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Sept. 11 Memorial 5Ks in Arlington Next Month 08/19/2014 04:30pm • The 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks will again be marked in Arlington by, among other events, two 5K races raising money for charities. First, on Saturday, Sept. 6, will be the Arlington Police, Fire and Sheriff Memorial 9/11 5K. The race will begin at 6:00 p.m. and start and end at th Baltimore gears up for Star-Spangled Spectacular 08/13/2014 09:22am • BALTIMORE (AP) -- Tall ships, a Blue Angels air show and a majestic fireworks display will be among the highlights of a weeklong celebration of the 200th anniversary of the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner.The weeklong, multi-million-dollar celebration begins Sept. 10, and will feature musical pe Minnesota's Walker to celebrate 75th anniversary 08/08/2014 09:39am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis will put some iconic works from its collection on display as it celebrates its 75th anniversary.The Walker was founded as a public art center in 1940. The museum will kick off a series of exhibitions and programs starting with "Art at the Cent Mets struggle with bats in 5-2 loss to Mariners 07/22/2014 02:30am • TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) -- Jonathon Niese was back on the mound and felt no discomfort in his left shoulder. David Wright hit an RBI single on the 10th anniversary of his major league debut.That was about it for New York Mets highlights as they struggled again to score in a 5-2 defea Commission releases updated list of post 9/11 concerns 07/22/2014 01:54am • WASHINGTON -- Ten years ago Tuesday, the members of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States issued the 9/11 Commission Report, the official account of the horrific attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. A decade later, the members have reconvened as private citizens to reflect up Nibali now strong favorite to win Tour de France 07/15/2014 03:15pm • JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer BESANCON, France (AP) -- With defending champion Chris Froome and two-time winner Alberto Contador out of the race, the path is wide open for Vincenzo Nibali to become the first Italian to win the Tour de France since the late Marco Pantani in 1998.The French have wai Virtual Neruda walks streets of Chile's capital 07/11/2014 08:10pm • EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Forty years after his death, Pablo Neruda once again was writing and reciting love poems and he walked through Santiago's streets to the admiring gazes of Chileans -- virtually, that is.The Nobel Prize-winning poet was briefly visible Friday writi Yankees lose 5th in a row, 6-3 to Rays 07/02/2014 06:41pm • HOWIE RUMBERG AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Yankees are below .500 in the second half of a season for the first time in seven years. They've scored fewer runs in the American League than everyone but Houston and Boston, and the pinstriped players in the Bronx are hardly bombers.No m Arizona pauses to remember 19 fallen firefighters 07/01/2014 12:34pm • FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) -- They wiped away tears, hugged loved ones and stood in salute to 19 Arizona firefighters who held a special place in their hearts.The crowd of people gathered outside a historic courthouse to pay tribute to the fallen firefighters on the one-ye Benghazi case unfolds against political backdrop 06/30/2014 12:42pm • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The first prosecution arising from the Benghazi attacks is playing out in the federal courthouse blocks from both the White House and Capitol Hill, an appropriate setting for a case that has drawn stark lines between President Barack Obama and Republic Benghazi case unfolds against political backdrop 06/30/2014 05:24am • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The first prosecution arising from the Benghazi attacks is playing out in the federal courthouse blocks from both the White House and Capitol Hill, an appropriate setting for a case that has drawn stark lines between President Barack Obama and Republic Benghazi suspect pleads not guilty before judge 06/29/2014 04:32am • MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Libyan militant accused of masterminding the deadly Benghazi attacks that have become a flashpoint in U.S. politics appeared briefly for the first time in an American courtroom on Saturday, pleading not guilty to a terrorism-related charge nearly US aims for trial of Benghazi suspect held on ship 06/19/2014 03:18am • LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The capture of an alleged leader of the deadly 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, gave U.S. officials a rare moment of good news. Now, they are preparing to try the captured Libyan in the U.S. court system and pledging to double down on News Guide: Benghazi engrained in US politics 06/18/2014 03:22pm • CONNIE CASS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- To congressional Republicans, "Benghazi" is shorthand for incompetence and cover-up. Democrats hear it as the hollow sound of pointless investigations.It is, in fact, a Mediterranean port city in Libya that was the site of an attack on an American dipl US seizes Benghazi suspect in deadly Libya attack 06/18/2014 03:06am • LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. special forces seized a "key leader" of the deadly Benghazi, Libya, attack and he is on his way to face trial in the U.S. for the fiery assault that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, the Obama administration announced Tues