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Reuters
By Carolina Madrid and Tim GaynorPHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona on Thursday appealed a judge's decision to block key parts of the state's crackdown on illegal immigrants and police in Phoenix arrested scores of activists protesting the remaining measures...
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Washington Post
The House ethics committee formally unveiled charges Thursday against Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) after efforts to reach a settlement apparently fell short, setting in motion a potentially historic trial of the 20-term congressman. In a preliminary hearing...
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Reuters
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's attorney general has subpoenaed MetLife Inc and Prudential Financial Inc as part of a probe into whether life insurers are defrauding families of deceased military personnel by siphoning off millions...
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LA Times
Reporting from San Diego-- Shirley Sherrod, the African American federal Agriculture Department official who was forced out of her job after a conservative blogger posted a heavily edited video of a speech she had made, said Thursday that...
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Bear attack in yellowstone: Grizzly, 2 cubs caught after Montana campground mauling
Washington Post
COOKE CITY, Mont. -- Montana wildlife officials have captured a female grizzly and two of her three cubs in a campground near Yellowstone National Park where a man was killed and two others injured in a bear attack....
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Bowles of U.S. Debt Commission Putting Focus on Spending Cuts
Bloomberg
July 29 (Bloomberg) -- As much as three-quarters of the savings President Barack Obama ’s national debt commission has been asked to propose ought to come from cuts to government spending rather than tax increases, panel co-chairman Erskine...
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6,600 Arlington graves might be mixed up
MSNBC
Some 6,600 graves at Arlington National Cemetery could be mislabeled, the senator whose subcommittee is investigating potential contracting fraud there said Thursday. The number surfaced at a hearing where former cemetery officials were accused of incompetence, ignorance or...
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Summer falls, bike crashes, drownings top risks to kids
USA Today
Falls, bicycle crashes, burns, motorized vehicle accidents and near-drownings are the leading causes of hospitalization for American children during the summer, experts say. These types of incidents are both predictable and preventable, according to Dr. Kathy Nuss, associate...
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