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Wis. dealer sold gun extras to health club shooter (AP)
Boy dies after getting stranded in Death Valley (AP)
Former Jack Daniel's master distiller dies at 69 (AP)
Authorities stop getting evidence at Ill. cemetery (AP)
NY police: Woman was OK at restaurant before crash (AP)
Autopsy: Cocaine contributed to Billy Mays' death (AP)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver critical at Mass. hospital (AP)
Ark. mom allegedly drank before sons drowned (AP)
Ark. doctor, wife face new charges in weapons case (AP)
Fla. senator to resign, clear path for Crist (AP)
Aerosmith guitarist: Tyler broke shoulder in fall (AP)
Alcoholics often are experts at hiding it (AP)
Recession means fewer babies; US births fell 2 pct (AP)
Sotomayor vote could impact Fla. Senate race (AP)
Ex-NY judge gets prison for recruiting prostitutes (AP)
Ga. governor deals with water battle at home, too (AP)
Rare Amur tiger cub fights to survive at SD zoo (AP)
Long lines of clunkers await deaths at scrap yards (AP)
Hurricane Felicia remains a Category 2 storm (AP)

Wis. dealer sold gun extras to health club shooter (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 04:24 PM PDT

AP - An online weapons dealer who sold a gun or accessories to three mass killers, including a man who opened fire at a Pittsburgh-area health club this week, said Friday that any of the shooters could have just as easily found what they wanted at a Wal-Mart or another store.

Boy dies after getting stranded in Death Valley (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 04:21 PM PDT

AP - An 11-year-old boy died in the intense heat of Death Valley National Park after he and his mother became stranded in one of the world's most inhospitable areas and survived for several days on bottled water, Pop-Tarts and cheese sandwiches, authorities said Friday.

Former Jack Daniel's master distiller dies at 69 (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 04:15 PM PDT

AP - Jimmy Bedford, the slender and silver-haired former master distiller of the Jack Daniel's whiskey during a 40-year career with the company, died Friday. He was 69.

Authorities stop getting evidence at Ill. cemetery (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 04:34 PM PDT

AP - Investigators stopped collecting evidence Friday at a historic black cemetery in suburban Chicago where workers allegedly dug up corpses and resold burial plots, acknowledging they'll likely never know the identities of all the remains that were removed.

NY police: Woman was OK at restaurant before crash (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 04:47 PM PDT

AP - Police investigating a head-on highway crash that killed a suburban mother and seven other people said Friday she was fine at a fast-food restaurant an hour after starting her drive, narrowing the timeline for when she may have begun a drinking binge.

Autopsy: Cocaine contributed to Billy Mays' death (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 04:48 PM PDT

AP - An official autopsy report released Friday found that cocaine use contributed to the heart disease that suddenly killed TV pitchman Billy Mays in June, but his family called the finding "speculative" and considered getting an independent look at the results.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver critical at Mass. hospital (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 04:48 PM PDT

AP - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a sister of President John F. Kennedy and a longtime champion for the disabled, was in critical condition Friday at a Massachusetts hospital.

Ark. mom allegedly drank before sons drowned (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 04:09 PM PDT

AP - The mother of three young children who drowned after she drove into a central Arkansas lake had been drinking before the crash, authorities said Friday, the second recent case in which a mom is accused of consuming alcohol before getting behind the wheel with her kids.

Ark. doctor, wife face new charges in weapons case (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 03:41 PM PDT

AP - An Arkansas doctor accused of illegally owning high-explosive grenades and his wife face new federal charges accusing them of interfering with the investigation into their extensive weapons cache.

Fla. senator to resign, clear path for Crist (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 04:48 PM PDT

AP - Republican Sen. Mel Martinez's decision Friday to step down 16 months early gave Gov. Charlie Crist the perfect gift: his pick of who should watch over the office while Crist tries to win it for himself.

Aerosmith guitarist: Tyler broke shoulder in fall (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 04:10 PM PDT

AP - Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler has a broken shoulder and stitches in his head after falling from the stage during a South Dakota concert, but apparently did not suffer any internal injuries, guitarist Joe Perry said Friday.

Alcoholics often are experts at hiding it (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 01:06 PM PDT

AP - At one point during her quarter-century as an alcoholic, Carol Colleran would down at least 10 beers each weeknight, more on weekends. Then she would show up the next morning at her job in hospital management, feeling fuzzy and lousy.

Recession means fewer babies; US births fell 2 pct (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 02:55 PM PDT

AP - There aren't just fewer jobs in a recession. There are fewer babies, too. U.S. births fell in 2008, the first full year of the recession, marking the first annual decline in births since the start of the decade and ending an American baby boomlet.

Sotomayor vote could impact Fla. Senate race (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 02:45 PM PDT

AP - If there is one place where any bad feelings from the hearings on Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination could have lasting consequences, it's Florida, the pesky swing state that the second-largest Puerto Rican community outside the island calls home.

Ex-NY judge gets prison for recruiting prostitutes (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 02:56 PM PDT

AP - A retired state Supreme Court judge who procured prostitutes for his social club, including one woman who had appeared before him in court and another who was in the country illegally, was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison.

Ga. governor deals with water battle at home, too (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 01:53 PM PDT

AP - The age-old tension between rural Georgia and its sprawling metropolis may only intensify because of a federal ruling that could keep essential reservoir water from trickling into Atlanta.

Rare Amur tiger cub fights to survive at SD zoo (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 01:49 PM PDT

AP - The rare 3-week-old Amur tiger cub's eyes haven't completely opened yet, her belly bulges and her paws seem too large for her tiny head.

Long lines of clunkers await deaths at scrap yards (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 10:39 AM PDT

AP - They were waiting down at Gibson Chevrolet near Chicago for a couple of five-gallon cans of sodium silicate liquid glass, they call it to poison and kill the clunkers when the latest condemned car pulled up.