AP Online back issues from Thursday, July 2:
AP Top News at 8:01 p.m. EDT
Jul 02, 2009 ... LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Rafael Furcal had a pinch hit RBI single in the eighth inning Wednesday, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 1-0 in the final game of Manny Ramirez's 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's drug ...
37 senators seek freedom for Vietnamese priest
Jul 02, 2009 ... Thirty-seven U.S. senators are asking Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet to release a dissident Roman Catholic priest serving prison and house arrest terms totaling 13 years. In a letter sent through the Vietnamese Embassy, the senators said the Rev. Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly had no ...
Major military operation under way in Afghanistan
Jul 02, 2009; ... Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops moved into Taliban-infested villages with armor and helicopters early Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's revamped strategy to stabilize Afghanistan. The offensive in the once-forgotten war was launched ...
AP Top News at 8:44 p.m. EDT
Jul 02, 2009 ... LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Rafael Furcal had a pinch hit RBI single in the eighth inning Wednesday, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 1-0 in the final game of Manny Ramirez's 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's drug ...
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT
Jul 02, 2009 ... LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Rafael Furcal had a pinch hit RBI single in the eighth inning Wednesday, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 1-0 in the final game of Manny Ramirez's 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's drug ...
NYC market workers bag $1.1M
Jul 02, 2009 ... About 50 grocery baggers in two New York City supermarkets will split $1.1 million as part of a settlement with the stores' owners who failed to pay the workers a proper wage. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says workers at the pair of Brooklyn markets weren't paid an hourly ...
AP Top News at 8:34 p.m. EDT
Jul 02, 2009 ... LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Rafael Furcal had a pinch hit RBI single in the eighth inning Wednesday, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 1-0 in the final game of Manny Ramirez's 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's drug ...
Texas juvenile jail sex assault case moves forward
Jul 02, 2009 ... Two former Texas Youth Commission administrators have been ordered to appear in court in a long-delayed case on charges alleging they sexually abused teenage inmates. Ward County court records show John Paul Hernandez and Ray Brookins are scheduled for a pretrial hearing July 23, and ...
Amnesty accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza
Jul 02, 2009; ... Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of Gaza Strip homes in attacks that amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International charged Thursday, in the first in-depth human rights group report on the recent war in Gaza. Amnesty called on Israel to ...
AP Top News at 8:15 p.m. EDT
Jul 02, 2009 ... LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Rafael Furcal had a pinch hit RBI single in the eighth inning Wednesday, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 1-0 in the final game of Manny Ramirez's 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's drug ...
Major military operation under way in Afghanistan
Jul 02, 2009; ... Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops moved into Taliban-infested villages with armor and helicopters early Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's revamped strategy to stabilize Afghanistan. The offensive in the once-forgotten war was launched ...
Obesity rates rising, Mississippi's still fattest
Jul 02, 2009; ... Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. It's time for the nation's annual obesity rankings and, outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news. In 31 states, more than one ...
Myanmar fossil may shed light on evolution
Jul 02, 2009; ... Fossils recently discovered in Myanmar could prove that the common ancestors of humans, monkeys and apes evolved from primates in Asia, rather than Africa, researchers contend in a study released Wednesday. However, other scientists said that the finding, while significant, won't end ...
Argentina gets new health minister amid swine flu
Jul 02, 2009; ... Argentina swore in a new health minister on Wednesday as the spreading swine flu epidemic prompted schools nationwide to give students an early vacation and one province to declare a public health emergency. Juan Luis Manzur, a doctor and vice governor in Argentina's Tucuman province, ...
US suspends military relations with Honduras
Jul 02, 2009; ... The Obama administration said Wednesday it has suspended joint military operations with Honduras to protest a coup that forced President Manuel Zelaya into exile. The U.S. withheld stronger action in hopes of negotiating a peaceful return of the country's elected leader. The ...
18 months in prison for Blago investigation doctor
Jul 02, 2009 ... A doctor who became tangled in the corruption investigation of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 18 months in prison for hiding $3 million in income from a tax collector. Dr. Robert Weinstein also was fined $75,000 on Wednesday for claiming the income was a gift ....
Teen clung to Comoros plane wreckage for 13 hours
Jul 02, 2009; ... The lone survivor of a Yemeni jetliner crash, who clung to wreckage for 13 hours before being rescued, lay in a hospital bed with a broken collarbone Wednesday, asking for little _ except for a chance to see her mother. But relatives said 14-year-old Bahia Bakari was too traumatized ...
Staten Island Ferry boat's hard landing injures 10
Jul 02, 2009 ... Fire department officials say a New York City ferry boat has hit a pier while docking, injuring 10 people. The hard docking happened Wednesday night on Staten Island. The injuries are minor. The Staten Island Ferry has nine vessels that carry commuters between ...
Flight diverted after passenger undresses in seat
Jul 02, 2009; ... A US Airways flight to Los Angeles was diverted to Albuquerque after a passenger removed all of his clothing mid-flight, forcing flight attendants to cover him with a blanket before he was arrested, authorities said Wednesday. Keith Wright, 50, of the Bronx in New York, was taken into ...
Wednesday's Sports Scoreboard
Jul 02, 2009; ... American League Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 0 F Boston 6, Baltimore 5F 11 Innings Minnesota 5, Kansas City 1 ...
Officials: Escaped pet python strangled Fla. child
Jul 02, 2009; ... A pet Burmese python measuring more than 8 feet long broke out of a terrarium and strangled a 2-year-old girl in her bedroom Wednesday at a central Florida home, authorities said. Shaiunna Hare was already dead when paramedics arrived at about 10 a.m., Lt. Bobby Caruthers of the Sumter County ...
Major military operation under way in Afghanistan
Jul 02, 2009; ... Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops moved into Taliban-infested villages with armor and helicopters Wednesday evening in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's revamped strategy to stabilize Afghanistan. The offensive in the once-forgotten war was ...
Plan to bury Michael Jackson at Neverland fizzles
Jul 02, 2009; ... A plan to bury Michael Jackson at his sprawling Neverland ranch fizzled Wednesday, leaving details about his funeral undecided as another mystery was solved: His newly unveiled will says his mother should raise his children, or failing her, Diana Ross. The changing funeral ...
Former boxing champ, Managua mayor Arguello dead
Jul 02, 2009; ... Alexis Arguello, who fought in one of boxing's most classic brawls and reigned supreme at 130 pounds, was found dead at his home early Wednesday. Coroners were conducting an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Sandanista Party's Radio Ya and other local media were reporting it ...
Emotion, few details, in Obama's health care pitch
Jul 02, 2009; ... President Barack Obama wanted to put a human face on his plans to overhaul health care, and a Virginia supporter did just that Wednesday. Fighting back tears, Debby Smith, 53, told Obama of her kidney cancer and her inability to obtain health insurance or hold a job. The president ...
Major military operation under way in Afghanistan
Jul 02, 2009; ... Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops moved into Taliban-infested villages with armor and helicopters Wednesday evening in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's revamped strategy to stabilize Afghanistan. The offensive in the once-forgotten war was ...
Major military operation under way in Afghanistan
Jul 02, 2009; ... Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops moved into Taliban-infested villages with armor and helicopters early Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's revamped strategy to stabilize Afghanistan. The offensive in the once-forgotten war was ...
Franken the senator could be 'SNL' spoof material
Jul 02, 2009 ... Al Franken's torn over who he'd like to see turn the parody tables on him. As a former "Saturday Night Live" cast member headed to the U.S. Senate, he could be a prime spoof target for his former show. When asked Wednesday who'd be best for the role, Franken first ...
Group: World failing to halt biodiversity decline
Jul 02, 2009; ... Governments are failing to stem a rapid decline in biodiversity that is now threatening extinction for almost half the world's coral reef species, a third of amphibians and a quarter of mammals, a leading environmental group warned Thursday. "Life on Earth is under serious ...
Major military operation under way in Afghanistan
Jul 02, 2009; ... Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops moved into Taliban-infested villages with armor and helicopters Wednesday evening in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's revamped strategy to stabilize Afghanistan. The offensive in the once-forgotten war was ...
Guantanamo detainee seeks `Black Sites' access
Jul 02, 2009 ... Lawyers for a Guantanamo detainee charged in federal court in Manhattan with terrorism offenses have asked the U.S. government to preserve locations where he was held overseas at so-called "Black Sites." The lawyers filed papers Tuesday seeking a court order to compel the ...
John Edwards aide at courthouse amid investigation
Jul 02, 2009 ... A longtime loyalist and aide to two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards spent the day in a federal courthouse Wednesday amid an investigation into how his former boss spent campaign funds. With his lawyer at his side, Andrew Young walked into the building in Raleigh shortly ...
Major military operation under way in Afghanistan
Jul 02, 2009; ... Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops moved into Taliban-infested villages with armor and helicopters Wednesday evening in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's revamped strategy to stabilize Afghanistan. The offensive was launched shortly after 1 ...
Wednesday's Sports Scoreboard
Jul 02, 2009; ... American League Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 0 F Boston 6, Baltimore 5F 11 Innings Minnesota 5, Kansas City 1 ...
Flight diverted to NM after passenger gets naked
Jul 02, 2009; ... A US Airways flight to Los Angeles was diverted to Albuquerque after a passenger removed all of his clothing mid-flight, forcing flight attendants to cover him with a blanket before he was arrested, authorities said Wednesday. Keith Wright, 50, of the Bronx in New York, was taken into ...
John Edwards aide at courthouse amid investigation
Jul 02, 2009 ... A longtime loyalist and aide to two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards spent the day in a federal courthouse Wednesday amid an investigation into how his former boss spent campaign funds. With his lawyer at his side, Andrew Young walked into the building in Raleigh ...
Plan to bury Michael Jackson at Neverland fizzles
Jul 02, 2009; ... A plan to bury Michael Jackson at his sprawling Neverland ranch fizzled Wednesday, leaving details about his funeral undecided as another mystery was solved: His newly unveiled will says his mother should raise his children, or failing her, Diana Ross. The changing funeral ...
Rutgers to face Florida in Jimmy V Classic
Jul 02, 2009 ... Rutgers will play in the eighth annual Jimmy V Women's Classic when the Scarlet Knights host Florida on Dec. 7. This marks the fourth straight season the Scarlet Knights will take part in the game. They beat Georgia 45-34 last season. Florida is coming off one of the best ...
Lawmakers seek refuge in Capitol Hill sanctuary
Jul 02, 2009; ... For years, the brick facade of a three-story house near the Capitol has functioned as a shield for the lawmakers who live and pray there, offering sanctuary from the temptations of political life _ and discretion for those who succumbed. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford blew away much ...
Brown, Whitman raise most in Calif. governor race
Jul 02, 2009; ... State Attorney General Jerry Brown and former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman have raised the most campaign money this year for the 2010 California governor's race, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday. Brown, a Democrat and former California governor, has collected ...
Fawcett's death spotlights a rare cancer
Jul 02, 2009; ... In a perverse twist of medical fate, Farrah Fawcett has become the poster girl for anal cancer, a rare disease often linked to a sexually transmitted virus. Before her death last week, at age 62, the actress had come to terms with the illness and agreed to have her suffering and ...
Apollo Theater's amateur show dedicated to Jackson
Jul 02, 2009; ... Tributes to the King of Pop continue at New York City's Apollo Theater, which has turned its weekly Amateur Night into a Michael Jackson celebration. Sixteen-year-old Mike Rios was the first to demonstrate his moves when the Harlem theater's doors opened Wednesday night. The ...
AP Top News at 8:38 p.m. EDT
Jul 02, 2009 ... LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Rafael Furcal had a pinch hit RBI single in the eighth inning Wednesday, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 1-0 in the final game of Manny Ramirez's 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's drug ...
Major military operation under way in Afghanistan
Jul 02, 2009; ... Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops moved into Taliban-infested villages with armor and helicopters early Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's revamped strategy to stabilize Afghanistan. The offensive in the once-forgotten war was ...
Limbo for Colombia family seeking hostage release
Jul 02, 2009; ... A year after Colombian military agents disguised as international aid workers helicoptered Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors to freedom, an offer by their former leftist rebel captors to unilaterally free two hostages is in limbo. Many blame President Alvaro Uribe, ...
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,322
Jul 02, 2009; ... As of Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at least 4,322 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action. At least 3,456 military personnel died as a result of ...
GM urges quick approval of sale plan
Jul 02, 2009; ... Warning that the demise of General Motors Corp. would have a disastrous ripple effect over the entire U.S. economy, an attorney for the automaker called Wednesday for the speedy approval of GM's plan to sell the bulk of its assets and emerge from court oversight as a new company. GM ...
AP Top News at 8:53 p.m. EDT
Jul 02, 2009 ... LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Rafael Furcal had a pinch hit RBI single in the eighth inning Wednesday, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 1-0 in the final game of Manny Ramirez's 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's drug ...
Idaho F&G plan to kill pelicans hits obstacles
Jul 02, 2009; ... Federal officials have told the Idaho fish and game officials that their plan to halve the number of pelicans nesting in southern and eastern Idaho by 2013 to boost fisheries is an "eradication program" that needs more work. The Idaho Fish and Game Commission in May approved ...
Media on standby for Jackson memorial plans
Jul 02, 2009; ... The mysteries that continue to surround Michael Jackson's death include a frustrating and potentially costly one for news organizations: how and when the fallen pop idol will be laid to rest and where a memorial service would be held. A memorial is being planned, but not at Jackson's ...
Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dies at 97
Jul 02, 2009; ... Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor whose intelligent characterizations on stage, screen and television made him a star despite his plain looks, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 97. Malden died of natural causes surrounded by his family at his Brentwood home, they told ...
Detainee attorney seeks to suppress interrogations
Jul 02, 2009; ... Attorneys for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner asked a federal judge Wednesday to exclude as evidence against him the statements he made during at least 57 interrogations since his capture, saying they were the result of torture and other coercion. Because of the detainee's treatment, some ...
Thrashers land Kubina from Maple Leafs
Jul 02, 2009 ... The Atlanta Thrashers have acquired defenseman Pavel Kubina from Toronto in a four-player trade. The Thrashers announced Wednesday night they have traded defenseman Garnet Exelby and forward Colin Stuart to the Maple Leafs for Kubina and forward Tim Stapleton. The ...
Nation's last known hand-poled ferry stays afloat
Jul 02, 2009 ... The nation's last known hand-poled ferry has gotten a reprieve to keep it afloat for three more months. The 140-year-old Hatton Ferry on the James River in Virginia risked extinction after state transportation authorities cut its funding last month. But local officials in ...
Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Phoenix home sold
Jul 02, 2009 ... A Phoenix home that famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed for his son has been sold for $2.8 million. Realtor Cionne McCarthy says escrow on the spiral-shaped home of about 2,250 square feet closed last week. She says the undisclosed buyer plans to restore the home, ...
Rangel: Drug firms have been 'stealing'
Jul 02, 2009; ... One of the principal authors of health care legislation taking shape in the House accused drug companies and other medical providers Wednesday of stealing, and said they are now offering concessions in the hopes the bill that emerges will not demand too much of them. "Everyone ...
Argentine transportation secretary resigns
Jul 02, 2009 ... Argentina's transportation secretary has become the second Cabinet member to quit since President Cristina Fernandez's party suffered a crushing defeat in congressional elections. Transportation Secretary Ricardo Jaime had been one of the most influential members of Fernandez's ...
AP Top News at 8:03 p.m. EDT
Jul 02, 2009 ... LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Rafael Furcal had a pinch hit RBI single in the eighth inning Wednesday, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 1-0 in the final game of Manny Ramirez's 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's drug ...
Judge strikes down Conn. interior designer law
Jul 02, 2009; ... A federal judge has struck down a Connecticut law that requires people calling themselves interior designers to get a license or face fines and possible prison time. Tuesday's ruling came after the Institute for Justice sued the state's Department of Consumer Protection last September ...
Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dead at 97
Jul 02, 2009; ... Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor whose intelligent characterizations on stage, screen and television made him a star despite his plain looks, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 97. Malden died of natural causes surrounded by his family at his Brentwood home, they told ...
Major military operation under way in Afghanistan
Jul 02, 2009; ... Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops moved into Taliban-infested villages with armor and helicopters early Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's revamped strategy to stabilize Afghanistan. The offensive in the once-forgotten war was ...
Group: World failing to halt biodiversity decline
Jul 02, 2009; ... Governments are failing to stem a rapid decline in biodiversity that is now threatening extinction for almost half the world's coral reef species, a third of amphibians and a quarter of mammals, a leading environmental group warned Thursday. "Life on Earth is under serious ...
Staten Island Ferry boat's hard landing injures 14
Jul 02, 2009 ... Fire department officials say a New York City ferry boat has hit a pier while docking, injuring 14 people. The injuries are minor. The fire department says it appears the boat lost power before hitting the Staten Island dock Wednesday night. There's no damage to the boat but some ...
Judge blocks publication of Salinger spinoff book
Jul 02, 2009; ... A Swedish author whose new book was promoted as a sequel to J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" cannot publish it in the United States because it too closely mirrors Salinger's classic without adequate parody or critique, a judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge ...
Adviser: Gillibrand gets Maloney primary challenge
Jul 02, 2009; ... New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney has decided to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the state's Democratic primary, setting the stage for a potentially costly and contentious fight that other congressional Democrats have avoided. The nine-term congresswoman believes New Yorkers need a ...