Recovery loses speed as consumers turn cautious (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:35:49 GMT
AP - The recovery lost momentum in the spring as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment.

July is deadliest month of Afghan war for US (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:21:33 GMT
AP - Three U.S. troops died in blasts in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 63 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war.

Dudley to outline BP plans to help Gulf recover (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:16:53 GMT
AP - Incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley was set to outline his company's long-term efforts to help the Gulf of Mexico recover from the oil spill Friday morning, and will be getting help from a Clinton administration-era emergency management official.

Firefighters attack river of flame northeast of LA (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:07:58 GMT
AP - Aircraft and about 500 firefighters are attacking a river of flame running through grassy hills northeast of Los Angeles and residents of about 1,000 homes wait to see if the blaze is kept away.

Obama to sell auto bailout good news in Michigan (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:55:12 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama is going to the heart of the U.S. auto industry to push an important election-year claim: his administration's unpopular auto industry bailout has turned into an economic good-news story.

Arizona sheriff not relenting after court ruling (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:19:20 GMT
AP - Lost in the hoopla over Arizona's immigration law is the fact that state and local authorities for years have been doing their own aggressive crackdowns in the busiest illegal gateway into the country.

GOP gets wish: Rangel case in campaign season (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:57:18 GMT
AP - Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one.

FBI access to e-mail and Web records raises fears (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:19:52 GMT
AP - Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law.

Source: J-Lo close to deal for `American Idol' (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:20:03 GMT
AP - Former "Fly Girl" Jennifer Lopez is poised to return to television — this time as a judge on "American Idol."

Haynesworth fails test again, misses practice (AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:55:52 GMT
AP - Albert Haynesworth has failed his conditioning test for a second consecutive day and is being forced to sit out practice again at Washington Redskins training camp.