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Beckett, balance equal Dodgers' 6-1 win over Reds 06/11/2014 02:06am • MARK SCHMETZER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) -- Josh Beckett has pitched his home games in Los Angeles for almost two years now, and he'd almost forgotten what it was like to sit through a rain delay.He handled this one with no problemThe right-hander waited more than 2 hours to make his start Tu Votto's return not enough to for Reds to beat LA 06/11/2014 01:48am • GARY SCHATZ Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) -- The Reds had reasons to be positive but the rain and Josh Beckett dampened their spirits.Joey Votto returned from the disabled list but Beckett kept the Reds off balance and lead the Dodgers to a 6-1 victory Tuesday night in a game delayed more than 2 Nor Cal teen jailed after arrest in $240K car 06/10/2014 06:00pm • SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) -- A Sonoma County teenager remained jailed Sunday after he was arrested on suspicion of using stolen credit cards to rent a $240,000 sports car and a $12 million vacation home.Mohanned Halaweh, 19, was arrested Wednesday after he was pulled over while driving the 2012 McLare Ex-CEO gets prison; fraud targeted NBA union 06/10/2014 03:50pm • TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- An investment adviser was sentenced to 18 months in prison for creating a fake contract with the NBA players' union that included a dead man's forged signature.U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman imposed the sentence on Joseph Lombardo after rejecting defense AP IMPACT: Ukraine lost billions from tax cheats 06/10/2014 07:04am • MARIA DANILOVA Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- On paper, the Ukrainian trading firm known as Mistral dealt in management consulting and research, doing millions of dollars' worth of deals before going bust after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was chased out of office earlier this year. The Tony Awards will be a knockout _ literally 06/08/2014 11:34am • MARK KENNEDY AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The competition at the Tony Awards is fierce every year, but this time promises to be positively brutal: A fight will actually break out onstage.Sunday's telecast will feature the usual black ties, soaring songs and gentle jokes -- and an eye-popping box Cleveland Clinic CEO says no to seeking VA post 06/08/2014 12:28am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The CEO of one of Ohio's top hospitals says he's told the White House that he's not leaving his job to become veterans affairs secretary.Dr. Toby Cosgrove of the Cleveland Clinic issued a statement Saturday saying he is honored to have been considered for the post but has decided Clark's save preserves Crew's 0-0 draw with United 06/07/2014 09:39pm • LANDOVER, Md. (AP) -- Steve Clark stood firm to save Fabian Espindola's penalty kick in second-half stoppage time and preserve the Columbus Crew's 0-0 draw with D.C. United on Saturday night.The shutout, just Columbus' third of the season, prevented United (6-4-4) from leaping above the New England Column: Enough with the college athletics charade 06/07/2014 03:42am • PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer It's been another glorious week in college athletics.Alabama's Nick Saban finalized a new contract worth nearly $7 million a year, only to get one-upped -- or should we say million-upped? -- by Kentucky's John Calipari, who'll make even more on an annual basis with h "Fake" Fleet ushers in allied forces for D-Day 06/07/2014 03:03am • WASHINGTON -- There was a phantom fleet used to confuse the Nazis ahead of the D-Day invasion. It worked, but a local World War II veteran says that despite the subterfuge, many Allied soldiers died anyway. The top-secret -- yet entirely fake -- fleet of rubberized life-sized inflatable tanks, Spy agency uncovers sense of humor in debut tweet 06/06/2014 07:48pm • KEN DILANIAN AP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- For a spy agency that likes to blend into the background, the CIA's debut on Twitter has revealed a covert sense of humor.In a medium heralded for its snark, the Twittersphere gave high praise Friday for the intelligence agency's first tweet, un Fake officer accused of pulling over a real one 06/06/2014 07:28pm • ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) -- Police say a man impersonating an officer face charges after signaling a real detective to pull over on a road in Florida.St. Johns County authorities say 20-year-old Matthew Michael Lee McMahon activated a red and blue light Monday while driving behind an unmarked sherif 9-year-old with leukemia becomes superhero for day 06/06/2014 07:01pm • FERNANDO PEINADO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- When Jaylen Hyde woke up on Friday -- his 9th birthday -- and turned on the TV, his jaw dropped.A phony breaking news segment -- recorded just for him by the local NBC station -- called on Jaylen to become superhero "Striker Boy" and sa Photo gaffes generate attacks in Kentucky campaign 06/06/2014 03:30pm • BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Campaign photos showing a Greek power plant and a Ukrainian model posing as a coal miner have raised questions about the authenticity of the candidates' pitches to voters in Kentucky's hard-hitting Senate race.Accusations of misusing stock pho Iraqi goes from translator for US Army to soldier 06/05/2014 02:58pm • BRETT BARROUQUERE Associated Press FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) -- In the months after American forces invaded Iraq in 2003, Abdulla Mizead would look warily as soldiers carrying heavy weapons patrolled his neighborhood in Najaf.Normally, he would keep his distance. But one afternoon he approached some A