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AP - The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. The damage to roads, bridges and communications networks hindered rescuers, while the threat of disease loomed as some evacuees arrived in camps with fever, diarrhea and skin problems.
AP - Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day.
AP - Chelsea Clinton was poised to marry her longtime boyfriend at an exclusive estate along New York's Hudson River after weeks of secrecy and buildup that had celebrity watchers flocking to the small village for the Saturday evening nuptials.
AP - Pete Carroll is out running, clapping and smiling through the morning fog in his first NFL preseason since 1999.
AP - The commander of military drills in the Pacific says the focus of the exercises was training to combat terrorism, not sending a message to North Korea.
Reuters - An Israeli air strike has killed a Hamas military commander and rocket-maker in the Gaza Strip, the Islamist group that rules the Palestinian territory said on Saturday.
AP - Rep. Charlie Rangel is getting sympathy from some fellow Democrats but scant support from others as he faces trial on several ethics charges.
AP - Fire crews working through the night beat back flames and built containment lines around a two-day old wildfire that charred nearly 22 square miles of brush in the high desert north of Los Angeles.
Reuters - Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson has announced he will oppose the nomination of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court, making him the first Democrat to declare against her.
Reuters - President Barack Obama called ethics charges against Representative Charles Rangel "very troubling" on Friday and said he hoped the lawmaker could end his career "with dignity."
Reuters - BP said on Friday it could seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by next week as the House of Representatives voted to toughen regulation of offshore energy drilling.
AFP - Rescue workers and troops in northwest Pakistan struggled Saturday to reach thousands of people affected by the country's worst floods in living memory, as the death toll rose to 800.
AFP - Hamas vowed revenge on Saturday after Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killed a senior militant and wounded eight other people.
AP - "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has been arrested in the New Jersey beach town where the MTV show is based.
Reuters - A U.S. court denied a request for an expedited hearing on Friday and instead set a November date for Arizona's appeal to a federal court ruling that blocked key parts of a state law cracking down on illegal immigration.
Reuters - The House of Representatives on Friday approved the toughest reforms ever to offshore energy drilling practices, as Democrats narrowly pushed through an election-year response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Former Vice President Al Gore won't be prosecuted over allegations by a masseuse that he groped and assaulted her in his Portland hotel room in 2006, the county prosecutor said Friday.
The three City Council members who form a minority bloc are often on the losing ends of important votes, but they are poised to prevent a proposed sales tax hike from ending up on the November ballot.
Shirley Sherrod, the ex-USDA official who was vilified and fired last week because of an edited video that made it look as though she was making racial remarks, has decided to sue the conservative blogger who edited and posted the video, Andrew Breitbart.
A federal judge's decision to block key provisions of Arizona's controversial immigration enforcement law has renewed the debate about overhauling the nation's immigration policies.
The president won't be addressing the Boy Scouts of America at the Scouts' 100th anniversary Jamboree--but he will be going on national talk show The View.
A prayer vigil to protest the controversial Arizona immigration law will begin at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Ah-Nab-Awen Park.
BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron has challenged France and Germany over their opposition to Turkish membership of the EU, issuing a stark warning of the dangers of shutting Ankara ''out of the club''. Turkey's EU ambitions have long been championed by Britain, and Mr Cameron was scheduled to deliver his view in Turkey last night.
A new survey of over 3,000 Californians being released on Wednesday, July 21, finds only one-in-five Californians believe passage of Proposition 8 is a "good thing" for the state.
It was the first all steel riverboat on the Mississippi; built in 1924, the S.S. President had a storied history as a luxury steamer.
