Slowing economic rebound raises unemployment fears (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:04:17 GMT
AP - The recovery is losing so much momentum that employers are unlikely to step up hiring anytime this year, and unemployment could return to double digits.

July the deadliest month of Afghan war for US (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:59:03 GMT
AP - NATO announced Friday that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war.

Incoming BP CEO: Time for 'scaleback' in cleanup (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:12:31 GMT
AP - BP's incoming CEO said Friday that it's time for a "scaleback" of the massive effort to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but stressed the commitment to make things right is the same as ever.

White House: Don't post more secret war papers (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:25:44 GMT
AP - The White House is imploring the website WikiLeaks not to post any more classified documents about the Afghanistan war, saying U.S. national security and Afghan lives are at risk.

Bill Clinton emerges on Chelsea's NY wedding eve (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:27:50 GMT
AP - Former President Bill Clinton made a long-anticipated appearance in the upstate New York village where his daughter is getting married tomorrow, drawing crowds of onlookers Friday afternoon as preparations continued largely out of sight for the grand and secretive occasion.

Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:21:58 GMT
AP - The Obama administration is considering ways it could go around Congress to allow undocumented migrants to stay in the United States since its attempts to push a broad overhaul of immigration law have been thwarted, according to an agency memo.

House investigators recommended Rangel reprimand (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:34:01 GMT
AP - The panel that charged New York Democrat Charles Rangel with 13 counts of ethical misdeeds recommended he receive a relatively mild rebuke by the full House, one of the investigators said Friday.

Calif. wildfire forces hundreds from homes (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:15:07 GMT
AP - A huge wildfire churned through high desert wilderness north of Los Angeles on Friday, destroying a few buildings and forcing people from about 2,000 homes. Most of the displaced residents were allowed to return as the threat eased.

Who will be judged fit to be the 'Idol' judges? (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:59:33 GMT
AP - Don't call it "American Idol." Call it "Extreme Makeover: 'Idol' Edition."

David Tyree and Ike Hilliard retire as NY Giants (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:28:02 GMT
AP - Former first-round draft pick Ike Hilliard and Super Bowl hero David Tyree have retired as members of the New York Giants.