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Updated : Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:56:45 GMT

Giant South Dakota hailstone breaks US records (AP)

This photo taken July 24, 2010 provided by the NOAA National Weather Service shows a hailstone that was found by a ranch hand in Vivian, S.D., on June 23, 2010. The hailstone has set U.S records. It measured 8 inches in diameter and weighed 1 pound, 15 ounces. The previous record for diameter was 7 inches for a hailstone found in Aurora, Neb., in 2003. The previous record for weight was 1.67 pounds for a stone in Coffeyville, Kan., in 1970. (AP Photo/National Weather Service)AP - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says a giant hailstone that fell in central South Dakota has broken U.S. records, even though the man who found it says it melted somewhat while waiting to be evaluated.



Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:00:32 GMT

Happy Empty Nester Objects To Baby-Sitting All Weekend (Dear Abby)
Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: Our daughter gave birth to an adorable little boy three years ago. We love "Connor" dearly, but my husband is obsessed with him. He wants our grandson at our house every weekend from the time we are done working on Friday until Sunday evening or Monday morning.
Publ.Date : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:14:16 GMT

S.Korea trade surplus widens in July (AFP)

File photo of workers assembling automobiles in Pupyong, some 40 Km west of Seoul. South Korea posted a trade surplus of 5.67 billion dollars in July, the sixth straight month of gains thanks to robust exports, officials said Sunday.(AFP/File/Choo Youn-Kong)AFP - South Korea posted a trade surplus of 5.67 billion dollars in July, the sixth straight month of gains thanks to robust exports, officials said Sunday.



Publ.Date : Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:43:00 GMT

Italian screenwriter Cecchi d'Amico dies at 96 (AFP)

A picture taken on November 19, 2002 shows Italian screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico. D'Amico who emerged from the male-dominated post-war Italian cinema to become a celebrated artist and contribute to such milestones as AFP - Suso Cecchi d'Amico, the favourite screenwriter of director Luchino Visconti best known for her work on "Bicycle Thieves" and "The Leopard", died in Rome aged 96, Italy's ANSA news agency reported Saturday.



Publ.Date : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:02:33 GMT

Rowers break 114-year-old Atlantic crossing record (AFP)

Four members of the Artemis team Leven Brown, Ray Carroll, Don Lennox and Livar Nysted who set off from New York on June 17, 2010 in their 23 foot boat, arrive in in St Marys, Scilly Isles. The team smashed a 114-year-old record for crossing the North Atlantic Ocean when they reached the finish line Saturday.(AFP/OnEdition/ArtemisOceanRowing)AFP - A four-strong rowing team smashed a 114-year-old record for crossing the North Atlantic Ocean when they reached the finish line Saturday.



Publ.Date : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:22:29 GMT

Cameron rules out returning famed Indian diamond (AFP)

A woman shows the Kohinoor diamond on display in Bangalore in 2002. The real jewel in Britain's actual crown will not be returning to India, Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday, as he ruled out any repatriation of the famed Kohinoor diamond.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - The real jewel in Britain's actual crown will not be returning to India, Prime Minister David Cameron said as he ruled out any repatriation of the famed Kohinoor diamond.



Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:52:36 GMT

LeBron's Heat jersey gets fan booted from ballpark (Newsnet5.com)
Newsnet5.com - Cleveland fans have not been quick to forgive LeBron James for the way he left his hometown team for the Miami Heat, and Wednesday night’s Indians game is the most recent example of the city’s disdain for its former “King.”
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:56:04 GMT

Spirit Airlines' carry-on bag fee starts Sunday (AP)

FILE - In this file photo taken June 13, 2010, a Spirit Airlines airplane sits on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Spirit Airlines passengers may want to get to the airport a little earlier than normal Sunday as a new fee on carry-on bags takes effect. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)AP - Spirit Airlines passengers may want to get to the airport a little earlier than normal Sunday as a new charge for carry-on bags takes effect.



Publ.Date : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:17:52 GMT

Expo shows illegal pet trade rampant in Indonesia (AP)

In this Thursday, July 29, 2010 photo,  visitors look at tortoise on display during an annual flora and fauna expo in Jakarta, Indonesia. Critically endangered tortoise are being sold openly at a plant and animal exposition in the heart of Indonesia's capital, highlighting concerns about the rampant — and growing — illegal pet trade. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)AP - The most threatened tortoise in the world is being sold openly at a plant and animal exposition in the heart of Indonesia's capital, highlighting concerns about the rampant — and growing — illegal pet trade.



Publ.Date : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:05:38 GMT

Woman with broken leg calls 911; Suspect collapses (AP)
AP - Livingston Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a man who passed out while allegedly trying to break into a mobile home where an 82-year-old woman was calling 911, crowbar in hand. Deputies said 24-year-old Derrick Gauthreaux of Denham Springs was checked at a hospital Thursday, then booked into the parish jail on one count of attempted burglary.
Publ.Date : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:21:09 GMT

Bill and Hillary Clinton's daughter marries in NY (Reuters)

A spectator peeks over a fence as he tries to look at guests departing for Chelsea Clinton's wedding in Rhinebeck, New York July 31, 2010. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - Bill and Hillary Clinton's daughter married her long-time boyfriend in the picturesque New York village of Rhinebeck on Saturday in what has been dubbed America's royal wedding.



Publ.Date : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:48:59 GMT

Chelsea Clinton weds at exclusive New York estate (AP)

In this photo provided by Genevieve de Manio Photography, Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky are seen during their wedding, Saturday, July 31, 2010 in Rhinebeck, N.Y.  Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate late Saturday. (AP Photo/Genevieve de Manio ) NO SALESAP - Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate late Saturday.



Publ.Date : Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:30:32 GMT

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 [...]
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:24:41 GMT

Dolphins QB White returns to practice (AP)
AP - Miami Dolphins reserve quarterback Pat White was back at practice after a one-day absence he blamed on "personal issues."
Publ.Date : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:58:58 GMT

Police: Ohio driver in chase stopped at red lights (AP)
AP - Cincinnati police say a speeding driver tried to flee arrest while obeying red lights. Police said a 26-year-old woman was going 78 mph in a 55 mph zone early Friday on Interstate 75 when an officer tried to pull her over. Police said she exited the highway to drive home.
Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:12:10 GMT

Germany: memorial service for Love Parade victims (AP)

Candles and flowers are placed  near the accident site in Duisburg, Germany, Monday, July 26, 2010, where more than a dozen people were killed in a stampede during the Love Parade techno festival on Saturday. Inscription in   background reads ' In Deep Grief'. Word above reads: 'Why'.   (AP Photo/ddp/Clemens Bilan/ddp)AP - Thousands of grief-stricken mourners watched in tears on Saturday as rescue workers lit one white candle for every one of the 21 people crushed to death in a tunnel at the Love Parade techno music festival.



Publ.Date : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:16:09 GMT

Rescuers battle to reach Pakistan flood victims (AFP)

Locals are seen standing by flood water that entered a residential area of Muzaffarabad. Rescue workers and troops in northwest Pakistan struggled Saturday to reach thousands of people affected by the country's worst floods in living memory, as the death toll rose to 800.(AFP/Sajjad Qayyum)AFP - With roads and bridges washed away, rescuers were Sunday struggling to reach people in northwest Pakistan trapped by the worst floods in living memory which have killed 800 so far.



Publ.Date : Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:22:05 GMT

Obama warns U.S. not to "demagogue" immigration (Reuters)

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington July 19, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - President Barack Obama warned U.S. leaders not to use the divisive issue of illegal immigration as a way to gain power and name recognition in an interview with CBS television released on Saturday.



Publ.Date : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:36:32 GMT

Heidi Montag files for divorce from Spencer Pratt (AP)

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, Heidi Montag, left, and Spencer Pratt pose at a book signing event for their book 'How To Be Famous' at Borders Books in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)AP - Fifteen months after saying "I do," reality TV stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are headed for divorce. The 23-year-old starlet and plastic surgery devotee filed for divorce Friday in Santa Monica, Calif., citing irreconcilable differences.



Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:46:11 GMT

AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar keeps oil drill ban, for now (AP)

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar touches the blowout preventer control panel as he asks safety questions in the drilling shack on the drilling floor of the deep water Noble Danny Adkins oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico — with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface — when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 feet above the waves. The $600 million rig, nearly 100 miles off Louisiana's coast, has a hull larger than a football field and can drill more than 5 miles beneath the ocean floor.



Publ.Date : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:41:12 GMT

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