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Thomas the Tank Engine chugs its way to Edaville 06/16/2014 10:40am • MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) -- Thomas the Tank Engine, the iconic talking cartoon train that has thrilled millions of children around the world, and Edaville USA Railroad, a favorite destination of generations of southeastern New England families, are teaming up on a permanent Thomas-the Detroit fights blight by selling off vacant homes 06/16/2014 09:36am • COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) -- Anthony Brown keeps his home of 36 years in good shape, but it is an island of tranquility in a sea of blight in Detroit's Marygrove neighborhood. There is a vacant house next door, another across the street and still others farther down Wisconsin Stre Daley Blind focused on World Cup not transfer 06/15/2014 09:52pm • MIKE CORDER RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Daley Blind apparently is so wrapped up in the World Cup that Father's Day passed him by."I forgot about it," he said Sunday after going through a light training session because of a sore knee. "I didn't do anything."No matter. He'd already given his dad Danny -- Nigeria says player bonus issue is sorted out 06/15/2014 05:49pm • GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Nigeria's World Cup players were each offered a $102,500 incentive to win the World Cup, with the national federation saying it had reached an agreement with the squad over their traditionally troublesome bonus payments.Nigeria arrived days late f Sunday's Time Schedule 06/15/2014 11:20am • The Associated Press Minnesota at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.San Diego at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.Pittsburgh at Miami, 1:10 p.m.Cleveland at Boston, 1:35 p.m.Toronto at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m.Tampa Bay at Houston, 2:10 p.m.Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.Cincinnati Spain props up soccer amid crushing austerity 06/14/2014 09:34pm • JORGE SAINZ Associated Press VALENCIA, Spain (AP) -- At the height of Spain's crushing economic crisis, the Villarreal soccer club sported an eye-catching logo across its jerseys: Aeroport Castello. The local government paid the club 20 million euros ($27 million) to promote what was to become Spain Tea party questions Barbour's role in senate race 06/14/2014 05:55pm • BILL BARROW Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Haley Barbour almost certainly isn't running for office again in Mississippi, but the former governor, one-time Republican National Committee chief and influential Washington lobbyist is playing a prominent role in the state's battle for the GOP Se China housing slump sparks fears for economy 06/14/2014 11:40am • JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) -- Six months ago, China's housing market was so red-hot that Feng Xiaowei, a sales manager at a real estate agency in the eastern city of Hangzhou, rarely took a day off.Then lending and sales curbs imposed by the government to cool soaring housing costs Weekend Time Schedule 06/14/2014 08:58am • The Associated Press Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia, 3:05 p.m.Cleveland at Boston, 4:05 p.m.Toronto at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.Colorado at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.Minnesota at Detroit, 4:08 p.m.Tampa Bay at Houston, 4:10 p.m.San Diego at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.Pitt Justice Department preparing to sue Citigroup 06/14/2014 07:50am • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department is finalizing a lawsuit against Citigroup over the bank's sale of residential mortgage-backed securities after negotiations to resolve the matter broke down.Two people with direct knowledge of the matter said Friday that negotiat Gearheads, gawkers drawn to 'Vette museum sinkhole 06/13/2014 12:18pm • BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) -- For years, just enough hardcore classic car lovers and curious travelers wandered through the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky to keep the doors open. Now, after a massive sinkhole swallowed eight pristine models of vintage muscle, atte Lambert Airport to be home for Zhu Wei sculpture 06/13/2014 11:51am • ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A prominent St. Louis work of art is moving to Lambert Airport.The St. Louis-based Gateway Foundation will loan the sculpture "China China" by Chinese artist Zhu Wei to the airport for 10 years, with extension options. It will be displayed by July in the Terminal 1 ticketing level Progressive banker now Islamic monarch in Nigeria 06/13/2014 12:10am • MARAM MAZEN Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- An outspoken former central bank governor who advocates education and economic opportunities for Nigeria's majority poor has become a key religious and traditional leader of the country's Muslims, a counterpoint to Islamic extremists who aim to des Cameroon coach says dispute behind them 06/12/2014 06:48pm • JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer NATAL, Brazil (AP) -- Cameroon came late to the World Cup after a bonus dispute caused trouble before the squad got to Brazil. Now that the players are here, the team wants to leave all that back in Africa.Yet with Friday's first match against Mexico in Group A looming, Average US 30-year mortgage rate up to 4.20 pct 06/12/2014 02:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages rose this week for a second straight week but remained near historic lows.Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the average rate for a 30-year loan increased to 4.20 percent from 4.14 percent last week. The average for the 15-year mortgage