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Outcry after Egypt sentences 3 reporters to prison 06/24/2014 06:04am • SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian court on Monday convicted three Al-Jazeera journalists and sentenced them to seven years in prison on terrorism-related charges after a trial dismissed by rights groups as a politically motivated sham. The verdict brought a landslide of intern World Cup focuses minds on concussion management 06/23/2014 07:26pm • JOHN LEICESTER AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Felled by an opponent's knee to the head as they both chased the ball, a player is seemingly out cold on a World Cup pitch. The clock is ticking. Millions are watching. National honor, careers and sponsorship dollars are at stake.Groggily, the p NYC mayor a pirate among mermaids at zany parade 06/23/2014 01:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio portrayed himself as a man of the people in last year's election. On Saturday, he became a pirate among mermaids.De Blasio showed up for Saturday's zany Coney Island Mermaid Parade wearing a puffy pirate shirt and brandishing a fake sword. Organize Stars edge Sparks 72-69 06/22/2014 08:00pm • CURTIS ZUPKE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Danielle Robinson needed some time to get up to full speed for the San Antonio Stars.Quiet for most of the game, Robinson scored on a driving layup with 8.4 seconds left to give San Antonio a 72-69 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday. She g Putin backs Ukraine cease-fire, warns talks needed 06/22/2014 06:10am • DAVID McHUGH Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed support Saturday for Ukraine's unilateral cease-fire in its battle against pro-Russian separatists and appealed to both sides to halt all military operations.But he warned that Ukrainian President Petro Po VA: 65 percent of senior executives got bonuses 06/22/2014 05:12am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- About 65 percent of senior executives at the Veterans Affairs Department got performance bonuses last year despite widespread treatment delays and preventable deaths at VA hospitals and clinics, the agency said Friday.More than 300 VA executives were 2 not guilty pleas in Washington fake kidnapping 06/21/2014 08:10am • PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) -- Two people accused in a fake kidnapping that alarmed people at a Sequim (skwim) park pleaded not guilty Thursday to disorderly conduct charges.Jason Holden and a relative, Shellie Baskins, were arraigned in Clallam County District Court in Port Angeles. A third person, Je 2 not guilty pleas in Washington fake kidnapping 06/21/2014 08:10am • PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) -- Two people accused in a fake kidnapping that alarmed people at a Sequim (skwim) park pleaded not guilty Thursday to disorderly conduct charges.Jason Holden and a relative, Shellie Baskins, were arraigned in Clallam County District Court in Port Angeles. A third person, Je BRAZIL BEAT: Even Cesar's son impressed by Ochoa 06/20/2014 03:36am • TERESOPOLIS, Brazil (AP) -- Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa's performance was so impressive Tuesday that even Julio Cesar's young son was talking about it.Ochoa made four outstanding saves and was picked as man of the match as Mexico drew Cesar's Brazil squad 0-0."He came to me after the match and Family fights cops after knives nixed at fun park 06/19/2014 09:36pm • SALEM, N.H. (AP) -- Five members of a Vermont family assaulted police officers during a melee that erupted when security guards at a New Hampshire amusement park told them to leave their knives in the car, police said Tuesday.The fracas started at about 1:30 p.m. Monday when the Perry family tried t Family fights cops after knives nixed at fun park 06/19/2014 09:36pm • SALEM, N.H. (AP) -- Five members of a Vermont family assaulted police officers during a melee that erupted when security guards at a New Hampshire amusement park told them to leave their knives in the car, police said Tuesday.The fracas started at about 1:30 p.m. Monday when the Perry family tried t Family fights cops after knives nixed at fun park 06/19/2014 09:36pm • SALEM, N.H. (AP) -- Five members of a Vermont family assaulted police officers during a melee that erupted when security guards at a New Hampshire amusement park told them to leave their knives in the car, police said Tuesday.The fracas started at about 1:30 p.m. Monday when the Perry family tried t Family fights cops after knives nixed at fun park 06/19/2014 09:36pm • SALEM, N.H. (AP) -- Five members of a Vermont family assaulted police officers during a melee that erupted when security guards at a New Hampshire amusement park told them to leave their knives in the car, police said Tuesday.The fracas started at about 1:30 p.m. Monday when the Perry family tried t Fake signs say Chipotle is coming to Clarendon 06/19/2014 10:30am • Despite signs posted on ground floor windows at the new 3001 Washington Blvd office building in Clarendon, we’re told that Chipotle is not, in fact, coming soon to the building. The signs appeared on the windows at the corner of Washington Blvd and N. Garfield Street yesterday. Conspicuously Review: Eastwood's 'Jersey Boys' catchy but uneven 06/19/2014 04:42am • JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer You don't have to be middle-aged, or even an adult, to know songs like "Sherry," ''Big Girls Don't Cry," and "Walk Like a Man." Sure, they're '60s-era hits by The Four Seasons, but they've become such pop culture fixtures that even youngsters who've never heard the