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Could McCormick & Co. spice up D.C.'s office market? 06/04/2014 02:58pm • Suburban Baltimore-based spice giant McCormick & Co. is sure to attract plenty of attention from D.C.-area landlords as it weighs a potential relocation from its longtime headquarters in Maryland, though it's too soon to say whether that will be enough to bring the maker of Old Bay Seasoning near th Logano believes NASCAR safer than football 06/04/2014 02:48pm • JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- After a stop to watch the Detroit Lions practice, Joey Logano felt confident he picked the right career.As a race car driver, Logano accepts the dangers that come with his sport. He would take that over getting drilled repeatedly by a linebac Finnish police find 5 dead babies in basement 06/04/2014 01:51pm • HELSINKI (AP) -- Finnish police have arrested a 35-year-old woman on suspicion of manslaughter after finding five dead babies in an apartment building, authorities said Wednesday.Officers found the bodies in "badly smelly packages" Tuesday in a basement cupboard of an apartment building in the weste Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 06/04/2014 01:50pm • The Associated Press Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:___June 3Wall Street Journal on Obama's European solidarity:President Obama has been notably indifferent to Europe for five long years, but maybe Russia's aggression has given him a new focus. On Tues Michigan Legislature OKs $195 million for Detroit 06/04/2014 01:04pm • DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The Michigan Legislature's $195 million lifeline to help prevent steep cuts in Detroit's pensions and the sale of city-owned art is being hailed as a major step forward in ending the largest public bankruptcy in U.S. history.The state funds will j Judge starts summing-up at UK phone hacking trial 06/04/2014 11:44am • JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- A British judge told jurors Wednesday that there was no doubt Rupert Murdoch's now-defunct News of the World had violated the privacy of phone-hacking victims, but it's up to the jury to decide "who and at what senior level of the paper" was involved.Judg Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt's ABCs on all those Ks 06/03/2014 06:45pm • MIKE SCHMIDT For The Associated Press There's been some talk lately about the rising rate of strikeouts making baseball boring for fans.I saw where one in every five batters is striking out, a ratio that has spiked over the last three decades. The last game without a K was 1985.There are many school WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama, Poland show unity 06/03/2014 02:58pm • NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- American flags, red carpets and stately rooms adorned with bling typically fill the background when President Barack Obama visits overseas with the leaders of other countries.But that was hardly the case Tuesday when he stepped off Air Force One Visa to label prepaid cards that have lower fees 06/03/2014 02:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Visa wants to make it easier for people to spot a cheaper prepaid card.The payment processor said it will put labels on packages of cards that meet a new set of standards it unveiled Tuesday.Those standards include a flat monthly fee and no hidden charges. Companies that issue Visa Thieves take 13,000 diapers from NC nonprofit 06/03/2014 01:00pm • TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities in North Carolina are searching for whoever made a massive, unauthorized withdrawal from a diaper bank.The Diaper Bank of North Carolina says 13,000 diapers were stolen last weekend. The Durham-based nonprofit provides diapers to s Review: Joe Henry weighs risks and rewards of love 06/03/2014 11:30am • STEVEN WINE Associated Press Joe Henry, "Invisible Hour" (Work Song)Joe Henry has produced artists ranging from Aaron Neville and Billy Bragg to Me'Shell Ndegeocello and Bonnie Raitt. Yet when he makes his own albums, they sound like no one else."Invisible Hour" is an enchanting 60 minutes of music Judge: Kasem can go home to wife if doctors OK it 06/03/2014 08:14am • PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) -- Ailing radio personality Casey Kasem can return to the Washington state home where he's been staying with his wife if doctors approve, a judge said Monday.The ruling came a day after Kasem, 82, was taken by ambulance to a medical facility after an argument between his wif Healthy, OF Grady Sizemore returns to Cleveland 06/02/2014 06:55pm • TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) -- Grady Sizemore glanced out toward center field, where he roamed for nearly eight seasons and where he chased down drives in the gap and had more than a few run-ins with the padded wall.On Monday, Sizemore's long, painful return to the majors brought him In The Pits: Selfies can't fix attendance woes 06/02/2014 06:29pm • JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- Kyle Larson lingered near his car waiting for the race to begin at Dover International Speedway when British television presenter Cherry Healey joined him on the concrete. Kneeling next to a rear tire, Healey snapped a selfie with NASCAR's newe Yoga, gym sales tax likely to go forward in DC 06/02/2014 01:19pm • BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson says he doesn't expect the council to scale back or undo a proposal to apply sales taxes to yoga classes and gym memberships.Mendelson said Monday that the tax increase is part of a package of reforms that will r