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Fire threatens thousands of homes west of Yosemite (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:44:12 +0800

President Bush rides on Marine One past a fire line cut by firefighters during a tour of the California wildfires Thursday, July 17, 2008 in Redding, Calif.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - A fast-spreading fire burning near an entrance to Yosemite National Park forced the evacuations of 170 homes and caused officials to cut power to the park.


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AP IMPACT: Relatives of televangelist prosper (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:36:11 +0800

In this May 22, 2008 file photo, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, listens to a colleague speak with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Televangelist Kenneth Copeland is one target of a Senate Finance Committee investigation into allegations of questionable spending and lax financial accountability at six large televangelist organizations that preach health-and-wealth theology. Copeland has fought back the hardest, refusing to answer most questions from Grassley. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)AP - Here in the gentle hills of north Texas, televangelist Kenneth Copeland has built a religious empire teaching that God! wants his followers to prosper.


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4 swimmers dead, 3 missing in N.Y. ocean waters (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:35:06 +0800

People visit the beach at Coney Island in New York in this June 21, 1998 file photo. Three swimmers drowned and three were missing Saturday in two days of treacherous ocean currents at Long Island and New York City beaches, authorities said. (AP Photo/Adam Nadel, file)AP - Four swimmers drowned and three were missing Saturday in two days of treacherous ocean currents at Long Island and New York City beaches, authorities said. At least three more had been rescued.


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Miami's vice? City at bottom in volunteering (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:24:56 +0800

Bush-Cheney volunteer Ana Santos, left, listens in as Maggie Mustelier handles a call in this Monday, Oct. 25, 2004 file photo at Bush-Cheney headquarters in Miami. Miami has secured the bottom spot — No. 50 among major U.S. cities — in new rankings of the percentage of adults who volunteer.  (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, FILE)AP - Blame it on the traffic. Or the number of new immigrants. Or the allure of the beach. Whatever the reason, Miami has secured the bottom spot — No. 50 among major U.S. cities — in new rankings of the percentage of adults who volunteer.


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Troubles fail to drive down Hummer owners' passion (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:14:55 +0800

A long row of unsold H3s sits at a Hummer dealership in Castle Rock, Colo., on Sunday, July 6, 2008. GM already has decided to study the sale of its Hummer brand. The big trucks aren't the right product for consumers facing $4 per gallon gasoline. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - They rumble in on treads called Super Swampers, wearing their hearts on their license plates. "PLAYDRTY," declares one behemoth from New York. "HUM THIS," dares another, from Ohio. The digital board fronting the Shell station at Exit 100 winks back: "Welcome Hummers!"


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San Francisco Mayor Newsom weds in Montana (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:05:09 +0800

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom poses with his new wife Jennifer Siebel on the banks of the Bitterroot river Saturday July 26, 2008 shortly after being married on her parents' ranch . Newsom took a break from his busy job and gubernatorial ambitions to marry actress Jennifer Siebel on Saturday at Siebel's parents' Montana ranch. It is the 34-year-old Siebel's first marriage and the second for Newsom, who divorced legal analyst Kimberly Guilfoyle in March 2006. (AP Photo/Meg Smith)AP - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom took a break from his busy job and gubernatorial ambitions to marry actress Jennifer Siebel on Saturday at ! Siebel's parents' Montana ranch.


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Black soldiers get apology for WWII convictions (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:14:42 +0800

AP - The Army formally apologized Saturday for the wrongful conviction of 28 black soldiers accused of rioting and lynching an Italian prisoner of war in Seattle more than six decades ago.

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Lawsuit dropped over Calif. congresswoman's home (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:58:52 +0800

Rep. Laura Richardson, D-Calif., center, arrives for her fundraiser in Washington, in this Wednesday, June 25, 2008 file photo. A man who paid $388,000 for the congresswoman's home dropped a lawsuit that claimed she got special treatment when a bank rescinded the foreclosure, it was reported Saturday July 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)AP - A man who paid $388,000 for a congresswoman's home dropped a lawsuit that claimed she got special treatment when a bank rescinded the foreclosure, it was reported Saturday.


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Montana town loses 4 teens, their athletic hopes (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:14:38 +0800

Kaycee Peterson, 15, right, hugs Angela Phelps Thursday, July 24, 2008, during a memorial service held for Phelps' sons Kale and Kade, in Denton, Mont. On their way to a basketball tournament, brothers Kale and Kade Phelps, along with Jace Jelinek and Dayne Heble, were killed July 19 when their car drifted off the road, flipped over and burst into flames. The oldest was 17, the youngest 14. The four dead represented 10 percent of Denton High's student body. (AP Photo/Great Falls Tribune, Larry Beckner)AP - Here in rural Montana, the long roads stretch to the horizon over rolling hills covered with wheat. Drivers casually lift a hand off the wheel to greet oncoming drivers, whether they recognize the car or not.


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NYC adds double dutch rope jumping as school sport (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:48:28 +0800

Elementary school girls participate in a Double Dutch jump rope practice session at the St. Peter Claver Gym in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Long popular on New York City sidewalks, Double Dutch will become an officially sanctioned varsity sport in city public schools in the spring of 2009. (AP Photo/Ed Ou)AP - The popular urban street pastime called double dutch, in which competitors jump between two ropes twirled eggbeater-style, is getting more recognition, becoming an officially sanctioned sport in New York City high schools.


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Hurricane Dolly remnants bring downpour to El Paso (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:10:32 +0800

Priscilla Garza uses a flashlight to rummage through the kitchen of her aunt's house Friday, July 25, 2008 after power to the area was knocked out by Hurricane Dolly, in San Benito, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - Heavy rain from the remnants of Hurricane Dolly is closing streets and flooding homes in El Paso, and is blamed for causing the death of one person in New Mexico.


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Impact on wildlife limited in Miss. River spill (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:15:45 +0800

Booms are in place to contain a fuel oil spill in the Mississippi River at the Port of New Orleans, Friday, July 25, 2008. The Coast Guard reopened the Mississippi River to limited traffic, as work continues to clean up fuel oil that spilled when a ship and a barge collided early Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)AP - A large fuel spill that has shut down 100 miles of the Mississippi River for four days has had a limited impact on wildlife so far, but officials are worried about fragile wetlands downstream.


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Iowans to congressmen: Stop immigration raids (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:32:07 +0800

AP - An immigration raid that arrested nearly 400 people in northeastern Iowa scarred a small town and tore families apart, residents said Saturday.

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Navajo tribe approves ban on commercial tobacco (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:15:30 +0800

AP - The Navajo Nation Council has approved a ban on commercial tobacco in public places on its vast reservation — including such outdoor venues as rodeos and fairs.

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Bodies of missing R.I. couple found in septic tank (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:37:39 +0800

AP - Police have found the bodies of a missing Rhode Island couple in a septic tank in their yard.

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Gunman at Pa. radio station bipolar, ex-wife says (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:09:24 +0800

The driver of a vehicle, right,  attempts unsuccessfully to run over police officers near Christian radio station WTLR in State College, Pa. Friday, July 25, 2008. An official at the radio station in central Pennsylvania says police shot and killed the man who had threatened the station. (AP Photo/Brad Shearer)AP - The ex-wife of a gunman fatally shot by police outside a central Pennsylvania radio station says the man struggled with bipolar disorder.


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New space race heats up with unveiling of aircraft (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:45:23 +0800

AP - Aerospace engineers have been holed up in a Mojave Desert hangar for four years, fashioning a commercial spaceship to loft rich tourists some 62 miles above Earth. Now the wraps come partially off the top-secret project.

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Prosecutor's book helps parents discuss sex abuse (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:52:02 +0800

Jill Starishevsky, a prosecutor with the Bronx District Attorney's office, poses on the steps of the Bronx Supreme court in New York Wednesday, June 23, 2008. Starishevsky has written a children's book, titled 'My Body,' to help parents and kids deal with sexual abuse.  (AP Photo/Ed Ou)AP - Prosecutor Jill Starishevsky was working on the case of a little girl who had been consistently raped by her stepfather when she got an idea of how she could help families prevent such horrific acts.


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Falling tree kills firefighter in California (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:18:34 +0800

AP - Federal forestry officials say a firefighter has died after being struck by a falling tree while working on a wildfire in Northern California.

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Procession, Mass for long-missing US soldier (AP)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:59:48 +0800

Family and friends weep as the remains of Alex Jimenez, 25, are carried into St. Mary's of the Assumption Parish in Lawrence, Mass., Friday July  25, 2008.  Jimenez was missing for months after being seized by insurgents in Iraq. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)AP - Hundreds of mourners trekked up a flag-lined street Saturday for the funeral of Army Staff Sgt. Alex Jimenez, whose body was found 14 months after he and two fellow soldiers were captured during an ambush in Iraq.


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