Friday, July 30, 2010

Ore. district attorney says no Gore prosecution (AP)

Ore. district attorney says no Gore prosecution (AP)

Ore. district attorney says no Gore prosecution (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:22 PM PDT

Former US vice president Al Gore testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC in 2009. A spokeswoman for former US vice president Al Gore refuted accusations that he groped a masseuse in Oregon in 2006 and said a newly reopened police probe into the matter would clear his name.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AP - Former Vice President Al Gore was cleared Friday of allegations he groped and assaulted a masseuse in a luxury Portland hotel room in 2006, closing a case that could have tarnished the Nobel prize winner's reputation.

Ariz. governor considers changing immigration law (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:30 PM PDT

Arizona Republicans Gov. Jan Brewer, right, answers a question regarding the latest on the new Arizona immigration law as Sen. John McCain listens in at a news conference in Glendale, Ariz., Friday, July 30, 2010. Brewer and McCain held the news conference in the Phoenix suburb to applaud a U.S. Air Force decision to base new F-35 combat jets at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, but the event abruptly ended when the barrage of questions were regarding the immigration law and the next steps the governor was taking in the court battle. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - The fight over Arizona's immigration law showed no signs of letting up Friday as the federal judge who blunted its force faced threats and the Republican governor who signed it considered changes to address any faults.

Calif. wildfire jumps aqueduct, approaches homes (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:05 PM 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 - A huge wildfire in the high desert wilderness north of Los Angeles jumped an aqueduct on Friday, rushing toward hundreds of houses as firefighters also tried to keep flames from damaging power lines that bring electricity to Southern California.

Wildlife rescue escalates at Mich. river oil spill (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:55 PM PDT

Oil sheen is shown in the Kalamazoo River in Battle Creek, Mich., from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc., Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Volunteers and government officials scrambled on Friday to save geese and other wildlife damaged by an oil spill in a southern Michigan river as the Canadian company that owns the ruptured pipeline said the crude had been contained.

12-year-old girl injured on Wis. 'free fall' ride (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:00 PM PDT

AP - A 12-year-old girl at an amusement park plunged more than 40 feet to the ground on Friday, seriously injuring herself when a safety net under a "free fall" attraction failed to catch her.

Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:30 PM PDT

James Lee Witt, right, listens to BP PLC CEO of Gulf Coast Restoration Organization Bob Dudley as he speaks at a news conference to announce Witt's hiring as an advisor to BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill response in Biloxi, Miss., Friday, July 30, 2010. Witt, the former FEMA director under President Bill Clinton, is expected to advise BP through its long-term response and recovery efforts. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)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.

2 killed in plane crash pulled from Lake Michigan (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:57 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by Cessna shows a Cessna 206. A medical transport plane carrying five people to the Mayo Clinic crashed into Lake Michigan on Friday July 23, 2010 and one person was rescued, officials said. The Cessna 206 left Alma, about 150 miles northwest of Detroit, Friday morning en route to Rochester, Minn. (AP Photo/Cessna) NO SALESAP - State police divers on Friday recovered the remains of two of four missing passengers who were on a medical plane that crashed into Lake Michigan last week.

Deadly gas explosion destroys building in Calif. (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:17 PM PDT

Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department stand at the site where a suspected natural gas explosion occurred Friday July 30, 2010 in Los Angeles. The explosion collapsed part of the building and hurled two workers into the street, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, fire officials said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - A deadly gas explosion obliterated an industrial building with such violent force Friday that a worker was hurled into the street, car windows were shattered and a survivor had his hair singed in the inferno.

Army: Chemical weapons off Hawaii should stay put (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:41 PM PDT

AP - Chemical weapons dumped in deep water five miles south of Pearl Harbor after World War II should remain at the site because moving them could pose more of a threat to people and the environment, the Army said Friday.

Prosecutors: Smith part of conspiracy to get drugs (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:22 PM PDT

FILE ** Anna Nicole Smith, leaves the U.S. Supreme Court, in this Feb. 28, 2006, file photo taken in Washington. Pre-trial motions are expected to be heard in a hearing Friday July 30, 2010 setting the stage for the trial of two doctors and the attorney boyfriend of the late Anna Nicole Smith, arguing about what evidence will be allowed in court. Jury questioning begins Monday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta,File)AP - In a surprise move, prosecutors in the case of Anna Nicole Smith's doctors and her lawyer-boyfriend say the former Playboy model conspired with the defendants to illegally obtain massive amounts of prescription drugs.

Feds arrest Polish immigrant in NM smuggling case (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:53 PM PDT

AP - An Illinois man faces human smuggling charges after investigators say he placed an ad in a Chicago-area Polish language newspaper, offering to drive illegal immigrants to New Mexico to take advantage of the state's lax driver's license rules.

Calif. Rep. Lungren caught speeding while on air (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:43 PM PDT

AP - California Rep. Dan Lungren was forced to cut short a radio interview when he was stopped by police in Virginia for speeding while he was live on the air.

NJ man gets jail for Phillies game vomit-assault (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 25, 2010, file photo, Matthew Clemmens, of Cherry Hill, N.J., looks out a car window as he is driven away from a courthouse in Philadelphia. Clemmens has been sentenced to up to three months in jail on Friday, July 30, 2010, for intentionally vomiting on another spectator and his 11-year-old daughter in the stands at a Philadelphia Phillies game. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)AP - A 21-year-old man who intentionally vomited on a spectator and his 11-year-old daughter at a Philadelphia Phillies game was sentenced Friday to up to three months in jail and community service, which the judge suggested be fulfilled by cleaning ballpark toilets and trash.

South bakes, humidity feels like 100-plus degrees (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:09 PM PDT

Children get a break from the heat by playing in the fountain in the Waterfront Park in Charleston, S.C., on Friday, July 30, 2010. Friday was the eleventh straight day a heat advisory or excessive heat warning had been issued for the South Carolina coast. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)AP - Heat advisories were posted from the Carolinas to the Great Plains as the South continued to roast Friday under temperatures and humidity that made beaches feel more like bakeries.

Mo. Senate race may narrow to Blunt, Carnahan (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 12:24 PM PDT

AP - He calls her a "rubber stamp" for President Barack Obama and liberal congressional leaders. She "calls bull" on his attempts to represent regular folks, suggesting he's more attuned to lobbyists and corporate interests.
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