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Kirk wins Deutsche Bank, gets into Ryder Cup talk 09/02/2014 11:40am • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NORTON, Mass. (AP) -- Chris Kirk figured the Ryder Cup was out of his hands when he failed to earn one of the nine automatic spots. He already has plans to be at the Tennessee-Georgia football game during the matches in Scotland. He doesn't see any need to call U.S. capt Kirk rallies to win the Deutsche Bank 09/02/2014 03:42am • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NORTON, Mass. (AP) -- Chris Kirk made three big putts and captured the biggest win of his career Monday in the Deutsche Bank Championship. Whether that was enough for U.S. captain Tom Watson to add him to the Ryder Cup team was the least of his concerns.Kirk won for the Stewart back on the track, but big issues remain 09/02/2014 12:36am • PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) -- His racing suit unzipped down to his waist, Tony Stewart walked glumly out of Atlanta Motor Speedway with two issues still hanging over him.He doesn't know if he'll face criminal charges for his car striking and killing another driver.He's yet to c Bad weather shuts down concerts, delays flights 09/01/2014 09:10am • KATHY MATHESON Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Severe thunderstorms across the Northeast on Sunday slowed operations at airports, wreaked havoc at outdoor sporting and musical events in New York and Philadelphia and sent people scurrying from a beach after three men were struck by lightning.Th California Made in America show sizzles on day 2 09/01/2014 04:56am • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The second day of downtown Los Angeles' inaugural outdoor music festival sizzled on Sunday as more than 37,000 concertgoers grooved to an eclectic mix of rock, hip-hop and electronic music under the blazing sun.Police said the Budweiser Made in America concert in Grand Park went Tony Stewart's return to race track ends early 09/01/2014 03:08am • PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) -- Tony Stewart climbed from his battered car, took a big gulp of water, and surveyed the damage.His night was done.Not the way he wanted to come back to racing.In his first event since his sprint car struck and killed a fellow driver, Stewart slammed D.C. United states its case D.C. United states its case 09/01/2014 01:35am • WASHINGTON -- For D.C. United, it's a good year to have a good year. Following a disappointing 2013 season that saw them finish dead last in the league, United has rebounded this year, crafting a worst-to-first story at just the right time. With the World Cup taking the nation's capital by storm John Force earns win in Traxxas Nitro Shootout 08/31/2014 08:10pm • BROWNSBURG, Ind. (AP) -- John Force took home the Traxxas Nitro Shootout victory Sunday, concluding an action packed day of racing at the 60th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, the world's most prestigious drag race.Force, a 16-time Funny Car world champ, earned $100,000 when he beat team Atlanta headed for new late-winter NASCAR slot 08/31/2014 04:30pm • CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) -- Atlanta Motor Speedway's slot in NASCAR's schedule is going from Labor Day weekend to late winter. The move, however, does not leave AMS President Ed Clark cold.The track's final Labor Day weekend Sprint Cup race is Sunday night. Next year, Atlanta Made in America music festival rocks Los Angeles 08/31/2014 02:10pm • SANDY COHEN AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A group of sexy dancers backed Iggy Azalea as Rita Ora joined her on stage. Kendrick Lamar shared the spotlight with label-mate Schoolboy Q during his set. Afrojack got the crowd jumping, and Imagine Dragons closed out the evening.The first nig PAX Prime gaming convention kicks off in Seattle 08/31/2014 07:12am • DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer SEATTLE (AP) -- The Penny Arcade Expo is in full swing in downtown Seattle.The fan-centric celebration of gaming began Friday at the Washington State Convention Center. The four-day long event is expected to be attended by 85,000 gamers and will include concert Perry, Paul bash Obama for 'no strategy' on Syria 08/30/2014 04:04am • WILL WEISSERT Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky pounced Friday on President Barack Obama's "we don't have a strategy yet" comments about the violent militant faction attacking cities in Iraq -- but other potential Republican 2016 presidential hopefu Obama: GOP captive to ideologically rigid group 08/30/2014 04:02am • DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Friday blamed dysfunction in Congress on a Republican Party he said is captive to an ideologically rigid, unproductive and cynical faction, urging like-minded Democrats to show up for November's midterm elections.Add After deaths, NYC music festival tightens security 08/30/2014 12:04am • TED SHAFFREY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Drug-sniffing dogs, peers watching for people feeling ill, a "cooling tunnel" and shorter days are greeting fans this weekend at an electronic music festival where two people died of drug overdoses last year, organizers said Friday.The three-day Electri Schumacher races to Top Fuel qualifying lead 08/29/2014 11:30pm • CLERMONT, Ind. (AP) -- Tony Schumacher raced to the Top Fuel qualifying lead Friday in the U.S. Nationals with a run of 3.777 seconds at 322.65 mph.Schumacher has nine victories in the NHRA's flagship event."It's huge to get that run," Schumacher said. "Now we can go out and try to dominate the week
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