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Doughty gaining fame while leading LA Kings 06/07/2014 05:18pm • DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In a city overflowing with movie stars, television personalities, musicians and every other kind of celebrity imaginable, Drew Doughty enjoyed a degree of anonymity that other high-profile players in the NHL or any professional sports league could o Matt Crafton wins Truck race 06/07/2014 02:00am • FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Matt Crafton raced to his second NASCAR Camping World Truck victory of the season Friday night, running the final 61 laps at Texas Motor Speedway on one tank of fuel.The defending series champion led 118 of 167 laps on the 1 1/2-mile track, and beat pole-sitter Justin Lofto Hershey sues Colorado edible pot company 06/06/2014 10:40pm • SADIE GURMAN Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- The Hershey Co. has sued a Colorado marijuana edibles maker, claiming it makes four pot-infused candies that too closely resemble iconic products of the chocolate maker.The trademark infringement lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Denver this wee Health exchange website problems hang over Brown 06/06/2014 05:41pm • BRIAN WITTE Associated Press LARGO, Md. (AP) -- Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown's bid to become Maryland's next governor has received wide backing from Maryland political leaders and a long string of endorsements from a variety of organizations.But questions about his role in leading troubled health care ref UPS names company veteran as next CEO 06/06/2014 03:06pm • ATLANTA (AP) -- Package-delivery giant UPS has named a longtime company veteran as its next CEO.The company said Friday that Chief Operating Officer David Abney will take the top job Sept. 1. Current Chairman and CEO Scott Davis will become nonexecutive chairman at that time.Abney, 58, has worked fo Your Beermonger: The Spice of Life 06/06/2014 02:30pm • Editor’s Note: This sponsored column is written by Nick Anderson, beermonger at Arrowine (4508 Lee Highway). Just a couple months ago, we looked at how breweries using different formats, packaging, etc. for their beer was re-shaping the beer aisles of grocery stores and retailers ev Spain to make early payback on Europe aid package 06/06/2014 12:10pm • MADRID (AP) -- Spain will start paying back early part of the 41 billion-euro ($55 billion) aid package it received from the European Union in 2012 to prop up ailing banks and prevent the nation from descending into financial chaos, Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said Friday.Spain Kentucky gives Calipari 7-year, $52.5 million deal 06/06/2014 06:00am • GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky gave coach John Calipari a new seven-year, $52.5 million contract that will pay a base package of $6.5 million next season and $8 million over each of the final three seasons.Already one of college basketball's highest-paid coaches, Cal ECB enters uncharted territory with new stimulus 06/06/2014 03:28am • BY DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The European Central Bank ventured into uncharted territory Thursday with a raft of unusual measures meant to revive the eurozone economy by getting credit flowing to companies and preventing a debilitating bout of deflation.The ECB was s Asian stocks shrug off ECB, await US job report 06/06/2014 01:30am • KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) -- Asian stocks were mostly indifferent on Friday to the unveiling of a big stimulus package from the European Central Bank as investors awaited the U.S. jobs report for May.Reaction from Asian markets to the ECB measures, which included interest rate cu Wal-Mart faces big hurdles 06/05/2014 10:14pm • ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer The world's largest retailer faces new challenges at a time when low prices and one-stop shopping can be a few clicks away on a tablet computer or mobile phone.Wal-Mart Stores Inc. built its reputation on everyday low prices and convenient supercenters that allow c Gallery Bethesda Hopes To Introduce Luxury To Woodmont Triangle 06/05/2014 12:00pm • The Gallery of Bethesda is the first of the new high-rise residential buildings to open in Woodmont Triangle and the first new residential building to open in five years in downtown Bethesda. The 17-story, 234-unit luxury apartment from developer Donohoe began move-ins on Auburn Avenue i A US veteran, deported and struggling in Jamaica 06/05/2014 06:06am • DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press BOHEMIA, Jamaica (AP) -- Howard Bailey joined the U.S. Navy straight out of high school in Brooklyn figuring he would see the world. He didn't expect to end up back in his native Jamaica, raising pigs and barely getting by in the poor village of his childhood.The 43-y Europe's central bank weighs anti-deflation steps 06/05/2014 03:10am • BY DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The European Central Bank is all but certain Thursday to cut interest rates to try to boost ultra-low inflation and strengthen the wobbly recovery in the 18 countries that use the euro.Analysts say the bank might take its stimulus efforts In Poland, Obama sees a guidepost for Ukraine 06/04/2014 04:31pm • JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- A quarter century after Poland embraced democracy, President Barack Obama held up this nation Wednesday as a guidepost for neighboring Ukraine as it seeks to fend off an insurgency widely believed to be backed by Russia that has rekindle