APNewsBreak: Slain Juarez lieutenant was informant - Associated Press
ALICIA A. CALDWELL
(07-27) 15:23 PDT El Paso, Texas (AP) -- The eight bullets that leveled Jose Daniel Gonzalez Galeana outside his home just doors from the city's police chief were fired at close range and left little...

More time to comment on solar energy study areas - Associated Press
(07-27) 14:03 PDT Las Vegas, NV (AP) -- The Department of Energy and the Bureau of Land Management have extended the public comment period on plans to study public land in six states to determine...

AT&T; says Web site block was not censorship - Associated Press
(07-27) 13:41 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) -- AT&T; Inc. blocked freewheeling Web site 4chan.org this weekend, leading to accusations of censorship, but the reason for the action turned out to be a routine...

Salmonella product recalls - Associated Press
The Associated Press
(07-27) 13:37 PDT , (AP) -- The following recalls have been announced because the products may be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections...

Duke Energy seeks to raise SC rates - Associated Press
(07-27) 13:22 PDT Charlotte, N.C. (AP) -- Duke Energy said Monday that it will ask South Carolina regulators to boost rates by an average 9.3 percent for residential customers to help recover costs...

Excerpts from NFL letter to Vick - Associated Press
(07-27) 12:57 PDT New York (AP) -- Excerpts from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's letter reinstating Michael Vick, who can play in regular season games as early as October. ___ "My decision at that...

Trial reveals evangelist's hidden cash, properties - Associated Press
JON GAMBRELL
(07-27) 12:51 PDT Texarkana, Ark. (AP) -- Evangelist Tony Alamo, awaiting sentencing on sex abuse charges, has been running a multimillion-dollar empire that hums along without a trace of his...

Scientists examine carcass of whale hit by ship - Associated Press
(07-27) 01:29 PDT VANCOUVER, (AP) -- It wasn't a pretty sight, but whale watchers on a cruise ship in Canada got more than they bargained for when they arrived at the port of Vancouver _ a dead whale...

Weak oversight mars success of Iraq hotel project - Associated Press
RICHARD LARDNER
(07-26) 20:59 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- In Iraq, even the successful reconstruction projects aren't trouble-free. Questionable payments, incomplete or missing paperwork and weak contract management...

Parnell Bio Box - Associated Press
The Associated Press
(07-26) 17:15 PDT , (AP) -- Name: Sean Parnell Party: Republican Date of birth: Nov. 19, 1962 Birth place: Hanford, Calif., moved to Anchorage in 1973 Occupation: Became the 10th person to be Alaska's...

Crime sweep southeast of Phoenix nets 72 arrests - Associated Press
(07-26) 16:07 PDT PHOENIX (AP) -- The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office arrested 72 people during a three-day crime sweep in Chandler and Queen Creek southeast of Phoenix. Sheriff Joe Arpaio says the...

Sex abuse testimony ends Alamo's long crime career - Associated Press
DEBORAH HASTINGS
(07-26) 12:56 PDT (AP) -- Of all the horrid accusations against evangelist Tony Alamo _ and the list is long _ it was the testimony of formerly loyal subjects, recounting "marriages" between their...

Report: 33 killed in Tanzania bus accident - Associated Press
SUKHDEV CHHATBAR
(07-26) 11:31 PDT ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) -- The state-owned broadcaster is reporting that a bus has crashed into a truck in northeastern Tanzania, killing 33 people. Tanzania Broadcasting Corp. is...

Hubble image shows debris from Jupiter collision - Associated Press
(07-25) 21:52 PDT BALTIMORE, (AP) -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is offering a glimpse of atmospheric debris from an object that plunged into Jupiter in a rare collision with the planet. Scientists...

Ore. driver gets 43 years for quadruple fatal - Associated Press
(07-24) 20:53 PDT Pendleton, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon man convicted of causing an accident that killed four people while driving drunk was sentenced to 43 years in prison Friday. John C. Carlgren, 47...

Affliction MMA show canceled after Barnett's ban - Associated Press
(07-24) 17:57 PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Affliction canceled its mixed martial arts show scheduled for Aug. 1 in Anaheim on Friday after failing to find a suitable replacement for heavyweight Josh...

Canadian doughnut chain enters NYC doughnut wars - Associated Press
SUZANNE MA
(07-24) 16:07 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) -- There's a new doughnut in town with a Canadian flavor, and it's saving Zachary Abella from making a two-hour commute. For a sip of hot chocolate and his preferred...

Wang getting second opinion on injured shoulder - Associated Press
DAVE SKRETTA
(07-24) 15:34 PDT New York (AP) -- Chien-Ming Wang is awaiting a second opinion on his injured right throwing shoulder, and manager Joe Girardi didn't sound optimistic about getting the sinkerballer...

Vegas-area school district mulling new bond issue - Associated Press
(07-24) 13:57 PDT Las Vegas, NV (AP) -- The Clark County School District wants to issue up to $249 million in new bonds for construction projects. District officials are calling the move an interim...

Population of nearly extinct frogs found in SoCal - Associated Press
(07-24) 13:14 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- The U.S. Geological Survey says a population of the nearly extinct mountain yellow-legged frog has been found in Southern California's San Jacinto Wilderness...

Obama calls arrest of Harvard scholar unnecessary - Associated Press
(07-24) 04:26 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is standing by his assertion that police did not need to arrest a Harvard scholar who was trying to get into his own home. Obama said in an...

Parents' role in Alamo case is a tricky question - Associated Press
ANDREW DeMILLO and JON GAMBRELL
(07-24) 00:39 PDT Texarkana, Ark. (AP) -- One by one, the women told the court a similar story. They were "married" to evangelist Tony Alamo as children or teens, pushed into the unions with the...