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Cold front ahead but not before more storms 07/15/2014 09:07am • WASHINGTON -- After one more day of severe weather and heat, an unfamiliar refreshing air mass will settle into the D.C. region for Wednesday and Thursday. Perhaps, you can finally give that air conditioner a break! Monday afternoon's storms were quite a sight as they brought ominous skies, stro Lightning survivor has no memory of deadly strike 07/15/2014 02:32am • DAN ELLIOTT Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- Justin Teilhet doesn't remember hearing a boom or feeling a sting, just waking up numb on the treeless tundra high in Rocky Mountain National Park and discovering his good friend was trying to revive his wife.It was a lightning bolt, he learned later, and Perry-Paul launch foreign policy war of words 07/14/2014 07:36pm • STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Two leading Republicans have begun an unusually personal war of words over foreign policy, highlighting a broader divide within the GOP over international affairs in one of the first public clashes of the Republican Party's presidential primary process Man dies after running into Utah festival bonfire 07/14/2014 02:35pm • MICHELLE RINDELS Associated Press A man died over the weekend after jumping into a huge ceremonial bonfire at a Utah event similar to the Nevada countercultural festival Burning Man, authorities said.The incident, which police are investigating as a suicide, happened about 11 p.m. Saturday at the an US given heads up about newspaper data destruction 07/14/2014 01:26am • JACK GILLUM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration knew in advance that the British government would oversee destruction of a newspaper's hard drives containing leaked National Security Agency documents last year, newly declassified documents show.The White House had said it wo Md. candidate donates dinosaur to Creation Museum 07/13/2014 07:38pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- A candidate for the Anne Arundel County Council has recently donated dinosaur fossils to a creationist museum that believes the creatures were alive less than 5,000 years ago.The Capital (http://bit.ly/1mLQix3 ) reports Michael Peroutka presented the fossils to the Creation Mu Rousseff: Brazil's World Cup proved doubters wrong 07/12/2014 04:00pm • MANUEL MARTINEZ Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil has proved its doubters wrong by putting on a highly successful World Cup, President Dilma Rousseff said on the eve of the tournament's final match between Germany and Argentina this weekend.Concerns that stadiums and airports wouldn't Race Team Alliance open for NASCAR owners to join 07/12/2014 03:40pm • DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer LOUDON, N.H. (AP) -- The Race Team Alliance is not only open for business, the ownership clique is ready for new members.RTA chairman Rob Kauffman, co-owner of Michael Waltrip Racing, said teams outside of the inaugural nine that formed together have expressed interest i Phelps easily beats Lochte in 100 butterfly 07/12/2014 03:36pm • PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Michael Phelps surged to the wall and quickly searched for the scoreboard.He liked what he saw.Phelps turned in perhaps the most impressive performance so far in his comeback, posting the third-fastest time in the world this year while easily beatin Va. pioneer Maggie L. Walker to be honored 07/12/2014 12:50pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The National Park Service has scheduled events this weekend through Tuesday to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Maggie L. Walker, the pioneering businesswoman.An art show and tour are among the activities scheduled at the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Sit Martin takes 3-shot lead in Women's British Open 07/12/2014 03:40am • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer SOUTHPORT, England (AP) -- Mo Martin had a plan for Royal Birkdale, and it's working better than she imagined at the Ricoh Women's British Open.Martin took two putts from short of the green on the par-5 18th hole Friday for her 10th birdie in two rounds, and her second s Rousseff: Brazil proved World Cup doubters wrong 07/12/2014 12:07am • MANUEL MARTINEZ Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- President Dilma Rousseff said Friday that on the eve of the World Cup's final match this weekend, her country has proved doubters of Brazil's ability to organize a big event wrong.Despite widespread concerns before the tournament, the World C Attorney: Visitor trapped in jail feared death 07/11/2014 09:00pm • CHICAGO (AP) -- A man who was trapped in a visiting room at a Chicago jail for about 30 hours last weekend tried everything from yelling and kicking to get someone's attention to using a key to try to force a glass piece in a door out, his attorney said.None of that worked for 51-year-old Farad Polk World Series of Poker guaranteed new champ 07/11/2014 08:20pm • OSKAR GARCIA Associated Press The World Series of Poker main event will have a new champion, as the final 692 players guaranteed themselves a profit by lasting past the money bubble on Friday.Players short on chips stalled and pleaded in hopes of outlasting a few more opponents and seeing a return o Scott Dixon wins pole for IndyCar race in Iowa 07/11/2014 07:58pm • LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer NEWTON, Iowa (AP) -- Team Penske has been so strong in the IndyCar series this season that any one of its drivers could win on Saturday night.Penske's history at Iowa Speedway suggests that none of them will.Penske entered the weekend at Iowa's .875-mile short track wi