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Serial killer has South Carolina residents on edge (AP) - Sat, 04 Jul 2009

AP - Terrified residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer believed to have shot four people to death.

Iranian cleric: British Embassy staff to be tried (AP) - Sat, 04 Jul 2009

AP - EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard (AP) - Fri, 03 Jul 2009
AP - Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States.

Russia to allow US arms shipments to Afghanistan (AP) - Fri, 03 Jul 2009

AP - Russia said Friday it will allow the United States to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a long-sought move that bolsters U.S. military operations but potentially gives the Kremlin leverage over critical American supplies.

Demjanjuk pronounced fit to stand trial in Germany (Reuters) - Fri, 03 Jul 2009

Reuters - Accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk has been deemed fit enough by medical experts to stand trial for helping to kill 29,000 Jews in World War Two, the state prosecutors office in Munich said Friday.

Scrub tech may have exposed thousands to hepatitis (AP) - Fri, 03 Jul 2009
AP - A former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic, federal authorities said Thursday.

SKorea says NKorea fires 2 missiles off east coast (AP) - Sat, 04 Jul 2009

AP - North Korea fired two missiles off it eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, in yet another provocative move after U.N. sanctions were imposed on the communist regime for its May nuclear test.

Calif. students get X-rated version of class DVD (AP) - Fri, 03 Jul 2009
AP - A Northern California elementary school teacher sent her students home for the summer with a video of class memories, only the DVD included six seconds of her having sex on a couch.

Officials: 17 die in US missile strike in Pakistan (AP) - Fri, 03 Jul 2009

AP - U.S. missiles struck a training facility operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant communication center Friday, killing 17 people and wounding 27 others, intelligence officials said.

IOUs spell uncertainty for Calif. small businesses (AP) - Fri, 03 Jul 2009

AP - Business consultant Katrina Kennedy has taken her young son out of preschool and put a family vacation on hold. Dairyman Mike O'Kelly is wondering whether he is going to have to let employees go.

Powerful weapons found in Northwest drug raids (AP) - Fri, 03 Jul 2009
AP - Federal agents busted a drug-trafficking ring that distributed methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico in Washington state and carried unusually powerful weaponry, injecting a dangerous new factor into drug crime in the region.

Product pitchman Mays remembered as natural seller (AP) - Fri, 03 Jul 2009

AP - References to television pitchman Bill Mays' trademark image were everywhere at his funeral Friday near Pittsburgh.

Palin to resign as Alaska governor in surprise move (Reuters) - Sat, 04 Jul 2009
Reuters - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate in 2008, said on Friday she will resign this month, an unexpected move that could signal a run for higher office.

MOUNTAIN OF DEBT: Rising debt may be next crisis (AP) - Sat, 04 Jul 2009

AP - The Founding Fathers left one legacy not celebrated on Independence Day but which affects us all. It's the national debt.

Australia discovers 3 new large dinosaurs (Reuters) - Fri, 03 Jul 2009

Reuters - Fossils of three new species of dinosaurs have been discovered in Australia, including a meat-eater larger than Velociraptor from the Jurassic Park movies, suggesting Australia may have a more complex prehistoric past.

Much-needed tax refunds delayed from Ga. to Calif. (AP) - Fri, 03 Jul 2009

AP - Colin Daymude was out of work last year after his business failed and eagerly filed his taxes in mid-January, figuring he'd get his refund sooner. He was wrong.

Palin resigns as governor; leaves plans secret (AP) - Sat, 04 Jul 2009

AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican party but left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.

Protesters block Paris airport over Yemen crash (AP) - Fri, 03 Jul 2009

AP - Protesters linked arms across an entrance at Paris' main airport on Friday to keep passengers off a Yemeni flight to Comoros — a route that saw a deadly crash this week, after years of complaints about dangerous conditions on the flight path to the Indian Ocean island nation.

Australian dinosaur that lived 98M years ago found (AP) - Fri, 03 Jul 2009

AP - Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet the Australovenator.

U.S. drone kills 10 in Pakistan, copter crash kills 26 (Reuters) - Fri, 03 Jul 2009

Reuters - A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles on Friday into Pakistan's South Waziristan region, killing 10 militants, officials said, ahead of an expected Pakistani military offensive in the area.