AP Online back issues from Thursday, July 24:
AP Top News at 8:11 p.m. EDT
Jul 24, 2008 ... MILWAUKEE (AP) _ NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is monitoring the ongoing rift between the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre. A person with direct knowledge of Goodell's interest said the commissioner ...
Wednesday's Sports Scoreboard
Jul 24, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Tampa Bay 4, Oakland 3 F N.Y. Yankees 5, Minnesota 1 F...
Red Sox complete sweep of Mariners, 6-3
Jul 24, 2008; ... Mike Lowell hit a two-run single off Sean Green in the 12th inning, and the Red Sox took advantage of two outfield errors to beat the lowly Mariners 6-3 on Wednesday and complete Boston's first series sweep at Seattle in 15 years. The Red Sox entered the series having lost eight of 11 ...
House OKs rescue for homeowners, Freddie, Fannie
Jul 24, 2008; ... Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and preventing the collapse of troubled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The 272-152 ...
Calif. woman attacked by bear expected to recover
Jul 24, 2008; ... A woman mauled by a bear in rural Kern County was recovering Wednesday in a Los Angeles hospital as game wardens sought to trap and kill the animal. Allena Hansen, 56, was resting comfortably after undergoing extensive surgery to repair injuries suffered in Tuesday's attack, Roxanne ...
Red Sox complete sweep of Mariners, 6-3
Jul 24, 2008; ... Mike Lowell hit a two-run single off Sean Green in the 12th inning, and the Red Sox took advantage of two outfield errors to beat the lowly Mariners 6-3 on Wednesday and complete Boston's first series sweep at Seattle in 15 years. The Red Sox entered the series having lost eight of 11 ...
Bale attends 'Dark Knight' premiere in Spain
Jul 24, 2008; ... Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a glittering Spanish premiere of "The Dark Knight," appearing calm as he greeted fans a day after reports surfaced that his mother and sister had accused him of assault. A 15-car motorcade delivered Bale and ...
Obama to run ads during Olympics
Jul 24, 2008; ... Barack Obama is going for the gold. The Democratic presidential contender has decided to buy $5 million in national advertising on NBC during the broadcast of the Olympic games. The ads will appear on network and cable channels. The ad purchase was first reported Wednesday ...
Hester missing in action on 1st day of Bears camp
Jul 24, 2008; ... Devin Hester, who has electrified the NFL with 11 punt and kickoff returns for touchdowns in his first two seasons, skipped the Chicago Bears' first training camp practice Wednesday in a holdout. Hester, a two-time Pro Bowler, was placed on the Bears' Reserve/Did Not Report list. ...
Hurricane Dolly hammers northern Mexico
Jul 24, 2008; ... Hurricane Dolly toppled trees and sent billboards flying in the Mexican city of Matamoros on Wednesday, and authorities south of the U.S. border warned of possible flooding. No deaths were immediately reported in Mexico from Dolly, which struck land just north of the border in Texas, ...
Obituaries in the news
Jul 24, 2008; ... Paul Bentley DALLAS (AP) _ Paul Bentley, a Dallas police veteran who helped arrest presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas Theater, had died. He was 87. Bentley died Monday of natural causes in his Dallas home, said his grandson, David Ottinger. ...
AP Top News at 9:18 p.m. EDT
Jul 24, 2008 ... SEATTLE (AP) _ Mike Lowell hit a two-run single off Sean Green in the 12th inning, and the Red Sox took advantage of two outfield errors to beat the lowly Mariners 6-3 on Wednesday and complete Boston's first series sweep at Seattle in 15 years ....
Balthazar Getty says he's separated from his wife
Jul 24, 2008 ... Balthazar Getty says he's separated from his wife and is embarrassed by recent photos of him kissing a topless Sienna Miller in Italy. "The breakdown of a marriage is a very difficult and painful experience, especially when children are involved," Getty, 33, told The ...
Vigorous debate held on 'don't ask, don't tell'
Jul 24, 2008; ... Opponents of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military denounced it as cruel and unpatriotic Wednesday. Supporters insisted it was needed to maintain military morale, and raised the prospect of a rise of HIV infection among service members if gays are allowed to serve ...
AP Top News at 9:00 p.m. EDT
Jul 24, 2008 ... MILWAUKEE (AP) _ NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is monitoring the ongoing rift between the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre. A person with direct knowledge of Goodell's interest said the commissioner ...
NASCAR squeezes horsepower down on Toyota motors
Jul 24, 2008; ... NASCAR tried to even out the competition in the Nationwide Series on Wednesday by ordering all teams using Toyota motors to squeeze down their horsepower before this weekend's race in Indianapolis. Toyota has won 14 of 21 races this season in the Nationwide Series, and all but one ...
Wednesday's Sports Scoreboard
Jul 24, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Tampa Bay 4, Oakland 3 F N.Y. Yankees 5, Minnesota 1 F...
Saints, Marques Colston agree to 3-year extension
Jul 24, 2008; ... Wide receiver Marques Colston got his reward for playing far beyond the expectations for a seventh-round pick. Colston, whose 168 catches are more than any NFL receiver through his first two seasons, agreed to a three-year extension that could keep him in New Orleans through the 2011 ...
Kansas man pleads guilty in teen's kidnap-slaying
Jul 24, 2008; ... A man pleaded guilty Wednesday to snatching an 18-year-old from a store parking lot, raping her and strangling her with her own belt before dumping her body in a park. Edwin Hall, 27, will be sentenced to life in ...
House OKs rescue for homeowners, Freddie, Fannie
Jul 24, 2008; ... Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and preventing the collapse of troubled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The 272-152 vote reflected a congressional push to send election-year help to ...
AP Top News at 8:22 p.m. EDT
Jul 24, 2008 ... MILWAUKEE (AP) _ NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is monitoring the ongoing rift between the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre. A person with direct knowledge of Goodell's interest said the commissioner ...
Red Sox 6, Mariners 3, 12 innings
Jul 24, 2008 ... 15Red Sox 6, Mariners 3, 12 innings BOSTON @ SEATTLE@ ab r h bi @ab r h bi Ellsbry lf6 1 1 0 ISuzuki rf 6 0 1 0...
Calif. woman attacked by bear expected to recover
Jul 24, 2008; ... A woman mauled by a bear in rural Kern County was recovering Wednesday in a Los Angeles hospital as game wardens sought to trap and kill the animal. Allena Hansen, 56, was resting comfortably after undergoing extensive surgery to repair injuries suffered in Tuesday's attack, Roxanne ...
Hurricane Dolly weakens, fears turn to flooding
Jul 24, 2008; ... Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that flooded some low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley. Authorities had feared the first hurricane to hit the U.S. since ...
Top online, Windows exec to depart Microsoft
Jul 24, 2008; ... Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said the executive in charge of its Windows and Web operations is leaving the company. Kevin Johnson had served since 2005 as president of Microsoft's platforms and services division, which included the Windows operating system and Windows Live programs ...
Mass. woman kills self before home foreclosure
Jul 24, 2008 ... A 53-year-old wife and mother fatally shot herself shortly after faxing a letter to her mortgage company saying that by the time they foreclosed on her house that day, she would be dead. Police said that Carlene Balderrama used her husband's high-powered rifle to kill herself Tuesday ...
Minimum wage going up, little help as costs soar
Jul 24, 2008; ... About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers. The increase, from $5.85 to $6.55 per hour, is the ...
Hurricane Dolly slams South Texas, but levees hold
Jul 24, 2008; ... Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that flooded some low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley. Authorities had feared the first hurricane to hit the U.S. since ...
Top online, Windows exec to depart Microsoft
Jul 24, 2008; ... Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said the executive in charge of its Windows and Web operations is leaving the company. Kevin Johnson had served since 2005 as president of Microsoft's platforms and services division, which included the Windows operating system and Windows Live programs ...
Top online, Windows exec to depart Microsoft
Jul 24, 2008 ... Microsoft Corp. says the executive in charge of its Windows and Web operations is leaving the company. Kevin Johnson was president of Microsoft's platforms and services division, which was responsible for Internet Explorer, the Windows operating system and the Windows Live ...
Ambassador: Al-Qaida leaving Iraq for Afghanistan
Jul 24, 2008; ... Al-Qaida's foreign fighters who have for years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to the United States said Wednesday. "We have heard reports recently that many of the foreign fighters that were in Iraq have left, either ...
AP Top News at 9:24 p.m. EDT
Jul 24, 2008 ... SEATTLE (AP) _ Mike Lowell hit a two-run single off Sean Green in the 12th inning, and the Red Sox took advantage of two outfield errors to beat the lowly Mariners 6-3 on Wednesday and complete Boston's first series sweep at Seattle in 15 years ....
Amazon profit doubles, beats estimates
Jul 24, 2008; ... Amazon.com Inc. showed Wednesday that it wasn't being hurt by economic weakness and high fuel prices, reporting second-quarter earnings that more than doubled and surpassed analysts' expectations. The Internet retailer also raised its full-year revenue projections. Sales were strong ...
Nokia, Qualcomm settle long-running dispute
Jul 24, 2008; ... Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. said Wednesday they agreed to settle a high-stakes licensing dispute and end a bitter legal battle that has lasted nearly three years and spanned several continents. The wireless industry heavyweights said the 15-year licensing deal gives Nokia rights to ...
Amazon profit doubles, beats estimates
Jul 24, 2008; ... Amazon.com Inc. showed Wednesday that it wasn't being hurt by economic weakness and high fuel prices, reporting second-quarter earnings that more than doubled and surpassed analysts' expectations. The Internet retailer also raised its full-year revenue projections. Sales were strong ...
Ry Cooder keeps alive L.A. sound with new album
Jul 24, 2008; ... It was more than 50 years ago but Ry Cooder remembers it like it could have been last week; he was 8 years old and Johnny Cash came on the radio singing "Hey Porter." A third-grader with a guitar was hooked. Cooder knew he had to head up to "Big River" ...
Amazon profit doubles, beats estimates
Jul 24, 2008; ... Amazon.com Inc. showed Wednesday that it wasn't being hurt by economic weakness and high fuel prices, reporting second-quarter earnings that more than doubled and surpassed analysts' expectations. The Internet retailer also raised its full-year revenue projections. Sales were strong ...
Nokia, Qualcomm settle long-running dispute
Jul 24, 2008; ... Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. said Wednesday they agreed to settle a high-stakes licensing dispute and end a bitter legal battle that has lasted nearly three years and spanned several continents. The wireless industry heavyweights said the 15-year licensing deal gives Nokia rights to ...
Amazon profit doubles, beats estimates
Jul 24, 2008; ... Amazon.com Inc. showed Wednesday that it wasn't being hurt by economic weakness and high fuel prices, reporting second-quarter earnings that more than doubled and surpassed analysts' expectations. The Internet retailer also raised its full-year revenue projections. Sales were strong ...
Wednesday's Sports Scoreboard
Jul 24, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Tampa Bay 4, Oakland 3 F N.Y. Yankees 5, Minnesota 1 F...
Air Force says no survivors of B-52 crash off Guam
Jul 24, 2008; ... All six crew members aboard a B-52 bomber that crashed off Guam were killed, the Air Force said Wednesday as the search effort shifted focus from rescue to recovery of the crew and pieces of the wreckage. Two bodies have been found; the Air Force, without elaborating, said in a news ...
Lawmakers press Labor Dept on worker exposure rule
Jul 24, 2008; ... Leading lawmakers on Wednesday accused the Bush administration of acting in secret to make it harder to limit worker exposure to carcinogens and other dangerous chemicals in the workplace. The Labor Department is trying "to slip through a rule that may have a profound negative ...
Top online, Windows exec to depart Microsoft
Jul 24, 2008; ... Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said the executive in charge of its Windows and Web operations is leaving the company. Kevin Johnson had served since 2005 as president of Microsoft's platforms and services division, which included the Windows operating system and Windows Live programs ...
Hurricane Dolly slams South Texas, but levees hold
Jul 24, 2008; ... Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that threatened to flood low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley. Authorities had feared the first hurricane to hit the ...
Hurricane Dolly slams South Texas, but levees hold
Jul 24, 2008; ... Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that threatened to flood low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley. Authorities had feared the first hurricane to hit the ...
Nokia, Qualcomm settle long-running dispute
Jul 24, 2008; ... Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. said Wednesday they agreed to settle a high-stakes licensing dispute and end a bitter legal battle that has lasted nearly three years and spanned several continents. The wireless industry heavyweights said the 15-year licensing deal gives Nokia rights to ...
AP Top News at 8:52 p.m. EDT
Jul 24, 2008 ... MILWAUKEE (AP) _ NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is monitoring the ongoing rift between the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre. A person with direct knowledge of Goodell's interest said the commissioner ...
AP Top News at 9:14 p.m. EDT
Jul 24, 2008 ... SEATTLE (AP) _ Mike Lowell hit a two-run single off Sean Green in the 12th inning, and the Red Sox took advantage of two outfield errors to beat the lowly Mariners 6-3 on Wednesday and complete Boston's first series sweep at Seattle in 15 years ....
Hester holds out as Bears open training camp
Jul 24, 2008; ... Devin Hester, who has electrified the NFL with 11 punt and kickoff returns for touchdowns in his first two seasons, skipped the Chicago Bears' first training camp practice Wednesday in a holdout. Hester, a two-time Pro Bowler, was placed on the Bears' Reserve/Did Not Report list. ...
Nokia, Qualcomm settle long-running dispute
Jul 24, 2008; ... Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. said Wednesday they agreed to settle a high-stakes licensing dispute and end a bitter legal battle that has lasted nearly three years and spanned several continents. The wireless industry heavyweights said the 15-year licensing deal gives Nokia rights to ...
Wagner available for Mets after shoulder improves
Jul 24, 2008; ... Billy Wagner was available to pitch for the New York Mets on Wednesday night against Philadelphia after missing the previous game with a sore left shoulder. Without the All-Star closer, New York's makeshift bullpen blew a three-run lead in the ninth inning Tuesday night and lost 8-6 ...
Red Sox complete sweep of Mariners with 6-3 win
Jul 24, 2008; ... Mike Lowell hit a two-run single off Sean Green in the 12th inning, and the Red Sox took advantage of two outfield errors to beat the lowly Mariners 6-3 on Wednesday and complete Boston's first series sweep at Seattle in 15 years. The Red Sox entered the series having lost eight of 11 ...
Ohio woman gets 5 years in $8M armored-car heist
Jul 24, 2008; ... A woman who helped her boyfriend steal about $8 million from an armored car company was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison. Wiping away tears several times, Nicole Boyd told the judge in a quiet voice that she was sorry for what she did and learned a lot from it _ but that ...
Powerful earthquake hits Japan, dozens injured
Jul 24, 2008; ... A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast early Thursday, injuring at least 91 people, triggering landslides and cutting power to thousands of people, officials said. Japan's Meteorological Agency said there was no danger of a tsunami from the temblor, which had a ...
Pet rabbit credited with saving couple from fire
Jul 24, 2008 ... A pet rabbit is credited with saving a couple from a fire that swept through their home in the southern city of Melbourne. Metropolitan Fire Brigade commander Mick Swift said the husband returned home from a night shift early Thursday and heard the family pet, named ...
House OKs rescue for homeowners, Freddie, Fannie
Jul 24, 2008; ... Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and preventing the collapse of troubled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The 272-152 vote reflected a congressional push to send election-year help to ...
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT
Jul 24, 2008 ... MILWAUKEE (AP) _ NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is monitoring the ongoing rift between the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre. A person with direct knowledge of Goodell's interest said the commissioner ...
Ferrell and Reilly step down with `Brothers'
Jul 24, 2008; ... The title is "Step Brothers." You know, because there are two of them. But Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are essentially playing the same person, which is the movie's fundamental, irreparable flaw. As 40-year-olds who've never left home and are forced to share a ...
Top online, Windows exec to depart Microsoft
Jul 24, 2008; ... Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said the executive in charge of its Windows and Web operations is leaving the company. Kevin Johnson had served since 2005 as president of Microsoft's platforms and services division, which included the Windows operating system and Windows Live programs ...
Pittsburgh cancer center warns of cell phone risks
Jul 24, 2008; ... The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer. The warning from Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, is ...
Waging the image campaign overseas
Jul 24, 2008; ... Barack Obama has packed his overseas trip with presidential images: a helicopter ride over Iraq with the U.S. military commander; a visit to a Holocaust memorial; a meeting at Afghan President Hamid Karzai's palace. He even found time to sink a three-point basketball shot before ...
Anti-gay Okla. lawmaker caught with gun at Capitol
Jul 24, 2008; ... A state lawmaker who gained national notoriety with an anti-homosexual rant was stopped from entering the state Capitol Wednesday when she was found to have a loaded handgun in her purse, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. Patrol spokeswoman Chris West said Republican Rep. Sally Kern ...
Top online, Windows exec to depart Microsoft
Jul 24, 2008 ... Microsoft Corp. says the executive in charge of its Windows and Web operations is leaving the company. Kevin Johnson was president of Microsoft's platforms and services division, which was responsible for Internet Explorer, the Windows operating system and the Windows Live ...
McCain denies he misstated timing of Iraq surge
Jul 24, 2008; ... Republican John McCain pushed back on Wednesday against Democratic criticism that he misstated when the troop buildup ordered by President Bush began, saying elements were put in place before Bush announced the strategy in early 2007. He told reporters during an unscheduled stop in a ...
Microsoft exec who led Yahoo buyout team to leave
Jul 24, 2008; ... Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said Kevin Johnson, the executive in charge of its Windows and Web operations and an instrumental player in the company's failed $47.5 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc., is leaving the company. After a short transition, Johnson will step into the role of chief ...