Ariz. governor considers changing immigration law (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:18:13 GMT
AP - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is asking legislators to consider whether they should change the state's immigration law in response to a judge's ruling blocking parts of it.

US casualties in Afghanistan soar to record highs (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:24:46 GMT
AP - Eric, how is this supposed to look exactly?

House investigators recommended Rangel reprimand (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:51:11 GMT
AP - The panel that charged New York Democrat Charles Rangel with 13 counts of ethical misdeeds recommended he receive a relatively mild rebuke by the full House, one of the investigators said Friday.

Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:13:36 GMT
AP - BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen.

Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:55:19 GMT
AP - The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo.

NY reps. spar over bill to aid sick 9/11 workers (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:07:17 GMT
AP - The House's rejection of bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust has opened a sharp rift between two New York congressmen, Republican Peter King and Democrat Anthony Weiner.

Mother gets life term in Texas starvation case (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:11:04 GMT
AP - A mother whose three children were found starving after being shut away in a hotel bathroom for as long as nine months has been sentenced to life in prison.

Bill Clinton emerges on Chelsea's NY wedding eve (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:18:26 GMT
AP - Bill Clinton made a long-anticipated appearance in the upstate New York village where his daughter is getting married, drawing crowds of onlookers Friday afternoon as preparations continued largely out of sight for the grand and secretive occasion.

Store manager tells robber Jesus wouldn't approve (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:21:50 GMT
AP - A cell phone store manager in South Florida dissuaded an armed man from robbing the store by telling him Jesus wouldn't approve. Instead of panicking when the suspect pulled a weapon, Nayara Goncalves started talking with him. He was jobless, and the 20-year-old Christian offered to connect him with friends who could help him find work.

Ex-lawyer says he wrote letter demanding $10M (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:24:34 GMT
AP - Karen Cunagin Sypher's former attorney told jurors at her extortion trial he had sexual relations with the former model before writing a letter to Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino demanding $10 million.