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US casualties in Afghanistan soar to record highs (AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010
AP - In a summer of suffering, America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead, straining the already shaky international support for the war.
Ariz. governor considers changing immigration law (AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010
AP - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is asking legislators to consider whether they should change the state's immigration law in response to a judge's ruling blo…
House investigators recommended Rangel reprimand (AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010
AP - The panel that charged New York Democrat Charles Rangel with 13 counts of ethical misdeeds recommended he receive a relatively mild rebuke by the full House, one of the investigators said Friday.
Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase (AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010
AP - BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen.
Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration (AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010
AP - The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmaker…
NY reps. spar over bill to aid sick 9/11 workers (AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010
AP - The House's rejection of bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust has opened a sharp rift b…
Mother gets life term in Texas starvation case (AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010
AP - A mother whose three children were found starving after being shut away in a hotel bathroom for as long as nine months h…
Bill Clinton emerges on Chelsea's NY wedding eve (AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010
AP - Bill Clinton made a long-anticipated appearance in the upstate New York village where his daughter is getting married, drawing crowds of onlookers Friday afternoon as preparations continued largely out of sight for the grand and secretive occasion.
Store manager tells robber Jesus wouldn't approve (AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010AP - A cell phone store manager in South Florida dissuaded an armed man from robbing the store by telling him Jesus wouldn't approve. Instead of panicking when the suspect pulled a weapon, Nayara Goncalves started talking with him. He was jobless, and the 20-year-old Christian offered to connect him with friends who could help him find work.
Aide: Pitino never mentioned seeking abortion (AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010
AP - Rick Pitino never said a woman who claimed the Louisville basketball coach got her pregnant after a one-night stand had to get an abortion but did advise she "go out of town" to get medical care, his longtime aide told a jury Friday.
BP to try well kill Tuesday (Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010
Reuters - BP Plc said on Friday it could seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by next week as U.S. lawmakers prepared to vote on reforms that would put tougher restrictions on offshore drilling.
China overtakes Japan as No.2 economy: FX chief (Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010Reuters - China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second-largest economy, the fruit of three decades of rapid growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.
Imports slow Q2 growth as business spending surges (Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010Reuters - U.S. economic growth slowed in the second quarter as companies invested heavily in equipment from abroad and the pace of consumer spending eased, raising concerns about the recovery in the rest of 2010.
House vote seen close on oil spill bill (Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010
Reuters - A close vote is expected later on Friday when the U.S. House of Representatives decides on legislation to reform the oil industry's offshore drilling practices in response to the massive Gulf oil spill.
U.N. rights body tells Israel to end Gaza blockade (Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010
Reuters - Israel must lift its military blockade of the Gaza Strip and invite an independent, fact-finding mission to investigate its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a United Nations rights body said on Friday.
Floods kill more than 400 in Pakistan's northwest (Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010
Reuters - Heavy monsoon rains have triggered the worst floods in decades in Pakistan's northwest, killing more than 400 people and forcing thousands from their homes as authorities struggle to reach stranded villagers.
Afghan police fire shots to quell protest after accident (Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010
Reuters - Afghan police fired shots on Friday to disperse hundreds of people protesting the de…
Fire prompts evacuation of 2,000 homes north of L.A (Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010Reuters - A fierce brush fire nearly doubled in size overnight as it threatened power lines that supply electricity to the greater Los Angeles area, but evacuation orders for 2,000 homes were lifted, officials said on Friday.
Syria, Saudi leaders urge Lebanon rivals to avoid violence (AFP)
Friday, July 30, 2010
AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah on Friday urged Lebanon's rival factions to avoid violence, on an unprecedented joint trip to Beirut aiming to defuse political tensions.
Berlusconi split with ally erodes once-comfortable majority (AFP)
Friday, July 30, 2010
AFP - Italy's Silvio Berlusconi saw the erosion of his once comfortable majority in parliament Friday as 32 lawmakers defected in support of the prime minister's estranged longtime ally.