Westbrook, Ludwick, Lilly, Wood move, Berkman goes (AP)

July 31, 2010

AP – Former All-Stars Jake Westbrook, Ted Lilly, Ryan Ludwick and Kerry Wood were traded Saturday as pennant contenders played a game of beat-the-clock. Lance Berkman went to the World Series champion New York Yankees after rejecting the Chicago White Sox.

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Hacker builds $1,500 cell-phone tapping device (AP)

July 31, 2010

AP – A computer security researcher has built a device for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls and record everything that’s said.

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Yellow lobster pulled from RI’s Narragansett Bay (AP)

July 31, 2010

AP – It’s not made of gold, but a yellow lobster pulled from Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay is very rare.

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3 inmates escape from northwest Arizona prison (AP)

July 31, 2010

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.

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Engineers prepare to seal ruptured BP oil well (AFP)

July 31, 2010

AFP – Engineers Saturday readied a plan to permanently seal a damaged Gulf of Mexico well, despite delays to the process caused by debris left behind by a recent tropical storm.

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Congress to probe Michigan oil spill (Reuters)

July 31, 2010

Reuters – A U.S. congressional committee will probe the spill of more than 800,000 gallons (3 million liters) of oil from an Enbridge Inc pipeline in southern Michigan this week, a Michigan congressman said on Saturday.

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Brazilian men swapped at birth work, live together (AP)

July 31, 2010

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.

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PLO official says Obama sends warning to Abbas (AP)

July 31, 2010

AP – A senior PLO official says President Barack Obama has 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.

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Westbrook, Ludwick, Lilly traded, Berkman to Yanks (AP)

July 31, 2010

AP – Former All-Stars Jake Westbrook, Ted Lilly and Ryan Ludwick got traded Saturday as pennant contenders played a game of beat-the-clock, while the New York Yankees completed their big deal for slugger Lance Berkman.

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Rangel using 3-way defense against ethics charges (AP)

July 31, 2010

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

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