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Aussie golfer gets Woods, Spieth in Open threesome 07/19/2014 12:47pm • DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer HOYLAKE, England (AP) -- When the third-round tee times were announced at the British Open, drawn together were Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth and ... Rhein Gibson.Gibson, who made the cut on the number with a 15-foot putt on the 18th hole Friday and is playing in his first Clinic in southwest Va. providing care to needy 07/19/2014 10:51am • WISE, Va. (AP) -- Thousands are flocking to southwest Virginia for an annual clinic that provides medical, dental and vision care to the working poor and the uninsured.The Remote Area Medical Clinic is open for business this weekend in Wise. About 3,000 people attended last year.The Health Wagon is Survivors gather to remember 1989 Iowa plane crash 07/19/2014 12:28am • CATHERINE LUCEY Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- As he sat in a crippled airliner, Ron May braced his head between his legs and prayed for his wife, who was seven months' pregnant with their first child. Everyone on the jet feared they were about to die.That was back on July 19, 1989, when Contemporary American Theater Festival: New theater in an old town 07/18/2014 11:46am • Sophie Ho, special to wtop.com WASHINGTON -- In one of the more famous scenes of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," the prince urges actors to hold a "mirror up to nature" in their craft -- to reflect and expound on society through theater. The message embodied in the centuries-old statement -- that gre Sorenstam to compete at American Century 07/17/2014 11:00pm • STATELINE, Nev. (AP) -- The golfers that compete at the American Century Championship have someone new to worry about this weekend in Annika Sorenstam.Defending champion Billy Joe Tolliver, a four-time winner of the event, along with seven-time winner Rick Rhoden will have to contend with one of the Hinchcliffe hopes for success at home in Toronto 07/17/2014 06:17pm • TORONTO (AP) -- James Hinchcliffe had no idea how poorly he's run in Toronto, his hometown race.He knew the results weren't great -- last year in particular -- but had no clue his eighth-place finish in the first of two races in 2013 was his career-best finish."Is that the best I've done is eighth? A timeline of the New Jersey traffic jam scandal 07/17/2014 05:38pm • The Associated Press New Jersey lawmakers, continuing their investigation of allegations of political retribution as the motive to create traffic jams near the George Washington Bridge last year, heard Thursday from an aide to Gov. Chris Christie. Here is a timeline of important dates in the scanda Morning Notes 07/17/2014 10:20am • Council Reopens Planning Board Application Process – After selecting current Planning Board commissioner Casey Anderson to take the Board’s chair position, the County Council has reopened the application process for the soon-to-be vacant commissioner slot. Applications are due 5 p. FAQs about the Silver Line 07/17/2014 08:20am • Editor's Note: Submit your questions about the Silver Line to the WTOP Traffic Team. WASHINGTON -- With the Silver Line opening soon in Virginia, WTOP is answering some of the questions riders have ahead of Saturday. Questions Is the Tysons Corner station handicapped friendly for entering Va. fair rolls out 'Ginny' the bus 07/17/2014 04:10am • DOSWELL, Va. (AP) -- The organizers of the State Fair of Virginia are taking to the road to promote the exposition.They've launched "Ginny," a bus traveling in the Richmond and Fredericksburg areas this summer and fall. State Fair Facebook fans came up with the name, short for Virginia.The bus ma Harvick detours from NASCAR into UFC management 07/17/2014 01:50am • DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Without a helmet or strapped in a seat, Kevin Harvick should have been far more comfortable with a beer in hand and a view from a suite.But nerves hit the NASCAR star much worse than they get him before any green flag drops. Harvick had no con Hunter Hayes to headline US Open Kids' Day 07/16/2014 07:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Hunter Hayes is set to join MKTO, the Vamps and other acts at the U.S. Open's annual Arthur Ashe Kids' Day.The "Wanted" singer said in a statement Wednesday that he's honored to be part of the Aug. 23 event at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York, where th Jones breaks through ahead of Nationwide debut 07/16/2014 06:34pm • LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Erik Jones has discovered that driving the No. 51 truck isn't nearly as easy as Kyle Busch makes it look.Last weekend, Jones finally pushed through the adversity that had dogged him all season with a run that showed why Busch and others are so Not in Italy: Some of the best limoncello is being made in W. Va. 07/15/2014 05:34pm • WASHINGTON -- Linda Losey recalls the first time she tried limoncello. Four years ago, the Baltimore County, Maryland, resident was visiting the Vatican with family and friends when her step-daughter, who was studying abroad at the time, offered her a pour of the traditional Italian liqueur. " At Elvis Fest, impersonations are reverent tribute 07/15/2014 03:52pm • MICHELLE RINDELS Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The white-suited, chest hair-baring, blue contact-wearing men posing with fans outside the showroom of the former Las Vegas Hilton don't want to be called Elvis impersonators.The correct term is Elvis tribute artist -- or ETA for short -- to distin