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  1. Poland says no to DNA testing of Chopin's heart

    → AP Top Headlines At 3:53 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:53 pm MDT

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Like a religious relic, the heart of composer Frederic Chopin rests in a Warsaw church, untouched since it was preserved in alcohol after his death in 1849 at age 39. And that's how the Polish government wants to keep it....

  2. AP source: Chrysler to get out of leasing business

    → AP Top Business News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:51 pm MDT

    DETROIT (AP) -- Chrysler LLC has told dealers that the automaker's financial arm plans to get out of the auto leasing business before the end of the year....

  3. Prof whose 'last lecture' became a sensation dies

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 3:47 p... | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:50 pm MDT

    PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday. He was 47....

  4. Prof whose 'last lecture' became a sensation dies

    → AP Top Technology News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:50 pm MDT

    PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday. He was 47....

  5. Stocks turn mixed as financials fall

    → AP Top Business News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:50 pm MDT

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks turned mixed Friday after better than expected economic data lifted some sectors but didn't alleviate Wall Street's concerns about the financial sector. A surge in profits at Juniper Networks Inc. gave a boost to technology stocks....

  6. Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

    → AP Top Headlines At 3:53 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:47 pm MDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate cleared the last hurdle Friday to passing a housing rescue aimed at sparing hundreds of thousands of homeowners from foreclosure and bolstering troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac....

  7. McMahon works as pitchman for Kimmel in-show spots

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 3:47 p... | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:46 pm MDT

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ed McMahon has a job. The former "Tonight Show" sidekick is reprising his role as pitchman with several comical commercial segments during "Jimmy Kimmel Live." The first of the four spots, which were filmed Thursday evening and feature McMahon and Jimmy Kimmel together, will air Monday during the late-night ABC talk show....

  8. McMahon works as pitchman for Kimmel in-show spots

    → AP Top Headlines At 3:53 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:46 pm MDT

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ed McMahon has a job. The former "Tonight Show" sidekick is reprising his role as pitchman with several comical commercial segments during "Jimmy Kimmel Live." The first of the four spots, which were filmed Thursday evening and feature McMahon and Jimmy Kimmel together, will air Monday during the late-night ABC talk show....

  9. Connie Francis hospitalized, misses NY performance

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 3:47 p... | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:45 pm MDT

    GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) -- Singer Connie Francis is being treated at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York where she was hospitalized after falling ill earlier this week....

  10. Pa. teens charged in fatal beating of immigrant

    → AP Top Headlines At 3:53 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:44 pm MDT

    PORT CARBON, Pa. (AP) -- Three white teens were charged Friday in what officials said was an epithet-filled fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant in a small northeast Pennsylvania coal town. Brandon J. Piekarsky, 16, and Colin J. Walsh, 17, were charged as adults with homicide and ethnic intimidation in the July 12 attack on Luis Ramirez....

  11. Pa. teens charged in fatal beating of immigrant

    → AP Top U.S. News At 3:36 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:44 pm MDT

    PORT CARBON, Pa. (AP) -- Three white teens were charged Friday in what officials said was an epithet-filled fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant in a small northeast Pennsylvania coal town. Brandon J. Piekarsky, 16, and Colin J. Walsh, 17, were charged as adults with homicide and ethnic intimidation in the July 12 attack on Luis Ramirez....

  12. McCain rejects 'audacity of hopelessness' for Iraq

    → AP Top Headlines At 3:53 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:41 pm MDT

    DENVER (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain, ridiculing Barack Obama for "the audacity of hopelessness" in his policies on Iraq, said Friday that the entire Middle East could have plunged into war had U.S. troops been withdrawn as his rival advocated....

  13. McCain rejects 'audacity of hopelessness' for Iraq

    → AP Top Political News At 3:24 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:41 pm MDT

    DENVER (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain, ridiculing Barack Obama for "the audacity of hopelessness" in his policies on Iraq, said Friday that the entire Middle East could have plunged into war had U.S. troops been withdrawn as his rival advocated....

  14. Obama urges Iran to accept EU nuke proposal

    → AP Top Headlines At 3:53 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:40 pm MDT

    PARIS (AP) -- Democrat Barack Obama said Friday that Iran should promptly accept an international call to freeze its uranium enrichment program, which some nations see as a potential step toward obtaining nuclear weapons, and not wait for the next U.S. president....

  15. Obama urges Iran to accept EU nuke proposal

    → AP Top Political News At 3:24 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:40 pm MDT

    PARIS (AP) -- Democrat Barack Obama said Friday that Iran should promptly accept an international call to freeze its uranium enrichment program, which some nations see as a potential step toward obtaining nuclear weapons, and not wait for the next U.S. president....

  16. Williams Jr. to continue 'Monday Night Football'

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 3:47 p... | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:40 pm MDT

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Hank Williams Jr., who has sung the opening theme for "Monday Night Football" since 1989, will continue the tradition this season....

  17. Qantas jet lands with gaping hole in fuselage

    → AP Top Headlines At 3:53 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:36 pm MDT

    MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A hole the size of a small car in the underside of a Qantas jumbo jet carrying 346 passengers forced the pilot to make an emergency landing Friday after a rapid descent over the South China Sea....

  18. Manager: Cops shot man after threat on Pa. station

    → AP Top U.S. News At 3:36 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:36 pm MDT

    STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- An official at a Christian radio station in central Pennsylvania says police shot and killed a man who had threatened the station....

  19. World trade talks revived by "encouraging signs"

    → Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:36 pm MDT

    GENEVA (Reuters) - Troubled global trade talks showed encouraging signs of edging towards a deal on Friday after crunch negotiations among seven key countries produced elements of a compromise, ministers and officials said.



  20. First ships crawl down Mississippi after spill

    → AP Top U.S. News At 3:36 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:35 pm MDT

    NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The first of 200 ships idled by a massive oil spill began crawling down the Mississippi River Friday after the Coast Guard reopened the waterway to traffic, but it could be days before all of the ships are cleared....

  21. First ships crawl down Mississippi after spill

    → AP Top Headlines At 3:53 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:35 pm MDT

    NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The first of 200 ships idled by a massive oil spill began crawling down the Mississippi River Friday after the Coast Guard reopened the waterway to traffic, but it could be days before all of the ships are cleared....

  22. Stan Lee to make a cameo in new 'X-Men' movie

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 3:47 p... | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:30 pm MDT

    SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The creator of "X-Men" bumped into Wolverine at Comic-Con....

  23. NFL Network report: Favre plans to report to camp

    → AP Top-Sports Headlines At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:29 pm MDT

    GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Brett Favre has told the Green Bay Packers he plans to report to training camp this weekend, according to an NFL Network report Friday - a move perhaps designed to force the team to quickly work out a trade for the three-time MVP....

  24. NFL Network report: Favre plans to report to camp

    → AP Top Headlines At 3:53 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:29 pm MDT

    GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Brett Favre has told the Green Bay Packers he plans to report to training camp this weekend, according to an NFL Network report Friday - a move perhaps designed to force the team to quickly work out a trade for the three-time MVP....

  25. Double bundle: Sisters give birth on same day

    → AP Top Strange News At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:29 pm MDT

    HOMER, Mich. (AP) -- Two Michigan sisters surprised hospital staff and themselves by giving birth to daughters on the same day. The Hillsdale Daily News reported that Sarah Sweeter made the trip from Kalamazoo to be with her sister Deborah Lewis in Homer for the birth of her niece on Wednesday....

  26. Angry Milwaukee man allegedly shoots lawn mower

    → AP Top Strange News At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:26 pm MDT

    MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A Milwaukee man was accused of shooting his lawn mower because it wouldn't start. Keith Walendowski, 56, was charged with felony possession of a short-barreled shotgun or rifle and misdemeanor disorderly conduct while armed....

  27. Angry Milwaukee man allegedly shoots lawn mower

    → AP Top Headlines At 3:53 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:26 pm MDT

    MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A Milwaukee man was accused of shooting his lawn mower because it wouldn't start. Keith Walendowski, 56, was charged with felony possession of a short-barreled shotgun or rifle and misdemeanor disorderly conduct while armed....

  28. Dixie Chicks' Martie Maguire welcomes 3rd daughter

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 3:47 p... | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:24 pm MDT

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Martie Maguire of the Dixie Chicks and her husband, Gareth, have welcomed another addition to their all-girl brood: daughter Harper Rosie Maguire....

  29. Woman bumps burglar on bike, suspect drops items

    → AP Top Strange News At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:23 pm MDT

    WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- New Castle Police say a woman chased down a burglar she caught carrying her property out of her house, and got her stuff back. It happened Tuesday morning in a home on Pennsylvania Avenue in Manor Park....

  30. NW senators split over curbing oil speculation

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 12:4... | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:20 pm MDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Northwest senators are divided along party lines as the U.S. Senate considers a measure to rein in oil market speculators....

  31. OSHA fines Imperial Sugar $8.7M in deadly blast

    → AP Top U.S. News At 3:36 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:19 pm MDT

    SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Federal officials said Friday that Imperial Sugar Co. should face fines of more than $8.7 million for violations at two plants, including a Georgia facility where an explosion killed 13 people....

  32. 2 congressmen fly over mountaintop mining sites

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 12:4... | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:09 pm MDT

    HAZARD, Ky. (AP) -- A pair of congressmen took an aerial tour of mountaintop mining sites on Friday before meeting residents of the central Appalachian coalfields....

  33. Big coal fires up profits; Arch 2Q earnings triple

    → AP Top Business News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:08 pm MDT

    ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Arch Coal Inc. said Friday its second-quarter profit tripled on soaring global prices and the company boosted its outlook after beating Wall Street expectations easily....

  34. Oil drops again as US pump prices slip to near $4

    → AP Top Business News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:04 pm MDT

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices sank to their lowest point in weeks Friday as investors questioned whether crude has cooled enough to reflect a serious deterioration in demand. Prices at the pump eased to nearly $4 a gallon, and AAA said a gallon of gas could cost as much as 25 cents less by Labor Day....

  35. Food industry bitten by its lobbying success

    → AP Top Health News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 1:01 pm MDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The food industry must drop any remaining opposition to electronic record-keeping and back an effective system for tracing contaminated food to its source, a lawmaker investigating food safety said Friday....

  36. Four injured in Wash. drill rig fire

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 12:4... | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:59 pm MDT

    BICKLETON, Wash. (AP) -- Four men were hospitalized early Friday with injuries from a flash fire at an exploratory natural gas well in central Washington....

  37. Destination retailers feel gas price pinch

    → AP Top Business News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:57 pm MDT

    CHICAGO (AP) -- Consumer spending is down and gas prices are up. That's bad math for the scores of destination retailers across the country that want customers to fill up the tank for a gas-guzzling day of retail therapy....

  38. AOL shutting 3 services to cut costs, focus on ads

    → AP Top Business News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:54 pm MDT

    NEW YORK (AP) -- AOL is shutting three data-storage services, including one of the Internet's earliest photo-sharing sites, as it seeks to cut costs and focus resources on its advertising opportunities....

  39. AOL shutting 3 services to cut costs, focus on ads

    → AP Top Technology News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:54 pm MDT

    NEW YORK (AP) -- AOL is shutting three data-storage services, including one of the Internet's earliest photo-sharing sites, as it seeks to cut costs and focus resources on its advertising opportunities....

  40. Sastre keeps yellow jersey at Tour de France

    → AP Top-Sports Headlines At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:54 pm MDT

    MONTLUCON, France (AP) -- Carlos Sastre kept the Tour de France yellow jersey Friday, a day before a time trial that most likely will determine the winner of the three-week race in what the Spaniard calls the "opportunity of my life."...

  41. Struggling college students turn to food banks

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 12:4... | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:43 pm MDT

    SEATTLE (AP) -- Just blocks from the University of Washington, a line of people shuffle toward a food pantry, awaiting handouts such as milk and bread....

  42. Wash. Apple Commission president put on leave

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 12:4... | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:41 pm MDT

    WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) -- The board of commissioners for the Washington Apple Commission has placed its president of five years on administrative leave, effective Sept. 1....

  43. Struggling college students turn to food banks

    → AP Top U.S. News At 3:36 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:36 pm MDT

    SEATTLE (AP) -- Just blocks from the University of Washington, a line of people shuffle toward a food pantry, awaiting handouts such as milk and bread....

  44. Grandmother pleads guilty in Texas child porn case

    → AP Top U.S. News At 3:36 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:36 pm MDT

    MARSHALL, Texas (AP) -- A woman prosecutors say helped make a graphic videotape of her two visiting grandchildren has pleaded guilty in a Texas child pornography case....

  45. Tarantulas, fire ants lurk in Texas floodwaters

    → AP Top U.S. News At 3:36 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:25 pm MDT

    EDINBURG, Texas (AP) -- South Texans eager to salvage what they can from waterlogged homes struck by Hurricane Dolly have another problem: The floodwaters they're slogging through are laced with stinging fire ants, snakes and even deadly tarantulas....

  46. Vets allege mismanagement of retirement colony

    → AP Top U.S. News At 3:36 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:23 pm MDT

    WILBURTON, Okla. (AP) -- Nestled among the lush forests and mountain foothills of rural southeastern Oklahoma is a soldier's utopia, a sleepy enclave where U.S. military veterans can claim their share of the American dream for pennies on the dollar....

  47. Obama: Iran should not wait for next U.S. president

    → Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:18 pm MDT

    PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Friday Iran should not wait for the next administration to halt its uranium enrichment program.



  48. Rolling Stones switch recording deal to Universal

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 3:47 p... | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:17 pm MDT

    LONDON (AP) -- The Rolling Stones, the world's top-earning music act last year, have signed a long-term, exclusive worldwide contract with Vivendi SA's Universal Music, dealing a major blow to the group's former recording company, EMI Group PLC....

  49. U.S. expands sanctions against Mugabe's government

    → Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:16 pm MDT

    HARARE (Reuters) - The United States expanded sanctions against President Robert Mugabe's government on Friday, increasing pressure on the Zimbabwean leader as his party discusses a power-sharing deal with the opposition.



  50. Jets sign top pick Gholston

    → AP Top-Sports Headlines At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:15 pm MDT

    HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) -- Vernon Gholston's holdout lasted one day and two practices....

  51. Worst over for drivers as pump prices slide: AAA

    → Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:09 pm MDT

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. retail gasoline prices have fallen more than 10 cents per gallon in a week and could fall another 25 cents by the end of summer, a sign the worst is over for U.S. motorists this vacation season.



  52. Bitter blow for UK's Brown in local election loss

    → Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm MDT

    GLASGOW (Reuters) - Britain's ruling Labour Party lost one of its safest parliamentary seats on Friday, deepening doubts in its own ranks about Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ability to win the next election.



  53. Former football player sentenced in brawl

    → AP Top U.S. News At 3:36 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm MDT

    NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A former Tulane University football player convicted of attempted manslaughter for his role in a brawl outside a Bourbon Street nightclub was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison....

  54. Today on the presidential campaign trail

    → AP Top Political News At 3:24 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:57 am MDT

    IN THE HEADLINES...

  55. Cubs call up Samardzija

    → AP Top-Sports Headlines At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:57 am MDT

    CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Cubs called up right-hander Jeff Samardzija from Triple-A Iowa on Friday after placing closer Kerry Wood on the disabled list with a blister on his right index finger....

  56. Police: Paparazzi, guards, fight at Jolie chateau

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 3:47 p... | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:56 am MDT

    PARIS (AP) -- It sounds like a scene from "Fight Club."...

  57. Hester back at Bears training camp

    → AP Top-Sports Headlines At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:52 am MDT

    BOURBONNAIS, Ill. (AP) -- Chicago Bears kick return star Devin Hester returned to training camp Friday, but the team did not say whether he had signed a new contract....

  58. Senate energy speculation bill fails key vote

    → Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:50 am MDT

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation to rein in excessive energy speculation failed a key procedural vote on Friday to move forward in the Senate, and now lawmakers will set aside the bill to consider other legislation.



  59. Activist shareholder nominees to join CSX board

    → AP Top Business News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:41 am MDT

    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Railroad giant CSX said it has asked two nominees of activist hedge fund shareholders TCI and 3G Capital to join its board, but said it will await a vote review and court action before seating its two remaining members....

  60. Pitcher charged after minor league brawl in Ohio

    → AP Top-Sports Headlines At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:34 am MDT

    DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- A minor league pitcher accused of throwing a ball that hit a fan during a bench-clearing brawl was charged with felonious assault....

  61. AP source: Seahawks, DE Jackson agree to terms

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 12:4... | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:34 am MDT

    KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) -- Seahawks top draft choice Lawrence Jackson has reported to training camp and is practicing with the team....

  62. Washout closes road to St. Helens' Windy Ridge

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 12:4... | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:31 am MDT

    RANDLE, Wash. (AP) -- A major washout is keeping cars and other vehicles from traveling the road to the Windy Ridge viewpoint at the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument....

  63. New home sales fall less than expected

    → AP Top Business News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:27 am MDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sales of new homes fell in June for the seventh time in the past eight months, but the decline was less than had been expected, raising faint hopes that the nation's severe housing recession could be approaching a bottom....

  64. Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps

    → AP Top Technology News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:20 am MDT

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- With the old gas-guzzler in the garage, you've got your bicycle ready and your sneakers laced up. Now all you need is a map of the quickest, safest routes for riding around town. Well, not so fast....

  65. NY Gov. selects woman to head boxing commission

    → AP Top-Sports Headlines At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:19 am MDT

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Gov. David Paterson has selected longtime boxing judge Melvina Lathan to head the New York State Athletic Commission, which regulates professional boxing in New York....

  66. China says Web users top US at 253 mln

    → AP Top Technology News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:18 am MDT

    BEIJING (AP) -- China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday....

  67. Agent: Haynesworth agrees on terms

    → AP Top-Sports Headlines At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 10:56 am MDT

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The agent for Tennessee All Pro defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth says his client has agreed to terms with the Titans on his one-year tender as their franchise player....

  68. Eight small blasts hit Indian IT city of Bangalore

    → Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 10:45 am MDT

    BANGALORE, India (Reuters) - Eight small bombs exploded in quick succession across the south Indian IT city of Bangalore on Friday, killing a woman and wounding at least 15 people, police said.



  69. Principal charged with rape had been investigated

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 12:4... | 25 Jul 2008 | 10:41 am MDT

    ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) -- A principal at a private Christian school charged with child rape had been investigated before for improper conduct toward female students....

  70. Stewart to use Foyt's No. 14 for next season

    → AP Top-Sports Headlines At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 10:24 am MDT

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Tony Stewart will use childhood hero A.J. Foyt's No. 14 when he moves to his new team next season, and Office Depot and Old Spice will sponsor the two-time NASCAR champion....

  71. Analysis: GOP chose base, not Bush in housing vote

    → AP Top Political News At 3:24 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 10:03 am MDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush pulled the rug out from under Republicans this week when he abruptly dropped his opposition to a massive housing rescue....

  72. Holed Qantas plane in emergency landing at Manila

    → Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 9:53 am MDT

    MANILA (Reuters) - A Qantas Airways plane made an emergency landing in Manila on Friday after plunging thousands of feet and losing cabin pressure during a flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne.



  73. Iraqi PM says troop withdrawal must satisfy all

    → Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 9:37 am MDT

    CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday that any U.S. troop withdrawal would have to satisfy both parties and protect Iraq's sovereignty.



  74. Consumers, home sales paint less gloomy picture

    → Reuters: Top News | 25 Jul 2008 | 9:23 am MDT

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumer sentiment rebounded in July from a 28-year low and business investment rose unexpectedly last month, according to data on Friday that showed rare signs of resilience for the U.S. economy.



  75. Netflix 2Q profit up 4 pct, beats analyst views

    → AP Top Technology News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 9:16 am MDT

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Netflix Inc.'s second-quarter profit crept up 4 percent, beating analyst expectations as the online DVD rental leader signed up 168,000 new customers while spending less money to attract them to the service....

  76. Netflix 2Q profit up 4 pct, beats analyst views

    → AP Top Business News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 9:16 am MDT

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Netflix Inc.'s second-quarter profit crept up 4 percent, beating analyst expectations as the online DVD rental leader signed up 168,000 new customers while spending less money to attract them to the service....

  77. Israeli paper publishes Obama Western Wall prayer

    → AP Top Political News At 3:24 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 9:12 am MDT

    JERUSALEM (AP) -- A written prayer that Barack Obama left this week in the cracks of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, asks God to guide him and guard his family, an Israeli newspaper reported Friday....

  78. N.M. researchers hope to cultivate 'calming herb'

    → AP Top Science News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 8:25 am MDT

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The plant has been described by local residents as magical, its qualities almost mythical....

  79. Dara Torres' swim coach seriously ill

    → AP Top-Sports Headlines At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 7:31 am MDT

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Dara Torres' swim coach is traveling to the National Institutes of Health instead of training camp in Singapore after being diagnosed with a rare, potentially fatal blood disorder....

  80. Obama speech draws praise from chancellor's office

    → AP Top Political News At 3:24 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 6:03 am MDT

    BERLIN (AP) -- Barack Obama's speech to a huge Berlin crowd sent a "positive signal" to Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said Friday, praising the Democratic presidential candidate's focus on working with U.S. partners....

  81. Scientists expose mystery behind northern lights

    → AP Top Science News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 5:31 am MDT

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Scientists have exposed some of the mystery behind the northern lights. On Thursday, NASA released findings that indicate magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause the northern lights, or aurora borealis, to burst in spectacular shapes and colors, and dance across the sky....

  82. Farrow: nations should protest China at Olympics

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 3:47 p... | 25 Jul 2008 | 5:28 am MDT

    BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Mia Farrow said Friday the world should use next month's Olympic Games as a platform to demand that China end its support for Myanmar's junta....

  83. Obama beats McCain in Europe donations

    → AP Top Political News At 3:24 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 5:19 am MDT

    LONDON (AP) -- Barack Obama's campaign has received roughly 10 times more money from declared U.S. donors living in Germany, France and Britain than his Republican rival, reflecting his popularity in Europe as he makes his first tour of the continent as the presumed Democratic nominee....

  84. New markets spur Honda to record quarter

    → AP Top Business News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 4:59 am MDT

    TOKYO (AP) -- Honda Motor Co. reported record profit for a fiscal first quarter Friday as sales growth in new markets offset the damage from a stronger yen and soaring material costs....

  85. Racial issue raised in Atlantic City prosecution

    → AP Top U.S. News At 3:36 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 4:45 am MDT

    ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- As one notorious Atlantic City corruption case nears its end, another is heating up....

  86. Allies of Phoenix mayor fight recall effort

    → AP Top Political News At 3:24 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 3:47 am MDT

    PHOENIX (AP) -- It's a political oddity: a TV commercial extolling the public safety record of a sitting mayor, except the spot isn't soliciting votes and the politician's name isn't scheduled to appear on the November ballot....

  87. Analysis: Bush's policy shifts affect Obama

    → AP Top Political News At 3:24 p.m. EDT | 25 Jul 2008 | 3:13 am MDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama wants to sound like the voice of reason on U.S. foreign policy - the guy who would abandon Bush administration policies he sees as shortsighted, self-defeating or just plain wrong. Problem is, George Bush keeps beating him to it....

  88. Qantas plane in emergency stop in Manila

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 12:4... | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:14 am MDT

    MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A Qantas flight en route to Australia from London made an emergency stop in Manila on Friday, and airport authorities discovered a big hole in the Boeing 747-400's fuselage near the right wing....

  89. 2 men dead in float plane crash near Shelton WA

    → AP Top Washington Headlines At 12:4... | 24 Jul 2008 | 11:36 pm MDT

    SHELTON, Wash. (AP) -- A Mason County sheriff's spokesman says the two men who were aboard a small float plane are dead after the aircraft crashed into a wooded area after taking off from a lake west of Shelton, Wash. The crash ignited a small wildfire....

  90. AP Exclusive: Secret Service wants more money

    → AP Top Political News At 3:24 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 11:31 pm MDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Secret Service has asked for an extra $9.5 million to cover unexpected costs of protecting the presidential candidates during what has turned into an historic year for the agency's campaign security job....

  91. Japanese Internet mogul found guilty in appeal

    → AP Top Technology News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 10:30 pm MDT

    TOKYO (AP) -- A Japanese appeals court upheld the conviction of flamboyant former Internet mogul Takafumi Horie on Friday in an ongoing case that has come to symbolize this nation's effort to deal with white collar crime at emerging dot-coms....

  92. Math study finds girls are just as good as boys

    → AP Top Science News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 10:26 pm MDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys. In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from second through 11th. The research was released Thursday in the journal Science....

  93. Boy, 11, bites pit bull to fend off attack

    → AP Top Strange News At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 9:51 pm MDT

    SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- An 11-year old boy is in Brazil's media spotlight after sinking his teeth into the neck of a dog that attacked him. Local newspapers reported on Thursday that Gabriel Almeida was playing in his uncle's backyard in the city of Belo Horizonte when a pit bull named Tita lunged at him and bit him in the left arm....

  94. Zoo will reopen exhibit where 16 stingrays died

    → AP Top Science News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 9:50 pm MDT

    BROOKFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- A zoo in suburban Chicago plans to reopen an exhibit where 16 stingrays died last week when a malfunction let the tank's water get too warm....

  95. Creators of Scrabble knockoff on Facebook sued

    → AP Top Technology News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 9:11 pm MDT

    NEW YORK (AP) -- T-R-O-U-B-L-E could loom for a Scrabble knockoff that has become one of the most popular activities on Facebook....

  96. Foxy Brown, Lil' Kim sued over undelivered books

    → AP Top Entertainment News At 3:47 p... | 24 Jul 2008 | 7:20 pm MDT

    NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York publisher is suing Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim, saying they were paid advances for books they never delivered....

  97. Microsoft defends search investments to analysts

    → AP Top Technology News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 6:14 pm MDT

    REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- Microsoft's CEO defended the software maker's decision to invest heavily in its unprofitable online business, but shed minimal light Thursday on specific steps it will take to challenge Google in the wake of the failed bid to buy Yahoo....

  98. Deputies intercept text message to capture suspect

    → AP Top Strange News At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 5:56 pm MDT

    TERRELL, N.C. (AP) -- After catching one of two people wanted in a series of break-ins, deputies in North Carolina let their fingers do the chasing to catch a second suspect....

  99. Congress OKs $48B for global AIDS fight

    → AP Top Health News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 4:45 pm MDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House voted Thursday to triple money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world, giving new life and new punch to a program credited with saving or prolonging millions of lives in Africa alone....

  100. EPA: Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases

    → AP Top Science News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 4:38 pm MDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Voluntary pollution-reduction programs touted by the Bush administration as part of the solution to global warming have "limited potential" to reduce greenhouse gases, according to an internal government watchdog....

  101. Peacock hitches ride with pair along Pa. roadway

    → AP Top Strange News At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 4:37 pm MDT

    CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. (AP) -- Picking up hitchhikers can be risky, but this one in northeast Pennsylvania was a bird of a different feather. Jerry Dimick and a friend were driving along Route 307 near Clarks Summit on Wednesday when they spotted a peacock standing by the edge of the road....

  102. Booming business helps patients navigate medicine

    → AP Top Health News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 2:45 pm MDT

    NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) -- After three surgeries, Judy Sherer still had chronic pain in her left shoulder. She'd lost faith in her doctors, and in despair tried a new health benefit offered by her employer....

  103. US fentanyl deaths topped 1,000 over 2 years

    → AP Top Health News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 1:47 pm MDT

    ATLANTA (AP) -- More than 1,000 people died over two years from an illegal version of the painkiller fentanyl, the government reported Thursday in its first national tally of those deaths....

  104. Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton

    → AP Top Science News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 1:21 pm MDT

    TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced Thursday....

  105. Officials: Search for HIV vaccine needs overhaul

    → AP Top Health News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 12:01 pm MDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists will have to take "enormous intellectual leaps" to develop an AIDS vaccine in the coming years, say researchers clearly frustrated by the failure of a once-promising shot....

  106. Embarq provides more details on Web tracking test

    → AP Top Technology News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 10:03 am MDT

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Embarq Corp. has revealed more details about its exploration of a program that tracked Internet subscribers' Web-surfing habits for advertising purposes, telling Congress that it performed the test on 26,000 customers in a Kansas town....

  107. A hot (pepper) lead in hunt for salmonella source

    → AP Top Health News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 6:00 am MDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- It was a hot lead for detectives on a cold case. People suddenly were getting salmonella at a Minnesota restaurant more than 1,000 miles from the center of the nation's outbreak....

  108. N.M. cavers chart unique `snowy' river of crystals

    → AP Top Science News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 5:16 am MDT

    FORT STANTON CAVE, N.M. (AP) -- Hundreds of feet beneath Earth's surface, a few seasoned cave explorers venture where no human has set foot. Their headlamps illuminate mud-covered walls, gypsum crystals and mineral deposits....

  109. Pittsburgh cancer center warns of cell phone risks

    → AP Top Health News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 5:13 am MDT

    PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer....

  110. In Portland, Ore., parking laws include police

    → AP Top Strange News At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 4:44 am MDT

    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Portland police are not above the parking laws, even if they're hungry....

  111. Judge: Girl's name, Talula Does The Hula, won't do

    → AP Top Strange News At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 4:25 am MDT

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it....

  112. Western governors offer greenhouse emissions plan

    → AP Top Science News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 24 Jul 2008 | 2:38 am MDT

    SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Seven Western states are joining four Canadian provinces to propose a plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions through use of a "cap and trade" system....

  113. Facebook to help some programmers, punish others

    → AP Top Technology News At 3:50 p.m. EDT | 23 Jul 2008 | 11:46 pm MDT

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Facebook Inc. is introducing more tools to help the software applications fueling the online hangout's popularity and is promising to intensify its efforts to weed out programs that violate its rules for protecting users' privacy....

  114. Pet rabbit credited with saving couple from fire

    → AP Top Strange News At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 23 Jul 2008 | 6:51 pm MDT

    MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- A pet rabbit is credited with saving a couple from a fire that swept through their home in the southern city of Melbourne....

  115. Couple claim mysterious noise plagues their house

    → AP Top Strange News At 3:30 p.m. EDT | 23 Jul 2008 | 5:28 pm MDT

    GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Bob and Leona Ehrfurth say the noise that's been plaguing them for two years sounds something like a rumbling motor, with a subtle vibration that won't quit. Then it stops - especially when they try to show city officials or acoustic experts what they're hearing....

  116. Unknown disease killing off Florida's state tree

    → AP Top Science News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 23 Jul 2008 | 3:50 pm MDT

    MIAMI (AP) -- The sabal palm, Florida's state tree, is under attack by a microscopic killer that has scientists stumped. An unknown but growing number of sabal palms in the Tampa Bay area have died from a mysterious disease that researchers are struggling to identify. Even after scientists pinpoint the disease - and that could take years - they will have to learn what insect spreads it. The disease will be tough to stop....

  117. Statin study could lead to test for gene variant

    → AP Top Health News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 23 Jul 2008 | 3:02 pm MDT

    Scientists may have found a way to test for and possibly avoid the most serious side effect of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, one of the top-selling medicines in the world....

  118. ADHD increasingly common in older kids, CDC says

    → AP Top Health News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 23 Jul 2008 | 2:18 pm MDT

    ATLANTA (AP) -- More older children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder while the rate is holding steady for children under 12, according to a government report released Wednesday....

  119. Researcher says Gulf dead zone bigger than ever

    → AP Top Science News At 3:14 p.m. EDT | 23 Jul 2008 | 3:39 am MDT

    HOUSTON (AP) -- A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas-Louisiana coast this year is likely to be the biggest ever and last longer than ever before, with marine life affected for hundreds of miles, a scientist warned....



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