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SC town councilor takes on illegals
7/29/10 - Far from the front lines in the battle over immigration, a South Carolina town is weighing an ordinance that would effectively ban illegals from living or working there. (July 29)
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Arizona:Sheriff Arpaio responds
7/29/10 - The tension is mounting in Arizona where the state will soon begin enforcing a tough new law to find illegal immigrants. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says the new law will not change his department's operations. (July 28)
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Ap Economy Survey
A new AP Economy Survey projects weaker growth in the coming months as key components of the economy - employment and consumer spending - continue to struggle. (July 29)
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Calif Wildfires
Calif. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in Kern County where two wildfires are raging. He urged homeowners to listen to firefighters because the wildfires have destroyed more than 25 structures and 14 hundred acres. (July 29)
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Oil Spill Numbers
From gallons to dollars, the numbers involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are staggering. A sampling of the figures, 100 days after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. (July 28)
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Pakistan Plane Crash
A passenger jet carrying 152 people crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital on Wednesday morning, officials said. Rescuers were trying to reach the scene amid rain and difficult roads. (July 28)
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Ore Missing Boy
The mother of an Oregon boy missing for 53 days tearfully told her son not to give up hope, while investigators doubled the reward for information leading to his whereabouts. (July 27)
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Lazy Louisiana??
7/27/10 - Business Week says Louisiana is the laziest state in the union based on data taken before the oil spill from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (July 27)
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Pitt Wig Robbery
Police say a man dressed in a wig, fake breasts and clown pants stole a BB gun and robbed a bank, then tried to escape by taking a woman's car from a gas station. (July 26)
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5 dead in NY murder-suicide
7/27/10A single mother and her teenage son apparently ingested some type of drug before dying in a suspected murder-suicide and arson that claimed the lives of three other children in their New York City apartment. (July 27)
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Calif Bus Crash
An 18-year-old woman driving an SUV that was struck by a Greyhound bus in a horrifying crash last week was under the influence of alcohol, the California Highway Patrol said Monday. (July 26)
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BP chief out..Russia bound?
7/26/10 - Tony Hayward, who became the face of BP's flailing efforts to contain the massive Gulf oil spill, will step down as chief executive in October and be offered a job with the company's joint venture in Russia. (July 26)
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Dozier Wikileaks
The torrent of more than 91,000 secret documents, one of the largest unauthorized disclosures in military history, sent the Obama administration scrambling Monday to assess and repair any damage to the war effort, either abroad or in the U.S. (July 26)
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War documents exposed
7/26/10 - The online whistle-blower WikiLeaks posted some 91,000 U.S. military records of six years of the war, including unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings and covert operations against Taliban figures. (July 26)
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Mistaken death
7/26/10 - Grieving families learned Arizona officials mixed up the identity of a young woman injured and a woman killed in a car crash. (July 26)
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Iowa dam update
7/25/10 - Officials in eastern Iowa say a dam failure and flooding from the Moquoketa River has damaged numerous homes and businesses and caused millions of dollars in damage.
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Hurricane tunnel
7/26/10 - Associated Press reporter Jerry Bodlander stepped into a University of Maryland wind tunnel to see what it would be like to stand in 100 mile an hour winds, equivalent to a category two hurricane.
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Closing arguments in Blago Trial
7/26/10 - Attorneys are preparing to make their final pitch in the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Twenty months after Blagojevich was led out of his home in handcuffs, closing arguments are expected to begin Monday. (July 26)
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Mich. missing plane
7/25/10 - Authorities have abandoned hope of finding alive four people missing since a small plane plunged into Lake Michigan while flying a cancer patient to the Mayo Clinic. (July 25)
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BP chief replaced
7/25/10 - Gaffe-prone BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward, under fire for his handling of the Gulf oil spill, is being replaced, a senior U.S. government official said Sunday. (July 25)
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U.S. soldiers missing
7/25/10 - A Taliban spokesman tells The Associated Press that two missing Americans, including one who was killed, "are in the hands of the Taliban.'' (July 25)
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Putin celebrates with spies
7/25/10 - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he sang a patriotic song with the Russian spies who were expelled from the United States and promised them a "bright" future. (July 25)
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19 die in German crowd crush
7/24/10 - A stampede inside a tunnel crowded with techno music fans left 19 people dead and dozens injured at the famed Love Parade festival in western Germany on Saturday. (July 24)
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Outrage over city salaries
7/24/10 - City council members who make nearly $100,000 a year for governing this small, poverty-plagued suburb of Los Angeles must resign immediately or they could face a recall campaign from a community group. (July 23)
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Bonnie gone...ships head back
7/24/10 - Crews hurried to get back to work on plugging BP's leaky oil well Saturday after Tropical Storm Bonnie fizzled, and engineers hoped for good weather long enough to stop the gusher for good. The AP's Bonny Ghosh is in Louisiana. (July 24)
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Sherrod invites Obama
7/24/10 - President Barack Obama told former Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod he regretted her forced resignation and asked her to consider returning. In an interview with the AP, Sherrod said she'd like to persuade Obama to visit Georgia. (July 23)
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Iowa dam break
7/24/10 - In eastern Iowa, the Lake Delhi dam failed as rising floodwater from the Maquoketa River ate a 30-foot-wide hole in the earthen dam, causing water to drop 45 feet to the river below and threatening the small town of Hopkinton. (July 24)
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Unemployment
Congress has approved legislation to restore unemployment benefits to people who have been out of work for six months or more. (July 22)
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Storm prep
7/24/10 - Ships relaying sights and sounds from BP's broken oil well stood fast Friday as Tropical Storm Bonnie blew straight for the site, threatening to force an evacuation and leave engineers clueless on whether a makeshift cap was holding. (July 23)
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Drill warning systems off
7/23/10 - The chief engineer on the Deepwater Horizon tells a government panel that warning systems on the drilling rig were inhibited because the crew did not want to be disturbed in the middle of the night. (July 23)
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Georgia rescue
7/23/10 - Commuters scrambled to pull an Atlanta woman to safety after she walked over the edge of a train platform, falling onto the tracks as a train approached. The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority says the woman is visually impaired. (July 23)
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Bonnie Preps
7/23/10 - Tropical Storm Bonnie steamed through the central Bahamas and was approaching the Florida Keys on Friday along a course that is expected to cross over the site of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. (July 23)
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Harry Weber Gulf
The AP's Harry Weber rode with the Coast Guard to the oil rig site and talks about the choppy water from the impending storm but also says there isn't as much oil on the surface as there once was. (July 22)
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Fatal Greyhound crash
7/22/10 - A Greyhound bus carrying 47 people and traveling to Sacramento from Los Angeles crashed on a highway in California's Central Valley on Thursday, killing six and injuring many others. (July 22)
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Az Immigration Hearing
The Arizona immigration law came under new legal scrutiny in a packed courtroom Thursday as a federal judge considered whether the crackdown should take effect next week. Seven opponents of the law were arrested outside the courthouse. (July 22)
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Obama apologizes to Sherrod
7/22/10 - President Barack Obama apologized Thursday to Shirley Sherrod over her ouster in the midst of a racially-tinged firestorm that also ensnared the White House, Agriculture Department, NAACP and an Internet blogger. (July 22)
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Cop attack on tape
7/22/10 - An Ohio man was arrested for allegedly attacking a police officer during a traffic stop. Eric German faces charges including assault on a police officer and resisting arrest. The officer was hospitalized after the incident. (July 22)
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Ny Emt Rapist
New York police are accusing an EMT of raping multiple women and girls. (July 21)
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Afghan Trainer Shooting
An Afghan soldier opened fire on U.S. civilian trainers at an army base in northern Afghanistan, killing two Americans before being shot dead. (July 21)
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Va Terror Arrest
7/22/10 - A man known for posting an online warning to the creators of "South Park" that they risked death by mocking Muhammad was arrested Wednesday and charged with offering himself as a fighter to a Somali terror group linked to al-Qaida. (July 22)
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White House support for Sherrod
7/21/10 - The White House says President Barack Obama supports the Agriculture Department's decision to reconsider the ouster of a black employee for her remarks about race. (July 21)
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Uncertain economic future
7/21/10 - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has told Congress the economic outlook remains "unusually uncertain," and the central bank is ready to take new steps to keep the recovery alive if the economy worsens. (July 21)
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Crane into house
7/21/10 - A crane intended to be used to remove a tree that was threatening a home in Ohio, accidentally fell onto the buildings' roof. (July 21)
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Oil Spill Latest
7/20/10 - The government's oil spill chief says the leaking well appears stable, so he's extended testing of the experimental cap by another day, which means the oil will remain shut in. The cap is buying time until a permanent plug is in place.
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NY mayor vs Palin on mosque
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says Sarah Palin is entitled to her opinions but he couldn't disagree with her more when it comes to a proposed Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero. Palin has called the project an unnecessary provocation. (July 20)
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USDA reconsiders resignation request
7/21/10 - Amid growing pressure, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the USDA will reconsider its decision to ask an employee to resign over racially tinged remarks she made at an NAACP banquet. Evidence shows her remarks were misconstrued.
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Blagojevich testimony
7/21/10 - Impeached Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich may no longer testify at his corruption trial. Hiss attorneys dropped that bombshell Tuesday when they said they could rest their case without calling a single witness.
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Oil spill wrap
The government's oil spill chief tried to tamp down fears Tuesday that BP's capped well is buckling under the pressure, saying seepage detected along the sea floor less than two miles away is coming from an older well no longer in production. (July 20)
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Unemployment benefits extended
Legislation to restore unemployment benefits to millions broke free of Senate Republican delaying tactics on Tuesday. Senators voted 60-40 to move ahead on the bill, clearing the way for a final senate vote. (July 20)
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Cap is holding
The federal government has allowed BP to keep the cap shut tight on its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well for another day despite something seeping near the sea floor. (July 19)
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Small cap leak
Oil and gas are leaking from the cap on BP's ruptured oil well but the cork will stay in place for now, the federal government's point man on the spill said Monday. (July 19)
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Clinton in Afghanistan
President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday reaffirmed his commitment for Afghan police and soldiers to take charge of security nationwide by 2014 and urged his international backers to distribute more of their development aid through the government. (July 20)
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Obama to Dems: I will help
President Barack Obama is looking to reassure a key constituency he should have in his corner _ House Democrats who are facing worrisome reelection prospects in November. (June 19)
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Health reform for animals
Around the nation, veterinarians are practicing ever more advanced medicine on the nation's 77 million dogs, 90 million cats and a myriad of other animals, treatments that vie with the best of human medicine. (July 20)
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Mailman to the rescue
Keith McVey's friends joke the humble mailman should wear a cape. During more than two decades of delivering mail in northeast Ohio, he has helped save the lives of three people. (July 20)
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Mexico massacre
The gunmen did not say a word as they jumped from their cars and stormed the private party in northern Mexico. They simply opened fire. When they were done, 17 people lay dead another later died. (July 19)
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Muslim protest
Hundreds of Muslims staged a protest in Karachi, Pakistan on Sunday against a ban approved by France's lower house of parliament on wearing burqa-style Islamic veils. (July 18)
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Freeway shootout
A man police say was armed and wearing a bulletproof vest is hospitalized after a traffic stop turned into a shootout on an Oakland freeway. (July 18)
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Deadly train crash
A speeding express train plowed into another passenger train in eastern India on Monday, killing more than 60 people. Officials say sabotage may be involved. (July 19)
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Former Gov's brother to testify
Rod Blagojevich's brother, a year older than the ousted Illinois governor, will go first again this week as their separate attorneys start presenting their defenses to charges that the two schemed to sell a U.S. Senate seat. (July 19)
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Black Expo shootings
Police say eight people were wounded in a burst of gunfire in downtown Indianapolis during the Indiana Black Expo and two more in separate shootings that followed. (July 18)
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Oil spill plug holds
BP hopes to keep using its giant cork to block oil from reaching the Gulf of Mexico until they plug the blown out well permanently. As AP's Haven Daley reports, business owners and visitors are starting to get their lives back to normal. (July 18)
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Parking garage collapse
Authorities called off a 22-hour rescue mission at a partly collapsed parking garage Saturday after determining that no one had been trapped when a glass canopy attached to a high-rise condominium building fell the day before. (July 17)
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Church bus crash
A school bus carrying nearly 30 children crashed Saturday in eastern Kansas, injuring nine children, including one with critical injuries. The children were headed to Missouri from a church camp when their bus rolled along Interstate 35. (July 17)
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Teacher cancer hoax
A Pennsylvania teacher has been charged with taking money donations from people after falsely claiming she had a brain tumor. (July 16)
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Oil well tests continue
Tests continue in the Gulf on the oil well cap and no one is declaring victory or failure. Even President Barack Obama is cautioning the public "not to get too far ahead of ourselves". (July 16)
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Russian heatwave
A state of emergency has been declared in 19 Russian regions due to an unprecedented heat wave that continues to sweep through the country. (July 17)
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Barefoot bandit faces justice
The teenager accused in a two-year string of sometimes shoeless burglaries and other crimes that helped him gain international notoriety as the 'Barefoot Bandit' agreed Friday to return to Washington state to face federal charges. (July 16)
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Oil leak update
After 85 days and up to 184 million gallons, BP finally gained control over an environmental catastrophes Thursday by placing a fitted cap over a runaway geyser. The AP's Harry Weber has been covering the story since the leak gushing started. (July 15)
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Obama on oil cap
President Barack Obama says BP's successful capping of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is "good news." But he says testing continues to determine whether the temporary cap can stay in place and be used to permanently stop the flow of oil. (July 16)
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NJ garage collapse
A parking garage partially collapsed in northern New Jersey. The three-level structure in Hackensack was damaged Friday morning. Authorities are trying to determine whether anyone was inside. (July 16)
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City underwear rule
A Colorado town says no more people in their underwear can speak at council meetings. (July 16)
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Florida Dengue Fever
Miami-Dade County health officials are reporting the first suspected local case of dengue fever, a potentially serious mosquito-borne illness that had once disappeared from the United States. (July 15)
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Massive Wall St. bill passes
Congress has sent legislation to President Barack Obama that imposes sweeping new regulations on Wall Street and creates new protections for millions of consumers. (July 15)
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Az Immigration Lawsuit
Arizona's impending immigration law went before a federal judge for the first time Thursday, and attorneys for both sides sparred over who had the right to enforce immigration law: local officials or the federal government. (July 16)
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Financial regulations
Congress has sent legislation to President Barack Obama that imposes sweeping new regulations on Wall Street and creates new protections for millions of consumers. (July 15)
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Times Square bomber video
The Al-Arabiya TV station says it has video of the failed Times Square car bomb suspect along the Afghan border. In the video, Faisal Shahzad says he planned a 'revenge attack' against the U.S. that he hoped would touch the hearts of Muslims. (July 14)
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Old ship found at WTC site
Workers at the World Trade Center site are excavating a 32-foot-long ship hull that apparently was used in the 18th century as part of the fill that extended lower Manhattan into the Hudson River. (July 15)
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Hurricane impact on GM Plant
Nearly 2 weeks after Hurricane Alex roared into south Texas, thousands of GM workers are still feeling its effects. The storm has delayed the shipment of several parts forcing the Arlington SUV plant to temporarily stop production. (July 14)
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Horse rescue
Fort Worth firefighters using two boats rescued an exhausted horse from neck-high Rio Grande floodwaters Sunday. Her 3-month-old colt died. The horses were reported stranded after heavy rain and late June's Hurricane Alex. (July 14)
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