Thursday, July 29, 2010

Panel hits Rangel with 13 alleged ethics charges (AP)

Panel hits Rangel with 13 alleged ethics charges (AP)

Panel hits Rangel with 13 alleged ethics charges (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 01:05 PM PDT

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., leaves his office to go to a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - House investigators accused veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of congressional ethics standards on Thursday, throwing a cloud over his four-decade political career and raising worries for fellow Democrats about the fall elections.

AZ appeals order blocking parts of immigration law (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 01:11 PM PDT

A demonstrator cries as he is arrested during a protest against Arizona's controversial Senate Bill 1070 immigration law outside Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office in Phoenix July 29, 2010. REUTERS/Joshua LottAP - Arizona is appealing a federal judge's order that put most of the state's immigration law on hold.

As many as 6,600 Arlington graves mixed up (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:37 PM PDT

A woman visits a grave in Section 60, where many soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are buried, Thursday, July 29, 2010, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery's former superintendent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery's former superintendent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster.

Mo. ballot measures tests federal health care law (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:38 PM PDT

In this July 28, 2010 photo, a pickup truck carries a large sign that reads ' Vote Aug. 3 Yes Prop C ' outside a rally and fundraiser for supporters of a ballot measure to block the new federal health insurance law in St. Charles, Mo. Missouri will become the first state to the test the popularity of President Barack Obama's top policy accomplishment with a statewide ballot proposal attempting to reject its core mandate that most Americans have health insurance. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - More than 1 million people are expected to participate in what amounts to the largest-ever public opinion poll on the nation's new health care law.

Ousted USDA employee Sherrod plans to sue blogger (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:38 PM PDT

Shirley Sherrod answers questions during an interview at her home on Friday, July 23, 2010 in Albany, Ga. Sherrod was fired from her job at the Agriculture Department amid accusations of racism. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)AP - Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted a video edited in a way that made her appear racist.

Gov't warned company about oil pipeline monitoring (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:51 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 - A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Michigan river was warned by government regulators in January that its monitoring of corrosion in the pipeline was insufficient.

Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Pakistanis view US as enemy (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:59 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden addresses the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 10th Mountain Division during a welcome home ceremony, while his wife Jill looks on at Fort Drum, N.Y., Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Many troops in attendance had just returned after spending 8 months in Iraq. (AP Photo/Heather Ainsworth)AP - Despite billions in aid from Washington and a shared threat from extremists, Pakistanis have an overwhelmingly negative view of the United States, according to results of a Pew Research Center poll released Thursday.

Al-Qaida plants flag, burns bodies in Iraq attack (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:49 PM PDT

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of an attack on their checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Militants Thursday killed a number of Iraq's security forces with a combination of shootings and roadside bombs that was a bitter demonstration of the dangers Iraqi forces still face.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Militants flew an al-Qaida flag over a Baghdad neighborhood Thursday after killing 16 security officials and burning some of their bodies in a brazen afternoon attack that served as a grim reminder of continued insurgent strength in Iraq's capital.

DC sniper claims conspirators in Shatner interview (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:43 PM PDT

FILE - Sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo appears in a Sunday, Nov. 9, 2003 Chesapeake, Va., Sheriff's office handout booking photo. Malvo, convicted in the deadly sniper attacks that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area in 2002, says two others planned to participate in the attacks but backed out. The revelation comes in a prison interview for the Thursday premier of 'Confessions of the DC Sniper with William Shatner: An Aftermath Special' on the A&E television network. (AP Photo/Chesapeake Sheriff's office )AP - Convicted DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo tells actor William Shatner on a cable TV special that he and his partner tried to recruit fellow shooters for their 2002 spree and that his accomplice killed one man for backing out, according to the program set for airing Thursday.

Oswalt approves deal, Astros trade ace to Phillies (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:56 PM PDT

Houston Astros starter Roy Oswalt delivers a pitch in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Saturday, July 24, 2010, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - Roy Oswalt is going to pitch for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Weakened Arizona immigrant rules still draw protests (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 01:03 PM PDT

Rosamaria Soto (L), Maria Uribe (C) and Georgina Sanchez pray during a vigil outside the Arizona State Capital after U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton blocked the most controversial sections of Arizona's new Senate Bill 1070 immigration law in Phoenix, July 28, 2010. REUTERS/Joshua LottReuters - Police arrested at least 30 protesters who took to the streets of Phoenix on Thursday after Arizona adopted a new immigration law, even though its most intrusive provisions had already been blocked by a U.S. court.

Unemployment claims fall, but still elevated (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 09:38 AM PDT

People wait in line to enter the City University of New York (CUNY) Big Apple job fair in New York, April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - New claims for unemployment benefits slipped last week, but stayed at a stubbornly high level that underscored the labor market recovery was having trouble gaining traction.

BP spill cases head to court as Shell counts cost (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 07:11 AM PDT

A large sheen of oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, background, is seen approaching Timbalier Island in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Reuters - The tide of lawsuits unleashed by BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico breaks into an Idaho courtroom on Thursday, just as the company's rivals are counting the cost of a ban on offshore drilling.

Special Report: A Mississippi Yankee in BP's battered court (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 11:23 AM PDT

Reuters - Bob Dudley is not one to wear his disappointment on his sleeve.

Second U.S. sailor's remains found in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 07:49 AM PDT

Reuters - The body of a second U.S. sailor who went missing in Afghanistan last week has been recovered, an Afghan police chief said on Thursday.

Heavy rains delay salvage of crashed Pakistan plane (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 09:19 AM PDT

A rescue worker stands near part of the wreckage of an Airblue passenger plane which crashed on the outskirts of Islamabad July 28, 2010. REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - Heavy monsoon rains in Islamabad on Thursday hampered recovery efforts at the site of a Pakistani plane crash that killed all 152 people on board a day earlier, a senior police officer said.

Arabs back direct peace talks when Abbas sees fit (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 11:29 AM PDT

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) speaks with Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (C) and Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa at the opening session of the foreign ministers meeting at Arab League headquarters in Cairo July 29, 2010. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - The Arab League said on Thursday it would back face-to-face peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel when the Palestinians believe the time is right.

House ethics panel reviews tentative Rangel deal: source (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:42 PM PDT

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) speaks to a participant during the National Urban League's (NUL) 2010 centennial conference on Reuters - A U.S. House of Representatives ethics panel is reviewing a tentative agreement to settle charges against Representative Charles Rangel, a congressional source said on Thursday.

Monsoon hampers Pakistan black box search (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 09:45 AM PDT

Pakistani rescue workers search at the site of the wreckage of a crashed passenger plane on the day after the accident in The Margalla Hills on the outskirts of Islamabad. Monsoon rain and clouds on Thursday hampered the search for the black box of a Pakistani airliner that slammed into hilly woodland killing all 152 people on board, the nation's worst aviation disaster.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - Monsoon rain and clouds on Thursday hampered the search for the black box of a Pakistani airliner that slammed into hilly woodland killing all 152 people on board, the nation's worst aviation disaster.

French mother confesses to eight infant murders (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 01:00 PM PDT

French forsenic policemen arrive in front of the house in Villers-au-Tertre, northern France, where the bodies of eight new-born babies were found, on July 28. A French nursing assistant admitted Thursday suffocating eight of her newborn babies AFP - A French nursing assistant Thursday admitted suffocating eight newborn babies because she did not want more children and wished to avoid seeing a doctor for contraception, a prosecutor said.
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