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Milan designers nudge men to dress with derring-do 06/24/2014 04:34pm • COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) -- Milan designers are gently inviting men to add just a little derring-do to their dressing.Feel secure in that double-breasted blazer? Why not snazz it up with a pair of silken shorts and thick-soled sneakers? Like the classic black and white, or red-whit Jeff Koons' whimsy takes over NYC museum 06/24/2014 02:46pm • ULA ILNYTZKY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Jeff Koons is taking over the Whitney Museum of American Art.The contemporary artist's oversized toylike sculptures of a dog, gorilla, Popeye and other works spanning a three-decade career will fill nearly the entire museum from June 27 through Oct. 19. Review: Warming up to tablets with keyboard covers 06/24/2014 12:30pm • ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer WINNEMUCCA, Nev. (AP) -- It took some travels across the country for me to appreciate a tablet with a keyboard cover.I've long asked, "Why not just get a laptop?" I didn't see any benefits in turning a tablet into something it is not.The device I warmed up to isn' Neymar leads Brazil; Mexico also through 06/24/2014 09:34am • RAF CASERT AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Brazil relied on its star Neymar for two early goals to beat Cameroon 4-1 Monday and reach the World Cup's knockout stage for a South American showdown against Chile, a 2-0 loser to the Netherlands.Winning Group B with its third straight victory mad The curse of the NBA big man always affects drafts 06/24/2014 01:42am • MIAMI (AP) -- Greg Oden has had years to think about the plight of his knees, and still has no good answers.The No. 1 pick in the 2007 NBA draft is a poster child for big man bad luck, an epidemic that's been sweeping the league for years. The latest victim seems to be Joel Embiid, a 7-footer expect Stephanie Kwolek, Kevlar inventor, dies at 90 06/23/2014 11:12pm • RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) -- Police Lt. David Spicer took four .45-caliber slugs to the chest and arms at point-blank range and lived to tell about it. Like thousands of other police officers and soldiers shot in the line of duty, he owes his life to a woman in Delaware by the Retirement not on Peyton Manning's radar 06/22/2014 01:30pm • ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- Peyton Manning flew to New York this spring to pay his respects to Derek Jeter and David Letterman, two much-admired superstars in the middle of their long goodbyes."I'm sad to see some of these guys retiring," the Broncos quarterback s Guerrero returns with bruising win over Kamegai 06/22/2014 12:00pm • GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer CARSON, Calif. (AP) -- Welterweight Robert Guerrero returned from a 13-month ring absence with a bloody, bruising unanimous decision over Yoshihiro Kamegai on Saturday night.Guerrero (32-2-1) hadn't fought since his one-sided loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. last May. The f Lomachenko beats Russell for WBO 126-pound title 06/22/2014 01:50am • GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer CARSON, Calif. (AP) -- Vasyl Lomachenko beat Gary Russell Jr. in a masterful majority decision Saturday night, and the two-time Olympic gold medalist won the WBO featherweight title in just his third pro fight.Lomachenko (2-1, 1 KO) battered the previously unbeaten Russ US fans showing up in force in Brazil 06/21/2014 11:22am • BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer RECIFE, Brazil (AP) -- Some wanted to play soccer barefoot on the beach with Brazilians, experiencing for themselves those romanticized images they'd seen on TV. Others dreamed of attending meaningful games in the homeland of Pele, soaking up the passion for the game pe US fans showing up in force in Brazil 06/21/2014 11:22am • BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer RECIFE, Brazil (AP) -- Some wanted to play soccer barefoot on the beach with Brazilians, experiencing for themselves those romanticized images they'd seen on TV. Others dreamed of attending meaningful games in the homeland of Pele, soaking up the passion for the game pe 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,