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- Immigration ruling could send message to states
By BOB CHRISTIE 2010-07-29T12:33:49Z PHOENIX (AP) -- States that had been watching Arizona's immigration law in hopes of copying it received a rude awakening when a judge put most of the measure on hold and agreed with the Obama administration's core argument that immigration enforcement is the role of the federal government....
- Jury of Rangel's House peers meets in ethics case
By LARRY MARGASAK 2010-07-29T10:46:22Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- A jury of Rep. Charles Rangel's congressional peers is ready to publicly discuss charges of ethical misdeeds. But the political discussions outside the room will be far more significant....
- 4 killed in plane crash at Alaska military base
By RACHEL D'ORO 2010-07-29T12:56:52Z ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AP) -- Four airmen were killed in a cargo plane that crashed during a training run at an Air Force base, military authorities said Thursday. The crash sent a fireball hundreds of feet into the air, witnesses said....
- 2nd US sailor's body recovered in Afghanistan
By AMIR SHAH and DEB RIECHMANN 2010-07-29T11:43:50Z KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A second U.S. Navy sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials said Thursday....
- Gulf cleanup will change once oil stops for good
By HARRY WEBER and TAMARA LUSH 2010-07-29T12:04:21Z NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The government's point man for the Gulf spill plans to meet with coastal parish officials Thursday to talk about what's next now that the oil has stopped flowing....
- Initial jobless claims drop to 457,000
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER 2010-07-29T12:48:15Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- New jobless claims fell last week for the third time in four weeks but remain elevated....
- Extortion suspect's attorney to question Pitino
By BRETT BARROUQUERE 2010-07-29T10:45:58Z LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino is used to answering questions from reporters....
- Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers
By MIKE STOBBE 2010-07-29T11:25:08Z ATLANTA (AP) -- More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions - especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research....
- Jurors in Blagojevich case enjoy cocoon
By MICHAEL TARM 2010-07-29T11:24:51Z CHICAGO (AP) -- As jurors retired to deliberate Wednesday in the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, they entered a cocoon of privacy not all jurors in high-profile cases enjoy....
- Mother Nature helping firefighters battle Cal fire
By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON 2010-07-29T12:15:51Z TEHACHAPI, Calif. (AP) -- Cooler temperatures and calmer winds helped firefighters in their battle against the most destructive of two big wildfires that have burned homes and forced hundreds of people to evacuate mountain communities on the edge of the Mojave Desert and in the southern Sierra Nevada....
