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Lawyers for Rangel, ethics committee reach deal
By LARRY MARGASAK and LAURIE KELLMAN 2010-07-29T19:38:01Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- People familiar with the talks say representatives of New York Democrat Charles Rangel and lawyers for the Hou...

Dozens arrested in protests of AZ immigration law
By BOB CHRISTIE 2010-07-29T19:38:04Z PHOENIX (AP) -- Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of mo...

As many as 6,600 Arlington graves mixed up
By ANNE FLAHERTY 2010-07-29T19:38:00Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many a...

Mo. ballot measures tests federal health care law
By DAVID A. LIEB 2010-07-29T19:38:13Z JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- More than 1 million people are expected to participate in what amounts to the largest-ever public opinion poll on the nat...

Ousted USDA employee Sherrod plans to sue blogger
By JESSE WASHINGTON 2010-07-29T19:38:32Z SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted a video edit...



World Headlines
Al-Qaida plants flag, burns bodies in Iraq attack
By REBECCA SANTANA 2010-07-29T19:48:27Z BAGHDAD (AP) -- Militants flew an al-Qaida flag over a Baghdad neighborhood Thursday after killing 16 security officials and burning some of their ...

Raging Russian fires destroy homes, people flee
By DAVID NOWAK 2010-07-29T19:38:34Z MOSCOW (AP) -- Raging forest fires encircled a southern Russian city and tore through provincial villages Thursday, forcing mass evacuations as Moscow ...

Body of 2nd Navy sailor recovered in Afghanistan
By DEB RIECHMANN and AMIR SHAH 2010-07-29T19:35:53Z KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The discovery of the body of a second U.S. sailor who vanished in Afghanistan last week only deepened the my...

Arab League backs Palestinians on restarting talks
By SALAH NASRAWI 2010-07-29T19:23:50Z CAIRO (AP) -- Arab nations on Thursday backed the Palestinian president's refusal to immediately restart direct talks with Israel despite heavy U.S. ...

Settlers seize home in Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter
By DALIA NAMMARI 2010-07-29T18:39:40Z JERUSALEM (AP) -- Jewish settlers on Thursday took over a building in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City and evicted dozens of Palestinian te...

US Headlines
Dozens arrested in protests of AZ immigration law
By BOB CHRISTIE 2010-07-29T19:38:04Z PHOENIX (AP) -- Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of mo...

Schilling's business, bluster bleed into politics
By JIMMY GOLEN 2010-07-29T19:12:52Z BOSTON (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 Engla...

Mo. ballot measures tests federal health care law
By DAVID A. LIEB 2010-07-29T19:38:13Z JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- More than 1 million people are expected to participate in what amounts to the largest-ever public opinion poll on the nat...

Gov't warned company about oil pipeline monitoring
By TIM MARTIN 2010-07-29T19:38:37Z BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) -- A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a major Michigan river was warned by g...

AP-Univision Poll: College dreams for Hispanics
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and TREVOR TOMPSON 2010-07-29T16:25:47Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than 10 years have passed since she gave up her pursuit of a degree in computer science, but Yaj...



Sports
Orioles hire Buck Showalter as manager
By DAVID GINSBURG 2010-07-29T19:46:50Z BALTIMORE (AP) -- Buck Showalter was hired to manage the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, his latest rebuilding project in a major league career full ...

AP source: Oswalt says OK for trade to Phillies
By ROB MAADDI 2010-07-29T19:34:52Z PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A person with knowledge of the deal says Houston ace Roy Oswalt has agreed to waive his no-trade clause and accept a swap to the Ph...

AP source: Haynesworth fails conditioning test
By JOSEPH WHITE 2010-07-29T19:03:39Z ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -- Albert Haynesworth has failed his conditioning test and is being forced to sit out the first practice of the Washington Redskins ...

Roberts 68 takes early lead at Senior Open
By TIM BOOTH 2010-07-29T19:44:39Z SAMMAMISH, Wash. (AP) -- Loren Roberts is the early clubhouse leader in the first round of the U.S. Senior Open, taking advantage of cool morning conditi...

Commissioner: No suspension for Young over fight
By TERESA M. WALKER 2010-07-29T19:27:42Z NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday he has decided not to suspend Titans quarterback Vince Young over a tussle a...