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House charges Rep. Charles Rangel with ethics violations

Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

A House panel outlines 13 counts against the New York Democratic lawmaker, whose political career spans 40 years.

Rep. Charles Rangel of New York was charged Thursday with 13 counts of violating House ethics rules, placing the Democrat’s storied, 40-year political career in jeopardy.

Military officials say air show will go on despite deadly military plane crash

Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:42:00 +0000

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A popular air show will be held this weekend, days after four people were killed when a military cargo plane crashed at an Anchorage base during a training demonstration for the event, military officials said Thursday.

Company at center of huge oil leak into Mich. river has history of pipeline problems

Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:41:00 +0000

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Michigan river has experienced leaks, an explosion and dozens of regulatory violations in the past decade throughout the Great Lakes region and elsewhere in the U.S.

For Clintons’ understated only daughter, $3 million is enough to get married in style

Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:55:00 +0000

RHINEBECK, N.Y. (AP) — Imagine spending $250,000 on flowers. Or $20,000 on a cake. How does $15,000 to $20,000 for toilets sound?

Ousted USDA employee Shirley Sherrod says she will sue conservative blogger over edited video

Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:29:00 +0000

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted a video edited in a way that made her appear racist.

Death of 2nd missing US Navy sailor only deepens mystery of their disappearance in Afghanistan

Admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:20:00 +0000

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The discovery of the body of a second U.S. sailor who vanished in Afghanistan last week only deepened the mystery of the men’s disappearance nearly 60 miles from their base in a dangerous area controlled by the Taliban.

Supreme Court Likely To Decide Arizona Immigration Fight

Admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:23:00 +0000

Washington….The Supreme Court, where the legal controversy over Arizona’s immigration law is likely to be decided, has taken a dim view in recent years of judges striking down state laws based on broad challenges like the one an Arizona federal judge sided with Wednesday.

Possibly Thousands Of Mishandled Arlington Graves

Admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:48:00 +0000

Washington…The estimate of possibly mishandled graves at Arlington National Cemetery soared into the thousands Thursday, and ousted cemetery officials conceded that they knew about problems at least five years ago.

Toyota recalls thousands of Avalons, Lexus SUVs in US over steering problems

Admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:58:00 +0000

NEW YORK (AP) — Toyota is recalling nearly half a million cars, most of them large sedans sold in the U.S., for problems that can cause the steering wheel to lock up. It’s the latest indication that the automaker is still struggling with vehicle problems even as it works to overhaul quality control.

4 airmen killed in cargo plane crash during training run at Air Force base in Alaska

Admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:08:00 +0000

ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AP) — The deadly crash of a military cargo plane on a training mission occurred just about a minute after it took off from a runway at an Alaska base, officials said Thursday.