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Capital Pride Street Festival Sunday 06/08/2014 12:48am • WASHINGTON -- The Capital Pride Festival is expected to draw some 200,000 people to downtown D.C. today, according to organizers of the popular annual gay pride event. The weekend festivities, which included a parade on Saturday, is promoted by Capital Pride, an organization dedicated to promot Private memorial service set for poet Maya Angelou 06/07/2014 07:58am • WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Family, friends and famous admirers plan to gather for a weekend tribute to poet, orator and sage Maya Angelou (MY'-uh AN'-juh-loh) at the North Carolina university where she taught for more than 30 years.A memorial service scheduled Saturday at Wake Forest University wil Bill Clinton, Winfrey to attend Angelou memorial 06/07/2014 12:10am • WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey are joining first lady Michelle Obama at a weekend memorial service for poet and author Maya Angelou (MY'-uh AN'-juh-loh).Wake Forest University spokeswoman Katie Neal said Friday that Clinton will attend the event honoring Power on pole in Texas, Helio expects tougher race 06/06/2014 07:22pm • STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Will Power is thinking only about racing, not points. Helio Castroneves is focusing on what he needs to do each day.Those similar philosophies are working quite well for the Team Penske drivers, who are 1-2 in season points and trying to get A timeline of Sgt. Bergdahl's captivity to release 06/06/2014 06:26pm • The Associated Press Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was handed over to U.S. special forces in May after nearly five years in captivity in Afghanistan. Here is a look at some of the key events from his capture to release:June 30, 2009 -- Bergdahl, who is serving with an Alaska-based infantry regiment, vanishes James recovering after dealing with Game 1 cramps 06/06/2014 06:10pm • TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- If the NBA Finals resumed Friday, there would be no way LeBron James could play.There's no game until Sunday.And James plans to be ready by then.With his gait still affected by severe cramping and dehydration, and feeling the effects of a sleeple Pope seeks to rekindle dream of Mideast peace 06/06/2014 03:30pm • NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis is seeking to rekindle the dream of peace by bringing the Israeli and Palestinian presidents together this weekend for a unique common prayer for peace in the Vatican gardens.It will be the first time such a meeting has ever taken pl Picks From Our Bethesda-Chevy Chase Event Calendar 06/06/2014 02:15pm • Sunny skies and pleasant temperatures are expected this weekend, so check out some of the events happening in the next few days and weeks in our area. If you’d like to see your event featured, fill out our event submission form. Also, please check out the event calendar to see a Parenting: Does having children really change everything? 06/06/2014 01:52pm • WASHINGTON -- You've heard it before: Having a baby changes everything. But just how much? New York Magazine writer Jennifer Senior explores the effects of children on their parents -- from haircuts to happy hour -- in her book "All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood." "The bab Curtis Cup matches open Friday in St. Louis 06/05/2014 10:30pm • JASON L. YOUNG Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The first black U.S. Curtis Cup player, Mariah Stackhouse is focused on making a lot more history this weekend at St. Louis Country Club."To be the first African-American on the Curtis Cup team is amazing," the 20-year-old Stanford player said. "I do Cochran, McDaniel rumble in Miss. GOP runoff 06/05/2014 05:34pm • PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- National tea party organizations are rushing back into Mississippi Republican primary runoff as challenger Chris McDaniel tries to finish off Sen. Thad Cochran's bid for a seventh Senate term.It's unclear how much help the 76-year-old senator ca Pair in Afghanistan video plea say they're parents 06/05/2014 05:26pm • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The married couple with a taste for exotic travel set out for Central Asia in the summer of 2012, moving as tourists through a region not normally visited by Westerners.It was a risky venture by any standards, not least because the young travelers were Weekend eats: Food events this weekend 06/05/2014 09:25am • Nycci Nellis, The List Are You On It Bergdahl's hometown cancels celebration amid furor 06/05/2014 03:58am • BRIAN SKOLOFF Associated Press HAILEY, Idaho (AP) -- Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's hometown abruptly canceled plans Wednesday for a welcome-home celebration, citing security concerns over the prospect of big crowds -- both for and against the soldier.The town of 8,000 has been swamped with hate mail and angr Wisconsin stabbing highlights juvenile crime laws 06/05/2014 02:06am • M.L. JOHNSON Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) -- When two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls were charged this week with stabbing a friend nearly to death, authorities had no choice but to send them to adult court.In more than half of the nation, kids as young as 10 are often charged as adults automatically