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British Airways sends team to check evacuated 747

By BOB CHRISTIE, The Associated Press | Today at 4:10 p.m.

British Airways is flying a team of engineers from London to Phoenix to inspect a Boeing 747 that filled with smoke before takeoff, forcing hundreds of passengers to escape on the plane's emergency slides.

  • Police: Man seeks ride from detective after heist

    The Associated Press | Today at 5:25 p.m.

    Authorities say a parolee who robbed a Michigan bank was caught when he tried to hitch a ride from an undercover police detective.

  • Billboards with message 'Ghana adores you' greet Obama on tour

    By FRANCIS KOKUTSE AND STEVEN THOMMA, McClatchy Newspapers | Today at 6:10 p.m.

    From taxi drivers to politicians, Ghanaians reveled Saturday in the first visit of an African-American president to sub-Saharan Africa.

  • Nominee puts on best face, but who is she?

    By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Writer | Today at 8:40 p.m.

    For weeks, Sonia Sotomayor has put on her best face, displaying a pleasant disposition that has somewhat fended off critics of her nomination to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.

  • RI debates changing state name linked to slavery

    By RAY HENRY, Associated Press Writer | Today at 10:31 a.m.

    George Lima is offended by his state's full official name, and he wants it shortened.

  • Lightning delays space shuttle Endeavour launch

    By RON WORD, Associated Press Writer | Today at 1:05 p.m.

    NASA scrubbed space shuttle Endeavour's Saturday evening launch after lightning struck at least 11 times near the seaside launch pad.

  • 'Survivor' winner Hatch seeks confinement reprieve

    The Associated Press | Today at 11:05 a.m.

    "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch, who's serving home confinement for tax evasion, wants a leave to star in a 10th anniversary edition of the show in Samoa.

  • Searchers shovel Northwest dirt seeking giant worm

    By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press Writer | Today at 8:55 p.m.

    The giant Palouse earthworm has taken on mythic qualities in this vast agricultural region that stretches from eastern Washington into the Idaho panhandle - its very name evoking the fictional sandworms from "Dune" or those vicious creatures from the movie "Tremors."

  • Iranian-Americans rally in front of White House

    By CHRISTINE SIMMONS, Associated Press Writer | Today at 4:35 p.m.

    Hundreds of protesters, many of them Iranian-Americans, marched from Capitol Hill to the White House on Saturday, most holding Iranian flags and chanting demands for the U.S. to take more action after Iran's disputed election.

  • Fla. officials find van in panhandle slaying

    The Associated Press | Today at 6:20 p.m.

    Florida law enforcement officials said Saturday that the people who killed a couple in their Panhandle home last week as their children slept appeared experienced.

  • Kids recant abuse claims after dad jailed 20 years

    The Associated Press | Today at 6:30 p.m.

    Former Vancouver police officer Clyde Ray Spencer spent nearly 20 years in prison after he was convicted of sexually molesting his son and daughter. Now, the children say it never happened.

  • Talks intensify over closing Calif.'s $26B deficit

    By JUDY LIN, Associated Press Writer | Today at 9:05 p.m.

    Against a backdrop of IOUs and expanding government furloughs, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders expressed optimism Saturday that they were moving toward a compromise that could end California's fiscal calamity.

  • Missouri man charged in quadruple homicide

    The Associated Press | July 10 at 11:45 p.m.

    A Kansas City, Mo., man has been indicted in the March killing of his ex-girlfriend, her boyfriend and her two young nephews. Their bodies were found in an apartment with the woman's toddler wandering among the corpses.

  • Oregon WWII vets honored by France

    The Associated Press | Today at 12:25 a.m.

    Three World War II veterans have been awarded the Legion of Honor by France for their military service.

  • Scrub tech causes major hepatitis scare in Colo.

    By P. SOLOMON BANDA, Associated Press Writer | Today at 12:35 p.m.

    Kimberly Spencer's 9-year-old son went to Audubon Ambulatory Surgery Center last month for what was supposed to be a routine surgery. The rambunctious child stuck a BB in his ear and doctors had to operate to remove it.

  • Grant aims to retrieve fishermens' lost crab pots

    By JEFF BARNARD, AP Environmental Writer | Today at 1:55 p.m.

    During his 35 years as a commercial fisherman, Jeff Feldner lost his share of crab pots when storms blew them out of position, a passing boat propeller sheared off the buoy, or a bank of kelp overwhelmed everything and dragged it away.

  • Hawaii wants to add space travel to attractions

    By MARK NIESSE, Associated Press Writer | Today at 1:25 p.m.

    Space pioneers envision launching high-end Hawaii tourists from the sand to the stars, taking island-hopping to new heights.

  • Palin says Alaska needs new ethics policy

    By MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press Writer | Today at 8:45 p.m.

    Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she hopes the latest ethics complaint filed against her is a "wake-up call" that a new ethics policy is needed in the state.

  • AP News in Brief

    The Associated Press | Today at 5:30 p.m.

    Into Africa: Obama openly embraces continent of ancestors, trumpets Ghana's success

  • Obituaries in the news

    The Associated Press | Today at 7:55 p.m.

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