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Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher (AP)

James Lee Witt, right, listens to BP PLC CEO of Gulf Coast Restoration Organization Bob Dudley as he speaks at a news conference to announce Witt's hiring as an advisor to BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill response in Biloxi, Miss., Friday, July 30, 2010. Witt, the former FEMA director under President Bill Clinton, is expected to advise BP through its long-term response and recovery efforts. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day.


The big day: Chelsea Clinton to wed in upstate NY (AP)

Bill and Hillary Clinton leave a party in honor of Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky Friday, July 30, 2010 in Rhinebeck, N.Y.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Chelsea Clinton was poised to marry her longtime boyfriend at an exclusive estate along New York's Hudson River after weeks of intrigue, secrecy and buzz that caused hundreds to crowd into this small village hoping to catch of a glimpse of a former president, a secretary of state or their publicity-shy daughter.


Ariz. governor considers changing immigration law (AP)

Arizona Republicans Gov. Jan Brewer, left, and Sen. John McCain abruptly end a news conference in Glendale, Ariz., Friday, July 30, 2010.  Brewer and McCain held the news conference in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale to applaud a U.S. Air Force decision to base new F-35 combat jets at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, but the event abruptly ended when the barrage of questions were regarding the Arizona immigration law and the next steps the governor was taking in the court battle.. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)AP - A federal appeals court has decided not to step into the controversy over Arizona's tough immigration law until November, leaving state officials to consider other steps they might take in the meantime.


Gore will not be charged over masseuse allegations (AP)

FILE - In this  Friday, July 16, 2010 file photo, former Vice President Al Gore introduces Vice President Joe Biden at the annual Tennessee Democratic Party Jackson Day in Nashville, Tenn. Former Vice President Al Gore was cleared Friday, July 30, 2010 of allegations he groped and assaulted a masseuse in a luxury Portland hotel room in 2006, closing a case that could have tarnished the Nobel prize winner's reputation.  (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)AP - The case of the Nobel Peace Prize winner and the massage therapist has been closed.


Air tanker drops fire retardant, slows LA wildfire (AP)

Firefighters spray water on burning plants as flames race across the desert floor in Palmdale, Calif., Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)AP - Water-dropping aircraft slowed the progress of a wildfire that was bearing down on hundreds of homes in the high desert north of Los Angeles.


12-year-old girl injured on Wis. 'free fall' ride (AP)
AP - A 12-year-old girl at an amusement park plunged more than 40 feet to the ground on Friday, seriously injuring herself when a safety net under a "free fall" attraction failed to catch her.
Cleanup of Mich. river oil spill will take months (AP)

Veterinarian Scott Ford, left, feeds a rescued goose with a liquid nutritional supplement as volunteer Sarah Klepinger assists in Marshall, Mich., Friday, July 30, 2010.  Volunteers and government officers scrambled on Friday to save geese and other wildlife damaged by an oil spill in a southern Michigan river as the Canadian company that owns the ruptured pipeline said the crude had been contained. Enbridge Inc. said its focus was shifting to cleaning up the spilled oil in the Kalamazoo River, which it estimates at 820,000 gallons. The Environmental Protection Agency puts the total at more than 1 million gallons. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Officials investigating the cause of a huge oil spill along a major river in southern Michigan say it will take months to clean up the mess, and damage to wetlands and wildlife may last considerably longer.


2 killed in plane crash pulled from Lake Michigan (AP)

This undated photo provided by Cessna shows a Cessna 206.  A medical transport plane carrying five people to the Mayo Clinic crashed into Lake Michigan on Friday July 23, 2010 and one person was rescued, officials said. The Cessna 206 left Alma, about 150 miles northwest of Detroit, Friday morning en route to Rochester, Minn. (AP Photo/Cessna)  NO SALESAP - State police divers on Friday recovered the remains of two of four missing passengers who were on a medical plane that crashed into Lake Michigan last week.


Deadly gas explosion destroys building in Calif. (AP)

Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department stand at the site where a suspected natural gas explosion occurred Friday July 30, 2010 in Los Angeles. The explosion collapsed part of the building and hurled two workers into the street, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, fire officials said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - A deadly gas explosion obliterated an industrial building with such violent force Friday that a worker was hurled into the street, car windows were shattered and a survivor had his hair singed in the inferno.


Grizzly bear euthanized after Mont. triple mauling (AP)

This image provided by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department on Friday July 30, 2010, shows a captured grizzly sow believed to be responsible for the mauling death of one camper and injuring two others near Yellowstone National Park in Montana. The fate of the bear will be determined after DNA tests confirm whether it was responsible for the attacks. (AP Photo/Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department)AP - Wildlife officials euthanized a grizzly bear Friday after DNA tests confirmed that the sow and her cubs were responsible for a triple mauling that killed a Michigan man and injured two other campers.


NM governor considers pardon for Billy the Kid (AP)

Susannah Floyd Garrett, left, and her brother Jarvis Patrick Garrett, grandchildren of frontier lawman Pat Garrett, pose for photos Thursday, July 29, 2010 at the La Posada Hotel in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is considering granting a posthumous pardon to Billy the Kid, angering descendants of Pat Garrett who call it an insult to recognize such a violent outlaw. (AP Photo/Sergio Salvador)AP - The showdown between Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid has fascinated the American public for nearly 130 years with its classic, Old West storyline of the frontier lawman hunting down the notorious gunslinger.


Army: Chemical weapons off Hawaii should stay put (AP)
AP - Chemical weapons dumped in deep water five miles south of Pearl Harbor after World War II should remain at the site because moving them could pose more of a threat to people and the environment, the Army said Friday.
Moms work full-time for hikers' release from Iran (AP)

Laura Fattal, left, Cindy Hickey, center, and Nora Shourd, mothers of three American hikers jailed in Iran, participate in a demonstration outside Iran's mission to the United Nations, in New York,  Friday, July 30, 2010. Saturday marks a year since the hikers were arrested along the Iraqi border. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Cindy Hickey was sitting in her home office last summer, preparing a receipt for a client of her animal physical therapy business when the phone rang. She picked up, then nearly hung up, thinking it was a sales call.


Time to scrap BP brand? Gas-station owners divided (AP)

FILE - In this file photo made Oct. 25, 2007, the BP (British Petroleum) logo is seen at a gas station in Washington. BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of its effort to repair the company's badly damaged reputation. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of efforts to repair the company's badly damaged reputation.


Prosecutors: Smith part of conspiracy to get drugs (AP)

FILE ** Anna Nicole Smith, leaves the U.S. Supreme Court, in this Feb. 28, 2006, file photo taken in Washington. Pre-trial motions are expected to be heard in a hearing Friday July 30, 2010 setting the stage for the trial of two doctors and the attorney boyfriend of the late Anna Nicole Smith, arguing about what evidence will be allowed in court. Jury questioning begins Monday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta,File)AP - In a surprise move, prosecutors in the case of Anna Nicole Smith's doctors and her lawyer-boyfriend say the former Playboy model conspired with the defendants to illegally obtain massive amounts of prescription drugs.


Feds arrest Polish immigrant in NM smuggling case (AP)
AP - An Illinois man faces human smuggling charges after investigators say he placed an ad in a Chicago-area Polish language newspaper, offering to drive illegal immigrants to New Mexico to take advantage of the state's lax driver's license rules.
Calif. Rep. Lungren caught speeding while on air (AP)
AP - California Rep. Dan Lungren was forced to cut short a radio interview when he was stopped by police in Virginia for speeding while he was live on the air.
NJ man gets jail for Phillies game vomit-assault (AP)

FILE - In this May 25, 2010, file photo, Matthew Clemmens, of Cherry Hill, N.J., looks out a car window as he is driven away from a courthouse in Philadelphia. Clemmens has been sentenced to up to three months in jail on Friday, July 30, 2010, for intentionally vomiting on another spectator and his 11-year-old daughter in the stands at a Philadelphia Phillies game. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)AP - A 21-year-old man who intentionally vomited on a spectator and his 11-year-old daughter at a Philadelphia Phillies game was sentenced Friday to up to three months in jail and community service, which the judge suggested be fulfilled by cleaning ballpark toilets and trash.


South bakes, humidity feels like 100-plus degrees (AP)

Children get a break from the heat by playing in the fountain in the Waterfront Park in Charleston, S.C., on Friday, July 30, 2010. Friday  was the eleventh straight day a heat advisory or excessive heat warning had been issued for the South Carolina coast. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)AP - Heat advisories were posted from the Carolinas to the Great Plains as the South continued to roast Friday under temperatures and humidity that made beaches feel more like bakeries.


Mo. Senate race may narrow to Blunt, Carnahan (AP)
AP - He calls her a "rubber stamp" for President Barack Obama and liberal congressional leaders. She "calls bull" on his attempts to represent regular folks, suggesting he's more attuned to lobbyists and corporate interests.

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