White House says ruling could free detainees in US (AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:20:51 GMT
AP - The White House said Thursday that dangerous detainees at Guantanamo Bay could end up walking Main Street U.S.A. as a result of last month's Supreme Court ruling about detainees' legal rights. Federal appeals courts, however, have indicated they have no intention of letting that happen.

Obama says Iraq trip could refine his policy (AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:15:27 GMT
AP - Democrat Barack Obama struggled Thursday to explain how his upcoming trip to Iraq might refine, but not basically alter, his promise to quickly remove U.S. combat troops from the war.

McCain: Staff shake-up part of 'natural evolution' (AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:15:29 GMT
AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday that a shake-up in the leadership of his campaign was part of a "natural evolution" as the organization becomes more national in scope.

Colombia rescue hinged on rebel disarray, payback (AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:19:27 GMT
AP - The plan was nothing if not audacious: A turncoat persuades rebels to bring together their most prized hostages and march them 90 miles through Colombia's wilderness. A month later, disguised commandos primed with acting lessons land in a helicopter and trick the rebels into handing them over.

Prosecutors: Deception ran deep in Vt. kidnapping (AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:14:19 GMT
AP - A Vermont man whose 12-year-old niece was found dead near his home carefully orchestrated events and e-mails to make it appear she had gone to see someone she met online, prosecutors said Thursday as they charged him with kidnapping.

As fire nears Big Sur, residents and beasts flee (AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:24:55 GMT
AP - Piles of charred rubble smoldered near California's scenic coastal highway Thursday as a ferocious wildfire descended on the storied tourist town of Big Sur, destroying vacation homes and sending forest creatures running toward the sea for cover.

Father without baby sitter accused of caging kids (AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:14:20 GMT
AP - A suburban Chicago man locked his two young daughters in a wire cage hidden in the back of his pickup truck because he didn't have a baby sitter, officials said Thursday.

Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dies at 83 (AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:12:56 GMT
AP - Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83.

Miniature dachshund gnaws off diabetic owner's toe (AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:22:08 GMT
AP - An Illinois woman says her beloved miniature dachshund gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep. Linda Floyd told the Alton Telegraph for a story Wednesday that her beloved Roscoe was euthanized because of safety concerns.

Selig: Drug program threatened by prosecutors (AP)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:11:34 GMT
AP - Baseball's drug-testing program was threatened when federal prosecutors seized player records and samples four years ago, baseball commissioner Bud Selig and union head Donald Fehr said in letters to Congress released Thursday.