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Almirola wins rain-cut NASCAR race at Daytona 07/07/2014 03:38am • MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- It had been more than 15 years since the iconic No. 43 drove to Victory Lane.So waiting through two days of thunderstorms and three red flags was relatively easy for Aric Almirola and his Richard Petty Motorsports team.Almirola won the rain-dela John Force races to 140th victory 07/06/2014 10:20pm • NORWALK, Ohio (AP) -- John Force raced to his 140th career victory Sunday, beating Ron Capps in the Funny Car final in the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals.The 65-year-old Force powered his Ford Mustang to a winning pass of 4.113 seconds at 317.27 mph for his first victory in Norwalk. He also Quebec remembers victims of oil train disaster 07/06/2014 02:52pm • LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) -- Crowds packed a church in the eastern Quebec town of Lac-Megantic Sunday to remember the 47 people who were killed there a year ago when a runaway oil train derailed and exploded, sending cataclysmic fireballs that obliterated a large swath of the downtown district.Earli Rain postpones Coke Zero 400 at Daytona 07/06/2014 05:04am • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- The day race at Daytona International Speedway ended up at night.And now the night race will go off during the day.Steady rain forced NASCAR to postpone the Sprint Cup race at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday night. It's the second race at Daytona this year dela Battle of Monocacy in Frederick, Md., remembered 07/06/2014 02:36am • MONOCACY NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD, FREDERICK, Md. -- It was 150 years ago that General Jubal Early led about 15,000 Confederate forces across the Potomac River and into Maryland. His Rebel eye was on the Nation's Capital and a federal prisoner of war camp at Point Lookout, Md., where he hoped to free Suspect arrested in Bourbon St. shootings 07/04/2014 09:04pm • KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A 20-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with a gunfight that erupted on Bourbon Street, killing one bystander and wounding nine others on the thoroughfare of nightspots that is one of New Orleans' biggest tourist draws.Police chief Ronal Tour de France gears up for UK start 07/04/2014 05:18pm • JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press LEEDS, England (AP) -- So your national team is out of the World Cup in Brazil, Wimbledon doesn't seem the same without Serena Williams or Rafael Nadal and your baseball team is slumping.This weekend, fans of many stripes could join die-hard cycling buffs and tune in to Another 'person of interest' in Bourbon shootings 07/04/2014 03:20pm • KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Police in New Orleans have interviewed another "person of interest" caught on video at the scene of last weekend's deadly shooting on Bourbon Street.But so far, no arrests have been made in connection with the gunfire that broke out early Sunday on t Boston Pops' annual July Fourth show a day early 07/04/2014 12:55am • PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) -- With the season's first hurricane bearing down on New England, Boston hosted the Boston Pops Fourth of July outdoor concert and fireworks show Thursday, a night earlier than planned and just ahead of drenching rain.The event, which airs nationally and d Low ticket sales put IndyCar at Pocono in jeopardy 07/03/2014 09:50pm • DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer The future of IndyCar at Pocono Raceway is in jeopardy because of a dramatic attendance drop expected for Sunday's race.IndyCar returned to Pocono last year after a 24-year absence for the first race of a three-year contract. Track CEO and President Brandon Igdalsky said 5 Things to Know: The fireworks at 'Kaboom Town' 07/03/2014 04:59pm • NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press ADDISON, Texas (AP) -- Fireworks technician Chad Stanley doesn't even need to press the "fire" button on the computer controlling Kaboom Town -- one of the nation's biggest Fourth of July weekend fireworks shows. Months of planning mean Stanley and other pyrotechnic Correction: WCup-Media story 07/03/2014 04:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- In a story July 2 about how many people followed the World Cup, The Associated Press erroneously reported the source of data on the number of online streams of the World Cup soccer match between the United States and Belgium. The source is Adobe Analytics, not Nielsen.A corrected ve What's on your plate for the 4th? D.C.'s top chefs weigh in with backyard BBQ ideas 07/03/2014 01:49pm • Hot dogs and hamburgers are soooo... 1950s? How about a more bangin' Fourth of July backyard BBQ? Yeah, we have no original ideas either. That's why we looked in our own backyard to some of the top chefs in the D.C. region for a look-see at what they're cooking up, Independence Day-wise — in t Hamilton focused on home win at British GP 07/03/2014 12:33pm • SILVERSTONE, England (AP) -- Lewis Hamilton wants an emotional home crowd to back him all the way this weekend as he seeks to claim his second win at the British Grand Prix and reboot his bid for the Formula One championship.Hamilton, who secured victory at Silverstone in 2008 on his way to taking t Small business owners learn recession lessons 07/03/2014 05:24am • JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- For some small business owners, the Great Recession turned out to be a lesson in how to run their companies better.Many owners whose businesses failed during the recession have taken the plunge again, restarting or opening new businesses. But th