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Judge OKs record-setting $2B sale of Clippers 07/28/2014 06:47pm • LOS ANGELES (AP)-- A judge ruled against Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling on Monday in his attempt to block the $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas sided with Sterling's estranged wife Shelly Sterling, With big raise, Rudolph ready for bigger year 07/28/2014 05:23pm • DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MANKATO, Minn. (AP) -- The Minnesota Vikings have pledged to make Kyle Rudolph a larger part of their offense for, well, his whole career.Now this enhanced role is almost inevitable: He's carrying 15 fewer pounds this season and playing for a lot more money."It's Police seek man who refused tuberculosis treatment 07/28/2014 01:16pm • STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) -- Prosecutors in Northern California said Thursday that they have obtained an arrest warrant for a tuberculosis patient who has refused treatment and may be contagious, putting those around him at risk.Eduardo Rosas Cruz, a 25-year-old transient, went to the San Joaquin Genera Monday is National Milk Chocolate Day 07/28/2014 11:29am • WASHINGTON -- In case you needed an excuse to chow down on some chocolate, Monday marks National Milk Chocolate Day. WTOP wants to know how you'll satisfy your chocolate craving. On Twitter, WTOP asked people what their favorite chocolate treats are. Check out some of the responses and submi Infomercial biz 'Proactiv'-ly reinvents itself in digital age 07/28/2014 11:00am • WASHINGTON -- Rest assured -- it will be possible to buy the Snuggie, Proactiv, and the Perfect Bacon Bowl even as the infomercial industry reinvents itself. In the early days of infomercials, viewers who just had to buy a blender or other product demonstrated by enthusiastic salespeople had on Browns LB Mingo hoping bigger is better in Year 2 07/27/2014 07:04pm • BEREA, Ohio (AP) -- Browns linebacker Barkevious Mingo is banking on bigger being better after a rookie year that started fast and then sort of fizzled.He's been bulking up this offseason, ready to fit in with the faster and stronger of the NFL.As the sixth overall pick in the 2013 draft, Mingo made After embarrassment, Magnussen wins at Comm Games 07/27/2014 06:12pm • ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) -- Renowned for his bravado, world 100-meter freestyle champion James Magnussen didn't try to conceal his glee at reasserting his supremacy against a great rival in the pool on Sunday."I feel loved again," Magnussen said after leading home an Austra Patriots DBs train together in Phoenix 07/27/2014 05:52pm • HOWARD ULMAN AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- The downpour began as practice was about to end for the Patriots on Sunday.It was nothing like the conditions in Arizona where four New England defensive backs had prepared for training camp."You play football in whatever the weather is," corne Vincenzo Nibali Fact Box 07/27/2014 05:50pm • PARIS (AP) -- Vincenzo Nibali fact box after his first Tour de France title on Sunday:Date and place of birth: Nov. 14, 1984, in Messina, Italy.Height: 1.81 meters (5-foot-11).Weight: 65 kilograms (143 pounds).Teams: Fassa Bortolo (2005), Liquigas (2006-12) and Astana (since 2013).Nickname: The Shar War & games: Ex-pilot heads Redskins special teams 07/27/2014 05:00pm • JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer RICHMOND, Va. -- After practice on Military Appreciation Day at Washington Redskins training camp, the special teams coordinator made a beeline to the people in uniform near the special VIP tent.Ben Kotwica used to be one of them. He was a helicopter pilot who flew m Wanna lose weight? Eat like a man 07/27/2014 03:22pm • WASHINGTON -- Men don't diet, they just eat more natural foods. "Steaks, potatoes, chicken," says fitness trainer and dietitian Jim White. "Even some of your barbecue foods are more filling, have a lot of natural ingredients and are more sustaining to your body." For that reason, women could Classes aim to hook US blacks on African foods 07/27/2014 12:33pm • JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Rickey Dorsey knows he doesn't have the best diet, and his plump belly proves it."I'm definitely used to a lot of fried food and sweets," the Birmingham man said. "And sweet tea."Dorsey, 53, is trying to change that. He is among about 500 people a Falcons want big improvement from guys up front 07/26/2014 08:16pm • PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) -- Through the first two days of training camp, the Atlanta Falcons look just fine along the offensive line.Of course, let's see how they do when they break out the pads."We're out here in pajamas," guard Justin Blalock quipped.All joking aside Miller reshapes physique and image in 2014 07/26/2014 05:08pm • ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- Von Miller wants to forget about last season, not just the way it began with a drug suspension and ended with a torn ACL but also how he experimented with packing on too much muscle.He's dropped at least 25 pounds, saying, "a Ferrari is Colts' Ballard out for season due to torn Achilles 07/26/2014 05:02pm • MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) -- Colts running back Vick Ballard spent 10 months working his way back from a serious injury.Now he has to do it again.On Saturday, coach Chuck Pagano confirmed Indianapolis' worst fear -- that Ballard tore his left Achilles' tendon and will need s