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Obama talks race, pop culture on 'The View' (AP)

July 29, 2010

AP - President Barack Obama said Thursday that the racial firestorm that led to the ouster of a black Agriculture Department official was a "phony controversy" generated by the media. He said his administration overreacted by forcing her out.

Ship lost for more than 150 years is recovered (AP)

July 29, 2010

AP - Canadian archeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage and which was lost in the search for the doomed expedition of Sir John Franklin, the head of the team said Wednesday.

Ousted USDA employee Sherrod plans to sue blogger (AP)

July 29, 2010

AP - Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted a video edited in a way that made her appear racist.

Obama not on Chelsea Clinton's wedding guest list (AP)

July 29, 2010

AP - President Barack Obama says he didn't make the guest list for Chelsea Clinton's wedding.

Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers (AP)

July 29, 2010

AP - More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.

Gov't warned company about oil pipeline monitoring (AP)

July 29, 2010

AP - A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a major Michigan river was warned by government regulators in January that its monitoring of corrosion in the pipeline was insufficient.

Taliban stymie NATO push to bolster government (AP)

July 29, 2010

AP - This strategic valley on the outskirts of Kandahar is on its third government boss in eight months. The first quit out of fear and frustration. The Taliban assassinated the second.

Mich. couple ties knot among store's size 8 shoes (AP)

July 29, 2010

AP - There were no cold feet for a Michigan couple who got married in the shoe aisle of a central Michigan department store. Drew Ellis and Lisa Satayut exchanged vows Saturday at the TJ Maxx in Mt. Pleasant, about 70 miles northwest of Flint.

Iran ready to stop enrichment if import deal holds (AFP)

July 29, 2010

AFP - Iran will suspend uranium enrichment to 20 percent if it acquires nuclear fuel for a research reactor, the country's atomic chief said on an Iranian television channel on Thursday.

Police probe homicide; family mourns ex-NBA player (AP)

July 29, 2010

AP - Memphis police say they are investigating the discovery of a body that family members have said is missing NBA player Lorenzen Wright as a homicide.

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