Saturday, July 31, 2010

Death toll in Pakistani floods surges past 800 (AP)

Death toll in Pakistani floods surges past 800 (AP)

Death toll in Pakistani floods surges past 800 (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 11:01 AM PDT

A Pakistani villager salvages a washing machine through deep floodwater on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, on Saturday, July 31, 2010. The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. The damage to roads, bridges and communications networks hindered rescuers, while the threat of disease loomed as some evacuees arrived in camps with fever, diarrhea and skin problems.

Crews beat back wildfire in desert north of LA (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:50 AM PDT

Firefighters spray water on burning plants as flames race across the desert floor in Palmdale, Calif., Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)AP - Fire crews working through the night beat back flames and built containment lines around a two-day old wildfire that charred nearly 22 square miles of brush in the high desert north of Los Angeles.

Crowd on VIP alert at site of Clinton's NY wedding (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:44 PM PDT

Members of the public stand outside the Delamater Inn waiting for invited guests to arrive for the wedding between Chelsea Clinton and fiance Marc Mezvinsky, in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on Saturday, July 31, 2010. Chelsea Clinton and her fiance Marc Mezvinsky are widely expected to be married in Rhinebeck later today. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - Chelsea Clinton was poised to marry her longtime boyfriend at an exclusive estate along New York's Hudson River after weeks of secrecy and buildup that had celebrity watchers flocking to the small village for the Saturday evening nuptials.

PLO official says Obama sends warning to Abbas (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:29 PM PDT

Palestinians security forces loyal to president Mahmoud Abbas demonstrate their skills during graduation ceremony in the West Bank city of Jericho, Saturday, July. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)AP - A senior PLO official says President Barack Obama has warned Mahmoud Abbas in a letter that U.S.-Palestinian relations might suffer if the Palestinian leader refuses to resume direct peace talks with Israel.

3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:54 PM PDT

Harold Cline vacuums up oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill that recently washed up in a cove in Barataria Bay on the coast of Louisiana, Saturday, July 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the environmental disaster.

Rangel using 3-way defense against ethics charges (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:23 PM PDT

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., puts on his jacket as he leaves his office to go for a vote on the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - To rebut a lengthy list of alleged ethical misdeeds, Rep. Charles Rangel is trotting out this three-way defense: I didn't do it. I did it, but was inattentive. Others lawmakers were allowed to do the same thing without penalty.

Paperwork nightmare: A struggle to fix new law (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 08:45 AM PDT

AP - Tucked into the new health care law is a requirement that could become a paperwork nightmare for nearly 40 million businesses.

Brazilian men swapped at birth work, live together (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:30 PM PDT

In this photo taken May 17, 2009, Dimas Jose Aliprandi, left, and Elton Plaster meet as they pose for pictures in Santa Maria de Jetiba, Espirito Santo state, Brazil. Aliprandi and Plaster, who had been switched at birth more than 20 years ago, are now living and working together with their families growing vegetables and coffee on a small farm in southeastern Brazil. (AP Photo/Julio Huber)AP - Two years back, Dimas Aliprandi and Elton Plaster didn't know of each other's existence. Then they learned they had been accidentally switched at birth more than 20 years ago.

Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:20 PM PDT

'Jersey Shore' cast member Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi leaves the Seaside Heights Police Department after being detained Friday July 30, 2010 in Seaside Heights, N.J. Seaside Heights Police Chief Thomas Boyd says Polizzi was arrested at around 3:25 p.m. Friday and charged with disorderly conduct after other beachgoers reported she was bothering them. Polizzi was processed at police headquarters and released on a summons. (AP Photo/Asbury Park Press, Bradley J. Penner) MANDATORY CREDIT: ASBURY PARK PRESS, BRADLEY J. PENNER; RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROPAP - "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has been arrested in the New Jersey beach town where the MTV show is based.

Westbrook, Ludwick, Lilly traded, Berkman to Yanks (AP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:24 PM PDT

Cleveland Indians' Jake Westbrook pitches to the New York Yankees in the first inning in a baseball game Monday, July 26, 2010, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP - Former All-Stars Jake Westbrook, Ted Lilly and Ryan Ludwick got traded Saturday as pennant contenders played a game of beat-the-clock, while the New York Yankees completed their big deal for slugger Lance Berkman.

BP to try well kill Tuesday (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 06:33 AM PDT

Drill ships and response vessels work in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast line while attempting to drill relief wells at the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill wellhead July 27, 2010. REUTERS/Sean GardnerReuters - BP said on Friday it could seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by next week as the House of Representatives voted to toughen regulation of offshore energy drilling.

U.S. worried more secret documents may be released (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:06 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. officials are worried about what other secret documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group without success to avoid their release, the State Department said on Friday.

Obama hopes Rep. Rangel can leave "with dignity" (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 06:59 AM PDT

Rep. Charles Rangel (R) stands in front of the media after meeting of the Congessional Black Caucus with President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, March 11, 2010. From L-R are: Rep. Hank Johnson and Rangel. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - President Barack Obama called ethics charges against Representative Charles Rangel "very troubling" on Friday and said he hoped the lawmaker could end his career "with dignity."

Grand jury eyes monitor shutdown at Massey mine: report (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 11:06 AM PDT

Reuters - A federal grand jury looking into an explosion that killed 29 workers at a Massey Energy Co coal mine in West Virginia heard testimony this week about possible illegal tampering with a mine safety monitor, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Congress to probe Michigan oil spill (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:36 PM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. congressional committee will probe the spill of more than 800,000 gallons (3 million liters) of oil from an Enbridge Inc pipeline in southern Michigan this week, a Michigan congressman said on Saturday.

Pakistan spy chief scraps UK trip on "terror" remarks (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 11:23 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron addresses the media in Ankara in this July 27, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Umit BektasReuters - Pakistan's spy chief has canceled a trip to Britain, a spokesman said on Saturday, but Islamabad played down a row over remarks by British Prime Minister David Cameron suggesting Pakistan was not doing enough to fight terrorism.

Nebraska's Nelson first Democratic senator to oppose Kagan (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 08:19 AM PDT

Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) listens to Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan on the second day of her Senate confirmation hearings in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 29, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson has announced he will oppose the nomination of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court, making him the first Democrat to declare against her.

Over 900 dead as floods sweep Asia (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 11:18 AM PDT

Locals are seen standing by flood water that entered a residential area of Muzaffarabad. Heavy monsoon rains exacted the heaviest toll in northwest Pakistan, with 800 confirmed dead and the regional capital Peshawar cut off.(AFP/Sajjad Qayyum)AFP - Floods sweeping Asia have killed more than 900 people, officials said Saturday, washing away thousands of homes and destroying infrastructure in some of the worst scenes in living memory.

Engineers prepare to seal ruptured oil well (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 09:35 AM PDT

An oil-soaked Laughing Gull is cleaned at the Fort Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Buras, Louisiana. Engineers Saturday readied a plan to permanently seal a damaged Gulf of Mexico well, despite delays to the process caused by debris left behind by a recent tropical storm.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AFP - Engineers Saturday readied a plan to permanently seal a damaged Gulf of Mexico well, despite delays to the process caused by debris left behind by a recent tropical storm.
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