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• Spy suspects had interests in science, finance (AP)
• APNewsBreak: BP giving financial help to stations (AP)
• Stepmom of missing Ore. boy barred from her kids (AP)
• Bear in first recorded Ky. attack still at large (AP)
• Seattle writer wins 2010 bad writing contest (AP)
• Chicago moves quickly to draft new gun ordinance (AP)
• Cleanup ships idled as storms rattle Gulf region (AP)
• Teen sailor describes pride, fear of solo voyage (AP)
• NRC panel: Nuclear waste dump process continues (AP)
• Convict sought in deaths of 2 Tampa officers (AP)
• RI ex-mayor attacks corruption despite own past (AP)
• APNewsBreak: Courts need $40M for border plan (AP)
• Elizabeth Edwards: It was not easy to leave John (AP)
• Strengthening Alex expected to become hurricane (AP)
• Ancient tool found in melting ice near Yellowstone (AP)
• Marine accused in Iraqi war crimes is back on duty (AP)
• JFK terror plot suspect pleads to lesser charge (AP)
• Prosecution experts report on Minn. Toyota crash (AP)
• La. parish president is face of anger over spill (AP)
• US intercepts ballistic missile in test off Hawaii (AP)

Spy suspects had interests in science, finance (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:32 PM PDT AP - One hobnobbed with academics and entrepreneurs who shared his interest in cutting-edge science. Another spoke five languages, went to embassy parties and was fascinated by global politics. A third held herself out to be a venture capitalist and hit the networking circuit, looking for investment opportunities.

APNewsBreak: BP giving financial help to stations (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:35 PM PDT AP - Gas could become cheaper at some BP pumps after the oil company agreed to measures meant to help distributors and station owners offset a consumer boycott against BP fuel that was sparked by the out-of-control spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Stepmom of missing Ore. boy barred from her kids (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:37 PM PDT AP - A judge has forbidden the stepmother of a missing 7-year-old Portland boy to have access to her children or firearms.

Bear in first recorded Ky. attack still at large (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 02:43 PM PDT AP - A black bear that mauled a hiker eluded traps Tuesday and a scenic area in the Daniel Boone National Forest remained closed to the public following the rare attack by an Appalachian bear on a human.

Seattle writer wins 2010 bad writing contest (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 02:04 PM PDT AP - An unseemly sentence that compares a kiss to the union of a thirsty gerbil and a giant water bottle has won the top prize in an annual bad writing contest.

Chicago moves quickly to draft new gun ordinance (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley will push for a strict handgun ordinance to replace its doomed gun ban that will likely include limiting each resident to a single handgun, requiring gun owners to have insurance and prohibiting gun stores from setting up shop in the city, his top lawyer said Tuesday.

Cleanup ships idled as storms rattle Gulf region (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:43 PM PDT AP - The crashing waves and gusting winds churned up by Tropical Storm Alex put the Gulf oil spill largely in Mother Nature's hands Tuesday. Regardless of whether the storm makes things worse or even better, it has turned many people fighting the spill into spectators.

Teen sailor describes pride, fear of solo voyage (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:57 PM PDT AP - Abby Sunderland faced down moments of terror on the high seas after her boat was rolled over by a huge wave as she tried to become the youngest person to sail around the world.

NRC panel: Nuclear waste dump process continues (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 02:36 PM PDT AP - A Nuclear Regulatory Commission legal panel put a proposal for a national nuclear waste dump in Nevada back on track Tuesday, at least until the full commission decides whether the Department of Energy can withdraw its plan.

Convict sought in deaths of 2 Tampa officers (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:24 PM PDT AP - Police were searching Tuesday for a convict charged with fatally shooting two Tampa police officers during an early morning traffic stop of a car that didn't have a visible license plate.

RI ex-mayor attacks corruption despite own past (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 02:19 PM PDT AP - Never mind that former Providence Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci spent more than four years in prison on a federal corruption conviction. Forget that prosecutors painted his administration as rife with bribery and graft.

APNewsBreak: Courts need $40M for border plan (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:08 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's $600 million border security plan seems to have it all: More than 1,000 agents, seven gunrunner teams, five FBI task forces and more prosecutors and immigration judges.

Elizabeth Edwards: It was not easy to leave John (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:17 PM PDT AP - Elizabeth Edwards says it was not easy to leave her husband in the wake of the two-time presidential contender's infidelity, writing in a new chapter to her memoir that she still sees in him the memories of their 30 years together.

Strengthening Alex expected to become hurricane (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 05:45 AM PDT AP - A strengthening Tropical Storm Alex was expected to become a hurricane Tuesday as it swirled toward the Gulf coast of northern Mexico and southern Texas, where authorities were readying emergency shelters and distributing sandbags.

Ancient tool found in melting ice near Yellowstone (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 12:33 PM PDT AP - Researchers say they've found a 10,000-year-old hunting weapon that had been preserved in melting ice near Yellowstone National Park. The spear-like wooden dart was found in 2007, but the University of Colorado didn't announce it until Tuesday.

Marine accused in Iraqi war crimes is back on duty (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:16 PM PDT AP - Marine Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III put on his uniform and reported for duty Tuesday despite lingering accusations that he killed an unarmed Iraqi man in what became a major war crime case.

JFK terror plot suspect pleads to lesser charge (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 12:14 PM PDT AP - One of four men accused of plotting to kill thousands and cause an economic catastrophe by blowing up John F. Kennedy International Airport pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Tuesday, the day before his federal trial was to begin.

Prosecution experts report on Minn. Toyota crash (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 02:24 PM PDT AP - Two experts hired by prosecutors have challenged defense assertions about what led to a crash involving a Toyota that killed three people in St. Paul and sent the driver to prison.

La. parish president is face of anger over spill (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 07:02 AM PDT AP - Billy Nungesser, a rotund and feisty millionaire-turned-politician from Louisiana's bayou, hasn't been afraid of taking on everyone from big oil to big government since crude started washing up on his coast.

US intercepts ballistic missile in test off Hawaii (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2010 12:48 PM PDT AP - The U.S. military has shot down a short-range ballistic missile in the last stage of its flight during a test off Hawaii.

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