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders are at a high risk of developing substance abuse problems later. And the American Academy of Pediatrics is out with additional guidance for doctors designed to help reverse that troubling trend. The guidance is found in a clin Islamic militants on offensive against Kurds 07/10/2014 03:30pm • BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) -- Islamic militants using weapons they recently seized in neighboring Iraq intensified an offensive against Kurdish areas in northern Syria as they fight to expand the territory under their control, activists said Thursday.The clashes came as a Syrian watch Ex-US Rep. Akin defends 'legitimate rape' remarks 07/10/2014 03:08pm • ALAN SCHER ZAGIER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A former Missouri Republican congressman whose "legitimate rape" comments during the 2012 U.S. Senate campaign were roundly criticized now says he was wrong to apologize.Todd Akin writes in a new political memoir that his remarks on whether aborti Greek heart surgeon arrested on bribery charges 07/10/2014 01:41pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek authorities have arrested a heart surgeon in a major Athens hospital on charges of bribery and blackmail for allegedly demanding money in order to perform urgent surgery, police said Thursday.The 59-year-old doctor, who was not named, was arrested in Athens on Wednesday O'Meara withdraws from the British Open 07/10/2014 12:20pm • HOYLAKE, England (AP) -- Mark O'Meara has withdrawn from the British Open because of an ailing elbow.O'Meara won The Open in 1998 at Royal Birkdale to become the first player since Ben Hogan to win two majors in one year in his 40s. He also won the Masters.His agent, Peter Malik, said in an email th Qatar questions fate of citizens detained in UAE 07/10/2014 11:31am • DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- Qatar said Thursday it is looking into the fate of two of its citizens reportedly detained in the United Arab Emirates, a day after Emirati media reported that Qatari intelligence agents were being held by the federation.The arrests are likely to further strain fraught relations