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Brazilian men swapped at birth work, live together
(AP)
AP - Two years back, Dimas Aliprandi and Elton Plaster didn't know of each other's existence. Then they learned they had been accidentally switched at birth more than 20 years ago.
NM governor considers pardon for Billy the Kid
(AP)
AP - The showdown between Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid has fascinated the American public for nearly 130 years with its classic, Old West storyline of the frontier lawman hunting down the notorious gunslinger.
Chelsea Clinton weds at exclusive New York estate
(AP)
AP - Chelsea Clinton married her longtime boyfriend Saturday night at an exclusive estate along New York's Hudson River.
California Rep. Waters may face fall ethics trial
(AP)
AP - A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could face an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the election outlook for the party as it battles to retain its majority.
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.
Calcium supplements linked to heart attacks: study
(AFP)
AFP - Ordinary calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study released Friday.
Many in Gulf are outraged at reports of vanishing oil
(The Upshot)
The Upshot - Now that BP engineers have managed to place a cap on the company's bleeding well in the Gulf, the sprawling oil slicks seem to have retreated from the water's surface, claimed many media reports this week. "Where is all the oil?" an AFP headline asked. Time magazine ran a piece suggesting that the environmental impact of [...]
Rangel: What’s in it for him to stand and fight?
(The Upshot)
The Upshot - Charlie Rangel's dealing days are over. Whatever else happens to the embattled Democratic congressman from New York — who's facing 13 charges from the House Ethics Committee, involving everything from incomplete financial filings to improper fundraising for a center named in his honor at New York's City College — he won't have a settlement in [...]
Death toll in Pakistani floods surges past 800
(AP)
AP - The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. The damage to roads, bridges and communications networks hindered rescuers, while the threat of disease loomed as some evacuees arrived in camps with fever, diarrhea and skin problems.
Paperwork nightmare: A struggle to fix new law
(AP)
AP - Tucked into the new health care law is a requirement that could become a paperwork nightmare for nearly 40 million businesses.
Wildfire smolders in desert north of Los Angeles
(AP)
AP - A wildfire smoldered in the high desert north of Los Angeles Saturday, spewing plumes of thick smoke into a nearby town as hundreds of firefighters worked to contain the 2-day-old blaze.
PLO official says Obama sent warning to Abbas
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama warned Mahmoud Abbas in a letter that U.S.-Palestinian relations might suffer if the Palestinian leader refuses to resume direct peace talks with Israel, a senior PLO official said Saturday.
Schreker's opera 'Distant Sound' heard at Bard
(AP)
AP - His name is all but forgotten today, but a century ago Franz Schreker was considered perhaps the most important operatic composer since Richard Wagner.
3 inmates escape from northwest Arizona prison
(AP)
AP - Police were using helicopters and dogs Saturday to search for three convicted murderers who escaped from a northwest Arizona prison, kidnapped two semi-truck drivers at gunpoint and used the big rig to flee.
Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town
(AP)
AP - "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has been arrested in the New Jersey beach town where the MTV show is based.
Novelist Anne Rice says she's leaving Christianity
(AP)
AP - Anne Rice has had a religious conversion: She's no longer a Christian.
Rangel using 3-way defense against ethics charges
(AP)
AP - To rebut a lengthy list of alleged ethical misdeeds, Rep. Charles Rangel is trotting out this three-way defense: I didn't do it. I did it, but was inattentive. Others lawmakers were allowed to do the same thing without penalty.
US stalls on Sept. 11 trial for 5 at Gitmo
(AP)
AP - As the U.S. military prepares for the first war crimes trial under President Barack Obama, its most high-profile case against the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo.
LA pushing to become nation's mass transit leader
(AP)
AP - The region famous for jilting the street car to take up a love affair with the automobile is trying to rekindle its long ago romance with commuter rail.
Attacking the edges of secure Internet traffic
(AP)
AP - Researchers have uncovered new ways that criminals can spy on Internet users even if they're using secure connections to banks, online retailers or other sensitive Web sites.
