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Thursday, July 29, 2010

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Fed atty: Military secrets sold to pay for HI home (AP)

FILE - This undated file photo released by the FBI shows Noshir S. Gowadia. The attorney for a former B-2 bomber engineer from Hawaii accused of selling military secrets to China says his client designed a cruise missile part for China but did so based on public information. (AP Photo/FBI, File)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.


Ariz. files appeal as sheriff launches new sweep (AP)

Demonstrator Devin Fleenor of Phoenix handcuffs himself to the doors of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office in protest of Arizona's SB1070 immigration-enforcement law Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)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.


Air show to go on despite deadly crash (AP)

Air Force Col. Jack 'John' McMullen, 3rd Wing commander at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, listens to a question at a news conference Thursday, July 29, 2010. Four airmen were killed when a cargo plane crashed during a training run at an Alaska Air Force base on Wednesday, July 28. Three of the men were in the Alaska Air National Guard and the fourth was on active duty at Elmendorf Air Force Base. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)AP - A popular air show will be held this weekend, days after four people were killed when a military cargo plane crashed at an Anchorage base during a training demonstration for the event, military officials said Thursday.


House rejects bill to aid sick 9/11 responders (AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2001 file photo, firefighters make their way over the ruins of the World Trade Center through clouds of smoke at ground zero in New York. 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, July 29, 2010, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts. (AP Photo/Stan Honda, Pool, File)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.


Less oil on surface means less work for fishermen (AP)

Streaks of oil and a line of emulsified oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are seen near an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Even when the oily sheen starts fading from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, it manages to become bad news for fishermen.


1,200 homes evacuated in LA Co. as fire spreads (AP)

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 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.


Woman recounts bear attack as caught grizzly ID'd (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 - One of the survivors of a deadly grizzly bear attack said Thursday she realized her only hope was to play dead after feeling the bear's jaw clamp onto her arm in the middle of the night.


Past problems for company at heart of oil spill (AP)

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 - A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Michigan river has experienced leaks, an explosion and dozens of regulatory violations in the past decade throughout the Great Lakes region and elsewhere in the U.S.


Feds OK project to drill under, not on, wild areas (AP)

This image provided by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance shows the Desolation Canyon stretch of the Green River near the eastern edge of the West Tavaputs Plateau where an energy company received federal approval Thursday July 29, 2010 to open one of Utah's biggest natural gas fields by agreeing to use new technology to drill under wild areas, instead of on top of them.  (AP Photo/SUWA, Ray Bloxham)  NO SALESAP - An energy company received federal approval Thursday to take natural gas from a largely untouched, picturesque region of Utah by agreeing to use new technology to drill under wild areas instead of on top of them.


A $3M Clinton wedding? Not out of the question (AP)

Elisabeth Gruender, right, a producer with ARD German TV, is interviewed by Today show host Natalie Morales, second from right, in front of the Beekman Arms Inn, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in Rhinebeck, N.Y.  Chelsea Clinton and her parents have not yet confirmed that the former first daughter's wedding  is being held in Rhinebeck Saturday. Still, signs congratulating her hang in shop windows, residents are talking to TV crews and officials are bracing for crowds. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Imagine spending $250,000 on flowers. Or $20,000 on a cake. How does $15,000 to $20,000 for toilets sound?


Colo. pot shops face closure under tough new rules (AP)

Jake Browne, general manager of The Releaf Center, a Denver medical marijuana center, smells a marijuana bud  in his dispensary on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The Releaf Center has 2,600 patients and is prepared to grow enough marijuana to stay in business, but Browne said many dispensaries won't be able to meet the requirement. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - Nearly a fifth of Colorado's medical marijuana dispensary operators could be forced out of business in coming weeks because of new state rules barring some convicted felons from the pot business, federal drug authorities say.


Mass. woman left in recliner dies on 81st birthday (AP)
AP - A woman hospitalized in critical condition after sitting for a month with deep bedsores in a recliner soaked with her waste died Thursday, on her 81st birthday, prosecutors said. Five family members who lived with her face various elderly abuse charges and could see upgraded charges.
Source: J-Lo close to deal for `American Idol' (AP)

FILE - Jennifer Lopez arrives for the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, during the 63rd Cannes international film festival, in Cap d'Antibes, southern France in this May 20, 2010 file photo. Lopez is close to signing a deal to join Fox TV's 'American Idol' as a judge, a person familiar with the negotiations said late Thursday July 29, 2010. The person, who was not authorized to comment publicly, spoke on condition of anonymity.  (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)AP - Ellen DeGeneres is dancing off "American Idol" after one season and Jennifer Lopez is poised to step in.


Schilling's business, bluster bleed into politics (AP)

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2004 file photo, Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling introduces President George W. Bush at a campaign stop in Burgettstown, Pa. Schilling has endorsed political candidates and toyed with running for office himself, but has never been as enmeshed in a race as when the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation in July 2010 offered Schilling's company a $75 million loan guarantee to move to the state. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)AP - The U.S. is fighting two wars, and millions are looking for work. So what is making politicians thump their lecterns in two of New England's hottest political races this summer?


Police: Gunman kills stepfather, 2 others in Texas (AP)
AP - On a leafy cul-de-sac in a gated Texas community, a man walked inside his stepfather's home with a briefcase. A teenage boy at the house didn't recognize him but could tell he was angry. He took his young siblings outside, and moments later heard gunfire.
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.


AP-Univision Poll: College dreams for Hispanics (AP)

Yajahira Deaza poses for a photograph in her apartment in the Bronx borough of New York Wednesday July 28, 2010. More than 10 years have passed since she gave up her pursuit of a degree in computer science, but Yajahira Deaza still has regrets. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)AP - More than 10 years have passed since she gave up her pursuit of a degree in computer science, but Yajahira Deaza still has regrets.


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.


Texas man gets death penalty for beheading 3 kids (AP)
AP - A jury sentenced a south Texas man to death on Thursday, four days after convicting him of capital murder for beheading his common law wife's three children in 2003.