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    • Solitary Man Reaches Out, But Now Is Lonely In A Crowd (Dear Abby)
      Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I'm a gay 44-year-old man with self-esteem problems. I have never seen myself as worthy of affection, and I don't consider myself attractive. I have never been in a relationship, and no one outside of my family has ever said "I love you" to me.
    • Time to scrap BP brand? Gas-station owners divided (AP)

      FILE - In this file photo made Oct. 25, 2007, the BP (British Petroleum) logo is seen at a gas station in Washington. BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of its effort to repair the company's badly damaged reputation. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of efforts to repair the company's badly damaged reputation.


    • Schwarzenegger declares California fiscal emergency (Reuters)
      Reuters - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency over the state's finances on Wednesday, raising pressure on lawmakers to negotiate a state budget that is more than a month overdue and will need to close a $19 billion shortfall.
    • Inmate sues man he's convicted of burglarizing (AP)
      AP - A Florida inmate is suing the man he's convicted of burglarizing, claiming the man and two others roughed him up during a citizen's arrest. Michael Dupree is serving a 12-year sentence for burglary and cocaine possession stemming from a 2007 break-in of a van in St. Petersburg. Dupree allegedly stole a bicycle locked inside and was apprehended after the owner, Anthony McKoy, saw him with the bike down the street.
    • Paris police: Tear gas in letter for US Embassy (AP)

      Exterior view of the U.S. Embassy in Paris Friday, July 30, 2010 where two of its employees are undergoing medical tests after handling a suspicious letter. Embassy spokesman Paul Patin says employees in the mailroom identified a 'suspicious letter' and French authorities were summoned to examine it.(AP Photo/Yoan Valat)AP - Two men who work for the U.S. Embassy in Paris underwent medical tests after handling a suspicious letter Friday, the embassy said, and Paris police said it appeared they had been exposed to tear gas fumes.


    • Prodigal gun: Man reunited with stolen revolver (AP)
      AP - A rural east Texas man has been reunited with his long-lost gun more than two decades after it was stolen. Kauffman County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Pat Laney says Bruce Garner received his H&R nine-shot revolver at an upbeat property hearing Thursday morning.
    • Bill Clinton emerges on Chelsea's NY wedding eve (AP)

      Former President Bill Clinton talks to people as he leaves a restaurant in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on Friday, July 30, 2010. Clinton made a long-anticipated appearance in the upstate New York village where his daughter is getting married tomorrow, drawing crowds of onlookers as preparations continued largely out of sight for the grand and secretive occasion. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - Bill Clinton made a long-anticipated appearance in the upstate New York village where his daughter is getting married, drawing crowds of onlookers Friday afternoon as preparations continued largely out of sight for the grand and secretive occasion.


    • Antarctica Experiment Discovers Puzzling Space Ray Pattern (LiveScience.com)
      LiveScience.com - A puzzling pattern in the cosmic rays bombarding Earth from space has been discovered by an experiment buried deep under the ice of Antarctica.
    • Dead whale found pinned to Alaska cruise ship (Reuters)
      Reuters - A dead whale was discovered pinned to the bow of a Princess Cruises luxury liner near Juneau, the third such incident involving the company's Alaska fleet in a decade, officials said on Thursday.
    • Great white shark sightings close Cape Cod beach (AP)
      AP - Officials have closed five miles of a Cape Cod beach after a spotter pilot saw three more great white sharks, including one swimming about 100 yards from a party on the sand.
    • Police: Cheeseburger found in SC woman's gas tank (AP)
      AP - A South Carolina woman found out fast food won't make your car go fast. The Herald of Rock Hill reported Thursday a 30-year-old woman made a complaint to police after she took her car to a Rock Hill mechanic last week because it would suddenly stop running.
    • Vitaminwater's Sugar Content: Are Shoppers Being Misled? (Time.com)
      Time.com - The popular sports drink is being sued for its name, which fails to mention its sugar content. Are consumers being misled?
    • Activist: Iranian with stoning sentence tormented (AP)

      Representative for the anti-capital punishment organization, the International Committee Against Executions and the International Committee Against Stoning. , with coordinator Mina Ahadi and Iranian Solidarity Spokesperson Maryam Namazie, right, before the start of their press conference in London, Friday July 30, 2010,  in support of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, seen in poster background, who is sentenced to stoning after an Iranian court found her guilty of having sex outside of marriage.  The anti captial punishment group hope to boldter international support to their cause and bring a reprieve for the stoning of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. (AP Photo/Max Nash)AP - An Iranian woman whose sentence of death by stoning was lifted earlier this month says she's grateful for the international support she's received, but remains heartbroken at the separation from her children and tormented by the fear she could still be executed, a rights activist said Friday.


    • Official: 2 dead in South LA building explosion (AP)

      Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department stand at the site where a suspected natural gas explosion occurred Friday July 30, 2010 in Los Angeles. The explosion collapsed part of the building and hurled two workers into the street, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, fire officials said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - An industrial building with a tampered gas line exploded Friday, killing a man who was hurled into the street and another who was electrocuted by a downed power line, officials said.


    • Calif. wildfire forces hundreds from homes (AP)

      A fast moving wildfire burns above Elizabeth Lake Road in Leona Valley near Palmdale, Calif. on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Mandatory evacuations were issued for the community of Leona Valley on Thursday evening, Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Matt Levesque said. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - A huge wildfire churned through high desert wilderness north of Los Angeles on Friday, destroying a few buildings and forcing people from about 2,000 homes. Most of the displaced residents were allowed to return as the threat eased.


    • 500-pound alligator rounded up in SC lagoon (AP)
      AP - As gators go, the one found in a South Carolina lagoon was downright gargantuan. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reported that an 11-foot-long, 500 pound alligator was removed from a lagoon on the resort island on Wednesday. It took three gator wrestlers from the Critter Management company and a truck to pull the gator from the lagoon near a church.
    • AZ, FL, UT, VT to get Air Force's new F-35 fighter (AP)
      AP - The U.S. Air Force has chosen bases in Arizona, Florida, Utah and Vermont as homes for the military's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, prompting applause from officials banking on the pricey new combat jets to supercharge their communities' economies.
    • Obama defends economy, takes wheel of electric car (AFP)

      US President Barack Obama (C) makes remarks after touring a General Motors Auto plant in Hamtramck, Michigan. Obama, speaking to workers at a Chrysler plant, said that four consecutive quarters of US economic growth was a AFP - President Barack Obama took to the wheel of a new electric car Friday on a Detroit-area tour of the revitalized auto industry, touting his economic policies but urging the need to do more.


    • Knicks' Stoudemire in Israel to trace Hebrew roots (AP)

      FILE - In this July 8, 2010 file photo New York Knicks' Amare Stoudemire holds up a jersey during a news conference in New York. According to Stoudemire's agent, the five-time All-Star arrived in Israel Wednesday July 28, 2010 for a weeklong visit to learn about the country and explore its religions. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, Files)AP - Amare Stoudemire already knows some Hebrew phrases and sports a Star of David tattoo. Now he's come to Israel to explore what might be his Jewish heritage.


    • Bleak outlook for economy as growth slows (AP)

      In this photograph taken July 22, 2010, employees sort garlic cloves at the Christopher Ranch, in Gilroy, Calif. The recovery lost momentum in the second quarter as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - The economy is still growing, just not by much. And until that changes, don't look for the jobs to come back.


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