Update as of July 7th, 2010
Enforcement at heart of Ariz. immigration lawsuit
(AP)
AP - On paper, Arizona's controversial new immigration law is not that different from the federal version. But the key difference is this: Arizona wants every illegal immigrant caught and deported. The federal government says treating all 11 million of the nation's illegal immigrants as criminals would overwhelm the system.
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
Cold War remix: Spy suspect swap appears in works
(AP)
AP - U.S. and Russian officials met secretively on two continents Wednesday in a likely prelude to one of the largest swaps of accused spies in decades, a Cold War remix showing the high-stakes race for covert intelligence between East and West endures in the new century.
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
Early humans ventured farther north than thought
(AP)
AP - Ancient man ventured into northern Europe far earlier than previously thought, settling on England's east coast more than 800,000 years ago, scientists said.
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
Arrest made in LA 'Grim Sleeper' serial killings
(AP)
AP - A retired police mechanic was arrested and charged Wednesday in the city's "Grim Sleeper" serial killings after decades of frustrated investigations into at least 11 slayings dating back 25 years.
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
Barge hits tourist boat in Philly; 2 missing
(AP)
AP - A disabled sightseeing boat adrift in the Delaware River with at least 37 people aboard was struck by a barge and capsized Wednesday, spilling passengers into the water and leaving two people unaccounted for after a frantic rescue effort.
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
Under the sand, BP oil hidden from easy cleanup
(AP)
AP - There's a dirty secret buried under Gulf of Mexico beaches after cleanup workers scrape away the oil washing ashore.
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
More triple-digit heat brings misery to the East
(AP)
AP - It's blistering. Scorching. Steamy. Brutal. Baking. Torrid. Ovenlike. It's run-out-of-adjectives hot.
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
Obama bypasses Senate for new Medicare chief
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama bypassed the Senate Wednesday and appointed Dr. Donald Berwick, a Harvard professor and patient care specialist, to run Medicare and Medicaid.
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
U.S.-Russia may seek spy swap to free agents
(Reuters)
Reuters - Russia and the United States appeared to be considering a spy swap on Wednesday to send home a ring of suspected Russian agents whose arrest cast an unwelcome Cold War chill over warming diplomatic ties.
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
Cops: Man holds his mom hostage for not ironing
(AP)
AP - Authorities have charged a 29-year-old man with aggravated assault and false imprisonment after they allege he held his mother hostage for failing to iron his clothes. Carroll County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Marc Griffith said the man remained in jail Wednesday without bond. The unidentified woman was not harmed in the June 30 incident.
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
Spain beats Germany 1-0 in World Cup semifinal
(AP)
AP - Spain outplayed Germany yet again.
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
Baghdad suicide attack and bombs kill 39: officials
(AFP)
AFP - A suicide bomber wearing an explosives-filled belt targeted Shiite pilgrims and murdered 28 people in Baghdad on Wednesday while 11 more were killed in bomb attacks, security officials told AFP.
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
BP boss in MidEast as relief well progresses
(Reuters)
Reuters - BP boss Tony Hayward met officials from an Abu Dhabi state investment fund on Wednesday, the latest stop on a international quest for money to ward off takeovers and help pay the huge costs of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
Goldman and Morgan Stanley saw turbulent Q2
(Reuters)
Reuters - Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley have generated billions of dollars of revenue from fixed income trading over the last year, but that profit engine may have sputtered in the second quarter as bond markets grew turbulent.
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
Formal charges laid against alleged Russia spies
(AFP)
AFP - US officials Wednesday laid formal charges against 11 alleged members of a Kremlin spy ring, as Russia and the United States were said to be planning a dramatic Cold War-style prisoner swap.
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
Netanyahu bodyguards' guns go missing on U.S. visit
(Reuters)
Reuters - Several pistols belonging to bodyguards of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took an unexplained cross-country U.S. detour this week before four of them went missing altogether, officials said on Wednesday.
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
New snag for Senate financial regulations bill
(Reuters)
Reuters - West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin on Wednesday put off naming a successor to the late Senator Robert Byrd, which could further complicate passage of financial reform legislation in the U.S. Senate .
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
Obama bypasses Senate to fill Medicare post
(Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama appointed health expert Donald Berwick on Wednesday to run the Medicare and Medicaid programs that provide care to seniors and the poor, bypassing the Senate to fill a key job over Republican objections.
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
NATO airstrike kills five Afghan soldiers
(Reuters)
Reuters - Five Afghan government soldiers were accidentally killed and two others wounded in a pre-dawn NATO airstrike on Wednesday, prompting condemnation from the country's government.
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Update as of July 7th, 2010
U.S. unseals new charges against 5 in New York plot
(Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday unsealed charges against five men, accusing them of directing and being involved in a plot to attack the New York subway system at the direction of al Qaeda leaders in Pakistan.
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