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• East Coast seeks respite as temps soar above 100 (AP)
• Oil seeps into New Orleans' Lake Pontchartrain (AP)
• Queen addresses UN, places wreath at ground zero (AP)
• Judge sends Lohan to jail for probation violation (AP)
• Gov't sues to throw out Arizona immigration law (AP)
• Prosecutors to appeal Russian spy case bail ruling (AP)
• Terror defendant scoffed at JFK security (AP)
• Hawaii gov to decide on same-sex civil unions (AP)
• Hard times for Ill., but not for governor's staff (AP)
• DA: Pa. woman may keep corpses if she builds crypt (AP)
• Calif. man maimed when fireworks in pocket explode (AP)
• Police: Conn. priest stole $1M for male escorts (AP)
• Ex-Detroit schools official faces obscenity charge (AP)
• Son of officer shot, paralyzed on duty joins NYPD (AP)
• Colon cancer screenings up, breast rate stalled (AP)
• Judge rules for transgender woman fired by Georgia (AP)
• Ill ex-prison employees blame US gov. program (AP)
• Horses dragged driver as he tried to stop rampage (AP)
• Byrd burial service Tuesday at Arlington cemetery (AP)
• Manson follower faces parole board for 19th time (AP)

East Coast seeks respite as temps soar above 100 (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 04:30 PM PDT AP - The East Coast roasted under an unrelenting sun Tuesday as record-setting temperatures soared past 100 from Virginia to Massachusetts, utility companies cranked up power to the limit to cool the sweating masses and railroad tracks were so hot commuter trains had to slow down.

Oil seeps into New Orleans' Lake Pontchartrain (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 03:12 PM PDT AP - New Orleans, which managed to escape the oil from the BP spill for more than two months, can't hide any longer.

Queen addresses UN, places wreath at ground zero (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 04:04 PM PDT AP - Queen Elizabeth II placed a wreath of flowers at a site of the Sept. 11 attacks Tuesday and chatted with victims' families and first responders, minutes after using her first visit to New York in more than three decades to praise the U.N. for promoting peace and justice.

Judge sends Lohan to jail for probation violation (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 04:43 PM PDT AP - A judge sentenced Lindsay Lohan on Tuesday to 90 days in jail and an inpatient rehab program after finding the actress had violated the terms of her probation in a 2007 drug case.

Gov't sues to throw out Arizona immigration law (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 04:18 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration sued Arizona on Tuesday to throw out the state's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law and keep other states from copying it.

Prosecutors to appeal Russian spy case bail ruling (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 02:57 PM PDT AP - The government said Tuesday it planned to appeal a decision to release one of the defendants in the Russian spy case on bail.

Terror defendant scoffed at JFK security (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 02:12 PM PDT AP - A former cargo handler on a reconnaissance mission in an alleged plot to blow up New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport marveled at the lack of security for jet fuel storage tanks there, according to tapes played Tuesday at his terror trial.

Hawaii gov to decide on same-sex civil unions (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 03:21 PM PDT AP - Hawaii's governor faced a midnight deadline Tuesday to take action on a same-sex civil unions bill approved weeks ago by the Legislature, as supporters of the measure waved rainbow flags in front of the state Capitol and opponents prayed in the hallways for a veto.

Hard times for Ill., but not for governor's staff (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 03:47 PM PDT AP - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has handed out raises — some of more than 20 percent — to his staff while proclaiming a message of "shared sacrifice" and planning spending cuts of $1.4 billion because the state is awash in debt.

DA: Pa. woman may keep corpses if she builds crypt (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 12:41 PM PDT AP - A 91-year-old woman found living with the corpses of her husband and twin sister will be allowed to keep them if she installs a mausoleum or crypt, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Calif. man maimed when fireworks in pocket explode (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 02:31 PM PDT AP - A 19-year-old man who planned to join the Marines this fall has lost a hand and a chunk of his leg after illegal fireworks exploded in his pockets.

Police: Conn. priest stole $1M for male escorts (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 02:18 PM PDT AP - The Rev. Kevin J. Gray was a popular priest who appeared to live humbly, forgoing a car and walking to Mass from another parish where he lived so that a Catholic charity could use his space at the rectory. Parishioners thought he had cancer and admired how he helped immigrants in his largely poor parish in Connecticut.

Ex-Detroit schools official faces obscenity charge (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 03:09 PM PDT AP - The former president of the Detroit School Board appeared in court Tuesday to face charges he fondled himself in front of the woman who was then the district's superintendent.

Son of officer shot, paralyzed on duty joins NYPD (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 01:26 PM PDT AP - Conor McDonald wasn't born yet when his dad, Steven, an NYPD officer, was shot — the bullet piercing his spine and paralyzing him.

Colon cancer screenings up, breast rate stalled (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 09:40 AM PDT AP - More older Americans are getting tested for colon cancer, with nearly two out of three getting recommended screenings.

Judge rules for transgender woman fired by Georgia (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 02:18 PM PDT AP - A federal judge has ruled in favor of a former Georgia state legislative aide who claimed she was fired after telling her boss she would come to work dressed as woman as she transitioned from man to woman.

Ill ex-prison employees blame US gov. program (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 12:46 PM PDT AP - When former prison worker Freda Cobb developed sores on her arms, legs and back in 1997, she didn't connect them to an inmate work program that recycles computers and other electronic goods at the penal institution in the Florida Panhandle.

Horses dragged driver as he tried to stop rampage (AP) Posted: 05 Jul 2010 06:17 PM PDT AP - The buggy driver whose horses trampled spectators at this town's Fourth of July parade had tried desperately to stop the rampage, clinging to the reins as the animals dragged him down the street, his family said Monday.

Byrd burial service Tuesday at Arlington cemetery (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:24 AM PDT AP - Family, friends and employees paid last respects Tuesday to Sen. Robert C. Byrd.

Manson follower faces parole board for 19th time (AP) Posted: 06 Jul 2010 03:17 AM PDT AP - Leslie Van Houten, the one-time Charles Manson follower long seen as the most likely of his ex-acolytes to win freedom someday, faces her 19th parole hearing on Tuesday with a new lawyer and new case law which may give her the best chance yet for release.

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