AP Online back issues from Wednesday, July 23:
AP Top News at 8:01 p.m. EDT
Jul 23, 2008 ... MIAMI (AP) _ Gus Dominguez negotiated the contract for the first Cuban player to defect to the United States. He opened his home to prospects fresh from the communist island and taught ...
Washington Mutual reports 2Q loss of $3.3 billion
Jul 23, 2008 ... Washington Mutual Inc. said Tuesday it lost a staggering $3 billion during the second quarter as the nation's largest savings and loan increased its loss reserves to more than $8 billion to cover souring loans in its mortgage portfolio. The Seattle-based bank also said it would be ...
Rescue of mortgage giants could hit $25 billion
Jul 23, 2008; ... A federal rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could cost taxpayers $25 billion, congressional budget experts said, as the House scheduled a Wednesday vote on legislation that would tap the mortgage giants' profits to cover any losses from saving 400,000 homeowners from foreclosure. A ...
Teacher lasts 20 hours on ride to win challenge
Jul 23, 2008 ... A Oakdale high school teacher lasted 20 hours on an amusement park ride at the Mall of America to win the Ride the Tide Challenge at Nickelodeon Universe. Jim Salava, 40, was declared the winner when his final opponent stepped down at 2:35 a.m. Tuesday. Salava was among 10 riders who ...
Raiders sign safety Greg Wesley to 1-year contract
Jul 23, 2008; ... The Oakland Raiders signed former Kansas City Chiefs safety Greg Wesley to a one-year contract on Tuesday, adding depth to the position on the eve of training camp. Agent Drew Rosenhaus said Wesley was happy to remain in the AFC West and looked forward to playing against the Chiefs ...
Washington Mutual reports 2Q loss of $3.3 billion
Jul 23, 2008 ... Washington Mutual Inc. said Tuesday it lost a staggering $3 billion during the second quarter as the nation's largest savings and loan increased its loss reserves to more than $8 billion to cover souring loans in its mortgage portfolio. The Seattle-based bank also said it would be ...
1 'spam king' sentenced; another escapes
Jul 23, 2008 ... There seems to be a lot of spam royalty out there: A Seattle man known as the "spam king" was sentenced to prison Tuesday, while federal officials said someone else with the same criminal nickname escaped from a prison camp in Colorado. Robert Alan Soloway, who pleaded ...
Ted Danson relishes first post-`Cheers' Emmy nod
Jul 23, 2008; ... Ted Danson is relishing his first Emmy nomination since "Cheers." In a remarkable run, Danson was nominated 11 years in a row for each season of the beloved Boston bar comedy, winning twice and mixing in another nomination for the 1984 TV film "Something About ...
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT
Jul 23, 2008 ... MIAMI (AP) _ Gus Dominguez negotiated the contract for the first Cuban player to defect to the United States. He opened his home to prospects fresh from the communist island and taught ...
James leaves practice with mild ankle sprain
Jul 23, 2008; ... As Team USA's practice ended, LeBron James reclined on a table with trainers tending to his sprained right ankle. A horde of television cameramen surrounded James and the trainers before team officials shooed them away. The Americans described the injury as minor. It ...
AP IMPACT: Traffic deaths fall as gas prices climb
Jul 23, 2008; ... Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at least one positive effect: Traffic deaths around the country are plummeting, just as they did during the Arab oil embargo three decades ago. Researchers with the National Safety Council report a 9 percent drop in motor vehicle ...
Diamondbacks acquire reliever Rauch from Nationals
Jul 23, 2008; ... The Arizona Diamondbacks made a major move to shore up their ailing bullpen on Tuesday, acquiring reliever Jon Rauch from the Washington Nationals for top infield prospect Emilio Bonifacio. Rauch was 4-2 with 17 saves in 22 chances and a 2.98 ERA for the Nationals. He struck out 44 ...
Gunman dies of wounds in Jordan
Jul 23, 2008; ... A Jordanian security official says a Palestinian gunman who shot himself after wounding six people in Jordan's capital last week has died of his injuries. The official says 19-year-old man died at a hospital on Tuesday, a day after undergoing surgery. He spoke on condition of ...
Dolly now a hurricane, set to hit Texas coast
Jul 23, 2008 ... Dolly spun into a hurricane Tuesday, heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border and the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley, where officials feared heavy rains could cause massive flooding and levee breaks. Dolly was upgraded from a tropical storm Tuesday afternoon with sustained winds ...
AP IMPACT: Traffic deaths fall as gas prices climb
Jul 23, 2008; ... Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at least one positive effect: Traffic deaths around the country are plummeting, just as they did during the Arab oil embargo three decades ago. Researchers with the National Safety Council report a 9 percent drop in motor vehicle ...
Nats' Guzman receives 2-year contract extension
Jul 23, 2008; ... Washington Nationals shortstop Cristian Guzman agreed to terms Tuesday on a $16 million, two-year contract extension that takes him through the 2010 season. He appreciated the vote of confidence by his club, especially after making his second All-Star game and first since 2001 ....
Flight with 7 congressmen makes emergency landing
Jul 23, 2008; ... A Continental Airlines flight carrying former presidential candidate Ron Paul and six other members of Congress to Washington, D.C., made an emergency landing in New Orleans on Tuesday after a loss in cabin pressure. The seven congressmen, all from Texas, were trying to get back in ...
Suspect in pregnant teen death had baby obsession
Jul 23, 2008; ... A woman accused of slicing open a pregnant woman's belly and taking her baby was obsessed with getting an infant and even had hallucinations of hearing babies cry after a February 1990 miscarriage, according to court records. A few months later, Andrea Curry-Demus stabbed one woman in ...
R.I. police say man had .491 blood alcohol level
Jul 23, 2008 ... State Police arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level allegedly was .491 _ more than six times the legal limit _ which they believe is the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead. Stanley Kobierowski, 34, of North Providence, was arrested after ...
Retired policeman killed in gun battle with NYPD
Jul 23, 2008; ... A retired police sergeant whose erratic behavior frightened his family into committing him to a psychiatric hospital fled the ward Tuesday and was killed by officers during a gun battle outside his home. The barrage of gunfire turned a Staten ...
Dolly now a hurricane, set to hit Texas coast
Jul 23, 2008; ... Dolly spun into a hurricane Tuesday, heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border and the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley, where officials feared heavy rains could cause massive flooding and levee breaks. Dolly was upgraded from a tropical storm Tuesday afternoon with sustained winds ...
Flight with 7 congressmen makes emergency landing
Jul 23, 2008; ... A Continental Airlines flight carrying former presidential candidate Ron Paul and six other members of Congress to Washington, D.C., made an emergency landing in New Orleans on Tuesday after a loss in cabin pressure. The seven congressmen, all from Texas, were trying to get back in ...
IAC to take $170M in charges for spinoffs
Jul 23, 2008 ... Internet conglomerate IAC/InterActiveCorp, preparing to spin off four of its operating units, said late Tuesday it plans to take about $170 million in charges because the housing crisis has diminished the value of its mortgage and real estate businesses. The New York-based company ...
Eagles coach Reid's son sentenced to drug rehab
Jul 23, 2008; ... The son of Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid was sentenced to two years in a drug rehabilitation program on Tuesday. Garrett Reid had pleaded guilty in May to trying to smuggle dozens of pills into the Montgomery County Jail. Reid, 25, was serving time in the jail for a ...
Yahoo 2Q profit erodes but not as badly as feared
Jul 23, 2008; ... Yahoo Inc.'s profit slipped again in the second quarter, a recurring theme that has frustrated shareholders and raised doubts about the Internet company's future. While the results released Tuesday missed analyst expectations, the performance wasn't as bad as many investors feared ...
Prosecutor: Missing Fla. girl may have been killed
Jul 23, 2008; ... The mother of a missing 2-year-old is a person of interest in a case that is beginning to look like a homicide, prosecutors said Tuesday. Sheriff's deputies said they still hope to find the girl alive. Casey Anthony, 22, is charged only with child neglect and lying to investigators ....
R.I. police say man had .491 blood alcohol level
Jul 23, 2008 ... State Police arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level allegedly was .491 _ more than six times the legal limit _ which they believe is the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead. Stanley Kobierowski, 34, of North Providence, was arrested after ...
LeBron leaves Team USA practice with ankle sprain
Jul 23, 2008; ... As Team USA's practice ended, LeBron James reclined on a table with trainers tending to his sprained right ankle. A horde of television cameramen surrounded James and the trainers before team officials shooed them away. The Americans described the injury as minor. It occurred Tuesday ...
Foreign-born TB cases need better control, US says
Jul 23, 2008; ... Tuberculosis cases continue to fall in the United States, but some immigrants have disturbingly high rates of the disease, according to a study released Tuesday that called for more aggressive action. TB rates were highest among residents from lower Africa and parts of Southeast Asia ....
Angry Serb nationalists protest Karadzic arrest
Jul 23, 2008; ... Serb nationalists skirmished with riot police in the capital Tuesday, lashing out against the new Western-leaning government that captured war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic. Karadzic's lawyer vowed to appeal Serbia's plan to extradite the former Bosnian Serb chief to a U.N. war crimes ...
End in sight for this round of Calif. wildfires
Jul 23, 2008; ... Officials reported progress Tuesday with California's remaining 33 blazes _ down from more than 2,000 in the past month _ although fire danger remained high in some rural areas. In Trinity County, about 170 miles northwest of Sacramento, the outlying neighborhoods of Junction City are ...
Omarosa: Wendy Williams is 'a fake and a phony'
Jul 23, 2008; ... Omarosa is not sorry for sparring with Wendy Williams. "I stand by everything I said," Omarosa told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The reality star _ whose full name is Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth _ appeared Monday on "The Wendy Williams Show" to promote her ...
Tuesday's Sports Scoreboard
Jul 23, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League N.Y. Yankees 1, Minnesota 0 -4 Baltimore 4, Toronto 0 -4...
Railroad to pay $102 million after Calif. wildfire
Jul 23, 2008; ... Union Pacific Railroad Co. has agreed to pay $102 million for a huge California wildfire sparked by its workers in what federal officials described Tuesday as a precedent-setting case. U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott said the settlement marks the U.S. Forest Service's largest damage ...
Tuesday's Sports Scoreboard
Jul 23, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Minnesota 1, N.Y. Yankees 1 -6 Toronto 5, Baltimore 4 -5...
R.I. police say man had 0.491 blood alcohol level
Jul 23, 2008 ... State police say they arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent _ the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead. Stanley Kobierowski was taken to a hospital, put in the detoxification unit and sedated, said Maj. Steven O'Donnell ....
Suspect in pregnant teen death had baby obsession
Jul 23, 2008; ... A woman accused of slicing open a pregnant woman's belly and taking her baby was obsessed with getting an infant and even had hallucinations of hearing babies cry after a February 1990 miscarriage, according to court records. A few months later, Andrea Curry-Demus stabbed one woman in ...
AP Top News at 8:23 p.m. EDT
Jul 23, 2008 ... LAS VEGAS (AP) _ As Team USA's practice ended, LeBron James reclined on a table with trainers tending to his sprained right ankle. A horde of television cameramen surrounded James and the trainers before team officials ...
Karadzic hid in plain view to elude capture
Jul 23, 2008; ... For more than a decade, the world's most-wanted war crimes fugitive displayed a talent for eluding international justice. His secret? Hide in plain sight. In a ruse worthy of any thriller, Radovan Karadzic transformed himself from a leader instantly recognizable by his famous shock of ...
RI cops arrest man with 0.491 blood alcohol level
Jul 23, 2008 ... State police say they arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent _ the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead. Stanley Kobierowski was taken to a hospital, put in the detoxification unit and sedated, said Maj. Steven O'Donnell ....
Obama: Iraq now needs a political solution
Jul 23, 2008; ... Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama declined Tuesday to rate the Bush administration's troop surge in Iraq a success despite a reduction in violence, and expressed understanding of Gen. David Petraeus' opposition to a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops. ...
Omarosa: Wendy Williams is 'a fake and a phony'
Jul 23, 2008; ... Omarosa is not sorry for sparring with Wendy Williams. "I stand by everything I said," Omarosa told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The reality star _ whose full name is Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth _ appeared Monday on "The Wendy Williams Show" to promote her ...
Obama's great-uncle recalls liberating Nazi camp
Jul 23, 2008; ... Charles T. Payne was 20 years old and, like any good Midwesterner, he knew how to listen. He was making conversation, in pieced-together English and German, with a freed prisoner of Ohrdruf, the Nazi work camp Payne's infantry division had just liberated at the end of World War ...
AP Top News at 9:00 p.m. EDT
Jul 23, 2008 ... LAS VEGAS (AP) _ As Team USA's practice ended, LeBron James reclined on a table with trainers tending to his sprained right ankle. A horde of television cameramen surrounded James and the trainers before team officials ...
Yahoo 2Q profit erodes but not as badly as feared
Jul 23, 2008; ... Yahoo Inc.'s profit slipped again in the second quarter, a recurring theme that has frustrated shareholders and raised doubts about the Internet company's future. While the results released Tuesday missed analyst expectations, the performance wasn't as bad as many investors feared ...
McCain may be zeroing in on a running mate
Jul 23, 2008; ... Yet another town-hall meeting isn't doing the trick. Neither is dropping in on a former Republican president. So just what can John McCain do to draw attention away from his showy Democratic rival? Pick a running mate, perhaps. Speculation swirled Tuesday that McCain might name his ...
China OKs gym for US alternates
Jul 23, 2008; ... Hold up, the alternates for the U.S. women's gymnastics team might be going to China, after all. The Chinese Gymnastics Association gave the Americans permission to train at one of its gyms in Tianjian, China, on Tuesday, and the alternates are in the process of applying for ...
Texas grand jury indicts polygamist sect members
Jul 23, 2008; ... A Texas grand jury Tuesday indicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs and four of his followers on charges of felony sexual assault of a child. Another was indicted for failing to report child abuse. Attorney General Greg Abbott said the five men are charged with one count of ...
NY priest pleads guilty to raping 3 teenage boys
Jul 23, 2008 ... A Franciscan priest from New York pleaded guilty to raping three teenage boys during overnight trips to Boston in the 1970s and 1980s and was ordered Tuesday to serve time on probation. The Rev. Frank Genevieve avoided prison time as a Suffolk Superior Court judge sentenced him to a ...
LeBron leaves Team USA practice with ankle sprain
Jul 23, 2008; ... As Team USA's practice ended, LeBron James reclined on a table with trainers tending to his sprained right ankle. A horde of television cameramen surrounded James and the trainers before team officials shooed them away. The Americans described the injury as minor. It occurred Tuesday ...
Interior proposes lower royalties on oil shale
Jul 23, 2008; ... The Bush administration on Tuesday proposed charging energy companies wanting to squeeze oil out of vast shale deposits in the West lower royalties than they pay for drilling on other federal lands, including offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska. In draft rules issued Tuesday, ...
Polygamist sect leader Jeffs, 5 others indicted
Jul 23, 2008; ... A Texas grand jury Tuesday indicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs and four of his followers on charges of felony sexual assault of a child. Another was indicted for failing to report child abuse. Attorney General Greg Abbott said the five men are charged with one count of ...
Mets closer Wagner has muscle spasm near shoulder
Jul 23, 2008; ... Tests on Mets closer Billy Wagner's left shoulder showed he has muscle spasms around the joint, and his availability for New York's first-place matchup with the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night will likely be a midgame decision. Wagner was examined Monday and had the MRI on ...
Polygamist sect leader Jeffs, 5 others indicted
Jul 23, 2008; ... A Texas grand jury Tuesday indicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs on a charge of felony sexual assault of a child. Five of his followers have been indicted as well. Attorney General Greg Abbott said four of Jeffs' followers are charged with one count of sexually assaulting girls ...
Yahoo 2Q profit erodes but not as badly as feared
Jul 23, 2008; ... Yahoo Inc.'s profit slipped again in the second quarter, a recurring theme that has frustrated shareholders and raised doubts about the Internet company's future. While the results released Tuesday missed analyst expectations, the performance wasn't as bad as many investors feared ...
D'backs acquire reliever Jon Rauch from Nationals
Jul 23, 2008; ... The Arizona Diamondbacks made a major move to shore up their ailing bullpen on Tuesday, acquiring reliever Jon Rauch from the Washington Nationals for top infield prospect Emilio Bonifacio. Rauch was 4-2 with 17 saves in 22 chances and a 2.98 ERA for the Nationals. He struck out 44 ...
Flight with 7 congressmen makes emergency landing
Jul 23, 2008; ... A Continental Airlines flight carrying former presidential candidate Ron Paul and six other members of Congress to Washington, D.C., made an emergency landing in New Orleans on Tuesday after a loss in cabin pressure. The seven congressmen, all from Texas, were trying to get back in ...
Crew plays down 'altercation' during weekend game
Jul 23, 2008 ... Columbus Crew officials are playing down a weekend incident that included punches and police, describing it as a brief "altercation." Crew officials issued a statement Tuesday blaming three English Premier League club West Ham United fans for the Sunday skirmish. The club ...
Yahoo 2Q profit erodes but not as badly as feared
Jul 23, 2008; ... Yahoo Inc.'s profit slipped again in the second quarter, a recurring theme that has frustrated shareholders and raised doubts about the Internet company's future. While the results released Tuesday missed analyst expectations, the performance wasn't as bad as many investors feared ...
Nationals SS Guzman agrees to 2-year extension
Jul 23, 2008; ... Washington Nationals shortstop Cristian Guzman agreed to terms Tuesday on a $16 million, two-year contract extension that takes him through the 2010 season. He appreciated the vote of confidence by his club, especially after making his second All-Star game and first since 2001 ....
Former Rep. Duke Cunningham seeks clemency
Jul 23, 2008 ... Former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who is serving federal prison time for accepting millions of dollars in bribes, has asked President Bush to grant him clemency. The San Diego Republican has submitted a petition to commute his sentence, Erik Ablin, a spokesman for the ...
Possible remains in burned house may be gunman's
Jul 23, 2008; ... Authorities on Tuesday recovered what they believe to be charred remains from the rubble of a burned house from which a gunman may have ambushed emergency workers, St. Louis County's medical ...
Flight with 7 congressmen makes emergency landing
Jul 23, 2008; ... A Continental Airlines flight carrying former presidential candidate Ron Paul and six other members of Congress to Washington, D.C., made an emergency landing in New Orleans on Tuesday after a loss in cabin pressure. The seven congressmen, all from Texas, were trying to get back in ...
IAC to take $170M in charges for spinoffs
Jul 23, 2008 ... Internet conglomerate IAC/InterActiveCorp, preparing to spin off four of its operating units, said late Tuesday it plans to take about $170 million in charges because the housing crisis has diminished the value of its mortgage and real estate businesses. The New York-based company ...
Foreign-born TB cases need better control, US says
Jul 23, 2008; ... Tuberculosis cases continue to fall in the United States, but some immigrants have disturbingly high rates of the disease, according to a study released Tuesday that called for more aggressive action. TB rates were highest among residents from lower Africa and parts of Southeast Asia ....