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Column: Time to start protecting our young hurlers 05/17/2014 03:38am • PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer Stop the pitching carnage.Now.We know just where to start.Youth baseball.No more children playing all through the year, with hardly a break between seasons. No more youngsters throwing sliders and splitters and all sorts of pitches that put too much stress on their s For hospice nurse, wife's death was one too many 05/14/2014 02:40am • MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Everywhere Jay Westbrook turns, behind the wheel of his black pickup, a memory flashes.In Van Nuys, it is the lifeless little girl he held at Valley Presbyterian Hospital after she was found in the bottom of a hot tub. Near Beverly Hills, it is the Israel's Olmert gets 6-year sentence in bribe case 05/13/2014 02:46pm • JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- An Israeli court sentenced former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to six years in prison for his role in a bribery scandal, capping the stunning downfall of a politician who just a few years ago hobnobbed at the White House and claimed to be close For hospice nurse, wife's death was one too many 05/11/2014 12:02am • MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jay Westbrook's cowboy boot is planted firmly on the gas pedal of his shiny black pickup. Everywhere he turns, a memory flashes.In Van Nuys, it is the lifeless little girl he held at Valley Presbyterian Hospital after she was found in the bottom of Rebounding Rangers back home, look to force Game 7 05/10/2014 05:04pm • IRA PODELL AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- When the New York Rangers last left Madison Square Garden they were embarrassed, disappointed, and unsure if they would get another chance this season to erase the haunting memories of a playoff meltdown.Hard work, desperation, and team bonding -- all in Resell jeans? Resale value goes beyond used cars 05/10/2014 07:34am • ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Jenna Broems shops for clothes the same way she hunts for a new car: She considers resale value.Broems, who lives in Stamford, Connecticut, only buys brands like Abercrombie & Fitch and 7 For All Mankind because she believes they will fetch the Airlines ask Congress to roll back airfare rule 05/09/2014 04:36am • JOAN LOWY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Airlines tried and failed to block a federal rule making them tell passengers up front the full cost of airfare, including government taxes and fees. So they're trying another route, asking Congress to do what the Obama administration and the courts refu 49ers select defensive back Ward with 30th pick 05/09/2014 01:12am • JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- Jimmie Ward ran his speedy 40-yard dash on a bad foot just to show he could. He did so in 4.47 seconds, then followed it up with surgery March 11.The San Francisco 49ers loved that competitive fire in their new safety, along with his versat NFL Draft Player Thumbnails 05/09/2014 01:00am • The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- The players selected in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night.No. 1 Houston Texans: JADEVEON CLOWNEY, DE, South Carolina. (6-foot-6, 266 pounds). He is first defender to go No. 1 overall since Mario Williams in 2006. Production fell off after spect NFL Draft Player Thumbnails 05/09/2014 01:00am • The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- The players selected in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night.No. 1 Houston Texans: JADEVEON CLOWNEY, DE, South Carolina. (6-foot-6, 266 pounds). He is first defender to go No. 1 overall since Mario Williams in 2006. Production fell off after spect Jeter homers in Angel Stadium swan song 05/08/2014 03:40am • JOE RESNICK Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Derek Jeter gave the Los Angeles Angels' fans something special to remember him by in his final game at the "Big A." And he received something equally special in return.Jeter ended a home run drought of 161 at-bats in his final regular-season game Lawyers: Top court rulings favor McDonnell defense 05/06/2014 03:30pm • ALAN SUDERMAN RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The Supreme Court's determination that many limits on big-money political contributions violate constitutional free-speech rights have undermined the federal government's case against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, his lawyers argued in court filings Monday. 10 things to know for Wednesday 04/16/2014 03:49am • The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday: 1. UKRAINE TROOPS TURN BACK INSURGENTS The military repels an attack at a small airport in the first clash between government forces and pro-Russian protesters in Family celebrates homecoming with springtime white Christmas 03/30/2014 10:39am • WASHINGTON -- Most of us couldn't stand the thought of more snow last Tuesday, especially given the 2014 winter the Washington area experienced and the fact that according to the calendar spring had sprung. But as the snow fell on March 25, it was an answer to a prayer for one Woodbridge family ce New photos of missing 8-year-old, suspected abductor 03/24/2014 07:59am • WASHINGTON -- New photos were released Monday afternoon in the case of a missing D.C. area girl. An Amber Alert for Relisha Rudd, 8, was issued last Thursday after Prince George's County police found a dead woman at a Red Roof motel in Oxon Hill, Md. on a tip related to the girl. Police say Kah