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Inmate sues man he's convicted of burglarizing (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:13:01 GMT
AP - A Florida inmate is suing the man he's convicted of burglarizing, claiming the man and two others roughed him up during a citizen's arrest. Michael Dupree is serving a 12-year sentence for burglary and cocaine possession stemming from a 2007 break-in of a van in St. Petersburg. Dupree allegedly stole a bicycle locked inside and was apprehended after the owner, Anthony McKoy, saw him with the bike down the street.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_citizens_arrest_lawsuit

Obama: Rangel case troubling; some Dems say resign (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:59:51 GMT
Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., puts on his jacket as he leaves his office to go for a vote on the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Rep. Charlie Rangel is getting sympathy from some fellow Democrats but scant support from others as he faces trial on several ethics charges.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_rangel_ethics

3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:54:34 GMT
Harold Cline vacuums up oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill that recently washed up in a cove in Barataria Bay on the coast of Louisiana, Saturday, July 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the environmental disaster.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill

Broncos rookie Tim Tebow: Bring on the shots (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:07:11 GMT
Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels talks about quarterback Tim Tebow during a news conference after NFL football training camp after his workout at the team's facility in Englewood, Colo., on Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - Tim Tebow is ready for the shots, both on the football field and in the locker room.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/fbn_broncos_tebow_s_arrival

Obama urges Iran to release three U.S. hikers (Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:44:02 GMT
Iran's Nuclear Chief Ali Akbar Salehi speaks during a press conference in Tehran, 2009. Iran said it was ready for immediate talks with the United States, Russia and France over an exchange of nuclear fuel and added that it was also against stockpiling higher enriched uranium.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday called on Iran to immediately release three Americans who were detained a year ago after straying across the border while hiking in the mountains of northern Iraq.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_obama_iran

Google Cries Wolf as Outage Disrupts China Operations (NewsFactor)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:01:12 GMT
NewsFactor - After assuming the worst with its China operations, Google on Thursday evening backed off accusations of censorship in the communist nation. Google said earlier Thursday that the Chinese government was blocking its search engine, Google Mobile, and Google Ad products. Google also said its news and image services were being "partially blocked."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/74541

Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:30:34 GMT
Felipa Solario pauses as she cries while telling her story of having her husband, an illegal immigrant, taken away by authorities some months ago, while she joined hundreds at a solidarity rally at St. Matthews Church  to protest the provisions of the new Arizona immigration law that went into effect Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix, the day after portions of Arizona's SB1070 went into effect, but after a federal judge struck down some of the law's provisions. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)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.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_immigration_skirting_congress

THE IDIOCRACY FACTOR (Ted Rall)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:58:01 GMT
Ted Rall - How U.S. Ignorance Helped Doom the Afghan War
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucru/theidiocracyfactor

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/us_chelsea_s_wedding

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/us_jersey_shore_arrest