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Essence Festival marks its 20 year anniversary 07/02/2014 03:38pm • CHEVEL JOHNSON Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- It's been 20 years since Essence magazine first brought its "party with a purpose" to New Orleans and organizers say this year's goal is more, more, more.Michelle Ebanks, president of Essence Communications Inc., said the team began planning the 20 Ahead of July 4th, a tropical storm off Florida 07/02/2014 05:22am • From ABC7's Steve Rudin: All eyes remain focused on Tropical Storm Arthur as it slowly churns and develops off the east coast of Florida. Intensity and speed Wednesday will likely be 50 mph with movement to the northwest at 2 mph. The storm will rapidly develop late Wednesday night as it moves British Open qualifying leaves younger players out 07/01/2014 07:09pm • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The British Open this year decided to scrap its 36-hole qualifiers on the European Tour and PGA Tour in favor of what effectively is 72-hole qualifiers. Four leading players from the top 12 on the leaderboard at Congressional and the Greenbrier earn spots. In Europe, the Police seek help identifying person of interest 07/01/2014 09:58am • STACEY PLAISANCE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Police on Monday asked the public for its help in identifying two shooters and a third "person of interest" who appear in separate surveillance videos recorded the night of a weekend gunfight that injured 10 people on Bourbon Street.Police said t Va. leader voices frustration with pub crawl regulation 06/30/2014 05:15pm • WASHINGTON -- A local leader reacted on Monday to a weekend incident involving a pub crawl, a naked man and a dangerous wrong-way chase. A man taking part in the All-American Bar Crawl crawl in Arlington on Saturday night reportedly peeled off his clothes and led police on a car chase in the wr Facebook's score: 1 billion World Cup interactions 06/30/2014 12:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook has passed the 1 billion mark in World Cup interactions.The company said Monday the milestone was reached over the weekend. No other single event has generated this much activity on Facebook in the history of the social media site. More than 220 million people have posted, Bethesda Arts Center in the works for Woodmont Triangle 06/30/2014 09:05am • The Bethesda Arts Center could one day bring a black box theater, dance studio, artist work space and pedestrian plaza to Bethesda’s Woodmont Triangle. The concept is in the works for the block of buildings across Woodmont Avenue from Veterans Park and near the top of the list of Planning D AP PHOTOS: Gay pride celebrations around the world 06/30/2014 05:52am • The Associated Press For gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and their supporters, June is a month of pride and celebration.Around the globe, LGBT Pride Month has been marked with parades and marches, festivals and dances, and in some cases, protests and counter-protests. In the United St Sponsorship of gay pride parades on the rise 06/29/2014 10:04am • BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- In between muscular men in speedos gyrating to thumping dance music and drag queens decked out in formal gowns, Salt Lake City's gay pride parade also featured a few, more conventional participants: Some of America's most well-known companies.Fro From Morocco to Jakarta, Muslims mark Ramadan 06/29/2014 09:25am • ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) -- Across a wide belt that stretches halfway around the globe, the world's estimated 1.6 billion Muslims will mark the beginning of Ramadan this weekend. The holy season is marred by unprecedented turmoil, violence and sectarian hatreds that threaten to rip a US takes gay rights global, despite unsure welcome 06/28/2014 11:18pm • VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- President Barack Obama has taken the U.S. gay rights revolution global, using American embassies across the world to promote a cause that still divides his own country.Sometimes U.S. advice and encouragement is condemned as unacceptable meddling. Ken Roczen wins at Muddy Creek 06/28/2014 09:00pm • BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Ken Roczen won the Red Bull Tennessee National on Saturday at Muddy Creek for his third Lucas Oil Pro Motocross victory in the first five events of the season.The German Red Bull KTM rider finished second in the first 450 Class moto and won the second. Teammate Ryan Dungey 3 years late, US Open conditions at Congressional 06/28/2014 07:30pm • JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- Three years after hosting a U.S. Open, Congressional Country Club is finally playing like a U.S. Open.Thick rough and fast, firm greens kept the scores high Saturday at the Quicken Loans National. There were no bogey-free rounds, and the average sc Manziel: 'I don't think I'm doing anything wrong' 06/28/2014 04:26pm • TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) -- Johnny's gonna play and Johnny's gonna party.Tired of scrutiny about how he spends his weekends away from football and drained by the spotlight that follows him, Browns rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel said he has no plans to tone down his lifestyle. Soccer gets boost in US from young, informed fans 06/28/2014 12:04pm • EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) -- Never mind that there were dozens of TV sets at the bar, many turned to pro wrestling, poker and bowling to provide background noise early one weekend morning. Jon Forget walked in, asked the bartender to change one set to soccer and got laughed out of t