Economic growth likely slowed in second quarter (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:08:43 GMT
AP - The already fragile economic recovery may be getting weaker.

Fed atty: Military secrets sold to pay for HI home (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:16:01 GMT
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.

Officials: Floods kill at least 267 in Pakistan (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:25:52 GMT
AP - The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 267 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.

Panel hits Rangel with 13 ethics charges (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:29:27 GMT
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.

Ariz. files appeal as sheriff launches new sweep (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:18:41 GMT
AP - The showdown over Arizona's immigration law played out in court and on Phoenix's sun-splashed streets on Thursday, as the state sought to reinstate key parts of the measure and angry protesters chanted that they refused to "live in fear." Dozens were arrested.

House rejects bill to aid sick 9/11 responders (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:33:06 GMT
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.

1,200 homes evacuated in LA Co. as fire spreads (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:10:06 GMT
AP - A brush fire swept over more than 7 square miles, prompted evacuations and burned structures in rural Los Angeles County Thursday as water-dropping helicopters and crews scrambled to get ahead of the blaze.

Less oil on surface means less work for fishermen (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:36:47 GMT
AP - Even when the oily sheen starts fading from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, it manages to become bad news for fishermen.

Source: J-Lo close to deal for `American Idol' (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:22:58 GMT
AP - Ellen DeGeneres is dancing off "American Idol" after one season and Jennifer Lopez is poised to step in.

Oswalt traded to Phillies; Tejada, Cantu also move (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:11:15 GMT
AP - Roy Oswalt granted his own wish: He's now part of a pennant race. Miguel Tejada, Jorge Cantu and Matt Capps joined the mix, too.