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Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:49:49 EDT en-us 2 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/hurricane-dolly-remnants-bring-downpour/n20080726213009990003 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/hurricane-dolly-remnants-bring-downpour/n20080726213009990003 EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Heavy rain from the remnants of Hurricane Dolly is closing streets and flooding homes in El Paso, and is blamed for causing the death of one person in New Mexico. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/iowans-to-congressmen-stop-immigration/n20080726203509990012 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/iowans-to-congressmen-stop-immigration/n20080726203509990012 POSTVILLE, Iowa (AP) - An immigration raid that arrested nearly 400 people in northeastern Iowa scarred a small town and tore families apart, residents said Saturday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/navajo-tribe-approves-ban-on-commercial/n20080726201609990017 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/navajo-tribe-approves-ban-on-commercial/n20080726201609990017 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The Navajo Nation Council has approved a ban on commercial tobacco in public places on its vast reservation - including such outdoor venues as rodeos and fairs. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/nyc-adds-double-dutch-rope-jumping-as/n20080726193809990001 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/nyc-adds-double-dutch-rope-jumping-as/n20080726193809990001 NEW YORK (AP) - The popular urban street pastime called double dutch, in which competitors jump between two ropes twirled eggbeater-style, is getting more recognition, becoming an officially sanctioned sport in New York City high schools. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ap-impact-relatives-of-televangelist/n20080726191309990003 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ap-impact-relatives-of-televangelist/n20080726191309990003 NEWARK, Texas (AP) - Here in the gentle hills of north Texas, televangelist Kenneth Copeland has built a religious empire teaching that God wants his followers to prosper. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/navajo-tribe-bans-commercial-tobacco/n20080726184509990019 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/navajo-tribe-bans-commercial-tobacco/n20080726184509990019 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The Navajo Nation Council has banned commercial tobacco in public places on the reservation - including such outdoor venues as rodeos and fairs. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/bodies-of-missing-ri-couple-found-in/n20080726183909990005 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/bodies-of-missing-ri-couple-found-in/n20080726183909990005 WARREN, R.I. (AP) - Police have found the bodies of a missing Rhode Island couple in a septic tank in their yard. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/calif-fire-threatens-homes-near-yosemite/n20080726174409990004 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/calif-fire-threatens-homes-near-yosemite/n20080726174409990004 MIDPINES, CALIF. (AP) - Authorities say a wildfire is threatening several hundred homes near the main entrance road to Yosemite National Park. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/gunman-at-pa-radio-station-bipolar-ex/n20080726170909990002 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/gunman-at-pa-radio-station-bipolar-ex/n20080726170909990002 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - The ex-wife of a gunman fatally shot by police outside a central Pennsylvania radio station says the man struggled with bipolar disorder. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/new-space-race-heats-up-with-unveiling/n20080726164609990011 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/new-space-race-heats-up-with-unveiling/n20080726164609990011 LOS ANGELES (AP) - Aerospace engineers have been holed up in a Mojave Desert hangar for four years, fashioning a commercial spaceship to loft rich tourists some 62 miles above Earth. Now the wraps come partially off the top-secret project. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/montana-town-loses-4-teens-their/n20080726163609990002 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/montana-town-loses-4-teens-their/n20080726163609990002 DENTON, Mont. (AP) - Here in rural Montana, the long roads stretch to the horizon over rolling hills covered with wheat. Drivers casually lift a hand off the wheel to greet oncoming drivers, whether they recognize the car or not. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/prosecutors-book-helps-parents-discuss/n20080726145509990003 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/prosecutors-book-helps-parents-discuss/n20080726145509990003 NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutor Jill Starishevsky was working on the case of a little girl who had been consistently raped by her stepfather when she got an idea of how she could help families prevent such horrific acts. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/falling-tree-kills-firefighter-in/n20080726142009990010 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/falling-tree-kills-firefighter-in/n20080726142009990010 REDDING, Calif. (AP) - Federal forestry officials say a firefighter has died after being struck by a falling tree while working on a wildfire in Northern California. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/nyc-adds-double-dutch-to-school-sports/n20080726140909990003 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/nyc-adds-double-dutch-to-school-sports/n20080726140909990003 NEW YORK (AP) - The popular urban street pastime called double dutch, in which competitors jump between two ropes twirled eggbeater-style, is getting more recognition, becoming an officially sanctioned sport in New York City high schools. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/procession-mass-for-long-missing-us/n20080726140409990011 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/procession-mass-for-long-missing-us/n20080726140409990011 LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) - Hundreds of mourners trekked up a flag-lined street Saturday for the funeral of Army Staff Sgt. Alex Jimenez, whose body was found 14 months after he and two fellow soldiers were captured during an ambush in Iraq. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/nev-court-oks-term-limits-blocks-some/n20080726132009990043 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/nev-court-oks-term-limits-blocks-some/n20080726132009990043 CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Some veteran public officials seeking re-election have been blocked from serving new terms because the state Supreme Court has upheld term limits in a ruling delivered just one day before the start of Nevada's early voting. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/troubles-fail-to-drive-down-hummer/n20080726125209990019 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/troubles-fail-to-drive-down-hummer/n20080726125209990019 NY453, NY459, NY461 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/bermuda-leaders-son-a-doctor-faces-sex/n20080726113809990008 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/bermuda-leaders-son-a-doctor-faces-sex/n20080726113809990008 LOS ANGELES (AP) - About two months ago, Dr. Kevin Antario Brown was hobnobbing with guests at a celebrity poker tournament at the Playboy Mansion, his disaster-relief medical charity the beneficiary of the lavish event. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/coast-guard-stops-search-for-missing/n20080726104909990012 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/coast-guard-stops-search-for-missing/n20080726104909990012 ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - The Coast Guard has stopped searching for the owner and captain of a Rhode Island fishing boat that sank off the coast of New Jersey. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/nev-court-oks-term-limits-kicks-some-off/n20080726103909990005 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/nev-court-oks-term-limits-kicks-some-off/n20080726103909990005 CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Some veteran public officials seeking re-election have been knocked off the ballot because the state Supreme Court has upheld term limits in a ruling delivered just one day before the start of Nevada's early voting. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/self-defense-says-ohio-man-who-killed/n20080726092109990003 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/self-defense-says-ohio-man-who-killed/n20080726092109990003 BAKERSVILLE, Ohio (AP) - An eastern Ohio man says he killed a black bear in self defense because the animal charged at him - but he's been charged with shooting an endangered animal. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/rites-in-lawrence-mass-for-long-missing/n20080726090009990005 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/rites-in-lawrence-mass-for-long-missing/n20080726090009990005 LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) - The city of Lawrence, Mass., is showing its respect for a soldier whose body was recently recovered in Iraq, 14 months after he was captured. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/midsummer-night-with-drew-carey-and/n20080726080709990005 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/midsummer-night-with-drew-carey-and/n20080726080709990005 CLEVELAND (AP) - ``The Price Is Right'' host Drew Carey is ready to showcase his Shakespearean side in a concert appearance with the Cleveland Orchestra. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/man-accused-in-conspiracy-to-kill-judge/n20080726062709990002 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/man-accused-in-conspiracy-to-kill-judge/n20080726062709990002 EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Drug kingpin Jamiel Alexander ``Jimmy'' Chagra, accused of leading a 1979 conspiracy to assassinate the federal judge set to preside over his drug trial, has died. He was 63. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/jail-call-missing-girls-grandma-mother/n20080726053909990012 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/jail-call-missing-girls-grandma-mother/n20080726053909990012 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The mother of a missing 2-year-old Orlando girl told family that she didn't know the whereabouts of her child in a contentious telephone call from jail released Friday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/genevieve-weakens-to-tropical-storm-over/n20080726045909990004 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/genevieve-weakens-to-tropical-storm-over/n20080726045909990004 MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Genevieve has weakened to a tropical storm far off Mexico's Pacific coast and forecasters say it is expected to continue losing strength as it moves farther out to sea. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/detective-details-confrontation-with/n20080726041909990002 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/detective-details-confrontation-with/n20080726041909990002 DETROIT (AP) - A detective working a criminal case against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said coincidence led him to a house to try to deliver a subpoena. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/gay-bias-alleged-in-san-diego-bay/n20080726033609990015 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/gay-bias-alleged-in-san-diego-bay/n20080726033609990015 WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) - To police, Steven Hirschfield was violent and out of control when he clambered aboard a patrol boat sent to rescue him in the San Diego Bay during a gay pride party. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/mo-funeral-home-accused-of-mishandled/n20080726011009990005 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/mo-funeral-home-accused-of-mishandled/n20080726011009990005 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's attorney general on Friday accused a funeral home of improperly handling bodies, including one that was stored in an electrical room for 10 months without being embalmed or refrigerated. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/police-54-hurt-when-school-buses-collide/n20080726001209990001 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/police-54-hurt-when-school-buses-collide/n20080726001209990001 PORT CHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Police say 54 people suffered minor injuries when two school buses collided on Interstate 95 in New York's Westchester County. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/17-injured-in-nyc-buildings-2nd-blaze-in/n20080725232309990017 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/17-injured-in-nyc-buildings-2nd-blaze-in/n20080725232309990017 NEW YORK (AP) - An explosion blew apart walls and hurt 17 people in an apartment building still recovering from a fire six weeks earlier, authorities said. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/prosecutor-parents-gave-toddler-horrible/n20080725230409990002 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/prosecutor-parents-gave-toddler-horrible/n20080725230409990002 COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Parents facing murder charges in the June death of their 2-year-old son restrained the toddler with duct tape while he stood naked in the corner of the closet, court documents allege. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/salvage-teams-raise-sunken-russian-sub/n20080725223009990007 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/salvage-teams-raise-sunken-russian-sub/n20080725223009990007 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Military salvage teams used hydraulic pumps and pontoons Friday to raise a Russian submarine once featured in a Hollywood film that sank in the Providence River last year during a storm. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/2-girls-killed-by-car-fleeing-police-in/n20080725222709990008 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/2-girls-killed-by-car-fleeing-police-in/n20080725222709990008 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky authorities say two young girls have died after they were struck by a car that fled a traffic stop near the University of Louisville. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/spam-king-lured-family-with-promises-of/n20080725221809990011 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/spam-king-lured-family-with-promises-of/n20080725221809990011 BENNETT, Colo. (AP) - A 16-year-old who survived when her escaped-convict father fatally shot his wife and a younger daughter told investigators the man lured his family into a sport utility vehicle with promises of a gift and a final goodbye, according to a document released Friday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/missing-wife-suspect-ex-pal-fight-in/n20080725214509990002 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/missing-wife-suspect-ex-pal-fight-in/n20080725214509990002 CHICAGO (AP) - A man who says he cooperated with police and wore a wire during conversations with a former police sergeant considered a suspect in his wife's disappearance was charged Friday with battery after shoving Drew Peterson in a barber shop parking lot. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/parents-of-slain-pregnant-woman-forgive/n20080725211109990003 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/parents-of-slain-pregnant-woman-forgive/n20080725211109990003 MCKEESPORT, Pa. (AP) - The parents of a slain pregnant woman said Friday they have forgiven the suspect charged with killing their daughter and cutting her baby out of the womb. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/california-bans-restaurants-from-using/n20080725210709990017 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/california-bans-restaurants-from-using/n20080725210709990017 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California on Friday became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food, following several cities and major fast-food chains in erasing the notorious artery-clogger from menus. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/phoenix-police-college-shooter-was/n20080725205309990014 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/phoenix-police-college-shooter-was/n20080725205309990014 PHOENIX (AP) - The most seriously wounded of three people shot in a community-college computer lab had punched the gunman, an old enemy, in the face before he opened fire, police said Friday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/nj-lawmakers-push-for-porn-filters-on/n20080725204809990004 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/nj-lawmakers-push-for-porn-filters-on/n20080725204809990004 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Legislative leaders sought to install filters to block inappropriate material from being viewed on state computers two days after a veteran assemblyman's computer was seized for containing child pornography. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ag-accuses-mo-funeral-home-of/n20080725201209990001 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ag-accuses-mo-funeral-home-of/n20080725201209990001 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The attorney general's office on Friday accused a mid-Missouri funeral home of improperly handling bodies, including storing one body in an electrical room for 10 months without being embalmed or refrigerated. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/woman-injured-in-apparent-shark-attack/n20080725201009990015 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/woman-injured-in-apparent-shark-attack/n20080725201009990015 HONOLULU (AP) - Lifeguards have closed off a two-mile stretch of ocean in Hawaii after a woman was injured in an apparent shark attack. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ag-sues-mo-funeral-home-over-mishandled/n20080725200709990004 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ag-sues-mo-funeral-home-over-mishandled/n20080725200709990004 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The attorney general's office on Friday accused a mid-Missouri funeral home of improperly handling bodies, including storing one body in an electrical room for 10 months without being embalmed or refrigerated. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/17-hurt-in-nyc-apartment-building-fire-2/n20080725200409990007 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/national/news_top_nat/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/17-hurt-in-nyc-apartment-building-fire-2/n20080725200409990007 NEW YORK (AP) - Firefighters say a fire in a New York City apartment building has hurt 17 people. Two victims are in critical condition.