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California Rep. Waters may face fall ethics trial (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:27:04 GMT
FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2009 file photo, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. A House investigative panel has decided to charge Rep. Maxine Waters of California with ethics violations, raising the possibility of a second trial this fall. People familiar with the investigation, who were not authorized to be quoted, said Friday July 30, 2010 the charges could be filed next week. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could face an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the election outlook for the party as it battles to retain its majority.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100731/ap_on_go_co/us_waters_ethics

Antarctica Experiment Discovers Puzzling Space Ray Pattern (LiveScience.com)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:15:05 GMT
LiveScience.com - A puzzling pattern in the cosmic rays bombarding Earth from space has been discovered by an experiment buried deep under the ice of Antarctica.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100730/sc_livescience/antarcticaexperimentdiscoverspuzzlingspaceraypattern

Crowd on VIP alert at site of Clinton's NY wedding (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:44:24 GMT
Members of the public stand outside the Delamater Inn waiting for invited guests to arrive for the wedding between Chelsea Clinton and fiance Marc Mezvinsky,  in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on Saturday, July 31, 2010.  Chelsea Clinton and her fiance Marc Mezvinsky are widely expected to be married in Rhinebeck later today.  (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - Chelsea Clinton was poised to marry her longtime boyfriend at an exclusive estate along New York's Hudson River after weeks of secrecy and buildup that had celebrity watchers flocking to the small village for the Saturday evening nuptials.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100731/ap_on_re_us/us_chelsea_s_wedding

NM governor considers pardon for Billy the Kid (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:41:31 GMT
Susannah Floyd Garrett, left, and her brother Jarvis Patrick Garrett, grandchildren of frontier lawman Pat Garrett, pose for photos Thursday, July 29, 2010 at the La Posada Hotel in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is considering granting a posthumous pardon to Billy the Kid, angering descendants of Pat Garrett who call it an insult to recognize such a violent outlaw. (AP Photo/Sergio Salvador)AP - The showdown between Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid has fascinated the American public for nearly 130 years with its classic, Old West storyline of the frontier lawman hunting down the notorious gunslinger.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100730/ap_on_re_us/us_billy_the_kid_pardon

Ariz. governor considers changing immigration law (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:14:48 GMT
Arizona Republicans Gov. Jan Brewer, left, and Sen. John McCain abruptly end a news conference in Glendale, Ariz., Friday, July 30, 2010.  Brewer and McCain held the news conference in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale to applaud a U.S. Air Force decision to base new F-35 combat jets at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, but the event abruptly ended when the barrage of questions were regarding the Arizona immigration law and the next steps the governor was taking in the court battle.. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - A federal appeals court has decided not to step into the controversy over Arizona's tough immigration law until November, leaving state officials to consider other steps they might take in the meantime.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100731/ap_on_re_us/us_arizona_immigration

Calcium supplements linked to heart attacks: study (AFP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:19:19 GMT
Vitamins and supplements at a health store. Ordinary calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Ordinary calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study released Friday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100730/ts_afp/healthdiseaseheartcalcium

Many in Gulf are outraged at reports of vanishing oil (The Upshot)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:24:41 GMT
The Upshot - Now that BP engineers have managed to place a cap on the company's bleeding well in the Gulf, the sprawling oil slicks seem to have retreated from the water's surface, claimed many media reports this week. "Where is all the oil?" an AFP headline asked. Time magazine ran a piece suggesting that the environmental impact of [...]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100730/bs_yblog_upshot/many-outraged-over-reports-of-oil-in-gulf-vanishing

Rangel: What’s in it for him to stand and fight? (The Upshot)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:33:13 GMT
The Upshot - Charlie Rangel's dealing days are over. Whatever else happens to the embattled Democratic congressman from New York — who's facing 13 charges from the House Ethics Committee, involving everything from incomplete financial filings to improper fundraising for a center named in his honor at New York's City College — he won't have a settlement in [...]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100730/pl_yblog_upshot/rangel-whats-in-it-for-him-to-stand-and-fight

Gore will not be charged over masseuse allegations (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:03:48 GMT
FILE - In this  Friday, July 16, 2010 file photo, former Vice President Al Gore introduces Vice President Joe Biden at the annual Tennessee Democratic Party Jackson Day in Nashville, Tenn. Former Vice President Al Gore was cleared Friday, July 30, 2010 of allegations he groped and assaulted a masseuse in a luxury Portland hotel room in 2006, closing a case that could have tarnished the Nobel prize winner's reputation.  (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)AP - The case of the Nobel Peace Prize winner and the massage therapist has been closed.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100731/ap_on_re_us/us_gore_sex_allegations

Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:20:30 GMT
'Jersey Shore' cast member Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi leaves the Seaside Heights Police Department after being detained Friday July 30, 2010 in Seaside Heights, N.J. Seaside Heights Police Chief Thomas Boyd says Polizzi was arrested at around 3:25 p.m. Friday and charged with disorderly conduct after other beachgoers reported she was bothering them. Polizzi was processed at police headquarters and released on a summons. (AP Photo/Asbury Park Press, Bradley J. Penner)  MANDATORY CREDIT: ASBURY PARK PRESS, BRADLEY J. PENNER; RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROPAP - "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has been arrested in the New Jersey beach town where the MTV show is based.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100731/ap_on_en_tv/us_jersey_shore_arrest