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Obama says sports concussions need more attention 05/30/2014 06:08pm • DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Saying he wants kids to play sports but play safely, President Barack Obama called Thursday for more and better research into the effects and treatment of concussions in youth athletes. The issue is one of growing concern for parents who spend w McIlroy tumbles down leaderboard at Memorial 05/30/2014 05:48pm • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) -- Rory McIlroy hit into the water and into the trees. He even hit one shot twice.Instead of seizing control Friday in the Memorial, he was 15 shots worse than his opening round and tumbled down the leaderboard at Muirfield Village.McIlroy had to scramb Talks at 5 Vegas casinos may avert planned strike 05/30/2014 03:58pm • 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 Prime season for 'star parties' 05/30/2014 03:38pm • WASHINGTON - In my story on Astronomy Day 2014 I provided information on astronomy related activities that people can enjoy. For me, the best astronomy activity someone can participate in is a "Star Party," and we are now entering prime time for them. At a star party you can meet with people who Hunter-Reay hopes to keep rolling in Motor City 05/29/2014 08:06pm • LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) -- Ryan Hunter-Reay recalls rooting for the Andrettis and Unsers when he was growing up in South Florida, hoping an American would win the races he watched on TV."I've always been patriotic," he said Thursday along the banks of the Detroit River.Now, Hunter-R LPGA, PGA of America new partners in an old major 05/29/2014 07:30pm • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) -- The LPGA Championship is getting a new name, two big partners and a lot more exposure.In what amounts to a merger announced Thursday morning, the LPGA Tour and PGA of America have become partners in the Women's PGA Championship. It will be the first Haas headlines Champions Tour field in Iowa 05/29/2014 06:28pm • LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Jay Haas is winless on the Champions Tour this season.He's at the right place to change that this weekend.The 60-year-old Haas has won the Principal Charity Classic three times and is the highest-ranked player in the field in the event that beg ‘Discover Cherrydale’ Set for Saturday 05/29/2014 03:35pm • Arlington’s Cherrydale neighborhood — along Lee Highway from I-66 to N. Quincy Street — is throwing a celebration this weekend to celebrate its businesses and the undergrounding of the utility lines in the area. This Saturday, from noon to 5:00 p.m., businesses along the corridor w Students return to class after California rampage 05/29/2014 06:18am • RAQUEL MARIA DILLON Associated Press GOLETA, Calif. (AP) -- Students returned to classes Wednesday at the University of California, Santa Barbara, after the weekend rampage that left six students and their assailant dead and 13 others injured in nearby Isla Vista.Some people were eager to resume aca Octoberfest without beer? Maybe in Utah 05/28/2014 10:00pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- What's an Octoberfest without beer? Utah residents may soon find out.The Utah liquor commission put Snowbird Ski Resort officials on notice this week that it might not grant the permit for its Oktoberfest festival, held each weekend from Aug. 16 to Oct. 12. The commission is t Stars starting to line up for big summer of golf 05/28/2014 07:11pm • DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) -- Adam Scott celebrated his rise to No. 1 in the world by rallying to win at Colonial. On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, Rory McIlroy capped off a busy week in the news by winning for the first time this year at the European Tour's biggest event Va. weekend celebrates balance with fitness, food 05/28/2014 03:55pm • WASHINGTON -- Do you head to the gym after work with dinner on your mind? Or maybe you lace up your running shoes on Saturday morning in anticipation of a bagel and a latte? If so, you're not alone. You're what Anna Bullett calls a "fit foodie." That's "someone who really believes a healthy li California students mourn near scene of rampage 05/28/2014 03:36am • DON THOMPSON Associated Press GOLETA, Calif. (AP) -- Thousands gathered at the University of California, Santa Barbara on Tuesday to mourn six students killed in a weekend rampage as California lawmakers proposed new ways of keeping guns out of the hands of disturbed killers."All died much too young French politics in disarray, except for far right 05/28/2014 12:58am • ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) -- An anti-immigration movement founded by a man repeatedly convicted of anti-Semitism now leads polls in France. The mainstream conservative party risks collapse amid a financing scandal. The Socialist president is the most unpopular leader in modern French NYC mayor bars media from dozens of events 05/27/2014 06:06pm • JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- From the first moments of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration, when he initially declared his midnight swearing-in off limits to the media, he has established a record of frequently conducting public business in private, with dozens o