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Feds, farmers create habitats for migrating birds (AP)

AP - Water gurgling from a well is Mexico wintering grounds are crawfish fields, turning the farm flooding Craig Gautreaux's rice and into a wetland for migratory birds the oil spill. whose usual Gulf of threatened by

Weakened Arizona immigrant rules still draw protests (Reuters)

Oswalt approves deal, Astros trade ace to Phillies (AP)

AP - Three-time All-Star Roy Oswalt Philadelphia on Thursday, becoming the latest ace to join the gave his OK to a trade from Houston hard-charging Phillies. to

Do Guantanamo media restrictions also prevent open trials? (McClatchy Newspapers)

— Reporters covering trials McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON air their complaints about the U.S first-ever face-to-face chance to follow the proceedings. government's restrictive rules, journalists say make it nearly impossible for the public to of accused terrorists at Guantanamo on Monday will have their which

Fed officials clash on need for more stimulus (Reuters)

- Federal Reserve officials Fed's current policy may be Reuters aggressive in supporting the central bank should be more clashed on Thursday over whether contributing to worryingly low economy and one said the the levels of inflation. stumbling

Unemployment claims fall, but still elevated (Reuters)

Reuters - New claims for high level recovery was having trouble gaining slipped last week, but stayed at a stubbornly that underscored the labor market traction. unemployment benefits

Texas man gets death penalty for beheading 3 kids (AP)

AP - A jury sentenced a south Texas after convicting him of capital man murder for beheading his common law to death on Thursday, four days wife's three children in 2003.

U.S. says WikiLeaks may have blood on its hands (Reuters)

Afghan war may cost lives and Pentagon said on Thursday, warning Reuters - The unprecedented leak of WikiLeaks could have secret U.S. blood on its hands. damage trust military reports on the with allies, the publisher

Special Report: A Mississippi Yankee in BP's battered court (Reuters)

Reuters - Bob Dudley is not one to his sleeve. wear his disappointment on

Weather calms destructive California wildfires (AP)

AP - Weather aided firefighters Thursday as they cut containment buildings in remote California destroyed homes and other lines to encircle two wildfires mountain communities. that have

Spy chief nominee clears Senate hurdle (Reuters)

Committee on Thursday unanimously James Clapper to be intelligence President Barack Obama's Reuters - The Senate Intelligence approved chief, sending the nomination to the full Senate.

Republican concerns could stall START treaty (Reuters)

-Senate Republicans voiced Barack November Obama a foreign policy Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) Russia, efforts to hand President elections. objections on Thursday nuclear arms treaty with delay raising concerns that could START to the new victory ahead of the

Schilling's business, bluster bleed into politics (AP)

AP - The U.S. is fighting two wars, England's hottest political races So what is making politicians thump and millions are looking for work. summer? their lecterns in two of New this

French mother confesses to eight infant murders (AFP)

AFP - A French nursing assistant Thursday admitted suffocating eight avoid seeing a doctor for contraception, a prosecutor said. newborn babies because she did not want more children and wished to

Al-Qaida plants flag, burns bodies in Iraq attack (AP)

AP - Militants flew an al-Qaida Baghdad neighborhood officials and Iraq's capital. Thursday after as a grim reminder of brazen afternoon attack continued burning some of their that served insurgent strength in flag over a killing 16 security bodies in a

Colo. pot shops face closure under tough (AP)

AP - Nearly a fifth of Colorado's business in coming weeks because of business, federal drug authorities convicted felons from the pot could be forced out of say. medical marijuana dispensary new state rules barring some operators

DC sniper claims conspirators in Shatner interview (AP)

AP - Convicted DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo tells actor William Shatner for backing out, according to the his partner tried to recruit fellow on a cable TV special that he and program set for airing Thursday. shooters for their 2002 spree and that his accomplice killed one man

Key step to kill Gulf gusher may happen sooner (AP)

AP - A procedure intended to ease Gulf well for good could start as early as the weekend, the government's point man for the job of plugging the blownout spill response said Thursday. the

4 killed in plane crash at Alaska military base (AP)

AP - The deadly crash of a military Alaska base, officials said Thursday. cargo plane on a training after at an occurred just about a minute mission it took off from a runway

Police: Gunman kills 3 then himself in San Antonio (AP)

AP - A 69-year-old man pulled two Antonio, authorities said Thursday. and a mother as the woman's children played nearby, in an handguns from a briefcase and killed his stepfather, another man upscale gated community in San

Arabs back direct peace talks when Abbas sees fit (Reuters)

Palestinians and Israel when the Palestinians believe the time is Reuters - The Arab League said on Thursday it would back face-to-face peace talks between the right.

Once-secret docs reveal before the CIA, there was 'the Pond' (AP)

AP - It was a night in early Budapest. They hid in four large Cold War when the anti-communist November during the infancy of the crates for their perilous journey. dissidents were hustled through a garden and across a gully to a vehicle on a dark, deserted road in

Dozens arrested as protests of immigration law (AP)

AP - Opponents of Arizona's Phoenix despite a judge's ruling disobedience immigration crackdown went ahead of most the law, and dozens of peacefully confronting officers in people in with planned civil riot gear. that delayed enforcement were arrested after Thursday

Rep. Rangel nears deal on ethics charges, aide says (Reuters)

Rangel is near a deal on ethics Reuters - Representative Charles charges that would let him avoid a could hurt them in the November election, an aide for the New York lawmaker said on Thursday. trial that fellow Democrats fear

Mother's death in NYC fire is ruled a suicide (AP)

AP - A single mother apparently Thursday. children, then sat with according to police and autopsy burning home inhalation last week, of her three until she died from results released slit the throats smoke them and her toddler in their

Rangel says no plea deal yet to ethics charges (AP)

AP - Veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel said Thursday there's no and avoid an election-season trial deal charges of violating House rules. yet to settle his ethics case on

Nationals RHP Strasburg heads to 15-day DL (AP)

AP - Rookie right-hander Stephen Nationals are being with their Strasburg went on the 15-day careful the Washington inflammation disabled list Thursday with how in his throwing prized pitcher. shoulder, the latest indication of

1st US execution of woman since 2005 set for Sept. (AP)

AP - A Virginia woman who used sex and money to persuade two men to be collect a $250,000 life insurance executed in two months, which would kill her husband and her stepson to policy was scheduled Thursday to be the first U.S. execution of a woman in five years.

Texas jury mulls death sentence for child-killer (AP)

AP - A jury on Thursday began death a 29-year-old man convicted deliberating whether to sentence to of beheading his common-law wife's three children.

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