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Payton: New training camp site 'pretty amazing' 07/24/2014 09:07pm • WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) -- As New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton and general manager Mickey Loomis spoke about the opening of training camp, steep, tree-covered mountains were in full view behind them.The newly completed training site the Saints are using at the luxurious Greenbrier Reso Dad charged after fallen dresser kills 2 toddlers 07/24/2014 07:10pm • ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) -- The father of two toddlers who died after a dresser fell on them is facing involuntary manslaughter charges because he heard a crash and didn't immediately check on his daughters, a prosecutor said Thursday.David Beatty, 28, of Aliquippa, is charged in the deaths of 2-year-old Blue Grass winner Dance With Fate euthanized 07/24/2014 06:30pm • DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) -- Blue Grass Stakes winner Dance With Fate has been euthanized after the colt severely injured his leg in a training accident.A veterinarian at the seaside track said Thursday that Dance With Fate ruptured two of the three large patella ligaments in his right rear leg earlier i IndyCar fines RLL for Toronto race violation 07/24/2014 06:08pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- IndyCar has fined Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing $5,000 for a weight violation in the car driven by Luca Filippi at Toronto.The series also fined A.J. Foyt Racing $1,000 for a technical violation on the No. 14 car driven by Takuma Sato. The car violated the underwing height requ Ford 2Q net profit up 6 percent to $1.3 billion 07/24/2014 02:50pm • DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Auto Writer DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) -- Ford Motor Co. beat Wall Street's expectations in the second quarter as it chalked up a record profit in North America and made money in Europe for the first time in three years.But things will get leaner in the second half as Ford closes one of Survey finds sharp increase in teen use of HGH 07/24/2014 02:16pm • DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Experimentation with human growth hormones by America's teens more than doubled in the past year, as more young people looked to drugs to boost their athletic performance and improve their looks, according to a new, large-scale national survey.In a con China's love and dating scene laid out on stage 07/24/2014 01:12pm • LOUISE WATT Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- For many of today's Chinese youth looking for a partner, love takes second place to parental pressure, moving up the social ladder and a heavy dose of fear drummed into women that they will end up as "leftover."These aspects and others relating to love, d Fitness Wisdom: Foam Rolling 07/24/2014 11:05am • Editor’s Note: This column is sponsored by FitnessWise (4801-B Montgomery Lane). Visit their Facebook page for more. By now, you’ve probably seen those styrofoam cylinder contraptions around the stretching area of your local gym. Sometimes they are short. Some of the Utah State's Keeton getting Heisman hype 07/24/2014 12:40am • W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Utah State quarterback Chuckie Keeton got his junior season off to a superb start, only to have it derailed by a knee injury in Game 6.Back healthy as a senior, he's generating plenty of hype as the Mountain West's preseason offensive player of the yea Oklahoma St preparing early for Winston 07/23/2014 08:50pm • The Associated Press STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) -- Oklahoma State defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer has spent considerable time this summer trying to find flaws in Jameis Winston's game.He's still searching.Oklahoma State opens the season against last year's Heisman Trophy winner and defending nation S&P 500 ekes out record high as earnings roll in 07/23/2014 07:08pm • KEN SWEET AP Markets Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The stock market eked out a record high Wednesday, as investors weighed positive earnings from the technology industry against disappointing news from Boeing and other companies.Biotechnology stocks were among the largest gainers. Among big tech names, Ap S&P 500 ekes out record high as earnings roll in 07/23/2014 07:08pm • KEN SWEET AP Markets Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The stock market eked out a record high Wednesday, as investors weighed positive earnings from the technology industry against disappointing news from Boeing and other companies.Biotechnology stocks were among the largest gainers. Among big tech names, Ap App helps college students recover post-workout 07/23/2014 05:01pm • Zoe Sagalow, special to WTOP.com WASHINGTON -- Now there's a smartphone app to help people exercise smarter, telling them how many carbohydrates and how much fat they burned. Jim Hagberg, who designed the app, says he sees it as useful to not only athletes but anyone who exercises. " can be us Decoding D.C.'s newest fitness concepts, from barre to booty shakin' 07/23/2014 01:43pm • It seems like a new specialty fitness concept is popping up every other week in D.C. — possibly a byproduct of the region’s permanent spot near the top of lists of the nation’s fittest cities. We wrote a few years ago about the ramp-up in leasing for fitness concepts and that tren Fact sheet: 2014 Honda Accord Plug-in Hybrid 07/23/2014 11:26am • The Associated Press 2014 Honda Accord Plug-in HybridBASE PRICE: $39,780.PRICE AS TESTED: $40,570.TYPE: Front-engine, front-wheel drive, five-passenger, mid-size, plug-in, gasoline-electric hybrid sedan.ENGINE: 2-liter, double overhead cam, inline, Atkinson-cycle four cylinder with i-VTEC mated to