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Weakened Arizona immigrant rules still draw protests
29 Jul 2010 at 5:47pm
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona on Thursday appealed a judge's decision to block key parts of the state's crackdown on illegal immigrants and police in Phoenix arrested scores of activists protesting t...

Unemployment claims fall, but still elevated
29 Jul 2010 at 7:08pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - 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.




BP lawsuits over oil spill take center stage
29 Jul 2010 at 4:48pm
BOISE, Idaho (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 P...

WikiLeaks may have blood on its hands, U.S. says
29 Jul 2010 at 6:52pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may have blood on its hands, the Pentagon said on Thursday, warning its unprecedented leak of secret U.S. military files could cost live...

Fed officials clash on need for more stimulus
29 Jul 2010 at 5:40pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials clashed on Thursday over whether the central bank should be more aggressive in supporting the stumbling economy and one said the Fed's current polic...

Special Report: A Mississippi Yankee in BP's battered court
29 Jul 2010 at 5:11pm
HATTIESBURG, Miss./CHICAGO (Reuters) - Bob Dudley is not one to wear his disappointment on his sleeve.




Heavy rains delay salvage of crashed Pakistan plane
29 Jul 2010 at 12:41pm
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - 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 polic...

Arabs back direct peace talks when Abbas sees fit
29 Jul 2010 at 2:29pm
CAIRO (Reuters) - 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.




Republican concerns could stall START treaty
29 Jul 2010 at 4:20pm
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 f...

Ethics panel reviews tentative Rangel deal: source
29 Jul 2010 at 5:26pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A House of Representatives ethics panel on Thursday began reviewing a "tentative agreement" to settle charges against Democratic Representative Charles Rangel, a congressiona...

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House panel hits Rangel with 13 ethics charges
29 Jul 2010 at 7:07pm
By LARRY MARGASAK and LAURIE KELLMAN 2010-07-29T23:07:51Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- House investigators accused veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of congressional ethics s...

Fed judge gets threats after AZ immigration ruling
29 Jul 2010 at 7:08pm
By BOB CHRISTIE 2010-07-29T23:08:13Z PHOENIX (AP) -- Authorities say a federal judge in Phoenix has been getting some threats since her ruling on Arizona's controversial immigration la...

As many as 6,600 Arlington graves mixed up
29 Jul 2010 at 7:07pm
By ANNE FLAHERTY 2010-07-29T23:07:14Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as man...

Pentagon: Leak investigaton may go beyond military
29 Jul 2010 at 7:07pm
By ANNE GEARAN 2010-07-29T23:07:22Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- A criminal investigation into the leak of tens of thousands of secret Afghanistan war logs could go beyond the military, Defense ...

Mo. ballot measures tests federal health care law
29 Jul 2010 at 7:07pm
By DAVID A. LIEB 2010-07-29T23:07:22Z 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 ...

Ousted USDA employee Sherrod plans to sue blogger
29 Jul 2010 at 7:07pm
By JESSE WASHINGTON 2010-07-29T23:07:33Z SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted a video e...

Less oil on surface means less work for fishermen
29 Jul 2010 at 7:02pm
By GREG BLUESTEIN and KEVIN McGILL 2010-07-29T23:02:10Z NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Even when the oily sheen starts fading from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, it manages to become bad news...

Grizzly caught after MT mauling that killed MI man
29 Jul 2010 at 6:20pm
By MATTHEW BROWN 2010-07-29T22:20:52Z COOKE CITY, Mont. (AP) -- A mother grizzly and two of her three cubs have been captured after killing a Michigan man and injuring two other people...

Police: Cheeseburger found in SC woman's gas tank
29 Jul 2010 at 6:20pm
By 2010-07-29T22:20:53Z ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina woman found out fast food won't make your car go fast. The Herald of Rock Hill reported Thursday a 30-year-old woman made a com...

Oswalt approves deal, Astros trade ace to Phillies
29 Jul 2010 at 6:57pm
By ROB MAADDI 2010-07-29T22:57:27Z PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- There's a new Roy in town - and he's an ace, too....

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Dozens arrested in protest of immigration law
29 Jul 2010 at 4:11pm
Arizona is preparing to ask an appeals court to lift a judge's ruling that put most of the state's immigration law on hold in a key first-round ...




Army suicides linked to risky behavior, lax discipline
29 Jul 2010 at 7:05pm
After nine years of war, the Army attracts recruits ready for combat but inclined toward risky personal behavior a volatile mix that led to ...




Militants kill 16 security officials in Iraq, fly al-Qaeda flag
29 Jul 2010 at 5:26pm
Militants flew an al-Qaeda flag over a Baghdad neighborhood Thursday after killing 16 security officials and burning some of their bodies in ...




Without mouth-to-mouth, hands-only CPR saves lives
29 Jul 2010 at 5:00pm
More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions especially if they can just press ...




Many men with low-risk prostate cancer treated aggressively
29 Jul 2010 at 6:05pm
Too many men with low-risk prostate cancers, those whose level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is normal or below normal, still receive aggressive ...




Russians may be more negative but less depressed than Americans
29 Jul 2010 at 5:55pm
Despite what many social observers have described as a generally dark and brooding take on life, a new report suggests that Russians are actually ...




Summer falls, bike crashes, drownings top risks to kids
29 Jul 2010 at 5:11pm
Falls, bicycle crashes, burns, motorized vehicle accidents and near-drownings are the leading causes of hospitalization for American children ...




Australian PM says her atheism no threat to church schools, welfare
29 Jul 2010 at 9:28am
Australia's new Prime Minister Julia Gillard assures Australia's Christian majority that her atheism would not affect government funding to church-run ...




Tennessee politician's remarks on Islam raise uproar
28 Jul 2010 at 11:54am
Comments by Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey suggesting that Islam might be a cult and that Muslims might not qualify for constitutionally guaranteed ...




Unpaid internships can cost -- or pay off for -- college students
26 Jul 2010 at 8:15pm
Some students have to work an extra job to pay living expenses as well as afford the college credits that are often a condition of unpaid in ...




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Pentagon: WikiLeaks founder may have blood on his hands
29 Jul 2010 at 6:43pm
The top U.S. military officer said that the founder of WikiLeaks was risking lives to make a political point by publishing thousands of military reports from Afghanistan.

Feds, parish leaders devise recovery
29 Jul 2010 at 3:40pm
The man overseeing the federal response to the Gulf oil disaster will meet New Orleans parish presidents Thursday to outline the plans after the well is permanently sealed.

Gov. files appeal on immigration law
29 Jul 2010 at 5:27pm
The legal battle over Arizona's new immigration law entered its next stage when Gov. Jan Brewer filed an expedited appeal.

Cops arrest immigration law opponents
29 Jul 2010 at 7:08pm
Opponents of Arizona's new immigration law are showing relief and outrage today, a day after a judge blocked some of the most controversial elements.

Ethics panel charges Democrat Rangel
29 Jul 2010 at 6:40pm
The House ethics panel accused veteran Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of House rules involving alleged financial wrongdoing and harming Congress' credibility.

Michigan oil spill evacuations urged
29 Jul 2010 at 5:38pm
Officials in Michigan Thursday urged residents living near the Kalamazoo River oil spill to evacuate the area because of health concerns.

Police: Woman admits killing 8 babies
29 Jul 2010 at 12:37pm
A woman killed eight of her babies because she didn't want to have any more children and didn't want to get contraceptives, prosecutors in northern France say.

Take calcium, boost heart attack risk?
29 Jul 2010 at 7:00pm
The millions of people who take calcium supplements to strengthen aging bones and ward off osteoporosis may be putting themselves at increased risk of a heart attack, a new study has found.

Last week to nominate 2010 CNN Hero
25 Jun 2010 at 5:02pm
Great things can happen to those nominated as CNN Heroes:

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