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2008-07-25 15:57	AP International	Marine pleads innocent to murder of comrade SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A Marine has pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of a Camp Pendleton comrade who prosecutors say was killed in a dispute over stolen drug money....
2008-07-25 15:57	AP International	Pa. teens charged in fatal beating of immigrant PORT CARBON, Pa. (AP) - Three white teens were charged Friday in what officials said was an epithet-filled fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant in a small northeast Pennsylvania coal town. Brandon J. Piekarsky, 16, and Colin J. Walsh, 17, were charged as adults with homicide and ethnic intimidation in the July 12 attack on Luis Ramirez....
2008-07-25 15:57	AP International	Somali opposition says could fight UN peacekeepers NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Somalia's new hard-line opposition leader promised Friday to pacify his shattered country through Islamic law, warning U.N. peacekeepers they will face attack if they deploy and support the government....
2008-07-25 15:57	AP International	Manager: Cops shot man after threat on Pa. station STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - An official at a Christian radio station in central Pennsylvania says police shot and killed a man who had threatened the station....
2008-07-25 15:52	AP Top News	McCain rejects 'audacity of hopelessness' for Iraq DENVER (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, ridiculing Barack Obama for "the audacity of hopelessness" in his policies on Iraq, said Friday that the entire Middle East could have plunged into war had U.S. troops been withdrawn as his rival advocated. Speaking to an audience of Hispanic military veterans, McCain stepped up his criticism of Obama while the Illinois senator continued his headline-grabbing tour of the Middle East and Europe. The Arizona Republican contended that Obama's policies - he opposed sending more troops to Iraq in the "surge" that McCain supported - would have led to defeat there and in Afghanistan....
2008-07-25 15:52	AP Top News	Pa. teens charged in fatal beating of immigrant PORT CARBON, Pa. (AP) - Three white teens were charged Friday in what officials said was an epithet-filled fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant in a small northeast Pennsylvania coal town. Brandon J. Piekarsky, 16, and Colin J. Walsh, 17, were charged as adults with homicide and ethnic intimidation in the July 12 attack on Luis Ramirez. A third teen, Derrick M. Donchak, 18, was charged with aggravated assault, ethnic intimidation and other offenses. All are from Shenandoah, where the attack occurred....
2008-07-25 15:52	AP Top News	Poland says no to DNA testing of Chopin's heart Poland says no to DNA testing of Chopin's heartWARSAW, Poland (AP) - Like a religious relic, the heart of composer Frederic Chopin rests in a Warsaw church, untouched since it was preserved in alcohol after his death in 1849 at age 39. And that's how the Polish government wants to keep it. Scientists want to remove the heart for DNA tests to see if Chopin actually died from cystic fibrosis and not tuberculosis as his death certificate stated. But the government says that's not a good reason to disturb the remains of a revered native son....
2008-07-25 15:52	AP Top News	McMahon works as pitchman for Kimmel in-show spots LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ed McMahon has a job. The former "Tonight Show" sidekick is reprising his role as pitchman with several comical commercial segments during "Jimmy Kimmel Live." The first of the four spots, which were filmed Thursday evening and feature McMahon and Jimmy Kimmel together, will air Monday during the late-night ABC talk show. "It felt very good to be out of the brace and working again," McMahon, who recently underwent a third neck surgery, said during a telephone interview Friday morning. "I spent my whole life doing commercials, so here I was back doing a commercial again. It was very comforting. Believe me."...
2008-07-25 15:52	AP Top News	Angry Milwaukee man allegedly shoots lawn mower Angry Milwaukee man allegedly shoots lawn mowerMILWAUKEE (AP) - A Milwaukee man was accused of shooting his lawn mower because it wouldn't start. Keith Walendowski, 56, was charged with felony possession of a short-barreled shotgun or rifle and misdemeanor disorderly conduct while armed. According to the criminal complaint, Walendowski said he was angry because his Lawn Boy wouldn't start Wednesday morning. He told police quote, "I can do that, it's my lawn mower and my yard so I can shoot it if I want."...
2008-07-25 15:32	AP International	McCain rejects 'audacity of hopelessness' for Iraq DENVER (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, ridiculing Barack Obama for "the audacity of hopelessness" in his policies on Iraq, said Friday that the entire Middle East could have plunged into war had U.S. troops been withdrawn as his rival advocated....
2008-07-25 15:32	AP International	W.V. proposes $400 fee to erect roadside memorials CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Balancing safety concerns against the wishes of families of highway fatality victims, West Virginia's Division of Highways wants to offer the option of state-maintained memorial signs near crash sites....
2008-07-25 15:32	AP International	Hot, impatient crowd vies for Olympics tickets BEIJING (AP) - A crowd of 30,000 people, baking in the heat and waiting for up to two days, swarmed a ticketing center Friday as the final batch of Olympic tickets went on sale. Police shoved and kicked them and used metal barricades to prevent a stampede....
2008-07-25 15:32	AP International	Iraq Olympic official says talks started on ban BAGHDAD (AP) - The spokesman for the banned Iraqi Olympic Committee says he still hopes that Iraq can take part in next month's Beijing games....
2008-07-25 15:25	Reuters UK	US STOCKS-S&P, Nasdaq up as data eases economic fear, Dow dips
2008-07-25 15:12	AFP	One year later, US Beckham-mania slows while MLS grows LOS ANGELES (AFP) - David Beckham, who sparked a wave of "Beckhamania" one year ago when he joined the Los Angeles Galaxy, has seen the fascination slow and Major League Soccer grow due in part to his arrival....
2008-07-25 15:10	Reuters UK	WTO talks revived by "encouraging signs"
2008-07-25 15:07	AP International	Mexican military losing drug war support OJINAGA, Mexico (AP) - This hardscrabble Mexican border town welcomed 400 soldiers when they arrived four months ago to stop a wave of drug violence that brought daytime gunbattles to its main street....
2008-07-25 15:05	Reuters UK	Oil hits 7-week low on faltering demand
2008-07-25 15:02	AP International	Bush travels to Illinois for private fundraiser PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - President Bush spent a second day this week traveling to raise money for Republicans, all out of public view....
2008-07-25 15:02	AP International	Community college shooting stemmed from fist fight PHOENIX (AP) - A man suspected of shooting three people in a community-college computer lab lost a fistfight to one of the victims months ago and had been feuding with him ever since, a police detective said Friday....
2008-07-25 15:02	AP International	Struggling college students turn to food banks SEATTLE (AP) - Just blocks from the University of Washington, a line of people shuffle toward a food pantry, awaiting handouts such as milk and bread....
2008-07-25 15:02	AP International	Grandmother pleads guilty in Texas child porn case MARSHALL, Texas (AP) - A woman prosecutors say helped make a graphic videotape of her two visiting grandchildren has pleaded guilty in a Texas child pornography case....
2008-07-25 14:57	AP Top News	AOL shutting 3 services to cut costs, focus on ads AOL shutting 3 services to cut costs, focus on adsNEW YORK (AP) - AOL is shutting three data-storage services, including one of the Internet's earliest photo-sharing sites, as it seeks to cut costs and focus resources on its advertising opportunities. AOL Pictures, the year-old media-sharing site BlueString and the online backup service Xdrive will likely shut down by year's end, though the company is looking to sell at least Xdrive, which AOL bought in 2005 for an undisclosed fee....
2008-07-25 14:55	Reuters UK	Ferguson dismisses idea of 2012 team
2008-07-25 14:47	AP International	A baby's impulse to cry saves him after NH tornado EPSOM, N.H. (AP) - The cries of a baby led rescuers to him in the wreckage of a home flattened by a tornado that killed his grandmother and blew his grandfather into the yard, officials said Friday....
2008-07-25 14:47	AP International	Fires force tourists from Greek island of Rhodes ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Raging forest fires sent smoke billowing into hotels on the island of Rhodes, prompting the evacuation of more than 2,000 tourists, the Fire Service and municipal officials said....
2008-07-25 14:47	AP International	NYC parking ticket? Start watching your temper NEW YORK (AP) - It would be an understatement to say traffic agents aren't well-liked on the congested streets of New York....
2008-07-25 14:47	AP International	Poland says no to DNA testing of Chopin's heart WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Like a religious relic, the heart of composer Frederic Chopin rests in a Warsaw church, untouched since it was preserved in alcohol after his death in 1849 at age 39....
2008-07-25 14:47	AP International	AP Interview: Spitzer may yet face ethics inquiry ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The panel that charged former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's aides with ethics violations in a political scandal may investigate whether Spitzer orchestrated delays in the initial probe....
2008-07-25 14:47	AP International	Tarantulas, fire ants lurk in Texas floodwaters EDINBURG, Texas (AP) - South Texans eager to salvage what they can from waterlogged homes struck by Hurricane Dolly have another problem: The floodwaters they're slogging through are laced with stinging fire ants, snakes and even deadly tarantulas....
2008-07-25 14:47	Reuters, International	U.S. expands sanctions against Mugabe's government HARARE (Reuters) - The United States expanded sanctions against President Robert Mugabe's government on Friday, increasing pressure on the Zimbabwean leader as his party discusses a power-sharing deal with the opposition....
2008-07-25 14:45	Reuters UK	Standard Life system bug hits 35,000 portfolios
2008-07-25 14:42	AFP	Obama thanks Sarkozy for Afghan troops, says US loves France PARIS (AFP) - Barack Obama travelled to Paris Friday to tell President Nicolas Sarkozy that Americans have an "enormous fondness" for the French and to thank him for sending more troops to Afghanistan....
2008-07-25 14:40	Reuters UK	Local election loss bitter blow to Brown
2008-07-25 14:40	Reuters UK	U.S. expands sanctions against Mugabe's government
2008-07-25 14:32	AP International	McCain steps up criticism of Obama over Iraq DENVER (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Friday that Barack Obama's policies would have led to defeat in both Iraq and Afghanistan and possibly pushed the entire Middle East into war, stepping up his criticism of his Democratic rival....
2008-07-25 14:32	AP International	Vets allege mismanagement of retirement colony WILBURTON, Okla. (AP) - Nestled among the lush forests and mountain foothills of rural southeastern Oklahoma is a soldier's utopia, a sleepy enclave where U.S. military veterans can claim their share of the American dream for pennies on the dollar....
2008-07-25 14:32	AP International	Leading Colombian party chief arrested BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Police have arrested the head of one of Colombia's main governing parties for alleged ties with far-right paramilitaries....
2008-07-25 14:32	AP International	Official says Zimbabwe power-sharing talks go well JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Power-sharing talks between Zimbabwe's rival political parties were proceeding well Friday, a South African official said, although violence continued and hundreds of opposition supporters remained jailed....
2008-07-25 14:32	AP International	Fighting in northern Lebanon kills 6, wounds 15 BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Sectarian clashes broke out Friday in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, killing six people, including a 10 year-old-boy and a policeman, and wounding at least 15, police officials said....
2008-07-25 14:32	AP International	Rescued Italian climbers tell of ordeal ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Karl Unterkircher, one of the world's top mountaineers, died when a bridge of snow masking a crevasse on Pakistan's "Killer Mountain" gave way under his tentative step, his surviving colleagues said Friday....
2008-07-25 14:30	Reuters UK	Obama says Iran should not wait for next U.S. president
2008-07-25 14:22	AP International	Former football player sentenced in brawl NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A former Tulane University football player convicted of attempted manslaughter for his role in a brawl outside a Bourbon Street nightclub was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison....
2008-07-25 14:22	AP International	Police fire shots near Pa. Christian radio station STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Shots were fired near a Christian radio station in central Pennsylvania after police responded to reports that an armed man was headed to the station's offices....
2008-07-25 14:22	AP Top News	McCain steps up criticism of Obama over Iraq DENVER (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain says that Democratic rival Barack Obama's policies would have led to defeat in both Iraq and Afghanistan and caused the entire Middle East to erupt into war. The Arizona Republican told a military audience on Friday, in his own words, "We rejected the audacity of hopelessness, and we were right." That was a play on Obama's book, titled "The Audacity of Hope."...
2008-07-25 14:17	Reuters, International	Bitter blow for UK's Brown in local election loss GLASGOW (Reuters) - Britain's ruling Labour Party lost one of its safest parliamentary seats on Friday, deepening doubts in its own ranks about Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ability to win the next election....
2008-07-25 14:12	AP International	Ex-ally denies Ukraine leader poisoning KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - A former friend and ally of the Ukrainian president on Friday denied involvement in his nearly lethal poisoning four years ago and said that the leader's accusations were retribution for criticism....
2008-07-25 14:12	AP International	Cape Cod man charged in baseball-bat beating freed BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - A Cape Cod man accused of beating a man with a baseball bat because he thought he was a Yankees fan was released from jail Friday by a judge who said the media had made too much of the case....
2008-07-25 14:12	AP Top News	First ships crawl down Mississippi after spill NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The first of 200 ships idled by a massive oil spill began crawling down the Mississippi River Friday after the Coast Guard reopened the waterway to traffic, but it could be days before all of the ships are cleared. A 100-mile stretch of the river has been shut down since Wednesday, when a barge split open in a collision with the Liberian-flagged tanker Tintomara. Roughly 419,000 gallons spilled into the fast-flowing waterway to commerce, and crews have sopped up about 11,000 - just a fraction of what the barge was carrying....
2008-07-25 14:12	AP Top News	Power outages widespread in Texas after Dolly Power outages widespread in Texas after DollyHARLINGEN, Texas (AP) - Business at reopened restaurants was humming, grocery store parking lots were packed and residents of south Texas were venturing out on the newly dry roads again as the remnants of Hurricane Dolly moved well away from the Rio Grande Valley. But thousands were still without power Thursday and cleanup was ongoing following the Category 2 storm. Officials also warned that Dolly's aftereffects were not necessarily gone for good....


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