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Today's Top Stories: Dems warn GOP of backlash for opposing Sotomayor Deal with 'Blue Dogs' sets up health care vote Baby taken from slain mom's womb found; 2 arrested Gates: Some US troops may be leaving Iraq early Jury hands man life sentence in Arizona shootings Mom of decapitated baby: 'I didn't mean to do it' GAO: Unsafe truck, bus companies still on highways Mosquitoes deliver malaria 'vaccine' through bites Lefevre 'stunned' Howard has her role in 'Eclipse' Chamberlain dominates in Yanks' 6-2 win over Rays House Democrats clinch healthcare deal Unemployment spreads distress in U.S. home loans As U.S. recession bites, Ohio hopes fade for Obama Microsoft, Yahoo in 10-year Web search partnership Homeland secretary discusses security plans Phone call to NYSE set off Braikan fraud probe Britain and U.S. defend war effort in Afghanistan Arizona man gets life in prison for shootings New tensions as NKorea seizes SKorean fishing boat Iran opposition leaders to visit protesters' graves Dems warn GOP of backlash for opposing Sotomayor Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:24 pm PDT AP - The Senate debate over Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor turned bitter Wednesday, after Democrats warned the GOP it would pay a steep price for opposing the judge who would be the first Hispanic justice, and a top Republican charged they were playing destructive racial politics. Full Story Top Deal with 'Blue Dogs' sets up health care vote Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:49 pm PDT AP - After weeks of turmoil, House Democrats reached a shaky peace with the party's rebellious rank-and-file conservatives Wednesday to clear the way for a vote in September on sweeping health care legislation. Full Story Top Baby taken from slain mom's womb found; 2 arrested Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:40 pm PDT AP - A baby girl who was cut from her mother's womb has been found alive and two people were arrested in the woman's killing, police said late Wednesday. Full Story Top Gates: Some US troops may be leaving Iraq early Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:00 pm PDT AP - A combat brigade of 5,000 American troops may be brought home early from Iraq if the trend of reduced violence holds, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday. Full Story Top Jury hands man life sentence in Arizona shootings Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:11 pm PDT AP - A jury spared a man convicted in a series of random nighttime shootings from the death penalty and sentenced him to life in prison on Wednesday. Full Story Top Mom of decapitated baby: 'I didn't mean to do it' Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:10 pm PDT AP - A Texas mother accused of decapitating her 3-week-old son screams "I didn't mean to do it. He told me to!" while her sister pleads for an ambulance to bring help in a desperate four-minute 911 call released Wednesday. Full Story Top GAO: Unsafe truck, bus companies still on highways Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:17 pm PDT AP - Hundreds of tractor-trailer and bus companies ordered to shut down because of federal safety violations ranging from suspended licenses to possible drug use have stayed on the road by using different names, investigators say. Full Story Top Mosquitoes deliver malaria 'vaccine' through bites Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:13 pm PDT AP - In a daring experiment in Europe, scientists used mosquitoes as flying needles to deliver a "vaccine" of live malaria parasites through their bites. The results were astounding: Everyone in the vaccine group acquired immunity to malaria; everyone in a non-vaccinated comparison group did not, and developed malaria when exposed to the parasites later. Full Story Top Lefevre 'stunned' Howard has her role in 'Eclipse' Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:28 pm PDT AP - Bryce Dallas Howard is taking over as the villainous vampire Victoria in the third "Twilight" movie, and the actress who's played the part in the first two films says she was "stunned" and "hurt deeply" by the switch. Full Story Top Chamberlain dominates in Yanks' 6-2 win over Rays Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:21 pm PDT AP - Joba Chamberlain pitched eight scoreless innings and Mark Teixeira and Robinson Cano homered and drove in two runs apiece to lead the New York Yankees to a 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night. Full Story Top House Democrats clinch healthcare deal Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:54 pm PDT Reuters - Democrats broke a logjam in President Barack Obama's drive to revamp the costly U.S. healthcare system on Wednesday when a group of party conservatives accepted a compromise that allowed an overhaul bill to advance in the House of Representatives. Full Story Top Unemployment spreads distress in U.S. home loans Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:23 pm PDT Reuters - Cities in the U.S. Sun Belt states of California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona dominated the record foreclosure spree in the first half of the year, but distress in other regions emerged as joblessness spread, RealtyTrac said on Thursday. Full Story Top As U.S. recession bites, Ohio hopes fade for Obama Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:13 pm PDT Reuters - Hope and jobs are in short supply in Ohio eight months after President Barack Obama won the recession-battered state in the 2008 election with promises of a better future. Full Story Top Microsoft, Yahoo in 10-year Web search partnership Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:02 pm PDT Reuters - Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc have launched a 10-year Web search deal to challenge market leader Google but stopped short of combining other advertising businesses or suggesting any deeper ties. Full Story Top Homeland secretary discusses security plans Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:30 am PDT Reuters - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Wednesday called for more public participation to guard against terrorist threats, part of the Obama administration's strategy to keep the country safe. Full Story Top Phone call to NYSE set off Braikan fraud probe Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:12 pm PDT Reuters - A phone call to the New York Stock Exchange from an investor worried that he'd just been duped helped spark a chain of events early last week that led U.S. authorities to file fraud charges against a Kuwaiti financier, who was later found dead in his home. Full Story Top Britain and U.S. defend war effort in Afghanistan Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:40 pm PDT Reuters - Britain and the United States on Wednesday vowed a sustained effort in Afghanistan, despite growing public skepticism over the war after the deadliest month since it began in late 2001. Full Story Top Arizona man gets life in prison for shootings Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:39 pm PDT Reuters - An Arizona man who was one of two serial shooters who terrorized the Phoenix area three years ago was spared the death penalty on Wednesday and sentenced to life in prison. Full Story Top New tensions as NKorea seizes SKorean fishing boat Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:13 pm PDT AFP - North Korea on Thursday seized a stray South Korean fishing boat and its four crew members, officials said, ratcheting up tensions after a week of aggressive sabre-rattling from the communist regime. Full Story Top Iran opposition leaders to visit protesters' graves Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:30 pm PDT AFP - In a fresh act of defiance, Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi will visit on Thursday the graves of slain protesters who opposed the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Full Story Top

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