Death toll in Pakistani floods surges past 800 (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:01:15 GMT
AP - The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. The damage to roads, bridges and communications networks hindered rescuers, while the threat of disease loomed as some evacuees arrived in camps with fever, diarrhea and skin problems.

Wildfire smolders in desert north of Los Angeles (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:38:57 GMT
AP - A wildfire smoldered in the high desert north of Los Angeles Saturday, spewing plumes of thick smoke into a nearby town as hundreds of firefighters worked to contain the 2-day-old blaze.

Crowd on VIP alert at site of Clinton's NY wedding (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:37:35 GMT
AP - Chelsea Clinton was poised to marry her longtime boyfriend at an exclusive estate along New York's Hudson River after weeks of secrecy and buildup that had celebrity watchers flocking to the small village for the Saturday evening nuptials.

3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:12:36 GMT
AP - On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the environmental disaster.

Rangel using 3-way defense against ethics charges (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:23:30 GMT
AP - To rebut a lengthy list of alleged ethical misdeeds, Rep. Charles Rangel is trotting out this three-way defense: I didn't do it. I did it, but was inattentive. Others lawmakers were allowed to do the same thing without penalty.

3 inmates escape from northwest Arizona prison (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:07:21 GMT
AP - Police were using helicopters and dogs Saturday to search for three convicted murderers who escaped from a northwest Arizona prison, kidnapped two semi-truck drivers at gunpoint and used the big rig to flee.

Hacker builds $1,500 cell-phone tapping device (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:28:10 GMT
AP - A computer security researcher has built a device for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls and record everything that's said.

Yellow lobster pulled from RI's Narragansett Bay (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:27:26 GMT
AP - It's not made of gold, but a yellow lobster pulled from Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay is very rare.

Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:20:30 GMT
AP - "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has been arrested in the New Jersey beach town where the MTV show is based.

Westbrook, Ludwick, Lilly, Wood move, Berkman goes (AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:32:54 GMT
AP - Former All-Stars Jake Westbrook, Ted Lilly, Ryan Ludwick and Kerry Wood were traded Saturday as pennant contenders played a game of beat-the-clock. Lance Berkman went to the World Series champion New York Yankees after rejecting the Chicago White Sox.