Coast Guard allows toxic chemical use on Gulf oil (AP)
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:17:09 GMT
AP - The U.S. Coast Guard has routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of gallons of toxic chemical a day to break up oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico despite a federal directive that the chemicals be used only rarely on surface waters, congressional investigators said Saturday after examining BP and government documents.

US stalls on Sept. 11 trial for 5 at Gitmo (AP)
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:26:07 GMT
AP - As the U.S. military prepares for the first war crimes trial under President Barack Obama, its most high-profile case against the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo.

Chelsea Clinton weds at exclusive New York estate (AP)
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:17:39 GMT
AP - Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate late Saturday.

Crews gain ground on wildfire north of Los Angeles (AP)
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:19:27 GMT
AP - A wildfire smoldered in the high desert north of Los Angeles Saturday, spewing plumes of thick smoke that promted air quality warnings as hundreds of firefighters worked to contain the 2-day-old blaze.

Rangel using 3-way defense against ethics charges (AP)
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:19:40 GMT
AP - To rebut a lengthy list of alleged ethical misdeeds, Rep. Charles Rangel is trotting out this three-way defense: I didn't do it. I did it, but was inattentive. Others lawmakers were allowed to do the same thing without penalty.

3 inmates escape from northwest Arizona prison (AP)
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:19:58 GMT
AP - Police were using helicopters and dogs Saturday to search for three convicted murderers who escaped from a northwest Arizona prison, kidnapped two semi-truck drivers at gunpoint and used the big rig to flee.

Hacker builds $1,500 cell-phone tapping device (AP)
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:21:10 GMT
AP - A computer security researcher has built a device for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls and record everything that's said.

Death toll in Pakistani floods surges past 800 (AP)
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:17:54 GMT
AP - The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. The damage to roads, bridges and communications networks hindered rescuers, while the threat of disease loomed as some evacuees arrived in camps with fever, diarrhea and skin problems.

Spokesman: Gabor to go home from hospital Friday (AP)
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:04:58 GMT
AP - Doctors plan to let Zsa Zsa Gabor return home Friday, about three weeks after the 93-year-old actress was hospitalized with a broken hip.

Westbrook, Ludwick, Lilly, Wood move, Berkman goes (AP)
Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:25:11 GMT
AP - Former All-Stars Jake Westbrook, Ted Lilly, Ryan Ludwick and Kerry Wood were traded Saturday as pennant contenders played a game of beat-the-clock. Lance Berkman went to the World Series champion New York Yankees after rejecting the Chicago White Sox.