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Source: J-Lo close to deal for `American Idol' (AP)

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FILE - Jennifer Lopez arrives for the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, during the 63rd Cannes international film festival, in Cap d'Antibes, southern France in this May 20, 2010 file photo. Lopez is close to signing a deal to join Fox TV's 'American Idol' as a judge, a person familiar with the negotiations said late Thursday July 29, 2010. The person, who was not authorized to comment publicly, spoke on condition of anonymity.  (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)AP - Ellen DeGeneres is dancing off "American Idol" after one season and Jennifer Lopez is poised to step in.


Ariz. files appeal as sheriff launches new sweep (AP)

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Angry protesters shout at sheriff's deputies outside the offices of controversial Maricopa county sheriff Joe Arpaio in Phoenix. Several hundred activists marched here Thursday as a new Arizona immigration law went into effect, sparking a tense standoff with riot police in which about two dozen people were arrested.(AFP/Mark Ralston)AP - The showdown over Arizona's immigration law played out in court and on Phoenix's sun-splashed streets on Thursday, as the state sought to reinstate key parts of the measure and angry protesters chanted that they refused to "live in fear." Dozens were arrested.


Less oil on surface means less work for fishermen (AP)

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Streaks of oil and a line of emulsified oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are seen near an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Even when the oily sheen starts fading from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, it manages to become bad news for fishermen.


Officials: Floods kill at least 267 in Pakistan (AP)

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Pakistani villagers move into safe place from a flooded village near Nowshera,  Pakistan, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in most severe floods in decades in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday. Hundreds of thousands more were stranded as rescue workers struggled to reach far-flung villages.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 267 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.


House rejects bill to aid sick 9/11 responders (AP)

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FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2001 file photo, firefighters make their way over the ruins of the World Trade Center through clouds of smoke at ground zero in New York. A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, July 29, 2010, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts. (AP Photo/Stan Honda, Pool, File)AP - A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts.


Panel hits Rangel with 13 ethics charges (AP)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., leaves his office to go to a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - House investigators accused veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of congressional ethics standards on Thursday, throwing a cloud over his four-decade political career and raising worries for fellow Democrats about the fall elections.


Fed atty: Military secrets sold to pay for HI home (AP)

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FILE - This undated file photo released by the FBI shows Noshir S. Gowadia. The attorney for a former B-2 bomber engineer from Hawaii accused of selling military secrets to China says his client designed a cruise missile part for China but did so based on public information. (AP Photo/FBI, File)AP - A federal prosecutor said Thursday a former B-2 bomber engineer helped China design a stealth cruise missile to raise money to pay the $15,000-a-month mortgage on the mansion-like home he built on Maui's north shore.


Oswalt traded to Phillies; Tejada, Cantu also move (AP)

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FILE - In this July 18, 2010 file photo, Houston Astros pitcher Roy Oswalt throws in the first inning during a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh. A person with knowledge of the deal says Houston ace Roy Oswalt has agreed to waive his no-trade clause and accept a swap to the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)AP - Roy Oswalt granted his own wish: He's now part of a pennant race. Miguel Tejada, Jorge Cantu and Matt Capps joined the mix, too.


1,200 homes evacuated in LA Co. as fire spreads (AP)

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A fast moving wildfire burns above Elizabeth Lake Road in Leona Valley near Palmdale, Calif. on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Mandatory evacuations were issued for the community of Leona Valley on Thursday evening, Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Matt Levesque said. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - A brush fire swept over more than 7 square miles, prompted evacuations and burned structures in rural Los Angeles County Thursday as water-dropping helicopters and crews scrambled to get ahead of the blaze.


Economic growth likely slowed in second quarter (AP)

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In this July 20, 2010 photo, Haley Wright, left, human resources professional with Plastipak Packaging Inc., meets with a prospective job applicant during a National Career Fairs Job Fair in Plano, Texas. New jobless claims fell last week for the third time in four weeks, but remain above 450,000, where they have been all year. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - The already fragile economic recovery may be getting weaker.


House to take up offshore drilling reform bill (Reuters)

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Reuters - Three months after the catastrophic oil rig explosion that sent millions of gallons of crude spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. House of Representatives was poised on Friday to debate legislation clamping down on the industry's offshore drilling practices.

Economic growth seen slower in Q2 on imports (Reuters)

Thu, 2010-07-29 21:02

People wait in line to enter the City University of New York (CUNY) Big Apple job fair in New York, April 23, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - Economic growth likely slowed in the second quarter as a capital investment drive by businesses was sated by imports and consumer spending tapered off, a government report is expected to show on Friday.


U.S. closes consulate in Mexico's Ciudad Juarez (Reuters)

Thu, 2010-07-29 20:45
Reuters - The U.S. government has shut indefinitely its consulate in Mexico's most violent drug war city Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas, to evaluate security conditions.

Mexican army kills kingpin in drug war coup (Reuters)

Thu, 2010-07-29 20:44

Mexican soldiers stand guard on a street in Guadalajara City, Mexico July 29, 2010. REUTERS/Alejandro AcostaReuters - Mexican soldiers killed drug boss Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel on Thursday, the first major triumph this year for President Felipe Calderon's war against drug cartels but one that is unlikely to end spiraling violence.


Several held in tense Arizona immigration protests (AFP)

Thu, 2010-07-29 20:40

Protesters block the enstrance to the offices of controversial Maricopa county sheriff, Joe Arpaio, who has vigorously enforced new immigrant laws in Phoenix. Several hundred activists have marched through the centre of the Arizona capital as toned down new legislation came into effect, sparking a standoff with police in which about two dozen people were arrested.(AFP/Mark Ralston)AFP - Several hundred activists have marched through central Phoenix as a toned down new Arizona immigration law went into effect, sparking a tense standoff with riot police in which about two dozen people were arrested.


Top Mexican drug lord killed in clash with army (AP)

Thu, 2010-07-29 20:36

This undated photo downloaded from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, website shows Mexican drug cartel leader Ignacio Coronel Villareal, aka Nacho Coronel. According to local media, Coronel was allegedly killed Thursday by the army during a raid in Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. Coronel is considered number three in the organization of fugitive Mexican drug lord Joaquin Chapo Guzman. (AP Photo/FBI)AP - One of the top three leaders of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel died in a gunfight with soldiers Thursday, ending the long run of a mysterious capo considered a founder of the country's massive methamphetamine trade.


Pentagon: Leak investigaton may go beyond military (AP)

Thu, 2010-07-29 20:19

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen hold a press briefing, Thursday, July 29, 2010 at the Pentagon.  (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)AP - A criminal investigation into the leak of tens of thousands of secret Afghanistan war logs could go beyond the military, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, and he did not rule out that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be a target.


Ousted USDA employee Sherrod plans to sue blogger (AP)

Thu, 2010-07-29 20:18

Shirley Sherrod answers questions during an interview at her home on Friday, July 23, 2010 in Albany, Ga. Sherrod was fired from her job at the Agriculture Department amid accusations of racism. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)AP - Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted a video edited in a way that made her appear racist.


As many as 6,600 Arlington graves mixed up (AP)

Thu, 2010-07-29 20:17

Stones with the word 'hero' written on them lay on a grave stone in Section 60, where many soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are buried, Thursday, July 29, 2010, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery's former superintendent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery's former superintendent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster.


Neighbors fail to end Venezuela-Colombia rift (Reuters)

Thu, 2010-07-29 20:13

Reuters - South American foreign ministers failed to mend broken ties between Venezuela and Colombia at a meeting on Thursday but the countries agreed that irregular armed groups were hurting peace in the region.