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• Tragedy on a river: 6 teens from 2 families drown (AP)
• 'Cold as ice' Conn. beer deliveryman kills 8, self (AP)
• Bristol Palin calls it quits with fiance Johnston (AP)
• BP begins attempt to cut off gusher by pumping mud (AP)
• Police: Illegal immigrant crashes, killing Va. nun (AP)
• Are Americans now more honest about their weight? (AP)
• 2 slain at Indianapolis party helped neighborhood (AP)
• NYC panel clears way for mosque near ground zero (AP)
• Police nab possible suspect in St. Louis heist (AP)
• Bernice King breaks silence, asks SCLC to end rift (AP)
• Cheez Doodles creator Morrie Yohai dies at 90 (AP)
• K-9 PTSD? Some vets say dogs stressed by war, too (AP)
• Biologist using Noah's Ark idea to save sea life (AP)
• Poll: Identity, blending in important to Hispanics (AP)
• NY jury convicts 2 in JFK Airport fuel-tank plot (AP)
• Company offers to buy homes near Mich. oil spill (AP)
• La. fishermen wrinkle their noses at 'smell tests' (AP)
• Wake held for family killed in NYC murder-suicide (AP)
• Search under way for 2nd boy missing in Arizona (AP)

Tragedy on a river: 6 teens from 2 families drown (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:46 PM PDT AP - DeKendrix Warner was splashing around in the waist-high waters of the Red River with his cousins and friends, trying to escape the oppressive Louisiana heat, when he stepped off a slippery ledge — and was plunged into water 25-feet deep.

'Cold as ice' Conn. beer deliveryman kills 8, self (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:17 PM PDT AP - A driver caught stealing beer from the warehouse where he worked agreed to resign his job Tuesday and then as "cold as ice," one of his victims said, went on a shooting rampage, killing eight people and injuring two before committing suicide.

Bristol Palin calls it quits with fiance Johnston (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:03 PM PDT AP - Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have called off their second engagement after he told her he may have fathered a baby with another woman.

BP begins attempt to cut off gusher by pumping mud (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - BP embarked Tuesday on an operation that could seal the biggest offshore oil leak in U.S. history once and for all, forcing mud down the throat of its blown-out well in a tactic known variously as "bullheading" or a "static kill."

Police: Illegal immigrant crashes, killing Va. nun (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 03:54 PM PDT AP - An illegal immigrant awaiting a deportation ruling has been charged with killing a nun and critically injuring two others in a drunken driving crash that has sparked criticism of how immigration enforcement is handled.

Are Americans now more honest about their weight? (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:51 AM PDT AP - Are Americans becoming more honest about their weight?

2 slain at Indianapolis party helped neighborhood (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 01:25 PM PDT AP - Two people working to improve their deteriorating inner-city neighborhood died early Tuesday when a masked man opened fire with an assault-style rifle on a birthday barbecue, police said.

NYC panel clears way for mosque near ground zero (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 03:54 PM PDT AP - A city panel Tuesday cleared the way for the construction near ground zero of a mosque that has caused a political uproar over religious freedom and Sept. 11 even as opponents vowed to press their case in court.

Police nab possible suspect in St. Louis heist (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:35 PM PDT AP - Officers canvassing the area where gunmen robbed an ATM-servicing company of containers full of cash spotted a car believed to have been used in the heist and arrested its driver after a brief chase through downtown St. Louis, a police official said Tuesday.

Bernice King breaks silence, asks SCLC to end rift (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:07 PM PDT AP - After nearly 10 months of silence, the Rev. Bernice King urged the Southern Christian Leadership Conference on Tuesday to end the bitter infighting that has split the group she was elected to lead.

Cheez Doodles creator Morrie Yohai dies at 90 (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:42 AM PDT AP - Morrie R. Yohai, the creator of the crunchy, finger-staining orange Cheez Doodles snack, has died. He was 90.

K-9 PTSD? Some vets say dogs stressed by war, too (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 01:32 PM PDT AP - Gina was a playful 2-year-old German shepherd when she went to Iraq as a highly trained bomb-sniffing dog with the military, conducting door-to-door searches and witnessing all sorts of noisy explosions.

Biologist using Noah's Ark idea to save sea life (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:08 AM PDT AP - On the chance that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill threatens some sea creatures with extinction, naturalist Jack Rudloe hopes his laboratory can save them.

Poll: Identity, blending in important to Hispanics (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:11 AM PDT AP - Tomasa Bulux speaks Spanish to her children, maintains an altar at home representing her Mayan culture's view of the world and meets once a week with Mayan immigrants who speak her indigenous Quiche tongue.

NY jury convicts 2 in JFK Airport fuel-tank plot (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 08:19 PM PDT AP - Two men were convicted Monday of plotting to blow up jet fuel tanks at John F. Kennedy International Airport, a plan that authorities said was meant to outdo the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and avenge perceived U.S. oppression of Muslims around the world.

Company offers to buy homes near Mich. oil spill (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 03:28 PM PDT AP - The company whose pipeline ruptured and dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a southern Michigan waterway said Tuesday it has offered to buy up to 200 homes in the affected area.

La. fishermen wrinkle their noses at 'smell tests' (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:15 AM PDT AP - Even the people who make their living off the seafood-rich waters of Louisiana's St. Bernard Parish have a hard time swallowing the government's assurances that fish harvested in the shallow, muddy waters just offshore must be safe to eat because they don't smell too bad.

Wake held for family killed in NYC murder-suicide (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:27 PM PDT AP - Mourners have gathered at a wake for a mother and her four children who died in a murder-suicide at a New York City home that was set on fire.

Search under way for 2nd boy missing in Arizona (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:20 PM PDT AP - A search is under way for a 2-year-old boy in northern Arizona after his mother reported him missing Monday night.

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