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• Recall expands to more than half a billion eggs (AP)
• DoD releases final report on Fort Hood shootings (AP)
• New guidelines could rule out many oil claims (AP)
• On vacation, Obama tends to summer reading list (AP)
• Fall victim's mother says it's 'miracle' she lived (AP)
• Study: Astronauts as weak as 80-year-olds in space (AP)
• NYC imam's goodwill tour comes amid mosque furor (AP)
• Officials vow tighter scrutiny of off-road racing (AP)
• 3 weeks on run, fugitives arrested without fight (AP)
• US missionary defends actions in Haiti ordeal (AP)
• Convicted Jordan killer believes he will go free (AP)
• Ohio bear kills caretaker; owner had legal trouble (AP)
• Army probes soldiers skipping Christian concert (AP)
• What does Blagojevich case mean for Fitzgerald? (AP)
• Judge criticizes prosecution in Anna Nicole case (AP)
• Blagojevich: second media blitz for second trial (AP)
• Colleges award prizes, tuition for summer reading (AP)
• NYC mosque draws interfaith support in California (AP)
• FAA: 2 safe after small plane crash in Pa. river (AP)

Recall expands to more than half a billion eggs (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 04:38 PM PDT AP - More than a half-billion eggs have been recalled in the nationwide investigation of a salmonella outbreak that Friday expanded to include a second Iowa farm. The outbreak has already sickened more than 1,000 people and the toll of illnesses is expected to increase.

DoD releases final report on Fort Hood shootings (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 04:26 PM PDT AP - The military must make sure supervisors have access to soldiers' personnel records and be aware of signs of potential workplace violence, the Defense Department said Friday in its final report on the Fort Hood shootings.

New guidelines could rule out many oil claims (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 02:39 PM PDT AP - A flower shop in Florida that saw a drop-off in weddings this summer is probably out of luck. So is a restaurant in Idaho that had to switch seafood suppliers. A hardware store on the Mississippi coast may be left out, too.

On vacation, Obama tends to summer reading list (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT AP - In the first full day of a Martha's Vineyard vacation, President Barack Obama set aside some of the cares of office Friday to work on his family's summer reading list.

Fall victim's mother says it's 'miracle' she lived (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 03:50 PM PDT AP - Teagan Marti saw the free-fall ride Terminal Velocity at a Wisconsin Dells amusement park featured on a cable travel show and, being an adventurous 12-year-old, convinced her family to make the trip north from Florida to check it out.

Study: Astronauts as weak as 80-year-olds in space (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 02:50 PM PDT AP - Astronauts can become as weak as 80-year-olds after six months at the International Space Station, according to a new study that raises serious health concerns as NASA contemplates prolonged trips to asteroids and Mars.

NYC imam's goodwill tour comes amid mosque furor (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 03:06 PM PDT AP - The furor over the planned mosque and Islamic center near ground zero has put Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf in a curious position: At the same time he is being vilified in the U.S. for spearheading the project, he is traveling the Mideast on a State Department mission as a symbol of American religious freedom.

Officials vow tighter scrutiny of off-road racing (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 04:49 PM PDT AP - Federal officials promised tighter scrutiny of off-road racing Friday, expanding a review of the sport run on public lands nationwide even as tricked-out trucks raced through the Nevada desert less than a week after a deadly accident in California.

3 weeks on run, fugitives arrested without fight (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT AP - Over the past three weeks, an escaped Arizona prisoner and his girlfriend bedeviled the hundreds of lawmen hunting them across the desolate highways and thick forests of the West.

US missionary defends actions in Haiti ordeal (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:20 PM PDT AP - The leader of an American group detained while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti after the January earthquake defended her actions upon her release, saying she was "wrongly accused and held without just cause."

Convicted Jordan killer believes he will go free (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 01:18 PM PDT AP - A man convicted of killing Michael Jordan's father said in an interview Friday that he will one day walk free from prison, contending a new report on mistakes at North Carolina's crime lab shows the evidence against him is falling apart.

Ohio bear kills caretaker; owner had legal trouble (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 03:08 PM PDT AP - A bear attacked and killed its caretaker at the home of a man who kept a menagerie of dangerous, exotic beasts and ran afoul of animal regulators a few years ago by staging wrestling matches between bears and humans.

Army probes soldiers skipping Christian concert (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 03:42 PM PDT AP - The Army said Friday it was investigating a claim that dozens of soldiers who refused to attend a Christian band's concert at a Virginia military base were banished to their barracks and told to clean them up.

What does Blagojevich case mean for Fitzgerald? (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 01:59 PM PDT AP - With a string of high-profile prosecutions under his belt, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald exuded confidence when he first presented corruption charges against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in late 2008.

Judge criticizes prosecution in Anna Nicole case (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 02:42 PM PDT AP - A judge delivered a harsh assessment Friday of the evidence and charges against two doctors and a lawyer in the ongoing Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy case.

Blagojevich: second media blitz for second trial (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 03:04 PM PDT AP - With a second corruption trial against him looming, impeached Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich launched a second pretrial media blitz on Friday — appearing to direct his comments, at least in part, to anyone who might end up on a second jury.

Colleges award prizes, tuition for summer reading (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 12:35 PM PDT AP - Attention incoming college freshmen: Have you been procrastinating on that summer reading assignment? Don't blow it off any longer.

NYC mosque draws interfaith support in California (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 12:20 PM PDT AP - More than 30 Southern California religious leaders gathered Friday in downtown Los Angeles to show their support for plans to build a mosque and community center two blocks from ground zero, despite widespread opposition to the project.

FAA: 2 safe after small plane crash in Pa. river (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:08 PM PDT AP - Authorities say a pilot trying to familiarize himself with his new plane had to ditch in the Susquehanna River in northeast Pennsylvania after experiencing engine trouble.

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