Crews gain ground on wildfire north of Los Angeles (AP)

July 31, 2010

AP – A wildfire smoldered in the high desert north of Los Angeles Saturday, spewing plumes of thick smoke that promted air quality warnings as hundreds of firefighters worked to contain the 2-day-old blaze.

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Spokesman: Gabor to go home from hospital Friday (AP)

July 31, 2010

AP – Doctors plan to let Zsa Zsa Gabor return home Friday, about three weeks after the 93-year-old actress was hospitalized with a broken hip.

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Coast Guard allows toxic chemical use on Gulf oil (AP)

July 31, 2010

AP – The U.S. Coast Guard has routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of gallons of toxic chemical a day to break up oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico despite a federal directive that the chemicals be used only rarely on surface waters, congressional investigators said Saturday after examining BP and government documents.

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China launches new global positioning satellite (Reuters)

July 31, 2010

Reuters – China took a further step on Sunday toward ending its dependence on U.S. satellites to provide navigation and positioning services.

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

July 31, 2010

Reuters – 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.

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Rescuers battle to reach Pakistan flood victims (AFP)

July 31, 2010

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.

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Chelsea Clinton weds at exclusive New York estate (AP)

July 31, 2010

AP – Chelsea Clinton has married her longtime boyfriend at an exclusive estate along New York’s Hudson River.

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3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well (AP)

July 31, 2010

AP – On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they’re depending on each other to finally plug up the environmental disaster.

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Sri Lanka, Hawaii sites get world heritage status (Reuters)

July 31, 2010

Reuters – Sri Lanka’s central highlands and a protected marine area in Hawaii, the only habitats of several endangered plant and animal species, have been added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites, the U.N. body said on Saturday.

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Wildfire smolders in desert north of Los Angeles (AP)

July 31, 2010

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.

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