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• BP's Hayward to leave as CEO; Russia job in works (AP)
• Immigrant groups criticize fingerprint initiative (AP)
• Blagojevich judge, attorney clash; jury sent home (AP)
• Workers in NYC begin to dismantle ground zero ship (AP)
• Jurors hear closings at JFK bomb plot trial (AP)
• CHP: SUV driver in fatal bus crash under influence (AP)
• Ed Dept, civil rights leaders discuss reform (AP)
• Jury finds Texas man guilty of beheading children (AP)
• Drug traces in mother, son in NYC fire, AP learns (AP)
• Mayor of Calif. city to stop taking high salary (AP)
• Woman sentenced to prison for faking breast cancer (AP)
• Biologists release endangered turtles into Gulf (AP)
• Crumbling Gilded Age mansion near Philly faces uncertain fate (AP)
• Hayward boosted BP's bottom line, but not safety (AP)
• Oil cleanup brings strangers, tension to towns (AP)
• Biden touts stimulus projects in national parks (AP)
• New bridge arrives in NYC after float down Hudson (AP)
• Power outages hit Mid-Atlantic after storm; 4 dead (AP)
• Scouts to celebrate 100th anniversary in Virginia (AP)

BP's Hayward to leave as CEO; Russia job in works (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 04:54 PM PDT AP - BP is jettisoning CEO Tony Hayward, whose verbal blunders made the oil giant's image even worse as it struggled to contain the Gulf oil spill, and will assign him to a key job in Russia, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.

Immigrant groups criticize fingerprint initiative (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 04:54 PM PDT AP - The federal government is rapidly expanding a program to identify illegal immigrants using fingerprints from arrests, drawing opposition from local authorities and advocates who argue the initiative amounts to an excessive dragnet.

Blagojevich judge, attorney clash; jury sent home (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 04:54 PM PDT AP - A lawyer for Rod Blagojevich clashed with the judge in the former Illinois governor's corruption trial over what he could say in his closing arguments, pledging Monday that he was ready to go to jail for contempt if the judge did not change his mind.

Workers in NYC begin to dismantle ground zero ship (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 05:01 PM PDT AP - Plank by plank, archeologists on Monday began the delicate process of dismantling a section of an 18th century ship that was found buried across the street from the World Trade Center site.

Jurors hear closings at JFK bomb plot trial (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 03:04 PM PDT AP - Two men accused in a terrorist plot hoped to cause a spectacular explosion that would kill thousands at New York's Kennedy International Airport and avenge U.S. oppression of Muslims, a prosecutor said Monday at the men's trial.

CHP: SUV driver in fatal bus crash under influence (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 05:15 PM PDT AP - An 18-year-old woman driving an SUV that was struck by a Greyhound bus in a horrifying crash last week was under the influence of alcohol, the California Highway Patrol said Monday.

Ed Dept, civil rights leaders discuss reform (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 04:07 PM PDT AP - Civil rights leaders are criticizing Obama administration education reforms aimed at turning around low performing schools and closing the achievement gap for minority students.

Jury finds Texas man guilty of beheading children (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 04:30 PM PDT AP - A South Texas man accused of beheading his common-law wife's three children was found guilty of capital murder Monday at his second trial.

Drug traces in mother, son in NYC fire, AP learns (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 04:19 PM PDT AP - A single mother and her teenage son apparently ingested some type of drug before dying in a suspected murder-suicide and arson that claimed the lives of three other children in their New York City apartment, two law enforcement officials said Monday.

Mayor of Calif. city to stop taking high salary (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 04:57 PM PDT AP - The mayor of Bell apologized Monday for the excessive salaries paid to city officials and said he will step down after completing his term without pay.

Woman sentenced to prison for faking breast cancer (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 04:48 PM PDT AP - A judge sentenced a Chattanooga woman to 42 months in prison for faking breast cancer and told her it was "reprehensible" that she took donations of sick leave, money and cancer patient support services for five years.

Biologists release endangered turtles into Gulf (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 01:32 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of tiny baby turtles with their dime-sized paddle-like feet dragged through the sand on Monday heading for a new home in the Gulf of Mexico despite the threat of oil some 400 miles away.

Crumbling Gilded Age mansion near Philly faces uncertain fate (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 09:42 AM PDT AP - Lynnewood Hall, a century-old stunner of a building just outside Philadelphia, silently, almost invisibly, languishes 200 feet beyond a two-lane blacktop road like a crumbling little Versailles.

Hayward boosted BP's bottom line, but not safety (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 02:07 PM PDT AP - Two decades ago, Tony Hayward was a "turtle" — one of a handful of young high fliers at BP earmarked for great things, named after the cartoon warriors, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Oil cleanup brings strangers, tension to towns (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 03:02 AM PDT AP - The women of Grand Isle are nervous. Used to be, they say, they could walk the streets of their beachside town alone, getting a little exercise after the hottest part of the day or setting out the trash after midnight.

Biden touts stimulus projects in national parks (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 02:15 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of stimulus-funded projects under way in national parks across the U.S. are long-overdue upgrades to the country's neglected "national jewels," Vice President Joe Biden said Monday.

New bridge arrives in NYC after float down Hudson (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 09:35 AM PDT AP - A prefabricated 350-foot-long bridge that will replace a 109-year-old span across the Harlem River arrived Monday aboard two barges that were pushed and pulled by tugboats.

Power outages hit Mid-Atlantic after storm; 4 dead (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2010 02:43 PM PDT AP - It could take days to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people around Washington after a storm downed power lines and trees and left four people dead, officials said Monday.

Scouts to celebrate 100th anniversary in Virginia (AP) Posted: 25 Jul 2010 07:43 PM PDT AP - The Boy Scouts of America are preparing to celebrate their 100th anniversary with a national jamboree in Virginia.

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