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Chad Dawson begins patient comeback from KO losses 06/20/2014 09:52pm • GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Chad Dawson spent 11 years climbing to the top of boxing. With two disastrous fights, he fell most of the way back down.The former light heavyweight champion has spent the past year out of the ring after consecutive knockout losses to Andre Ward and 5 Things To Know about Kevlar 06/20/2014 07:20pm • RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) -- Stephanie Kwolek, a former DuPont scientist credited with discovering the strong, lightweight fiber used in Kevlar in 1965, died this week at the age of 90. Here are five things to know about Kevlar, which has since become synonymous with body armor Gorilla on mend from valley fever at zoo 06/20/2014 05:57pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jabari, a western lowland gorilla living at the Los Angeles Zoo, is on the mend after receiving treatment for a severe case of valley fever.The great ape has had the fungal infection for about three years and had lost about a fifth of his body weight, the Los Angeles Times report Burned Ukrainian boy jubilant over ability to walk 06/20/2014 04:48pm • RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press BOSTON (AP) -- Ihor Lakatosh struggles to describe his life before the surgeries, when his severe burns went untreated for years in his native Ukraine, leaving him with one arm fused to his body, unable to walk and abandoned by his mother.The 11-year-old boy, however, Burned Ukrainian boy jubilant over ability to walk 06/20/2014 04:48pm • RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press BOSTON (AP) -- Ihor Lakatosh struggles to describe his life before the surgeries, when his severe burns went untreated for years in his native Ukraine, leaving him with one arm fused to his body, unable to walk and abandoned by his mother.The 11-year-old boy, however, Bond set for 2 accused of neglect in son's death 06/20/2014 03:20pm • SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) -- A home health care worker charged with involuntary manslaughter after her husband's disabled 33-year-old son was found dead at their home was ordered Friday to stop working as a nurse.David Arthur Sr. and Deborah Arthur were arraigned Friday on charges of involuntary manslaugh Dr. Oz scolded at hearing on weight loss scams 06/20/2014 02:08pm • JENNIFER C. KERR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Under pressure from Congress, celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz on Tuesday offered to help "drain the swamp" of unscrupulous marketers using his name to peddle so-called miracle pills and cure-alls to millions of Americans desperate to lose weight.Oz app Harley-Davidson testing electric motorcycles 06/20/2014 11:14am • M.L. JOHNSON Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Would a Harley still be a Harley if it didn't have that out-of-my-way rumble and those fat, hydrocarbon-belching exhausts?Motorcycle enthusiasts are about to find out as Harley-Davidson rolls out an electric bike -- a sleek, futuristic version that sou GM could face another fine for Impala recall 06/20/2014 05:20am • DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Auto Writers DETROIT (AP) -- An old e-mail from a General Motors employee warning of a "serious safety problem" could help trigger another government fine against the automaker.The Aug. 30, 2005, e-mail surfaced Wednesday during a House subcommittee hearing on GM's delayed recall o GM could face another fine for Impala recall 06/20/2014 05:20am • DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Auto Writers DETROIT (AP) -- An old e-mail from a General Motors employee warning of a "serious safety problem" could help trigger another government fine against the automaker.The Aug. 30, 2005, e-mail surfaced Wednesday during a House subcommittee hearing on GM's delayed recall o GM could face another fine for Impala recall 06/20/2014 05:20am • DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Auto Writers DETROIT (AP) -- An old e-mail from a General Motors employee warning of a "serious safety problem" could help trigger another government fine against the automaker.The Aug. 30, 2005, e-mail surfaced Wednesday during a House subcommittee hearing on GM's delayed recall o Afghanistan vet honored as new troops head to Iraq 06/20/2014 04:40am • President Obama will award the Medal of Honor to Retired Marine Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter at 2:15 p.m. Listen Live on WTOP.com or watch the live stream below. JOIN THE LIVE CHATVISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A 24-year-old veteran who lost an eye Vasyl Lomachenko gets 2nd title shot vs Russell 06/19/2014 09:04pm • GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Vasyl Lomachenko had the audacity to believe he could win a world title in his second professional fight after a glittering amateur career.Instead, Ukraine's two-time Olympic gold medalist discovered just how much he still didn't know about boxing.Lo Pope skips procession, takes it easy ahead of trip 06/19/2014 08:00pm • NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) -- Pope Francis skipped an annual procession to a Roman basilica on Thursday as he takes it easy ahead of a jam-packed trip to southern Italy this weekend.The Vatican has denied media speculation that the 77-year-old Francis is sick. News reports have zeroe Redskins wrap mini-camp with reward 06/19/2014 05:01pm • WASHINGTON -- Redskins coach Jay Gruden rewarded his players by canceling the final day of mini-camp on Thursday. The team had been going pretty hard for four weeks, with three weeks of Organized Team Activities (OTA's) followed by a veterans mandatory mini-camp this week. The temperatures were