AP Online articles from Tuesday, July 15

Born before computers, McCain is `too old' to some

Jul 15, 2008; ... A "striking lack of recollection" by White House and military officials prevented congressional investigators from determining who was responsible for misinformation spread after the friendly fire death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman, a House committee said Monday. Although ...

Jul 15, 2008; ... So how old is John McCain? Six-packs, automatic transmissions and the American Express card were all introduced after he was born _ not to mention computers, which McCain admits he doesn't use. McCain, himself, jokes that he's older than dirt. And while his age is being raised as a ...

Doctors hopeful easier blood thinners are nearing

Jul 15, 2008; ... A trio of experimental drugs has doctors hopeful that for the first time in decades, millions of people at risk of lethal blood clots may soon get easier treatment. The first goal is a pill option for people who now need daily blood-thinning shots for weeks after knee or hip ...

AP Top News at 9:17 p.m. EDT

Jul 15, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Don't expect to see Barry Bonds showing up in a pennant race. Bonds has not received a single offer, agent Jeff Borris said Monday. He dismissed recent reports ...

McCain touts free trade agenda to Hispanic group

Jul 15, 2008; ... Republican presidential candidate John McCain, in one of his strongest endorsements of free trade, called himself "an unapologetic supporter of NAFTA," an agreement that many Americans feel has cost them jobs. "I reject the false virtues of economic isolationism," ...

Report: Gov't tardy securing radioactive material

Jul 15, 2008; ... The government is taking too long to secure radioactive materials across the country that could get into terrorists' hands, according to a government report. Radioactive material used for legitimate purposes in medical equipment and food, for instance, could be used to create an ...

Judge orders Khloe Kardashian to jail

Jul 15, 2008 ... Khloe Kardashian's next dose of reality will involve the county jail. The youngest daughter of famed defense attorney Robert Kardashian admitted violating her probation stemming from a 2007 drunken driving arrest during a July 3 court hearing, according to court records. A Los Angeles ...

AP Top News at 9:15 p.m. EDT

Jul 15, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Don't expect to see Barry Bonds showing up in a pennant race. Bonds has not received a single offer, agent Jeff Borris said Monday. He dismissed recent reports ...

Monday's Sports Scoreboard

Jul 15, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League No games today. National League No games today. ...

Nolan out as NY Islanders coach

Jul 15, 2008; ... Ted Nolan's return to NHL coaching ended after only two years Monday when he split with the New York Islanders over "philosophical differences" with general manager Garth Snow. Although there had been a growing rift throughout last season between Nolan and Snow, the somewhat ...

Physical fitness may slow Alzheimer brain atrophy

Jul 15, 2008; ... Getting a lot of exercise may help slow brain shrinkage in people with early Alzheimer's disease, a preliminary study suggests. Analysis found that participants who were more physically fit had less brain shrinkage than less-fit participants. However, they didn't do significantly better on tests ...

Tijuana's painted 'zebras' threatened

Jul 15, 2008; ... Democrat Barack Obama received a prideful welcome from the annual NAACP convention Monday night, but in a stirring speech to the nation's oldest civil rights organization, he nonetheless insisted blacks must show greater responsibility for improving their own lives. The man who could ...

Jul 15, 2008 ... Tijuana's painted burros, known as "zebras," have been a fixture on the streets of this border city for decades, posing with Hollywood stars and casual tourists alike for the perfect souvenir photo. But spiraling drug violence in this city of 1.4 million across the border ...

AP Top News at 8:30 p.m. EDT

Jul 15, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Don't expect to see Barry Bonds showing up in a pennant race. Bonds has not received a single offer, agent Jeff Borris said Monday. He dismissed recent reports ...

Mystery insect bugging experts at London museum

Jul 15, 2008; ... The experts at London's Natural History Museum pride themselves on being able to identify species from around the globe, from birds and mammals to insects and snakes. Yet they can't figure out a tiny red-and-black bug that has appeared in the museum's own gardens. The almond-shaped ...

Soaked parts of California fear further mudslides

Jul 15, 2008 ... Officials urged residents in low-lying areas near a lakeside community to leave Monday because of danger from mudslides and flash floods near wildfire-scarred land. The recommendation came as thunderstorms developed across the region. It was the third time in three days that the ...

AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT

Jul 15, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Don't expect to see Barry Bonds showing up in a pennant race. Bonds has not received a single offer, agent Jeff Borris said Monday. He dismissed recent reports ...

Bush lifts oil drilling ban, wants Congress to act

Jul 15, 2008; ... President Bush on Monday lifted an executive ban on offshore oil drilling and challenged Congress to follow suit, aiming to turn the enormous public frustration about gasoline prices into political leverage. Democratic lawmakers rejected Bush's plan as ...

Japanese fishermen go on national strike

Jul 15, 2008; ... Fishermen across Japan went on a massive one-day strike Tuesday to protest skyrocketing fuel prices, the latest blow to the country's foundering fish industry. The strike was expected to be the biggest ever for Japanese fisherman, involving about 200,000 boats from all the country's ...

Born before computers, McCain is `too old' to some

AP Top News at 9:00 p.m. EDT

Jul 15, 2008; ... Democrat Barack Obama insisted Monday that blacks must show greater responsibility for their actions. In remarks prepared for delivery at the annual NAACP convention, the man who could become the first black president said Washington must provide greater education and economic assistance, but ...

Jul 15, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Don't expect to see Barry Bonds showing up in a pennant race. Bonds has not received a single offer, agent Jeff Borris said Monday. He dismissed recent reports ...

AP Top News at 8:21 p.m. EDT

Jul 15, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Don't expect to see Barry Bonds showing up in a pennant race. Bonds has not received a single offer, agent Jeff Borris said Monday. He dismissed recent reports ...

Monday's Sports Scoreboard

Jul 15, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League No games today. National League No games today. ...

Report: Donaghy made 134 calls to fellow referee

Jul 15, 2008 ... Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy made more than 100 phone calls to a fellow official at the same time he was providing information to gamblers during the 2006-07 season, Fox News reported Monday. Citing court documents and phone records it obtained, Fox reported Donaghy placed 134 calls ...

AP Top News at 9:19 p.m. EDT

Jul 15, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Don't expect to see Barry Bonds showing up in a pennant race. Bonds has not received a single offer, agent Jeff Borris said Monday. He dismissed recent reports ...

Rove defends defiance of congressional subpoena

Jul 15, 2008; ... Former White House adviser Karl Rove on Monday defended his defiance of a congressional subpoena, saying he's offered lawmakers other ways to question him about allegations of political pressure at the Justice Department. In five letters to the House Judiciary Committee, "my ...

Magazine's 'satirical' Obama cover stirs outrage

Jul 15, 2008; ... A satirical New Yorker magazine cover cartoon depicting Barack Obama and his wife as flag-burning, fist-bumping radicals drew outrage from the Democratic presidential candidate's campaign as it appeared on newsstands Monday. The illustration, titled "The Politics of Fear and ...

Bush lifts oil drilling ban, wants Congress to act

AP Top News at 9:24 p.m. EDT

Jul 15, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Don't expect to see Barry Bonds showing up in a pennant race. Bonds has not received a single offer, agent Jeff Borris said Monday. He dismissed recent reports ...

AP Top News at 8:14 p.m. EDT

Jul 15, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Don't expect to see Barry Bonds showing up in a pennant race. Bonds has not received a single offer, agent Jeff Borris said Monday. He dismissed recent reports ...

AP Top News at 8:34 p.m. EDT

Jul 15, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Don't expect to see Barry Bonds showing up in a pennant race. Bonds has not received a single offer, agent Jeff Borris said Monday. He dismissed recent reports ...

Tropical Storm Bertha knocks out power in Bermuda

Jul 15, 2008; ... White-capped storm surf thundered against beaches and high winds knocked out power to thousands of Bermudans on Monday as Tropical Storm Bertha swept over the Atlantic tourist island before heading back out over open ocean. The streets of the capital, Hamilton, were empty and all ...

AP Top News at 9:18 p.m. EDT

Jul 15, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Don't expect to see Barry Bonds showing up in a pennant race. Bonds has not received a single offer, agent Jeff Borris said Monday. He dismissed recent reports ...

Judge orders Khloe Kardashian to jail

Jul 15, 2008 ... A woman accused of planting a dead rat in restaurant food and demanding $500,000 to keep quiet was charged Monday with one felony count of extortion. Debbie R. Miller, 41, of Appleton also faces misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and resisting an ...

Report: Donaghy made 134 calls to fellow ref

Packer out, Kellogg in as CBS lead announcer

Jul 15, 2008; ... Billy Packer didn't sound like a man who found out his 34-year run as part of the Final Four broadcast had ended. On Monday, CBS announced that Clark Kellogg would replace Packer after 27 years as the network's lead college basketball analyst. Including his earlier years at NBC, ...

Fire moves away from Big Sur, but caution doesn't

Jul 15, 2008; ... A large wildfire in a national forest spread farther away from the storied coastal town of Big Sur on Monday but forced residents of another community to stay away from their homes for a third day. Evacuation orders first issued Saturday morning remained in place for more than 200 ...

Jessica King out, Comfort Fedoke in on 'Dance'

Jul 15, 2008 ... Jessica King is out and Comfort Fedoke is getting another shot on "So You Think You can Dance," Fox TV said Monday. An injury forced King to leave the dance show, the network said. The nature of the ailment was not disclosed, but Fox said the top 10 contestant was quitting ...

Jul 15, 2008 ... A woman accused of planting a dead lab rat in restaurant food and demanding $500,000 to keep quiet was charged Monday with one felony count of extortion. Debbie R. Miller, 41, of Appleton, also faces misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and resisting an officer. Miller ...

Dead Army nurse's husband charged with murder

Jul 15, 2008; ... The husband of an Army nurse who worked in the maternity ward at Fort Bragg's hospital was charged Monday with murder in her death, a day after her body was discovered by authorities. Marine Cpl. John Wimunc, 23, was also charged with first-degree arson and conspiracy to commit arson ...

Showtime inks pay-TV deal with Weinsteins

Jul 15, 2008; ... CBS Corp.'s pay-TV subsidiary, Showtime Networks Inc., said Monday it has agreed to exclusively distribute movies made by The Weinstein Co. for seven years starting with films released theatrically in 2009. The deal comes after studios Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM announced in April ...

Mystery insect bugging experts at London museum

Dubai detains 79 for indecent behavior on beaches

Jul 15, 2008; ... Westerners were getting too racy on the beaches of this Persian Gulf tourist haven, and a police crackdown on topless sunbathing, nudity and other indecent behavior has resulted in 79 arrests in recent days. Undercover officers are strolling the sand while others stand guard in new ...

Pro soccer player retires to enter priesthood

Jul 15, 2008; ... When he was playing professional soccer in Chile, Chase Hilgenbrinck would seek comfort in the churches to satisfy his spiritual needs and remind him of childhood Sundays spent at Holy Trinity in his hometown of Bloomington, Ill. Even after moving back to the United States last ...

Brett Favre: Packers should let me play elsewhere

Jul 15, 2008; ... Brett Favre finally is speaking for himself: He wants to play but doesn't feel welcome in Green Bay, so he's asking to be released. The quarterback's first substantial comments on his latest retirement decision reversal come in an interview with Fox News on "On the Record with Greta Van ...

Isles split with Nolan over 'differences' with GM

Dead Army nurse's husband charged with murder

Born before computers, McCain is `too old' to some

Showtime inks pay-TV deal with Weinsteins

3 charged in fatal shooting barrage in Milwaukee

Jul 15, 2008; ... A 24-year-old man was arrested in connection with a July 4 shooting barrage that killed four people and injured two, and investigators are looking for two alleged accomplices, a police official said ...

Report: Gov't tardy securing radioactive material

Another day, another rally for Favre at Lambeau

Jul 15, 2008; ... After 16 years, maybe Brett Favre's past is finally starting to pass Cheesehead country by. On Saturday, fewer than half the fans who responded to an unscientific newspaper poll said they wanted to see the legendary quarterback return to the Green Bay Packers. The next day, a rally ...

Packer out, Kellogg in as CBS lead hoops announcer

AP Top News at 8:49 p.m. EDT

Jul 15, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Don't expect to see Barry Bonds showing up in a pennant race. Bonds has not received a single offer, agent Jeff Borris said Monday. He dismissed recent reports ...

Monday's Sports Scoreboard

Jul 15, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League No games today. National League No games today. ...