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    Dozens arrested at immigration law protests

    Protesters join hands as police block the street in Phoenix on Thursday during a rally against Arizona's new immigration law. Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most the law. Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most the law, and dozens were arrested.


    Ex-USDA official to sue blogger over video

    Ousted USDA employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday that she will sue a conservative blogger who posted an edited video that appeared to show her making racially offensive remarks.

    6,600 Arlington graves might be mixed up

    Some 300,000 Americans are buried at Arlington National Cemetery, among them war veterans, former presidents and U.S. Supreme Court justicesThe number of mislabeled graves at Arlington National Cemetery could be 6,600, the senator whose subcommittee is investigating potential contracting fraud there said Thursday.


    Key step to kill Gulf well may happen sooner

    Cypress trees killed by saltwater intrusion are seen in wetlands near Houma, La., Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Environmentalists are calling on the White House to speed up the restoration of the oil-damaged Mississippi River delta by getting BP PLC to pay $5 billion now for environmental damage caused by the spill. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)Preparations for step one of a two-step attempt to plug the Gulf oil gusher are going well and it could start by the weekend, the government's point man for the spill response said Thursday.


    Ariz. immigration law has echoes across U.S.

    Audience members at a meeting Tuesday night of the Fremont, Neb., City Council raise their hands to show their support for implementing an ordinance restricting the rights of illegal immigrants. The council suspended the ordinance pending legal challenges.Arizona and Fremont, Neb., are at the forefront of the movement by governments to get tough with illegal immigrants. But they are learning that passing a law is far from enough.


    Crews work to keep oil spill from Lake Michigan

    Raul Vervuzco of Eagle Services uses a suction hose to clean oil from atop the Kalamazoo River on Wednesday in a containment area in Augusta, Mich. Federal officials believe an oil spill that has contaminated a major Michigan river was larger than first estimated, and the governor is warning of a "tragedy of historic proportions" should the oil reach Lake Michigan.


    2 New Orleans officers charged in death

    Two New Orleans police officers were indicted on federal charges in the beating death of a 48-year-old man, part of a sprawling U.S. Justice Department probe that has led to charges against 18 of the city's officers.

    Four killed in plane crash at Alaska military base

    A plume of smoke rises Wednesday after a plane crashed near Elmendorf Air Force in Anchorage, Alaska.Four airmen were killed in a cargo plane that crashed during a training run at an Air Force base, military authorities said Thursday.


    Before the CIA, there was the Pond

    Mark Stout, a historian at the International Spy Museum, stands near spy radios used during World War II and the Cold War, on display at the museum in Washington. Stout is an expert on one of America's most secretive espionage agencies, known simply as the Pond. The world can finally get a deeper look at the long-hidden roots of American espionage as tens of thousands of once-secret documents have finally become public after a security review.


    D.C. sniper claims conspirators in interview

    Convicted sniper Lee Boyd Malvo enters a courtroom in Virginia in 2004.Convicted D.C. sniper tells actor William Shatner on a cable TV special that he and his partner tried to recruit fellow shooters for their 2002 spree and that his accomplice killed one man for backing out.


    Texas jury mulls death sentence for child-killer

    In this photo taken Monday, July 26, 2010, John Allen Rubio is led out of court in Edinburg, Texas, after he was found guilty of capitol murder of the three children of his common-law wife Angela Camacho in 2003. A jury is now considering Rubio's punishment. (AP Photo/The Monitor, Nathan Lambrecht)  MAGS OUT; NO SALES; TV OUT; INTERNET OUT; AP MEMBERS ONLYA jury on Thursday began deliberating whether to sentence to death a 29-year-old man convicted of beheading his common-law wife's three children.


    1st US execution of woman since 2005 set for Sept.

    An undated photo provided by the Virginia Department of Corrections shows Teresa Lewis, 40. On Thursday, July 29, 2010, a Pittsylvania County, Va., Circuit judge set a Sept. 23 execution for Lewis. Lewis was sentenced to death for plotting to have her husband and stepson killed in 2002 so she could collect a $250,000 life insurance policy. Lewis would be the first woman executed in Virginia in nearly 100 years.  (AP Photo/Virginia Department of Corrections)A Virginia woman who used sex and money to persuade two men to kill her husband and her stepson to collect a $250,000 life insurance policy was scheduled Thursday to be executed in two months, which would be the first U.S. execution of a woman in five years.


    Many cities awaiting a housing recovery

    After welcome signs of growth in housing earlier this year, home sales — and prices — are likely to wilt again in the summer heat, a victim of rising foreclosures and weak demand.

    Obama takes on critics of education plan

    Challenging civil rights agencies and teacher's unions that have criticized his education policies, Obama said that minority students have the most to gain from overhauling schools.

    WSJ: Evidence ties Manning to Afghan leaks

    Investigators said they have found evidence linking an Army intelligence analyst with the leak of secret war documents, a defense official told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.

    Grizzly, 2 cubs caught after Montana mauling

    Montana wildlife officials have captured a female grizzly and two of her three cubs in a campground near Yellowstone National Park where a man was killed and two others were injured.

    Second U.S. sailor's body recovered in Afghanistan

    The body of Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, a 25-year-old from the Seattle area, was found in Afghanistan on Wednesday. A senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials say the body of a second U.S. sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan has been recovered.


    Scam artists thrive in the down economy

    Misrepresentations in the advertising or sale of new and used cars is one of the top consumer complaints for 2009.Rip-offs and scams happen all the time. Anyone can become a victim. But right now, many con artists and swindlers are using the poor economy to target people in financial trouble.


    Progress in Calif. fires but winds a concern

    A helicopter drops water on the fire at Old West Ranch, Calif., on Wednesday.Calm, cool weather Thursday morning dampened a wildfire that destroyed 25 buildings north of Los Angeles, but crews were prepared for afternoon winds that could kick up the flames again.


    Toyota recalling 412,000 vehicles in U.S.

    Toyota is recalling 412,000 passenger cars, mostly the Avalon model, in the U.S. for steering problems in which three accidents have been reported, the automaker said Thursday.

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