Friday, July 30, 2010

Dudley to outline BP plans to help Gulf recover (AP)

Dudley to outline BP plans to help Gulf recover (AP)

Dudley to outline BP plans to help Gulf recover (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:16 AM PDT

File - In this June 16, 2010 file photo, BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, left, and BP Managing Director Bob Dudley arrive with other BP executives at the White House in Washington DC. The appointment of American oilman Robert Dudley to replace luckless Briton Tony Hayward as CEO is the latest milestone in the waning Britishness of the company once known as British Petroleum. (AP Photo / Susan Walsh, file)AP - Incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley was set to outline his company's long-term efforts to help the Gulf of Mexico recover from the oil spill Friday morning, and will be getting help from a Clinton administration-era emergency management official.

Arizona sheriff not relenting after court ruling (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:19 AM PDT

Angry protesters shout at sheriff's deputies outside the offices of controversial Maricopa county sheriff Joe Arpaio in Phoenix. Several hundred activists marched here Thursday as a new Arizona immigration law went into effect, sparking a tense standoff with riot police in which about two dozen people were arrested.(AFP/Mark Ralston)AP - Lost in the hoopla over Arizona's immigration law is the fact that state and local authorities for years have been doing their own aggressive crackdowns in the busiest illegal gateway into the country.

Wildfire explodes in rural hills near Los Angeles (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:56 AM PDT

A fast moving wildfire burns above Elizabeth Lake Road in Leona Valley near Palmdale, Calif. on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Mandatory evacuations were issued for the community of Leona Valley on Thursday evening, Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Matt Levesque said. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - Firefighters plan an aggressive air attack at first light Friday against a fast-moving wildfire that exploded in northern Los Angeles County, chewing through more than 7 square miles of dry brush, forcing thousands of evacuations and burning at least three structures.

Moms work full-time for hikers' release from Iran (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:48 AM PDT

In this photo taken July 26, 2010, Cindy Hickey, left, the mother of Shane Bauer, and Nora Shourd, mother of Sarah Shourd, are seen at Hickey's home in Pine City, Minn., talking about their children and efforts to get them released from prison in Iran. Sarah and Shane and one other friend were hiking when captured and imprisoned on July 31, 2009. Shourd moved to Pine City to work with Bauer's mother on the childrens' release. (AP Photo/Amy Forliti)AP - Cindy Hickey was sitting in her home office last summer, preparing a receipt for a client of her animal physical therapy business when the phone rang. She picked up, then nearly hung up, thinking it was a sales call.

In Rhinebeck with Chelsea: Rocky Horror, cows (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:26 AM PDT

Joy, center, and Gerry Gallagher, of Rhinebeck inspect a sign and photos commemorating Chelsea Clinton's wedding in the window of Pete's Famous restaurant, Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in Rhinebeck, N.Y. Chelsea Clinton and her parents have not yet confirmed that the former first daughter's wedding is being held in Rhinebeck Saturday. Still, signs congratulating her hang in shop windows, residents are talking to TV crews and officials are bracing for crowds.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - If some of Chelsea Clinton's wedding guests want to make a weekend of it in Rhinebeck, there's a stage production of "The Rocky Horror Show" on the boards Saturday night and Sunday.

House rejects bill to aid sick 9/11 responders (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 12:18 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2001 file photo, firefighters make their way over the ruins of the World Trade Center through clouds of smoke at ground zero in New York. A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, July 29, 2010, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts. (AP Photo/Stan Honda, Pool, File)AP - A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts.

Prosecutors: Revenge pushed Ark. doctor to bombing (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:46 AM PDT

FILE - This file photo released Aug. 18, 2009, by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office shows Dr. Randeep Mann. Mann's attorneys contend the charges against him are weak, especially since there's no forensic evidence or witnesses to prove Mann set off the explosive. (AP Photo/Pulaski County Sheriff's Office, file)AP - Prosecutors insist that a doctor accused of masterminding a bombing that disfigured the Arkansas State Medical Board chairman was a weapons fanatic bent on avenging the restriction of his medical license.

Time to scrap BP brand? Gas-station owners divided (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:26 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo made Oct. 25, 2007, the BP (British Petroleum) logo is seen at a gas station in Washington. BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of its effort to repair the company's badly damaged reputation. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of its effort to repair the company's badly damaged reputation.

NM governor considers pardon for Billy the Kid (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:43 AM PDT

Susannah Floyd Garrett, left, and her brother Jarvis Patrick Garrett, grandchildren of frontier lawman Pat Garrett, pose for photos Thursday, July 29, 2010 at the La Posada Hotel in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is considering granting a posthumous pardon to Billy the Kid, angering descendants of Pat Garrett who call it an insult to recognize such a violent outlaw. (AP Photo/Sergio Salvador)AP - The showdown between Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid has fascinated the American public for nearly 130 years with its classic, Old West storyline of the frontier lawman hunting down the notorious gunslinger.

Aspiring police officers train, compete at event (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 02:55 AM PDT

Broward County, Fla., Sherriff's Department police Explorers Jeffery Aylor, right, and Kyle Wuensch, arrest a mock drug dealer played by DEA Special Agent Greg Peckingpugh, left, as they participate in a search and arrest scenario at the Law Enforcement Explorers Conference Thursday July 22, 2010 in Atlanta. The program's best gathered in Atlanta for the conference, which is partly a recruitment tool the help ready the next generation of law enforcement officers. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)AP - Shoot or don't shoot? Eighteen-year-old William Bryant takes a deep breath and gulps before he aims his pistol and shoots a passenger in a van who appears to be reaching for a weapon.

Fed atty: Military secrets sold to pay for HI home (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 10:16 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo released by the FBI shows Noshir S. Gowadia. The attorney for a former B-2 bomber engineer from Hawaii accused of selling military secrets to China says his client designed a cruise missile part for China but did so based on public information. (AP Photo/FBI, File)AP - A federal prosecutor said Thursday a former B-2 bomber engineer helped China design a stealth cruise missile to raise money to pay the $15,000-a-month mortgage on the mansion-like home he built on Maui's north shore.

Air show to go on despite deadly crash (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 08:15 PM PDT

Air Force Col. Jack 'John' McMullen, 3rd Wing commander at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, listens to a question at a news conference Thursday, July 29, 2010. Four airmen were killed when a cargo plane crashed during a training run at an Alaska Air Force base on Wednesday, July 28. Three of the men were in the Alaska Air National Guard and the fourth was on active duty at Elmendorf Air Force Base. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)AP - A popular air show will be held this weekend, days after four people were killed when a military cargo plane crashed at an Anchorage base during a training demonstration for the event, military officials said Thursday.

4th bear caught after deadly MT campground attack (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:21 AM PDT

AP - Montana wildlife officials say they have captured the fourth and final grizzly bear believed involved in the fatal mauling of a Michigan man at a campground near Yellowstone National Park.

Feds OK project to drill under, not on, wild areas (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 03:29 PM PDT

This image provided by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance shows the Desolation Canyon stretch of the Green River near the eastern edge of the West Tavaputs Plateau where an energy company received federal approval Thursday July 29, 2010 to open one of Utah's biggest natural gas fields by agreeing to use new technology to drill under wild areas, instead of on top of them. (AP Photo/SUWA, Ray Bloxham) NO SALESAP - An energy company received federal approval Thursday to take natural gas from a largely untouched, picturesque region of Utah by agreeing to use new technology to drill under wild areas instead of on top of them.

Immigration skirmish brews in quiet SC town (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 02:11 AM PDT

AP - In a quiet Southern bedroom community of gardens and parks across the country from Arizona, another skirmish in the battle over illegal immigration is brewing.

Company at center of Mich. oil cited for problems (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:03 AM PDT

This July 28, 2010 photo provided by the State of Michigan shows what Michigan officials say is a sheen of oil on Morrow Lake in Kalamazoo County. The lake is a key point where officials had hoped to stop oil from a spill into the Kalamazoo River that has coated wildlife with oil. (AP Photo/State of Michigan)AP - A Canadian company at the center of a huge oil spill in southern Michigan has a history of pipeline problems, including leaks, an explosion and dozens of regulatory violations.

A $3M Clinton wedding? Not out of the question (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 06:54 PM PDT

Elisabeth Gruender, right, a producer with ARD German TV, is interviewed by Today show host Natalie Morales, second from right, in front of the Beekman Arms Inn, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in Rhinebeck, N.Y. Chelsea Clinton and her parents have not yet confirmed that the former first daughter's wedding is being held in Rhinebeck Saturday. Still, signs congratulating her hang in shop windows, residents are talking to TV crews and officials are bracing for crowds. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Imagine spending $250,000 on flowers. Or $20,000 on a cake. How does $15,000 to $20,000 for toilets sound?

Colo. pot shops face closure under tough new rules (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 03:22 PM PDT

Jake Browne, general manager of The Releaf Center, a Denver medical marijuana center, smells a marijuana bud in his dispensary on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The Releaf Center has 2,600 patients and is prepared to grow enough marijuana to stay in business, but Browne said many dispensaries won't be able to meet the requirement. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - Nearly a fifth of Colorado's medical marijuana dispensary operators could be forced out of business in coming weeks because of new state rules barring some convicted felons from the pot business, federal drug authorities say.

Mass. woman left in recliner dies on 81st birthday (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 03:11 PM PDT

AP - A woman hospitalized in critical condition after sitting for a month with deep bedsores in a recliner soaked with her waste died Thursday, on her 81st birthday, prosecutors said. Five family members who lived with her face various elderly abuse charges and could see upgraded charges.

Source: J-Lo close to deal for `American Idol' (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:20 AM PDT

FILE - Jennifer Lopez arrives for the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, during the 63rd Cannes international film festival, in Cap d'Antibes, southern France in this May 20, 2010 file photo. Lopez is close to signing a deal to join Fox TV's 'American Idol' as a judge, a person familiar with the negotiations said late Thursday July 29, 2010. The person, who was not authorized to comment publicly, spoke on condition of anonymity. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)AP - Former "Fly Girl" Jennifer Lopez is poised to return to television — this time as a judge on "American Idol."
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