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• NTSB says Southwest jet's nose gear landed first
• Prince Harry will watch out for his new nephew — and be the fun uncle
• Muted after 9/11, NSA critics find their voice
• Feds charge hedge fund SAC Capital in NY case
• Feds: Halliburton agrees to plead guilty in spill
• Prosecutors: Manning abused his country's trust
• Report: Teen HPV vaccination rate still lagging
• Lobsterman survives night in sea, thanks to boots
• Photos show Aaron Hernandez apparently holding gun
• Fire out on Gulf well that 'snuffed itself out'
• Officials: Cafe bombings, attacks kill 42 in Iraq
• Egypt braces for day of rival rallies
• 4 Russians, 1 Ukrainian charged in massive hacking
• Source: Yankees plan A-Rod discipline over doctor
• Juror says she owes Martin's parents apology
• Reid: Hillary would be better president than Bill
• Senate wants sanctions on nations that help Snowden
• Report: Plea deal offered to accused Cleveland kidnapper
• Weiner admits sexting more women; polls shows declining popularity
• 'Slum pope' tells residents not to lose hope
• Iodized salt made Americans smarter: Study
• UN chief says over 100,000 people killed in Syria
• Wrigley Field's $500M facelift includes hotel, Jumbotron
• Admiration, puzzlement over Weiner's loyal spouse
• The least 'honest' city in America is... you guessed it

NTSB says Southwest jet's nose gear landed first Posted: 25 Jul 2013 04:20 PM PDT Sixteen passengers suffered minor injuries during Flight 345's landing Monday.

Prince Harry will watch out for his new nephew — and be the fun uncle Posted: 25 Jul 2013 12:51 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has laid out his mission as an uncle: protect the newest member of his family, and make sure Britain's little prince has fun.

Muted after 9/11, NSA critics find their voice Posted: 25 Jul 2013 01:45 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — After 9/11, there were no shades of gray. There are plenty now.

Feds charge hedge fund SAC Capital in NY case Posted: 25 Jul 2013 04:53 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — One of Wall Street's biggest and most successful hedge fund companies was a hotbed of insider trading and its embattled billionaire owner wanted to hear no evil, prosecutors said in an indictment unsealed Thursday that claimed the firm earned hundreds of millions of dollars illegally.

Feds: Halliburton agrees to plead guilty in spill Posted: 25 Jul 2013 04:45 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Halliburton Energy Services has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the 2010 Gulf oil spill, the Department of Justice said Thursday.

Prosecutors: Manning abused his country's trust Posted: 25 Jul 2013 04:10 PM PDT FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was a traitor with one mission as an intelligence analyst in Iraq: to find and reveal government secrets to a group of anarchists and bask in the glory as a whistleblower, a prosecutor said Thursday during closing arguments.

Report: Teen HPV vaccination rate still lagging Posted: 25 Jul 2013 04:47 PM PDT ATLANTA (AP) — Only about half of U.S. teenage girls have gotten a controversial cervical cancer vaccine — a rate that's changed little in three years.

Lobsterman survives night in sea, thanks to boots Posted: 25 Jul 2013 03:23 PM PDT OAKDALE, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island lobsterman who spent 12 hours floating in the Atlantic Ocean after falling off his boat joked Thursday that he may have the two rubber boots that kept him afloat bronzed.

Photos show Aaron Hernandez apparently holding gun Posted: 25 Jul 2013 04:20 PM PDT ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is holding what authorities have said is a gun in several surveillance photos that were released Thursday and had been recorded hours before — and minutes after — his friend was shot to death.

Fire out on Gulf well that 'snuffed itself out' Posted: 25 Jul 2013 03:23 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A drilling rig that caught fire after a natural gas blowout in the Gulf of Mexico appears stable now that the fire is out, and there was no sign of any oil sheen on a fly-over Thursday morning, a rig company executive said.

Officials: Cafe bombings, attacks kill 42 in Iraq Posted: 25 Jul 2013 01:52 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Emboldened militants in Iraq set up their own checkpoint to kill drivers and bombed crowded cafes Thursday in the deadliest of a series of attacks that killed at least 42 people, authorities said.

Egypt braces for day of rival rallies Posted: 25 Jul 2013 04:12 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Political allies of Egypt's military lined up behind its call for huge rallies Friday to show support for the country's top general, pushing toward a collision with Islamist opponents demanding the return of the nation's ousted president.

4 Russians, 1 Ukrainian charged in massive hacking Posted: 25 Jul 2013 01:54 PM PDT NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Four Russian nationals and a Ukrainian have been charged with running a sophisticated hacking organization that penetrated computer networks of more than a dozen major American and international corporations over seven years, stealing and selling at least 160 million credit and debit card numbers, resulting in losses of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Source: Yankees plan A-Rod discipline over doctor Posted: 25 Jul 2013 02:54 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Already in trouble with Major League Baseball, Alex Rodriguez now faces a penalty from his own team.

Juror says she owes Martin's parents apology Posted: 25 Jul 2013 02:19 PM PDT ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The second juror to speak publicly told ABC News in an interview made available Thursday that she feels George Zimmerman got away with murder for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, but that there wasn't enough evidence at trial to convict him under Florida law.

Reid: Hillary would be better president than Bill Posted: 25 Jul 2013 09:22 AM PDT Top Senate Democrat Harry Reid says not only will Hillary Clinton win in 2016, she'll also be a better president than Bill Clinton.

Senate wants sanctions on nations that help Snowden Posted: 25 Jul 2013 12:11 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. sanctions against any country offering asylum to Edward Snowden advanced in Congress Thursday as the 30-year-old National Security Agency leaker remained in a Moscow airport while Russia weighed a request for him to stay permanently.

Report: Plea deal offered to accused Cleveland kidnapper Posted: 25 Jul 2013 09:58 AM PDT A plea deal has been offered to the man accused of kidnapping three Cleveland women and raping them repeatedly while he held them in captivity at his home during the past decade, according to a Cleveland TV station.

Weiner admits sexting more women; polls shows declining popularity Posted: 25 Jul 2013 10:11 AM PDT BROOKLYN, N.Y.—Anthony Weiner admitted that he exchanged sexual messages with at least three more women after a sexting scandal forced him out of Congress two years ago.

'Slum pope' tells residents not to lose hope Posted: 25 Jul 2013 03:28 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Pope Francis, dubbed the "slum pope" for his work with the poor, received a rapturous welcome Thursday from one of Rio's most violent shantytowns and demanded the world's wealthy end the injustices that have left the poor on the margins of society. He received an even more frenzied welcome as he opened a rain-soaked World Youth Day in a far different setting: Rio's upscale Copacabana Beach.

Iodized salt made Americans smarter: Study Posted: 25 Jul 2013 07:06 AM PDT A new study suggests that the addition of iodine to salt in 1924 might have improved the average IQ in some areas by as many as 15 points.

UN chief says over 100,000 people killed in Syria Posted: 25 Jul 2013 08:02 AM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday raised the death toll in Syria's civil war to more than 100,000, up from nearly 93,000 just over a month ago.

Wrigley Field's $500M facelift includes hotel, Jumbotron Posted: 24 Jul 2013 05:51 PM PDT The Chicago Cubs, who have clung to the past the way ivy clings to Wrigley Field's outfield walls, won final approval Wednesday for a $500 million renovation project at the 99-year-old ballpark — including a massive Jumbotron like the ones towering over every other major league stadium.

Admiration, puzzlement over Weiner's loyal spouse Posted: 24 Jul 2013 11:39 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — When Huma Abedin first started getting media attention years ago, some people couldn't help but wonder what this beautiful, ambitious woman with high-fashion sense and a world-class Rolodex saw in Anthony Weiner.

The least 'honest' city in America is... you guessed it Posted: 24 Jul 2013 06:25 PM PDT For the second year in a row, residents of our nation's capital have proven themselves the most likely to steal a dollar from your pocket. Or, at least a bottle of tea.

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