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Today's Top Stories: Sands hid fate of Gulf War pilot lost since '91 American with cold misses ill-fated hike into Iran AP sources: Military-civilian terror prison eyed Bomb blast in Afghanistan kills at least 10 2 Obama officials: No guarantee taxes won't go up LaHood: Car rebates will stop unless Senate acts New HIV strain discovered in woman from Cameroon Study finds rise in student injuries in gym class Lengthy to-do list for Jackson hearing Cabrera hits for cycle; Yanks beat White Sox 8-5 The price of U.S. recession is paid in jobs Task force weighs moving Guantanamo prisoners to U.S. Iran leader approves Ahmadinejad presidency: TV U.S. auto workers seek to retrain for scarce new jobs Five foreign troops killed in Afghanistan Obama administration hopeful on "clunker" extension Remains found of U.S. pilot in first Gulf War Ford to post U.S. sales rise in July from year-ago Pre-election bombing kills 12: Afghan police Iran supreme leader Khamenei to endorse Ahmadinejad Sands hid fate of Gulf War pilot lost since '91 Sun, 2 Aug 2009 09:58 pm PDT AP - Navy pilot Michael "Scott" Speicher was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the Gulf War in 1991, and it was there he apparently was buried by Bedouins, the sand hiding him from the world's mightiest military. Full Story Top American with cold misses ill-fated hike into Iran Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:21 pm PDT AP - An American linguistics student traveling in northern Iraq didn't go on an ill-fated hiking trip because he had a cold — a twist of fate that prevented him from mistakenly wandering into Iran where his three friends were reportedly detained. Full Story Top AP sources: Military-civilian terror prison eyed Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:22 pm PDT AP - The Obama administration is looking at creating a courtroom-within-a-prison complex in the U.S. to house suspected terrorists, combining military and civilian detention facilities at a single maximum-security prison. Full Story Top Bomb blast in Afghanistan kills at least 10 Sun, 2 Aug 2009 11:25 pm PDT AP - The Taliban killed at least 10 people and critically injured a local police chief in western Afghanistan's main city on Monday with a remote-controlled bomb hidden in a trash can, officials said. Full Story Top 2 Obama officials: No guarantee taxes won't go up Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:26 pm PDT AP - President Barack Obama's treasury secretary said Sunday he cannot rule out higher taxes to help tame an exploding budget deficit, and his chief economic adviser would not dismiss raising them on middle-class Americans as part of a health care overhaul. Full Story Top LaHood: Car rebates will stop unless Senate acts Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:25 pm PDT AP - The Obama administration will suspend the "cash for clunkers" program unless the Senate provides $2 billion more for the popular car incentive plan, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Sunday. Full Story Top New HIV strain discovered in woman from Cameroon Sun, 2 Aug 2009 08:15 pm PDT AP - A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the three known strains of human immunodeficiency virus and appears to be closely related to a form of simian virus recently discovered in wild gorillas, researchers report in Monday's edition of the journal Nature Medicine. Full Story Top Study finds rise in student injuries in gym class Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:01 pm PDT AP - Injuries to American children during physical education classes increased by 150 percent from 1997-2007, a new study finds, a possible drawback to a movement encouraging more vigorous exercise in schools. Full Story Top Lengthy to-do list for Jackson hearing Sun, 2 Aug 2009 09:41 pm PDT AP - The handlers of Michael Jackson's probate and guardianship cases have a full slate at a hearing meant to tackle a number of estate and family issues. Full Story Top Cabrera hits for cycle; Yanks beat White Sox 8-5 Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:30 pm PDT AP - Melky Cabrera became the first Yankee in 14 years to hit for the cycle, leading New York to an 8-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon. Full Story Top The price of U.S. recession is paid in jobs Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:23 pm PDT Reuters - Long after President Barack Obama's first term ends in 2013, millions of U.S. families will still be paying the price for the recession. Full Story Top Task force weighs moving Guantanamo prisoners to U.S. Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:10 pm PDT Reuters - A task force is studying the possibility of moving some suspected militants from Guantanamo Bay to a maximum security prison in the United States with its own courtrooms for criminal and military trials, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. Full Story Top Iran leader approves Ahmadinejad presidency: TV Sun, 2 Aug 2009 11:54 pm PDT Reuters - Iran's supreme leader formally approved the second term presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday after a disputed election that leading reformists say was rigged to ensure the incumbent's victory. Full Story Top U.S. auto workers seek to retrain for scarce new jobs Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:08 pm PDT Reuters - After more than a century of making cars, the U.S. state of Michigan is retraining thousands of unemployed workers for new careers now that many of their jobs may be gone for good. Full Story Top Five foreign troops killed in Afghanistan Sun, 2 Aug 2009 06:29 am PDT Reuters - Three Americans were among five foreign troops killed in Afghanistan on Sunday, continuing a deadly trend ahead of a presidential election this month. Full Story Top Obama administration hopeful on "clunker" extension Sun, 2 Aug 2009 02:49 pm PDT Reuters - The Obama administration expressed optimism on Sunday that the U.S. Senate will extend the federal "cash for clunkers" auto sales incentive program, but warned it would be suspended at midweek without new funding. Full Story Top Remains found of U.S. pilot in first Gulf War Sun, 2 Aug 2009 06:43 pm PDT Reuters - The remains of a U.S. Navy pilot have been found and positively identified, more than 18 years after he was shot down over Iraq and became the first U.S. casualty of the first Gulf War, the U.S. Defense Department said on Sunday. Full Story Top Ford to post U.S. sales rise in July from year-ago Sun, 2 Aug 2009 02:08 pm PDT Reuters - Ford Motor Co will report its U.S. sales for July rose from a year ago on a late-month surge under the federal government's "Cash for Clunkers" incentive program, senior U.S. executives said on Sunday. Full Story Top Pre-election bombing kills 12: Afghan police Sun, 2 Aug 2009 11:20 pm PDT AFP - A remote control bomb targeting police killed 12 people in the heart of the western city of Herat Monday in the latest attack to hit beleaguered Afghanistan just weeks away from elections. Full Story Top Iran supreme leader Khamenei to endorse Ahmadinejad Sun, 2 Aug 2009 11:27 pm PDT AFP - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is set to endorse Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president on Monday, two days before the re-elected hardliner is sworn in for a second amid intense political turmoil in the Islamic republic. Full Story Top

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