AP Online back issues from Friday, July 3:
US wants privacy in new cyber security system
Jul 03, 2009; ... The Obama administration is moving cautiously on a new pilot program that would both detect and stop cyber attacks against government computers, while trying to ensure citizen privacy protections. The pilot program, known as Einstein 3, was supposed to launch in February. But the ...
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 642
Jul 03, 2009; ... As of Thursday, July 2, 2009, at least 642 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT. ...
Report: Rangers borrow money from MLB
Jul 03, 2009; ... The Texas Rangers borrowed millions of dollars from Major League Baseball within the last week, according to a Yahoo! report. Rangers spokesman John Blake told the Web site that the club would have no comment, and Rich Levin, a spokesman for the commissioner's office, said baseball ...
OAS chief says sanctions likely in Honduras
Jul 03, 2009; ... A top diplomat said Thursday he is heading to Honduras to demand the return of the president toppled at gunpoint _ a mission he said is likely to meet rejection, bringing diplomatic and economic punishment for the impoverished Central American nation. The head of the Organization of ...
Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage
Jul 03, 2009; ... Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. The Congressional Budget Office estimated ...
Report: Rangers borrow money from MLB
Jul 03, 2009; ... The Texas Rangers borrowed millions of dollars from Major League Baseball within the last week, according to a Yahoo! report. Rangers spokesman John Blake told the Web site that the club would have no comment, and Rich Levin, a spokesman for the commissioner's office, said baseball ...
AP Top News at 8:55 p.m. EDT
Jul 03, 2009 ... SAN DIEGO (AP) _ Talk about adding a late-inning buzz to a ballgame. The Houston Astros _ who once had the "Killer Bs" _ beat the San Diego Padres 7-2 on Thursday, but only after waiting out a 52-minute ...
GOP, White House at odds on Sotomayor documents
Jul 03, 2009; ... A top Republican pressed for more information Thursday about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's ties to a Puerto Rican civil rights group he said took extreme positions on race, as the White House argued that the material was irrelevant to the judge's nomination. White House ...
GOP, White House at odds on Sotomayor documents
Jul 03, 2009; ... A top Republican pressed for more information Thursday about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's ties to a Puerto Rican civil rights group he said took extreme positions on race, as the White House argued that the material was irrelevant to the judge's nomination. White House ...
Police: Conn. teens mishear sex screams, beat man
Jul 03, 2009; ... A 16-year-old girl thought she heard her mother being assaulted by her boyfriend and rounded up some friends who beat him up, only to learn later that the couple actually were having sex, the woman and police said. The girl misinterpreted the woman's amorous screams, and she and four other teens ...
Wife who shot NY fire marshal in bed gets 25 years
Jul 03, 2009 ... A woman who shot her New York City fire marshal husband to death while he slept in their bed has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Forty-year-old high school teacher Janet Redmond-Mercereau (mer-ser-OH') got the maximum sentence Thursday. A Staten Island jury in ...
Feds seize Madoff penthouse, wife leaves
Jul 03, 2009; ... Federal marshals seized disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's $7 million Manhattan penthouse on Thursday and forced his wife to move out and leave her possessions behind, including a fur coat she had asked to take with her, an official told The Associated Press. Proceeds from a sale of ...
American soldier feared captured in Afghanistan
Jul 03, 2009; ... An American soldier is believed being held by the Taliban after he walked off his base in eastern Afghanistan without his body armor and weapon, officials said Thursday. The military has intercepted communications in which insurgents said they had captured an American, two U.S ....
Man says bear mugged him for his Italian sandwich
Jul 03, 2009 ... A northwestern New Jersey man said he was mugged in his driveway by a sandwich-craving bear. Henry Rouwendal said he was packing his car last Friday when he was hit from behind and knocked to the ground. He said the culprit was a black bear who took his Italian sandwich. Rouwendal ...
Los Angeles police under scrutiny in Jackson death
Jul 03, 2009; ... The investigation of Michael Jackson's death is widening as questions intensify about the drugs he took, the doctors who provided them and the actions of police. Why didn't police seal the mansion where he had been living? Why didn't they get immediate search warrants? Why did they ...
Los Angeles police under scrutiny in Jackson death
Jul 03, 2009; ... The investigation of Michael Jackson's death is widening as questions intensify about the drugs he took, the doctors who provided them and the actions of police. Why didn't police seal the mansion where he had been living? Why didn't they get immediate search warrants? Why did they ...
Warren Buffett makes gifts to charity worth $1.43B
Jul 03, 2009 ... Billionaire Warren Buffett has donated $1.25 billion in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The gift is the third installment in Buffett's plan to transfer the majority of his wealth to the Seattle-based foundation run by the Microsoft Corp ....
Va. woman rides to landfill in trash bin
Jul 03, 2009 ... Workers at the Frederick County Landfill were surprised by what they found in a large trash bin trucked in from a Goodwill Industries store: a woman who had apparently gotten trapped. "They opened the door and she got out," said landfill manager Ron Kimble. Maj. Robert ...
US wants privacy in new cyber security system
Jul 03, 2009; ... The Obama administration is moving cautiously on a new pilot program that would both detect and stop cyber attacks against government computers, while trying to ensure citizen privacy protections. The pilot program, known as Einstein 3, was supposed to launch in February. But the ...
FBI notes: Saddam Hussein sought familiar refuge
Jul 03, 2009; ... After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was caught hiding at the same farm where he had fled in 1959 after taking part in an attempt to kill the country's prime minister. Unclassified FBI ...
Hawaii without LPGA Tour events in 2010
Jul 03, 2009; ... Michelle Wie's home state, which promotes itself as a golfer's paradise with year-round sunny weather, has bid aloha to the LPGA Tour _ for now. The number of LPGA Tour events have dwindled from a record three in 2008 to one this season and none scheduled for next year as corporate ...
New Swiss firefighting tool: TV remote control
Jul 03, 2009 ... It must rank among the easiest fires ever to put out. Zurich authorities say police and firefighters were called to the house of an elderly woman early Thursday after she reported her television set was burning. When they arrived, they discovered no signs of ...
NASCAR Hall of Fame nominees a who's who of stars
Jul 03, 2009; ... Stock car racing giants ranging from Bill France Sr. and Junior Johnson to Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt are among the 25 nominees for NASCAR's first Hall of Fame class. The announcement Thursday night comes 10 months before the Hall of Fame's scheduled opening in downtown ...
UN chief to lobby Myanmar for Suu Kyi's release
Jul 03, 2009 ... The U.N. secretary-general said ahead of his trip Friday to Myanmar that he plans to lobby the military-ruled country's top leader directly for the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was due to arrive in Yangon early Friday and then ...
Analysis: US leverage small in Honduran coup
Jul 03, 2009; ... The coup that deposed the president of Honduras exposed the small leverage that even millions of dollars in aid and longtime military cooperation will buy. Washington has few direct means to pressure those who packed President Manuel Zelaya onto a plane out of the country on Sunday _ ...
Jones could join US national team later this year
Jul 03, 2009; ... Midfielder Jermaine Jones could join the U.S. national team later this year, possibly with defender Edgar Castillo. The 27-year-old Jones, who has appeared in the European Champions League for Schalke of the Bundesliga, has played three times for Germany's national team in ...
NASCAR Hall of Fame nominees a who's who of stars
Jul 03, 2009; ... Stock car racing giants ranging from Bill France Sr. and Junior Johnson to Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt are among the 25 nominees for NASCAR's first Hall of Fame class. The announcement Thursday night comes 10 months before the Hall of Fame's scheduled opening in downtown ...
Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign
Jul 03, 2009; ... U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan. One Marine was killed and several others were injured or wounded on the first full day of the ...
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT
Jul 03, 2009 ... SAN DIEGO (AP) _ Talk about adding a late-inning buzz to a ballgame. The Houston Astros _ who once had the "Killer Bs" _ beat the San Diego Padres 7-2 on Thursday, but only after waiting out a 52-minute ...
LA judge postpones Gerard Butler's arraignment
Jul 03, 2009 ... Arraignment has been postponed for "300" actor Gerard Butler, who's been charged in Los Angeles with misdemeanor battery for a scuffle with a paparazzo. A Los Angeles Superior Court clerk says the actor's lawyer requested the delay on Wednesday, and a judge agreed to ...
Calif. attorney general joins Jackson probe
Jul 03, 2009 ... California Attorney General Jerry Brown says his office is helping Los Angeles police investigate the possible involvement of prescription drugs in Michael Jackson's death. The Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement is searching the state database that tracks doctors who prescribe controlled ...
AP Top News at 9:00 p.m. EDT
Jul 03, 2009 ... SAN DIEGO (AP) _ Talk about adding a late-inning buzz to a ballgame. The Houston Astros _ who once had the "Killer Bs" _ beat the San Diego Padres 7-2 on Thursday, but only after waiting out a 52-minute ...
7 more banks fail as FDIC mulls rules for sales
Jul 03, 2009; ... Six Illinois banks and one bank in Texas were shuttered Thursday as government regulators proposed new rules for private equity firms seeking to take over failed banks. Regulators shut down John Warner Bank of Clinton, Ill.; First State Bank of Winchester in Winchester, Ill.; Rock ...
Obama uneasy over indefinite Gitmo detentions
Jul 03, 2009; ... President Barack Obama said Thursday he's uneasy about his own proposal to indefinitely imprison some of the most dangerous terror suspects being held now at Guantanamo Bay. He called it "one of the biggest challenges of my administration." The president stopped short of ...
AEG boss says Jackson insurance covers overdose
Jul 03, 2009 ... Concert promoter AEG Live's chief executive says insurance will help cover any losses on the now-canceled Michael Jackson concert series if the pop star died accidentally, including of a drug overdose, but not if he died of natural causes. Randy Phillips said Thursday that the ...
Hate crime probe called for in gay sailor's death
Jul 03, 2009 ... The chairman the House Veterans Affairs Committee is calling for a Defense Department and Marine Corps probe to see if the killing of a gay sailor at Camp Pendleton was a hate crime. Democratic Rep. Bob Filner of San Diego said Thursday he wants an investigation into the death of ...
Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold War
Jul 03, 2009; ... Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over. On next week's trip, Obama will meet not only with Russian ...
Ex-Nixon aide Herbert Klein dies at 91 in Calif.
Jul 03, 2009 ... Herbert G. Klein, Richard Nixon's ex-White House director of communications and a former editor for Copley Newspapers, has died. He was 91. Klein died Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla, family members told the Union-Tribune. ...
Thursday's Sports Scoreboard
Jul 03, 2009; ... American League Seattle 3, N.Y. Yankees 2-3 Chicago White Sox 0, Kansas City 0 -3 Baltimore vs L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. ...
Reports: Artest signing with Lakers
Jul 03, 2009; ... Ron Artest is heading to the Los Angeles Lakers, according to various media reports. The free-agent forward told CBSSports.com on Thursday that he was leaving the Houston Rockets to join Kobe Bryant and the defending NBA champion Lakers. "I'm definitely going to L.A. _ ...
Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage
Jul 03, 2009; ... Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. The Congressional Budget Office estimated ...
Warren Buffett makes gifts to charity worth $1.43B
Jul 03, 2009 ... Billionaire Warren Buffett has donated $1.25 billion in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The gift is the third installment in Buffett's plan to transfer the majority of his wealth to the Seattle-based foundation run by the Microsoft Corp ....
Warren Buffett makes gifts to charity worth $1.53B
Jul 03, 2009 ... Billionaire Warren Buffett has donated $1.25 billion in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The gift is the third installment in Buffett's plan to transfer the majority of his wealth to the Seattle-based foundation run by the Microsoft Corp ....
Powerful weapons found in Northwest drug raids
Jul 03, 2009; ... Federal agents busted a drug-trafficking ring that distributed methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico in Washington state and carried unusually powerful weaponry, injecting a dangerous new factor into drug crime in the region. A .50-caliber Desert Eagle pistol, AK-47-type ...
Un-bee-lievable: Bee swarm delays Astros' 7-2 win
Jul 03, 2009; ... Talk about adding a late-inning buzz to a ballgame. The Houston Astros _ who once had the "Killer Bs" _ beat the San Diego Padres 7-2 on Thursday, but only after waiting out a 52-minute delay in the top of the ninth inning caused when a swarm of bees took over part of left field at ...
Thursday's Sports Scoreboard
Jul 03, 2009; ... American League Seattle 3, N.Y. Yankees 0-2 Chicago White Sox 0, Kansas City 0 -1 Baltimore vs L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. ...
Judge dismisses Constellation appeal in EdF case
Jul 03, 2009; ... Constellation Energy Group Inc. lost a round in its battle with Maryland regulators over its proposed deal to sell half its nuclear operations to France's EdF when a judge ruled Thursday it could not appeal the decision to review the agreement while the review was under way. The ...
Feds seize Madoff penthouse, wife leaves
Jul 03, 2009; ... Federal marshals seized disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's $7 million Manhattan penthouse on Thursday and forced his wife to move out and leave her possessions behind, including a fur coat she had asked to take with her, an official told The Associated Press. Proceeds from a sale of ...
Thursday's Sports Scoreboard
Jul 03, 2009; ... American League Seattle 6, N.Y. Yankees 4-5 Chicago White Sox 1, Kansas City 0 -5 Baltimore vs L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. ...
Advocates are back with real health care stories
Jul 03, 2009; ... When carpenter Greg Douglas crashed his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000. Douglas is among thousands of people now telling their stories on videos, ads and Web ...
Peru bus collision kills 23 near Lake Titicaca
Jul 03, 2009; ... Two buses crashed head-on Thursday on a mountain road near Lake Titicaca in Peru, killing at least 23 people and injuring 50 more, police said. The morning crash occurred in the Santa Lucia district, about an hour's drive from Lake Titicaca high in the Andes, a Puno state highway ...
GOP, White House at odds on Sotomayor documents
Jul 03, 2009; ... A top Republican pressed for more information Thursday about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's ties to a Puerto Rican civil rights group he said took extreme positions on race, as the White House argued that the material was irrelevant to the judge's nomination. White House ...
French: Air France plane hit the sea belly first
Jul 03, 2009; ... Air France Flight 447 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, intact and belly first, at such a high speed that the 228 people aboard probably had no time to even inflate their life jackets, French investigators said Thursday in their first report into the June 1 accident. Likening the ...
Neverland just a shell without Jackson
Jul 03, 2009; ... The gates to Michael Jackson's fabled Neverland Ranch swung open Thursday to reveal a shell of the fantasyland the boy-man had created in his heyday. Gone was the zoo with its elephants, tigers and giraffe. The exotic snakes had long since slithered away, and the amusement park rides ...
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,322
Jul 03, 2009; ... As of Thursday, July 2, 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 ...
Biffle, Hornish crash during practice
Jul 03, 2009 ... Greg Biffle and Sam Hornish Jr. wrecked during practice for Saturday night's NASCAR race at Daytona International Speedway. Neither driver was injured. Biffle and Hornish got together during the second of two Sprint Cup practices Thursday. Both cars hit the wall and ...
Web retailers, states tussle over tax rules
Jul 03, 2009; ... In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence. Increasingly, states aching under the weight of the recession are seeking a way around that rule. Because companies like ...
Metro red line trains to resume normal speeds
Jul 03, 2009 ... Metro officials say red line trains in greater Washington, D.C., will return to regular speeds this holiday weekend for the first time since a deadly crash. Nine people were killed and more than 70 injured June 22 when one train slammed into another train stopped on tracks. Metro ...
Missile experts see Soviet parts in NKorean rocket
Jul 03, 2009; ... With concerns rising about a possible North Korean long-range missile test this weekend, two independent scientists say the regime may be using an old Soviet ballistic missile to boost a rocket capable of reaching the West Coast of the United States. North Korea is not known to have ...
Powerful weapons found in Northwest drug raids
Jul 03, 2009; ... Federal agents busted a drug-trafficking ring that distributed methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico in Washington state and carried unusually powerful weaponry, injecting a dangerous new factor into drug crime in the region. A .50-caliber Desert Eagle pistol, AK-47-type ...
Jackson ex-wife shows interest in custody of kids
Jul 03, 2009; ... The future of Michael Jackson's children was thrown into question Thursday when his ex-wife emerged and won a delay in a custody hearing while she decides whether she wants to raise her two offspring. It was the first legal move from Deborah Rowe since the entertainer's death ....
Jackson portrait displayed in NYC car showroom
Jul 03, 2009 ... A rarely seen portrait of Michael Jackson is on display inside a New York City showroom that sells luxury cars to celebrities. Owner Marty Abrams says an oil painting titled "The Book" is the only portrait Jackson sat for because he was friends with Australian painter ...
Pa. senator guilty of $3.5M fraud seeks new trial
Jul 03, 2009 ... A former Pennsylvania state senator convicted of a multimillion-dollar fraud is seeking a new trial on corruption charges, alleging the jury was tainted. A jury in March found Philadelphia Democrat Vincent Fumo defrauded the state Senate, a charity and a museum of $3.5 million. ...
GOP, White House at odds on Sotomayor documents
Jul 03, 2009; ... A top Republican pressed for more information Thursday about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's ties to a Puerto Rican civil rights group he said took extreme positions on race, as the White House argued that the material was irrelevant to the judge's nomination. White House ...
Web retailers, states tussle over tax rules
Jul 03, 2009; ... In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence. Increasingly, states aching under the weight of the recession are seeking a way around that rule. Because companies like ...