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McCain rejects adviser remarks but celebrates best fundraising month in June
Jul 11, 2008; ... Republican John McCain reported the best fundraising month of his presidential campaign on Thursday, but the feat was clouded his chief economic adviser, who called the United States "a nation of whiners" in a "mental recession." McCain has lagged far behind ...
For first time in 30 years, California National Guard lends hand against wildfires
Jul 11, 2008; ... Sweat rolled down Lisa Mirander's forehead as she hacked a tangle of saplings and brush down to bare dirt to prevent a wildfire from spreading. It was a tough job, but no harder than the 13 months she served in Afghanistan. California's wildfire season has become so severe so swiftly ...
McCain rejects adviser remarks but celebrates best fundraising month in June
Jul 11, 2008; ... Republican John McCain reported the best fundraising month of his presidential campaign on Thursday, but the feat was clouded his chief economic adviser, who called the United States "a nation of whiners" in a "mental recession." McCain has lagged far behind ...
For first time in 30 years, California National Guard lends hand against wildfires
Jul 11, 2008; ... Sweat rolled down Lisa Mirander's forehead as she hacked a tangle of saplings and brush down to bare dirt to prevent a wildfire from spreading. It was a tough job, but no harder than the 13 months she served in Afghanistan. California's wildfire season has become so severe so swiftly ...
Obama, McCain pursue support from female voters on different paths
Jul 11, 2008; ... It's women's week on the presidential campaign trail, judging from the attention that Barack Obama and John McCain are lavishing on female voters and issues especially important to them. Obama, campaigning here Thursday with former Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton, criticized ...
Obama, McCain pursue support from female voters on different paths
Jul 11, 2008; ... It's women's week on the presidential campaign trail, judging from the attention that Barack Obama and John McCain are lavishing on female voters and issues especially important to them. Obama, campaigning here Thursday with former Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton, criticized ...
WORLD SPORTS at 0000 GMT
Jul 11, 2008 ... CYCLING: TOUR DE FRANCE: Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen takes Tour de France lead; Italy's Riccardo Ricco wins 6th stage UPER-BESSE, France _ Kim Kirchen became the first Luxembourg rider in 50 years to take the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, and Riccardo Ricco of Italy ...
AP Weekly Sports Calendar
Jul 11, 2008 ... EDITORS: These are among the top sports events of the week. Coverage of most of these events will move on this circuit: FRIDAY, July 11 thru 27, various sites, France _ cycling, Tour de France. thru 13, Bastad, Sweden _ tennis, ATP, Catella Swedish ...
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Jul 11, 2008 ... EDITORS: These are among the top sports events of the week. Coverage of most of these events will move on this circuit: FRIDAY, July 11 thru 27, various sites, France _ cycling, Tour de France. thru 13, Bastad, Sweden _ tennis, ATP, Catella Swedish ...
British Open, Hole by Hole
Jul 11, 2008 ... A hole-by-hole look at Royal Birkdale, site of the 137th British Open to be played July 17-20: No. 1, 450 yards, par 4: A tough start to the British Open, requiring a tee shot to a fairway that bends to the left. The closer the drive is to the fairway bunker on the left, the better ...
British Open, Hole by Hole
Jul 11, 2008 ... A hole-by-hole look at Royal Birkdale, site of the 137th British Open to be played July 17-20: No. 1, 450 yards, par 4: A tough start to the British Open, requiring a tee shot to a fairway that bends to the left. The closer the drive is to the fairway bunker on the left, the better ...
Field for the British Open
Jul 11, 2008 ... The 156-man field for the British Open, to be played July 17-20 at Royal Birkdale. Players listed only in the first category for which they were eligible. Final two spots to be determined Sunday: Top 10 players and ties from the 2007 British Open: Padraig Harrington, Sergio Garcia, ...
Facts and figures for the British Open
Jul 11, 2008 ... Facts and figures for the British Open: Event: 137th British Open golf championship Dates: July 17-20 Site: Royal Birkdale The course: It did not host the British Open until 1954, but since then, only St. Andrews has been used more. The club was ...
Facts and figures for the British Open
Jul 11, 2008 ... Facts and figures for the British Open: Event: 137th British Open golf championship Dates: July 17-20 Site: Royal Birkdale The course: It did not host the British Open until 1954, but since then, only St. Andrews has been used more. The club was ...
A capsule look at the 8 British Opens held at Royal Birkdale
Jul 11, 2008; ... A capsule look at the eight previous British Opens held at Royal Birkdale: Year: 1954 Winner: Peter Thomson. Score: 283. Margin: One shot. Runner-up: Bobby Locke, Dai Rees, Sid Scott. Prize: 750 pounds. ...
With Tiger on the sidelines, Kim and other young players poised to pounce at British Open
Jul 11, 2008; ... The youth movement in golf was going strong in the summer of 1997. Tiger Woods was coming off his first major championship, a 12-shot victory at the Masters to become its youngest champion at 21. Two months later at Congressional, 27-year-old Ernie Els won his second U.S. Open. A ...
A capsule look at the 8 British Opens held at Royal Birkdale
Jul 11, 2008; ... A capsule look at the eight previous British Opens held at Royal Birkdale: Year: 1954 Winner: Peter Thomson. Score: 283. Margin: One shot. Runner-up: Bobby Locke, Dai Rees, Sid Scott. Prize: 750 pounds. ...
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Jul 11, 2008; ... The youth movement in golf was going strong in the summer of 1997. Tiger Woods was coming off his first major championship, a 12-shot victory at the Masters to become its youngest champion at 21. Two months later at Congressional, 27-year-old Ernie Els won his second U.S. Open. A ...
Friday, July 18
Jul 11, 2008; ... Today is Friday, July 18, the 200th day of 2008. There are 166 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 64 - Great fire of Rome begins. 1536 - Pope's authority declared void in England. 1812 - Britain, by Treaty of Orebro, joins ...
Friday, July 18
Jul 11, 2008; ... Today is Friday, July 18, the 200th day of 2008. There are 166 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 64 - Great fire of Rome begins. 1536 - Pope's authority declared void in England. 1812 - Britain, by Treaty of Orebro, joins ...
With Tiger out for the year, British Open is up for grabs in its return to Royal Birkdale
Jul 11, 2008; ... Royal Birkdale has a reputation as the fairest of all links courses in the British Open rotation. Its fairways have been shaped alongside the picturesque sand dunes of the Lancashire coast in England, instead of going through them, which eliminates most of the blind shots and reduces ...
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Jul 11, 2008; ... Royal Birkdale has a reputation as the fairest of all links courses in the British Open rotation. Its fairways have been shaped alongside the picturesque sand dunes of the Lancashire coast in England, instead of going through them, which eliminates most of the blind shots and reduces ...
With Tiger on the sidelines, Kim and other young players poised to pounce at British Open
Jul 11, 2008; ... The youth movement in golf was going strong in the summer of 1997. Tiger Woods was coming off his first major championship, a 12-shot victory at the Masters to become its youngest champion at 21. Two months later at Congressional, 27-year-old Ernie Els won his second U.S. Open. A ...
Facts and figures for the British Open
Jul 11, 2008 ... Facts and figures for the British Open: Event: 137th British Open golf championship Dates: July 17-20 Site: Royal Birkdale The course: It did not host the British Open until 1954, but since then, only St. Andrews has been used more. The club was ...
For first time in 30 years, California National Guard lends hand against wildfires
Jul 11, 2008; ... Sweat rolled down Lisa Mirander's forehead as she hacked a tangle of saplings and brush down to bare dirt to prevent a wildfire from spreading. It was a tough job, but no harder than the 13 months she served in Afghanistan. California's wildfire season has become so severe so swiftly ...
For first time in 30 years, California National Guard lends hand against wildfires
Jul 11, 2008; ... Sweat rolled down Lisa Mirander's forehead as she hacked a tangle of saplings and brush down to bare dirt to prevent a wildfire from spreading. It was a tough job, but no harder than the 13 months she served in Afghanistan. California's wildfire season has become so severe so swiftly ...
Suspicious French break-in explodes into political firestorm starring Sarkozy and rival Royal
Jul 11, 2008; ... The latest political 'scandale' to roil Paris has the elements of a Cold War thriller. It started this week, when Segolene Royal, a hot-tempered leading French socialist, announced that someone had broken into her apartment and suggested that French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ...
Suspicious French break-in explodes into political firestorm starring Sarkozy and rival Royal
Jul 11, 2008; ... The latest political 'scandale' to roil Paris has the elements of a Cold War thriller. It started this week, when Segolene Royal, a hot-tempered leading French socialist, announced that someone had broken into her apartment and suggested that French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ...
Report: Turkey nabs suspect in US consulate attack, probes possible al-Qaida link
Jul 11, 2008; ... Police in Turkey have concluded a massive manhunt by catching a fugitive gunman suspected of taking part in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Istanbul, a private news agency reported. A police officer in Istanbul confirmed the report but refused to give details. He refused to give ...
Report: Turkey nabs suspect in US consulate attack, probes possible al-Qaida link
Jul 11, 2008; ... Police in Turkey have concluded a massive manhunt by catching a fugitive gunman suspected of taking part in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Istanbul, a private news agency reported. A police officer in Istanbul confirmed the report but refused to give details. He refused to give ...
Zimbabwe opposition, government officials meet in South Africa
Jul 11, 2008; ... Zimbabwean government and opposition officials have met in South Africa to try to find a way out of their country's deadly crisis, with the opposition pressing for an end to attacks. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said he sent a team to Pretoria, the capital, led by his top ...
Zimbabwe opposition, government officials meet in South Africa
Jul 11, 2008; ... Zimbabwean government and opposition officials have met in South Africa to try to find a way out of their country's deadly crisis, with the opposition pressing for an end to attacks. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said he sent a team to Pretoria, the capital, led by his top ...
Apple's iPhone goes on sale in Japan to cheering crowd lined up outside downtown Tokyo store
Jul 11, 2008; ... The iPhone went on sale at a Tokyo store Friday, making its debut in Japan amid swirling smoke after a 30-second countdown chanted by hundreds of people lined up, some for days, snaking around the block. The store in downtown Tokyo of Japanese carrier Softbank Corp.'s store, started ...
Apple's iPhone goes on sale in Japan to cheering crowd lined up outside downtown Tokyo store
Jul 11, 2008; ... The iPhone went on sale at a Tokyo store Friday, making its debut in Japan amid swirling smoke after a 30-second countdown chanted by hundreds of people lined up, some for days, snaking around the block. The store in downtown Tokyo of Japanese carrier Softbank Corp.'s store, started ...
Muscle flexing: Rice says US will defend interests, Iran tests missile, Israel shows spy plane
Jul 11, 2008; ... US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flexed America's muscles in the Middle East Thursday, forcefully warning Iran the United States will not ignore threats and will take any action necessary to defend friends and interests in the Persian Gulf area. A fresh Iranian missile test ...
Muscle flexing: Rice says US will defend interests, Iran tests missile, Israel shows spy plane
Jul 11, 2008; ... US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flexed America's muscles in the Middle East Thursday, forcefully warning Iran the United States will not ignore threats and will take any action necessary to defend friends and interests in the Persian Gulf area. A fresh Iranian missile test ...
Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Scores
Jul 11, 2008 ... a-amateur Note: Play suspended due to lightning with 21 players still on the course. Round will be completed Friday morning. Paula Creamer27-33_60 Eun-Hee Ji ...
Killer whose case was previously put on hold by Supreme Court is finally executed in Texas
Jul 11, 2008; ... A Texas inmate who fatally shot his adoptive parents was put to death Thursday night, almost a year after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked his execution as it considered a challenge to lethal injection. Carlton Turner was executed about an hour after the same court rejected his last two ...
Killer whose case was previously put on hold by Supreme Court is finally executed in Texas
Jul 11, 2008; ... A Texas inmate who fatally shot his adoptive parents was put to death Thursday night, almost a year after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked his execution as it considered a challenge to lethal injection. Carlton Turner was executed about an hour after the same court rejected his last two ...
North Korea nuclear talks resume, focus on rules for verifying nuclear facilities
Jul 11, 2008; ... Economic and energy assistance that North Korea has demanded in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons program topped the agenda Friday for six-nation disarmament talks, the top U.S. envoy said. The overall goal of the talks is to hash out details of a program for what could be a ...
North Korea nuclear talks resume, focus on rules for verifying nuclear facilities
Jul 11, 2008; ... Economic and energy assistance that North Korea has demanded in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons program topped the agenda Friday for six-nation disarmament talks, the top U.S. envoy said. The overall goal of the talks is to hash out details of a program for what could be a ...
Beijing shuts out and pressures unwanted voices ahead of Olympics
Jul 11, 2008; ... Lu Jun, a campaigner for the rights of millions of Chinese with hepatitis B, seems an unlikely threat to the Beijing Olympics. But the popular Web site he runs was blocked in May. This month, police detained him for four hours when he returned to China from a hepatitis conference in ...
Beijing shuts out and pressures unwanted voices ahead of Olympics
Jul 11, 2008; ... Lu Jun, a campaigner for the rights of millions of Chinese with hepatitis B, seems an unlikely threat to the Beijing Olympics. But the popular Web site he runs was blocked in May. This month, police detained him for four hours when he returned to China from a hepatitis conference in ...
AP IMPACT: An American life is worth $1 million less than it was 5 years ago, government says
Jul 11, 2008; ... It is not just the U.S. dollar that is losing value. A government agency has decided that an American life is not worth what it used to be. The "value of a statistical life" is $6.9 million, the Environmental Protection Agency reckoned in May _ a drop of almost $1 million ...
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Jul 11, 2008; ... It is not just the U.S. dollar that is losing value. A government agency has decided that an American life is not worth what it used to be. The "value of a statistical life" is $6.9 million, the Environmental Protection Agency reckoned in May _ a drop of almost $1 million ...
19 plead guilty to misuing Social Security cards to work at Texas poultry plant
Jul 11, 2008 ... Nineteen people arrested in immigration raids at Pilgrim's Pride poultry plants pleaded guilty Thursday to misusing Social Security identification to obtain work. They were all sentenced to time served since their arrests in April and have been turned over to U.S. Immigration and ...
19 plead guilty to misuing Social Security cards to work at Texas poultry plant
Jul 11, 2008 ... Nineteen people arrested in immigration raids at Pilgrim's Pride poultry plants pleaded guilty Thursday to misusing Social Security identification to obtain work. They were all sentenced to time served since their arrests in April and have been turned over to U.S. Immigration and ...
Australian cardinal reopens abuse investigation ahead of pope's visit
Jul 11, 2008; ... Australia's top Roman Catholic cleric has reopened an investigation into a 25-year-old sexual abuse case, raising a scandal two days before Pope Benedict XVI arrives for a visit. Cardinal George Pell, the archbishop of Sydney, referred the case to an independent panel, the church said ...
Australian cardinal reopens abuse investigation ahead of pope's visit
Jul 11, 2008; ... Australia's top Roman Catholic cleric has reopened an investigation into a 25-year-old sexual abuse case, raising a scandal two days before Pope Benedict XVI arrives for a visit. Cardinal George Pell, the archbishop of Sydney, referred the case to an independent panel, the church said ...
EPA scientists say summer smog problem could start in spring and extend into fall
Jul 11, 2008; ... Global warming could worsen smog and stretch what typically is a summer pollution Northern Hemisphere problem into the spring and fall, government scientists predicted Thursday. Smog is most likely to get worse in the Northeast, lower Midwest, and mid-Atlantic regions of the United ...
EPA scientists say summer smog problem could start in spring and extend into fall
Jul 11, 2008; ... Global warming could worsen smog and stretch what typically is a summer pollution Northern Hemisphere problem into the spring and fall, government scientists predicted Thursday. Smog is most likely to get worse in the Northeast, lower Midwest, and mid-Atlantic regions of the United ...
Indian leader to announce vote to decide fate of government, US nuclear deal
Jul 11, 2008; ... India's government planned Friday to set the date of a parliamentary confidence vote that will determine the fate of Prime Minister Monmohan Singh's administration and the future of a controversial nuclear deal with the United States. Singh's government would have to put off the U.S ....
Indian leader to announce vote to decide fate of government, US nuclear deal
Jul 11, 2008; ... India's government planned Friday to set the date of a parliamentary confidence vote that will determine the fate of Prime Minister Monmohan Singh's administration and the future of a controversial nuclear deal with the United States. Singh's government would have to put off the U.S ....
`The Wackness' is trite
Jul 11, 2008; ... Like "Definitely, Maybe" from earlier this year, the coming-of-age dramedy "The Wackness" asks us to dig deep within our nostalgia wells and reminisce about the mid-1990s. Summer of 1994, to be exact. That's when writer-director Jonathan Levine graduated from high ...
`The Wackness' is trite
Jul 11, 2008; ... Like "Definitely, Maybe" from earlier this year, the coming-of-age dramedy "The Wackness" asks us to dig deep within our nostalgia wells and reminisce about the mid-1990s. Summer of 1994, to be exact. That's when writer-director Jonathan Levine graduated from high ...
US military chief says more foreign fighters operating in Pakistan tribal area
Jul 11, 2008; ... More foreign fighters, including al-Qaida militants, are operating in Pakistan's tribal areas than in the past, underscoring the need for Pakistan to crack down on insurgent safe havens, the top U.S. military officer said during a visit here. Adm. Mike Mullen said militants are ...
US military chief says more foreign fighters operating in Pakistan tribal area
Jul 11, 2008; ... More foreign fighters, including al-Qaida militants, are operating in Pakistan's tribal areas than in the past, underscoring the need for Pakistan to crack down on insurgent safe havens, the top U.S. military officer said during a visit here. Adm. Mike Mullen said militants are ...
Del Toro's devilish humor
Jul 11, 2008; ... Words don't really do justice in attempting to describe the wondrous array of misfits and monsters Guillermo del Toro has concocted in "Hellboy II: The Golden Army." Truly, his is a world you have to experience for yourself to appreciate it fully _ if you dare, that is. In ...
Del Toro's devilish humor
Jul 11, 2008; ... Words don't really do justice in attempting to describe the wondrous array of misfits and monsters Guillermo del Toro has concocted in "Hellboy II: The Golden Army." Truly, his is a world you have to experience for yourself to appreciate it fully _ if you dare, that is. In ...
Villagers kill 2 Taliban to defend aid workers; 2 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan;
Jul 11, 2008; ... A group of villagers in northwestern Afghanistan used a machine gun, sticks and stones to kill two Taliban militants and chase 10 others away, a provincial police chief said. The militants had tried to abduct local aid workers who were building a well in the Qayar district of Faryab ...
Villagers kill 2 Taliban to defend aid workers; 2 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan;
Jul 11, 2008; ... A group of villagers in northwestern Afghanistan used a machine gun, sticks and stones to kill two Taliban militants and chase 10 others away, a provincial police chief said. The militants had tried to abduct local aid workers who were building a well in the Qayar district of Faryab ...
Dominica's prime minister presents budget proposal to Parliament
Jul 11, 2008 ... Dominica's prime minister has presented Parliament with a new budget that he says will improve quality of life in one of the least developed countries in the region. Roosevelt Skerrit says the proposed US$146 million budget represents a roughly 8 percent spending increase from the ...
`Journey' gains depth in 3-D form
Jul 11, 2008; ... Hollywood wisdom through the ages has always been that no technological innovation _ the transition from silent film to sound, black-and-white to color, hand-drawn animation to digital images _ could ever make a bad movie into a good one. Yet the three-dimensional breakthroughs ...
Dominica's prime minister presents budget proposal to Parliament
Jul 11, 2008 ... Dominica's prime minister has presented Parliament with a new budget that he says will improve quality of life in one of the least developed countries in the region. Roosevelt Skerrit says the proposed US$146 million budget represents a roughly 8 percent spending increase from the ...
`Journey' gains depth in 3-D form
Jul 11, 2008; ... Hollywood wisdom through the ages has always been that no technological innovation _ the transition from silent film to sound, black-and-white to color, hand-drawn animation to digital images _ could ever make a bad movie into a good one. Yet the three-dimensional breakthroughs ...