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Boston Globe McCain addresses NAACP, outlines plan to aid minority schools Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago AP Photo / Carolyn Kaster Republican presidential candidate Sen. McCain speaks today during the NAACP Annual Convention at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. McCain Asks NAACP Audience for Votes Washington Post McCain talks “school choice” before NAACP FOXNews ABC News Bush lifts ban East Texas Review - 1 hour ago Following President Bush’s announcement today that he will lift an executive ban on responsible energy exploration along our nation’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) released the following statement: “President Bush has taken ... No Push From Bush on Conservation The Washington Independent Op-Ed Digest: Offshore Drilling Answer To Pump Pain? CBS News Seattle Post Intelligencer Bush Blocks House's Request for FBI Documents Washington Post - 1 hour ago By Dan Eggen President Bush today blocked an attempt by a House committee to obtain internal FBI documents from the CIA leak investigation, asserting that notes from interviews of Vice President Cheney and other White House officials are protected by ... Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak The Associated Press Bush Asserts Exec Privilege; Blocks DOJ From Releasing CIA Leak ... The Public Record ABC News With No Murder Suspect Named, Police Zero In on Cooper's Home, Husband ABC News - 2 hours ago By EMILY FRIEDMAN Authorities investigating the murder of Nancy Cooper, a mother of two who went missing after going for a jog near her North Carolina home, obtained a search warrant for Cooper's home as well as permission to take forensic evidence ... Search Warrant Executed of North Carolina Mom's House, Vehicles FOXNews Police: Cooper death active homicide investigation NECN Grandmother's body switched at Ill. funeral home The Associated Press - 1 hour ago STICKNEY, Ill. (AP) - Members of a family in Stickney, Ill., say they went to a funeral home to view their 91-year-old grandmother's body but found another woman's body in her casket. Illinois Funeral Home Mistakenly Switches Grandmother's Body for ... FOXNews Family: Funeral home misplaces grandmother MSNBC KWTX - KNX1070 - WTVW - Southtown Star all 212 news articles » NY1 US unveils new rule on airplane fuel tanks The Associated Press - 1 hour ago ASHBURN, Va. (AP) - Federal transportation officials announced a new rule Wednesday aimed at preventing fuel tank explosions like the one that destroyed TWA Flight 800 almost exactly 12 years ago. TWA Flight 800 crash remembered 12 years later Newsday NTSB Chairman Commends FAA on Major Advancement In Aviation Safety AMTOnline.com Five killed in crash near Modesto when vehicles plunge into canal Los Angeles Times - 51 minutes ago An SUV carrying farmworkers collided with a septic truck. Family members believe others are still missing. Westley, Calif. -- Authorities have identified five people killed Tuesday when a septic truck collided with a sport utility vehicle carrying ... 5 Dead in California Canal After Collision ABC News 8 die when vehicles plunge into Central Valley irrigation canal San Francisco Chronicle ABC News A 1913 Law Dies to Better Serve Gay Marriages New York Times - 7 hours ago By PAM BELLUCK and KATIE ZEZIMA BOSTON - Massachusetts may have been the first state to legalize same-sex marriage for its residents, but when California last month invited out-of-state gay and lesbian couples to get married, the potential economic ... Mass. Senate votes to let out-of-state gays marry The Associated Press Comment by Lee Swislow Ex. Director, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders Container bill could increase Hawaii costs Bizjournals.com - 59 minutes ago Another California container bill aiming to offset air pollution is threatening to increase the costs of goods shipped to Hawaii. The latest measure passed Tuesday by the California Assembly would impose on shippers a fee of $60 for every typical-size ... Port container fee passes Calif. assembly San Jose Mercury News California port fee would fight pollution, congestion Los Angeles Times Washington Post Detainee Challenges Guantánamo by Describing Life There New York Times - 13 hours ago By WILLIAM GLABERSON Once a driver for Osama bin Laden, Mr. Hamdan is scheduled next week to become the first detainee to go on trial at Guantánamo and the first person in decades to face an American war crimes trial. Alleged Al-Qaeda Driver Testifies Washington Post Bin Laden driver describes treatment at Guantanamo Reuters ProPublica Bush library backs off on foreign contributions -- for now Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago Remember the flap over the weekend when the Sunday Times of London surfaced a video of a Houston lobbyists soliciting a six-figure contribution for the George W. Bush presidential library, with the suggestion the money would help gain access to the ... Scandal In Plain Sight Washington Post Foreign donations suspended, Bush library says Dallas Morning News American Eagle wins injunction against Payless Reuters - 4 hours ago NEW YORK, July 16 (Reuters) - American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday that it has won a preliminary injunction against Payless ShoeSource Inc in a trademark infringement and unfair competition lawsuit. American Eagle wins injunction against Payless over shoe portrayal Bizjournals.com American Eagle wins order blocking Payless from infringing on ... Kansas City Star The Southern Ledger Daley dodges questions about backing cops Chicago Tribune - 50 minutes ago A day after Police Supt. Jody Weis said some officers were being too timid on the streets for fear of not being backed up in the face of unfounded brutality complaints, Mayor Richard Daley turned the tables on reporters who asked if cops could count on ... New Chicago police superintendent gets a grilling The Associated Press Weis says cops worry about suspensions Chicago Sun-Times ABC News Al-Marri and the power to imprison US citizens without charges Salon - 2 hours ago Of all the constitutionally threatening and extremist powers the Bush administration has asserted over the last seven years, the most radical -- and the most dangerous -- has been its claim that the President has the power to arrest US citizens and ... Court Backs Bush on Military Detentions New York Times Terrorism Suspect May Petition Civilian Court Washington Post Group Pressures Va. Lawmakers on Transportation Fix Washington Post - 1 hour ago By Chris L. Jenkins A Washington-area business group announced today that it will withdraw political contributions from all Virginia lawmakers in next year's elections unless the General Assembly passes a "broad based" transportation package for ... Board of Trade holds Va. campaign cash over transportation impasse Bizjournals.com Chamber holds campaign money over transportation Examiner.com ABC News 'World's greatest dad' charged in online child-sex sting USA Today - 5 hours ago A Michigan man wore a T-shirt that said "World's Greatest Dad" when he went to have sex with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl, officials tell the Detroit Free Press. 'World's Greatest Dad' arrested as sexual predator ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) Police: 'Greatest Dad' shirt worn to sex meeting The Associated Press Mother Accused of Trying to Poison Hospitalized Baby FOXNews - 1 hour ago PITTSBURGH - A Tennessee woman tried to poison her 4-month-old son at a city hospital by injecting a salt water solution into his feeding tube and has been charged with attempted homicide, police said. Tennessee Woman Tries To Kill Her Baby With Table Salt Overdose AHN Mom charged with poisoning infant son at Children's Hospital Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Obama Plays a Part in Contests in Georgia New York Times - 14 hours ago By SHAILA DEWAN ATLANTA - Vernon Jones, a black Democrat who voted for George W. Bush twice and then used Senator Barack Obama’s image on his campaign literature, led a crowded field on Tuesday in a primary race to challenge Senator Saxby Chambliss, ... Run-Off Election Between Jones, Martin to be Held August 5 MyFox Atlanta Jones, Martin look headed for runoff in US Senate race Atlanta Journal Constitution Chicagoist Judge Allows Drew Peterson to Leave Illinois on Vacation While ... FOXNews - 5 hours ago AP JOLIET, Ill. - A Will County judge modified Drew Peterson's bond Monday, allowing him to leave Illinois on vacation with his children while the judge mulls a defense motion to dismiss felony weapons charges. Pals: Drew gave us his 'secret' gun Chicago Sun-Times Peterson pleads not guilty to gun charges Kankakee Daily Journal Richmond council to resume Chevron deliberations tonight Contra Costa Times - 1 hour ago By Katherine Tam Anti (left) and pro Chevron protestors yell during a vigil before the Richmond City Council meeting at Kennedy High School in Richmond, Calif. Richmond to continue hearings into Chevron upgrade San Jose Mercury News Chevron refinery plan runs into opposition United Press International