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Ex-Va. governor faces questions from prosecutors 08/25/2014 07:13pm • LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell faced sharp questions Monday from prosecutors about his personal finances, his interactions with a wealthy businessman and what the government claims were his attempts to conceal those details.Prosecutors began th Correction: Britain-Obit-Richard Attenborough 08/25/2014 01:30pm • LONDON (AP) -- In an obituary Aug. 24 on actor-director Richard Attenborough, The Associated Press erroneously reported that "In Which We Serve," a movie starring Attenborough, won an Oscar for Best Picture in 1942. The film did not win that award -- the best picture that year was "How Green Was National Zoo celebrates panda's first birthday 08/23/2014 03:07pm • JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The National Zoo in Washington threw a party Saturday in honor of the first birthday of panda cub Bao Bao.To celebrate, the cub got a cake made from frozen fruit juice and other treats like pears and apples. Bao Bao is only the second panda born at Emails show Walker recall election campaign push 08/23/2014 06:08am • TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Newly released court documents include excerpts from emails showing that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's recall election campaign team told him to instruct donors to give to a key conservative group that would run ads for Walker and distribute money GOP's Senate candidate: Alaska is my home, too 08/21/2014 01:58am • BECKY BOHRER Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The winner of Alaska's Republican Senate primary, Dan Sullivan, successfully turned back tea party opposition during an at-times contentious 10-month race. Next up, Democratic Sen. Mark Begich, who has tagged Sullivan as an outsider in a state Man United completes signing of defender Rojo 08/20/2014 02:49pm • MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- Manchester United completed the signing of defender Marcos Rojo from Sporting Lisbon for 20 million euros ($27 million) on Wednesday, and sent Nani on loan to the Portuguese club.The 24-year-old Rojo, who played for Argentina in the World Cup final loss to Germany last mo Anna Nicole Smith's estate loses bid for millions 08/20/2014 08:56am • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- The estate of Anna Nicole Smith has failed in its final bid to obtain her late husband's money, seven years after the death of the Playboy model and reality TV star.A federal judge in Orange County on Monday rejected the effort to obtain about $44 million from the estate of Amusement park apologizes for gun shirt error 08/19/2014 10:30am • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A 33-year-old disabled Marine who wasn't allowed into a New Jersey amusement park because he was wearing a shirt with a red, white and blue assault rifle on it has been given an apology.NJ.com reports (http://bit.ly/1v9YY2J) that Mario Alejandro received a phone call from Six F Column: Grief gives no timetable on Stewart return 08/19/2014 01:28am • JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- There are hundreds of guidebooks on how to handle grief, how to navigate the emotional suffering that follows a significant loss.None of those studies offer a clean timetable on when the roller coaster of emotion will come to a stop. So there Review: An insightful look at digital-age clutter 08/18/2014 02:08pm • MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press "The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection" (Current), by Michael HarrisI fall asleep to the glow of Netflix and, when I awake, begin the digital litany of my day: the relentless email and news, the Facebook and Twitter feeds, the Prosecutors rest in ex-Virginia governor case 08/15/2014 03:12am • ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Prosecutors wrapped up their case in the public corruption trial of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, on Thursday by giving jurors their first in-person look at the designer clothes and other gifts the couple received from Bale homecoming, James set for debut in Super Cup 08/11/2014 03:36pm • ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer There's little doubt the UEFA Super Cup's star local attraction will be Gareth Bale, the Cardiff boy turned $130-million Real Madrid star, playing for the Spanish giants on home soil for the first time.The winger is in the Welsh capital with little to prove, having comple Afghan actor links cultures as US war interpreter 08/11/2014 12:26pm • RIK STEVENS Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Fahim Fazli's screen career was beginning to take off, with roles in blockbusters like "Iron Man," when the Afghanistan-born actor decided it was time to give back to the country that had taken him in after he fled Russian occupation a quarter centu Miley both naughty and nice in return to Nashville 08/10/2014 08:52am • CHRIS TALBOTT AP Music Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Miley's back, y'all.Miley Cyrus made her delayed-due-to-illness return to the town where she grew up Thursday night, bringing a flying hot dog, a dwarf dressed as the Liberty Bell, a dozen recognizable hits, a taunt to the girls who beat her up AP sources: Cavs, Wolves set for Love-Wiggins deal 08/08/2014 04:36pm • TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writers LeBron James and Kevin Love won Olympic gold medals together. They're about to team up again, this time to try and end Cleveland's 50-year championship drought.Love will soon be on his way from Minnesota to Cleveland after the teams reached an agreement in principle to