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Ocean City police prepare for college weekend 06/02/2014 04:50pm • OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) -- Ocean City officials are preparing for an influx of college students this weekend for a loosely organized event that's been promoted on social media.It's known as College Takeover Beach Week. A similar event last year in Virginia Beach, Virginia, drew tens of thousands and wa Jamaica literary festival draws top-flight authors 06/02/2014 12:22pm • DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press TREASURE BEACH, Jamaica (AP) -- Best-selling authors take to a seaside stage, bottles of Red Stripe beer in hand. Budding writers line up to read their works to a big, appreciative audience. Book-loving islanders and tourists mingle with literary luminaries as the sun Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Katz dies at 72 06/02/2014 08:24am • MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Lewis Katz, a self-made man who built his fortune in New York parking lots, billboards and cable TV, and went on to buy the NBA's New Jersey Nets, NHL's New Jersey Devils and The Philadelphia Inquirer, died in a weekend plane crash. He was 72.Kat Castroneves wins 2nd Detroit Grand Prix of weekend 06/02/2014 02:47am • LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) -- Helio Castroneves celebrated in his signature style, climbing a fence, in the same place where he did it for the first time many years ago.Castroneves' crew joined him above the track in front of roaring fans and it was fitting because his behind-the-scene Crampton races to first Top Fuel victory 06/01/2014 07:00pm • ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. (AP) -- Richie Crampton raced to his first career Top Fuel victory Sunday in the NHRA Summernationals to become the 100th category winner in NHRA history.Crampton, the Australian making his ninth career start, powered his Morgan Lucas Racing-owned dragster to a 3.819-second pass at Car Report: A luxury KIA? Yes, really 06/01/2014 05:41pm • WASHINGTON -- The latest full-size luxury sedan is large and brimming with technology and is built by KIA. Yes, I said KIA, and the all-new 2015 K900, a flagship sedan, is a very luxurious and large rear-wheel drive sedan with a powerful V8 and plenty of space to pamper five people. A good 5 Questions about Qatar 2022 World Cup bid claims 06/01/2014 02:50pm • GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) -- FIFA's controversial choice of Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup is again under scrutiny amid calls to re-run the vote.British newspaper The Sunday Times has reported that Mohamed bin Hammam, the Qatari former FIFA executive committee member, paid $5 mill Rice helping Obama juggle foreign policy crises 05/31/2014 11:34pm • JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) -- Once seemingly destined to become secretary of state, Susan Rice now holds a lower-profile job at the White House, juggling global crises for the president and trying to ensure his foreign policy priorities don't fall by the wayside in a sto Valcke: There's no time to relax until WCup opener 05/31/2014 01:30pm • TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) -- Brazil is getting close to finalizing its preparations for the World Cup but there's "not a single moment to relax" until the opener in less than two weeks, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said Friday.After touring all host cities one last time, V Vince & Dominic's closes after 31 years in Bethesda 05/31/2014 10:20am •   A well known neighborhood pizza place announced Friday that it was closing after 31 years. Vince & Dominic’s, which took up a spot in the Home Depot-owned shopping center near Westfield Montgomery mall, announced on Facebook that Home Depot would not renew the restaurant’s leas Casey surges, McIlroy tumbles at the Memorial 05/31/2014 03:24am • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) -- Paul Casey expected to be chasing someone Friday in the Memorial, figuring it would be Rory McIlroy.After two holes, Casey had the lead to himself at Muirfield Village, and that was only the start of another big day. He took advantage of the par 5s f 25 years on, no fading of Tiananmen wounds, ideals 05/31/2014 02:26am • LOUISE WATT Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- Some went missing. Some lost their freedom. Some can't escape the images inside their head, or the guilt they feel for surviving.The June 4, 1989, military crackdown to end weeks-long student protests is a key moment in the history of Communist-ruled Chin Cruz Pedregon leads Funny Car qualifying 05/30/2014 11:40pm • ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. (AP) -- Cruz Pedregon raced to the Funny Car qualifying lead Friday in the NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.Pedregon, a two-time Funny Car season champion, powered his Toyota Camry to a track-record performance of 3.959 seconds at 310.48 mph. Pedregon's time For a change, dry Muirfield might bare its fangs 05/30/2014 07:34pm • RUSTY MILLER AP Sports Writer DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) -- Ben Curtis grew up just a few miles from Muirfield Village Golf Club.He's seen the course designed by Jack Nicklaus bare its fangs. But most of the time, it's been a docile track when the pros come to town about the same time the spring rains drench Talks at 5 Vegas casinos may avert planned strike 05/30/2014 07:10pm • MICHELLE RINDELS Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A strike planned for the weekend at downtown Las Vegas casinos is looking less likely after a fifth holdout property struck a deal with unions and last-minute negotiations were scheduled at all others without a contract.The culinary and bartender u