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Dodgers add 1B Robinson from Triple-A Albuquerque 06/25/2014 09:00pm • DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Dodgers selected the contract of first baseman Clint Robinson from Triple-A Albuquerque and designated infielder Jamie Romak for assignment before their game Wednesday night against Kansas City.Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said the move was NY attorney general sues Barclays, alleges deceit 06/25/2014 08:10pm • TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- British banking and financial services firm Barclays PLC misled large institutional investors and other clients by falsely telling them it was taking measures to protect them from predatory high-frequency traders, New York's attorney general said Wednesday. 'Fastest Nun in the West' on path for sainthood 06/25/2014 07:52pm • RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The Archdiocese of Santa Fe announced Wednesday it is exploring sainthood for an Italian-born nun who challenged Billy the Kid, calmed angry mobs and helped open New Mexico territory hospitals and schools.Archbishop Michael Sheehan said he Oklahoma death row inmates seek to halt executions 06/25/2014 06:48pm • SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- By tinkering with Oklahoma's lethal injection procedures, prison officials are experimenting on death row inmates and violating the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment, attorneys for a group of condemned Oklahoma inmates argued W 2 top Veterans Affairs officials leaving jobs 06/25/2014 06:30pm • ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two top Department of Veterans Affairs officials are stepping down, the beleaguered agency announced Wednesday as it continued reeling from complaints that thousands of veterans have endured long waits for appointments and poor medical care.The agency sa Eli Wallach, veteran character actor, dies at 98 06/25/2014 05:12pm • JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Eli Wallach, the raspy-voiced character actor who starred in dozens of movies and Broadway plays over a remarkable and enduring career and earned film immortality as a conniving, quick-on-the-draw bandit in the classic Western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugl Eli Wallach, veteran character actor, dies at 98 06/25/2014 05:12pm • JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Eli Wallach, the raspy-voiced character actor who starred in dozens of movies and Broadway plays over a remarkable and enduring career and earned film immortality as a conniving, quick-on-the-draw bandit in the classic Western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugl Eli Wallach, veteran character actor, dies at 98 06/25/2014 05:12pm • JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Eli Wallach, the raspy-voiced character actor who starred in dozens of movies and Broadway plays over a remarkable and enduring career and earned film immortality as a conniving, quick-on-the-draw bandit in the classic Western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugl Eli Wallach, veteran character actor, dies at 98 06/25/2014 05:12pm • JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Eli Wallach, the raspy-voiced character actor who starred in dozens of movies and Broadway plays over a remarkable and enduring career and earned film immortality as a conniving, quick-on-the-draw bandit in the classic Western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugl US economy shrank at steep 2.9 percent rate in Q1 06/25/2014 05:08pm • MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy shrank at a steep annual rate of 2.9 percent in the January-March quarter as a harsh winter contributed to the biggest contraction since the depths of the recession five years ago. But the setback is widely thought to be tempo Phone hacking satire headed to London stage 06/25/2014 05:08pm • LONDON (AP) -- After months of courtroom drama comes phone hacking, the play.Britain's National Theatre said its next production will be "an anarchic satire about the press, the police and the political establishment" titled "Great Britain."The company says the play is fiction, but the description r House, Senate begins compromise talks on vets bill 06/25/2014 03:40pm • DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) -- House and Senate negotiators opened compromise talks Tuesday on legislation to expand health care for veterans, and said they hope for quick response to a scandal that has uncovered long wait times, false record-keeping and accusations of crimin Crime fears, rumors of refuge draw children to US 06/25/2014 03:30pm • ALBERTO ARCE Associated Press ARRIAGA, Mexico (AP) -- Five years ago Gladys Chinoy's mother left Guatemala for New York City, where she went to work in a restaurant and saved money for the day when she could bring her daughter north.This month, convinced U.S. authorities were allowing unaccompanied Woods says he's ahead of schedule and without pain 06/25/2014 01:32pm • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- About two dozen photographers lined up in a row on the range Tuesday at Congressional, a reminder that golf is different when Tiger Woods is around.And that was before Woods even arrived to hit balls for 35 minutes.He was last seen wearing golf shoe Child migrants head for US to flee crime, drawn by belief they are allowed to stay 06/25/2014 12:39pm • ALBERTO ARCE Associated Press ARRIAGA, Mexico (AP) -- On the last day of school, Gladys Chinoy memorized her mother's phone number in New York City and boarded a bus to Guatemala's northern border.With nothing but the clothes on her back, the 14-year-old took a truck-tire raft across the Naranjo Riv