Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law (AP)

Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law (AP)

Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 06:23 PM PDT

From left to right, Maria Ramirez, Joseline Saragoza, 9, and Marcela Saragoza. all of Phoenix, cry as they celebrate at the Arizona capitol Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in Phoenix, shortly after portions of Arizona's new immigration law, SB1070, were blocked by a federal judge. The judge has blocked the most controversial sections of Arizona's new immigration law from taking effect Thursday, handing a major legal victory to opponents of the crackdown. The law will still take effect Thursday, but without many of the provisions that angered opponents, including sections that required officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws. The judge also put on hold a part of the law that required immigrants to carry their papers at all times, and made it illegal for undocumented workers to solicit employment in public places. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - A federal judge stepped into the fight over Arizona's immigration law at the last minute Wednesday, blocking the heart of the measure and defusing a confrontation between police and thousands of activists that had been building for months.

Pitino tells jury about sex with extortion suspect (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 06:24 PM PDT

A representative from the US Attorney's Office escorts University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino, second left, to the federal courthouse in Louisvile Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Pitino will testify in the trial of Karen Sypher who is accused of attempting to extort money from the coach after a sexual encounter. (AP Photo/ The Courier-Journal, Barry Westerman) NO MAGS NO SALES NO ARCHIVESAP - A woman accused of demanding millions to stay quiet about a tryst with Rick Pitino initiated the sex by whispering to him and unzipping his pants when he got up to leave an empty Italian restaurant, he testified Wednesday.

Calif. firefighters gain on worst wildfire (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 06:20 PM PDT

A demolished trailer that caught fire at Old West Ranch where residents were evacuated due to a wildfire about 10 miles southeast of the Mojave Desert town of Tehachapi, Calif., Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Firefighters on Wednesday braced for strong afternoon winds at the sites of two wildfires north of Los Angeles that have burned about 40 homes, threatened at least 150 more and forced some 2,300 people to evacuate. The two blazes in mostly rural Kern County remained out of control after scorching more than 26 square miles (67 square kilometers) of hilly pine forests and chaparral. (AP Photo by Alex Gallardo)AP - Hundreds of firefighters gained ground Wednesday against the most destructive of two big wildfires that have burned homes and forced 2,300 people to evacuate mountain communities on the edge of the Mojave Desert and in the southern Sierra Nevada.

Schwarzenegger orders government worker furloughs (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 06:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 9, 2010 file photo, California Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks at news conference to applaud the passage of Proposition 14 in Los Angeles. Schwarzenegger's order to pay 200,000 state workers just the minimum wage sent a signal to California lawmakers: In the impasse over closing California's $19 billion budget deficit, the governor is ready to play hardball. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday brought back furloughs for thousands of state workers until California passes a budget that addresses a $19 billion deficit.

Chelsea warning: NY town abuzz pre-Clinton wedding (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:43 PM PDT

A man walks on East Market Street in Rhinebeck, N.Y., where a sign hangs congratulating Chelsea Clinton and fiance Marc Mezvinsky Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Clinton and Mezvinsky plan to marry in the upstate New York village of Rhinebeck on Saturday. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - Never mind that the details about Chelsea Clinton's wedding are being guarded like state secrets. The postcard-pretty town of Rhinebeck is ready for its close-up.

NYC looks to stop spreading bedbug infestations (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 06:53 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated photo released by the University of Florida, a common bedbug is engorged with blood after feeding on a human. One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday, July 28, 2010, as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort. (AP Photo/University of Florida, File) NO SALESAP - One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort.

Bear rampage kills 1, injures 2 at MT campground (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 07:01 PM PDT

AP - At least one bear rampaged through a heavily occupied campground Wednesday near Yellowstone National Park in the middle of the night, killing one person and injuring two others during a terrifying attack that forced people to hide in their vehicles as the victims were torn from their tents.

Documents detail search for captive Idaho soldier (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 07:16 PM PDT

FILE- In this undated file photo provided by the Bergdahl family and released by the Idaho National Guard, Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl, 23, of Ketchum, Idaho is shown. In the minutes after Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl was reported missing last June, his U.S. Army comrades in southern Afghanistan began searching bunkers, latrines, vehicles, even Afghan National Police posts in a nearby settlement.(AP Photo/The Bergdahl Family) NO SALESAP - In the minutes after Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl was reported missing last June, his U.S. Army comrades in southern Afghanistan began searching bunkers, latrines, vehicles, even Afghan National Police posts in a nearby settlement.

Company ramps up effort to clean Mich. river spill (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 06:46 PM PDT

Raul Vervuzco of Eagle Services uses a suction hose to clean oil from atop the Kalamazoo River, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in a containment area in Augusta, Mich. A company operating a pipeline that dumped more than 800,000 gallons of oil into a southern Michigan river said Wednesday that it is doubling its work force on the containment and cleanup effort. (AP Photo/The Kalamazoo Gazette, Jonathon Gruenke) MANDATORY CREDITAP - Michigan's governor on Wednesday sharply criticized attempts to contain a large oil spill making its way down the Kalamazoo River after the company responsible for the spill said it had redoubled its efforts to clean up the mess.

Crews take step toward readying permanent well fix (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 06:24 PM PDT

Cypress trees killed by saltwater intrusion are seen in wetlands near Houma, La., Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Environmentalists are calling on the White House to speed up the restoration of the oil-damaged Mississippi River delta by getting BP PLC to pay $5 billion now for environmental damage caused by the spill. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - Crews took another step toward readying the relief well expected to finally kill the Gulf of Mexico oil gusher, removing the plug they had popped in before clearing the area ahead of Tropical Storm Bonnie last week, federal officials said Wednesday.

Mom's trial starts in Texas starved children case (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 02:45 PM PDT

FILE -This July 20, 2009 file photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office shows Abneris Santiago. Opening statements are scheduled to begin Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in Dallas for Santiago who is accused of starving three of her children kept locked in a hotel bathroom for as long as nine months. The 31-year-old woman's trial begins one day after co-defendant Alfred Santiago received a 99-year prison term for injury to a child and continuous sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Dallas County Sheriff's Office, File)AP - The defense for the mother of three children found starving in a hotel bathroom portrayed her Wednesday as another victim of her abusive boyfriend, but prosecutors said while she gave birth, "she's no mom."

100 days of oil: Gulf life will never be the same (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:47 PM PDT

In this photo taken May 22, 2010, Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser tours marshes impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in Pass a Loutre and Redfish Bay along the coast of Lousiana. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - A hundred days ago, shop owner Cherie Pete was getting ready for a busy summer serving ice cream and po-boys to hungry fishermen. Local official Billy Nungesser was planning his wedding. Environmental activist Enid Sisskin was preparing a speech about the dangers of offshore drilling.

Ark. Medical Board head testifies at bombing trial (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 07:01 PM PDT

AP - The Arkansas Medical Board chairman, his face scarred and embedded with bits of tire, testified Wednesday that he lost an eye, his sense of smell, teeth and some hearing when a bomb went off in his driveway.

Jurors in Blagojevich case enjoy cocoon (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 04:51 PM PDT

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, and his wife Patti, right, arrive at the Federal Court for the beginning of jury instructions in his corruption trial, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in Chicago. Blagojevich and his brother are accused of scheming to sell or trade President Obama's old Senate seat. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - As jurors retired to deliberate Wednesday in the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, they entered a cocoon of privacy not all jurors in high-profile cases enjoy.

Idaho fires threaten homes as wind fans flames (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 07:05 PM PDT

AP - Three homes burned and dozens of others were evacuated Wednesday as a wind-whipped grassfire northwest of Idaho's capital city expanded to thousands of acres and threatened rural subdivisions. No injuries were reported.

100 days later, BP taps new CEO, seeks fresh start (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 07:42 AM PDT

Members of the British Petroleum executive, from left, outgoing CEO Tony Hayward, Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, and incoming CEO Bob Dudley, pose for the media outside their global headquarters in London, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. The company announced that Hayward, BP's much-criticized CEO will be replaced by American Robert Dudley on Oct. 1, as it reported a record quarterly loss and set aside $32.2 billion to cover costs of the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP said the decision to replace Hayward, 53, with the company's first ever non-British chief executive was made by mutual agreement. (AP Photo) **UNITED KINGDOM OUT**AP - One hundred days after the rig explosion that set off the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, the oil giant behind it is hoping to move beyond the losses, the gaffes and the live video that ran for weeks of the busted well coughing up massive amounts of crude every second.

No charges for NY's Paterson in aide violence case (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 03:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 19, 2008 file photo, New York Gov. David Paterson, left, and aide David Johnson walk down the steps of the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Paterson will not face criminal charges for calling a woman who later dropped domestic violence charges against a top aide, though the aide could still face prosecution, according to an investigative report issued Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Retired Judge Judith Kaye, tasked by state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo with examining Paterson's role in the assault case, said the Democratic governor's actions did not constitute witness tampering. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)AP - New York Gov. David Paterson will not face criminal charges for calling up a woman who later dropped domestic violence charges against a top aide, though the aide could still face prosecution, according to an investigative report issued Wednesday.

Pair convicted of murder in Philly officer's death (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 01:43 PM PDT

This undated photo released by Philadelphia Mayor's office shows police officer Steven Liczbinski. A jury on Wednesday July 28, 2010 convicted two men of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Liczbinski. Jurors found 41-year-old Levon Warner and 35-year-old Eric Floyd guilty on all counts in the May 3, 2008, shooting death of Liczbinski following a bank robbery. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Mayor's Office)AP - Two men were convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday in the ambush death of a police officer after a bank robbery, even though neither defendant pulled the trigger.

Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 03:28 PM PDT

Graphic shows how to administer hands-only CPRAP - More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.

Family charged in abuse of elderly Mass. woman (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 01:13 PM PDT

AP - An 80-year-old woman lay for a month in a recliner soaked with her waste, her long toenails curling back into her skin and suffering from deep bedsores, authorities said in announcing charges against five family members.
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