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Grizzly caught after MT mauling that killed MI man (AP)

A sign at the entrance of the Soda Butte Campground outside Cooke City, Mont. in this July 29, 2010 photo tells would-be visitors to stay out after a man was killed and two people injured when a bear rampaged through the campground. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)AP - A mother grizzly and two of her three cubs have been captured after killing a Michigan man and injuring two other people during an overnight rampage through a campground near Yellowstone National Park.


Posted on 29 July 2010 | 3:51 pm

Panel hits Rangel with 13 alleged ethics charges (AP)

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.


Posted on 29 July 2010 | 3:43 pm

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

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.


Posted on 29 July 2010 | 3:32 pm

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

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 - Three-time All-Star Roy Oswalt gave his OK to a trade from Houston to Philadelphia on Thursday, becoming the latest ace to join the hard-charging Phillies.


Posted on 29 July 2010 | 3:31 pm

AZ appeals order blocking parts of immigration law (AP)

From left, Maria Duran, Maria Uribe and Giornia Sanchez march in protest Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix to rally against Arizona's new immigration law, SB1070. Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most the law. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - Arizona asked an appeals court Thursday to lift a judge's order blocking most of the state's immigration law as the city of Phoenix filled with protesters, including about 50 who were arrested for confronting officers in riot gear.


Posted on 29 July 2010 | 3:27 pm

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

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.


Posted on 29 July 2010 | 3:23 pm

Ousted USDA employee Sherrod plans to sue blogger (AP)

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.


Posted on 29 July 2010 | 3:22 pm

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

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.


Posted on 29 July 2010 | 3:22 pm

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

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.


Posted on 29 July 2010 | 3:22 pm

BP lawsuits over oil spill take center stage (Reuters)

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 - More than 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, a panel of U.S. judges heard arguments from lawyers on Thursday on how piles of spill-related lawsuits against BP Plc should be merged.


Posted on 29 July 2010 | 3:21 pm

Republican concerns could stall START treaty (Reuters)

Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senate Republicans voiced objections on Thursday to the new START nuclear arms treaty with Russia, raising concerns that could delay efforts to hand President Barack Obama a foreign policy victory ahead of the November elections.

Posted on 29 July 2010 | 3:17 pm

Weakened Arizona immigrant rules still draw protests (Reuters)

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.


Posted on 29 July 2010 | 3:03 pm

French mother confesses to eight infant murders (AFP)

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.


Posted on 29 July 2010 | 3:00 pm

DC sniper claims conspirators in Shatner interview (AP)

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.


Posted on 29 July 2010 | 2:43 pm

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

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.


Posted on 29 July 2010 | 1:29 pm

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

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

Posted on 29 July 2010 | 1:23 pm

Monsoon hampers Pakistan black box search (AFP)

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.


Posted on 29 July 2010 | 11:45 am

Unemployment claims fall, but still elevated (Reuters)

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.


Posted on 29 July 2010 | 11:38 am

Heavy rains delay salvage of crashed Pakistan plane (Reuters)

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.


Posted on 29 July 2010 | 11:19 am

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

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.

Posted on 29 July 2010 | 9:49 am

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