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Today's Most Popular News: Brazilian men swapped at birth work, live together Calcium supplements linked to heart attacks: study Hacker builds $1,500 cell-phone tapping device NM governor considers pardon for Billy the Kid Coast Guard allows toxic chemical use on Gulf oil Chelsea Clinton weds at exclusive New York estate 3 inmates escape from northwest Arizona prison Yellow lobster pulled from RI's Narragansett Bay Many in Gulf are outraged at reports of vanishing oil Panama prosecutor: Jailed American admits 5 slays Rangel: What’s in it for him to stand and fight? Rangel using 3-way defense against ethics charges Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town California Rep. Waters may face fall ethics trial PLO official says Obama sent warning to Abbas Pakistanis criticize government response to floods Spike Lee screens film that includes oil spill Schreker's opera 'Distant Sound' heard at Bard Great white shark sightings close Cape Cod beach Chicken producers debate 'natural' label Brazilian men swapped at birth work, live together Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:30 pm PDT AP - Two years back, Dimas Aliprandi and Elton Plaster didn't know of each other's existence. Then they learned they had been accidentally switched at birth more than 20 years ago. Full Story Top Calcium supplements linked to heart attacks: study Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:19 am PDT AFP - Ordinary calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study released Friday. Full Story Top Hacker builds $1,500 cell-phone tapping device Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:09 pm PDT 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. Full Story Top NM governor considers pardon for Billy the Kid Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:41 pm PDT 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. Full Story Top Coast Guard allows toxic chemical use on Gulf oil Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:05 pm PDT AP - The U.S. Coast Guard has routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of gallons of toxic chemical a day to break up oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico despite a federal directive that the chemicals be used only rarely on surface waters, congressional investigators said Saturday after examining BP and government documents. Full Story Top Chelsea Clinton weds at exclusive New York estate Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:07 pm PDT AP - Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate late Saturday. Full Story Top 3 inmates escape from northwest Arizona prison Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:37 pm PDT AP - Police used 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. Full Story Top Yellow lobster pulled from RI's Narragansett Bay Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:21 pm PDT AP - It's not made of gold, but a yellow lobster pulled from Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay is very rare. Full Story Top Many in Gulf are outraged at reports of vanishing oil Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:24 am PDT The Upshot - Now that BP engineers have managed to place a cap on the company's bleeding well in the Gulf, the sprawling oil slicks seem to have retreated from the water's surface, claimed many media reports this week. "Where is all the oil?" an AFP headline asked. Time magazine ran a piece suggesting that the environmental impact of [...] Full Story Top Panama prosecutor: Jailed American admits 5 slays Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:08 pm PDT AP - A jailed U.S. man has admitted killing five other Americans so he could take over their businesses and other properties in a Panamanian resort area, a government prosecutor said Saturday. Full Story Top Rangel: What’s in it for him to stand and fight? Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:33 pm PDT The Upshot - Charlie Rangel's dealing days are over. Whatever else happens to the embattled Democratic congressman from New York — who's facing 13 charges from the House Ethics Committee, involving everything from incomplete financial filings to improper fundraising for a center named in his honor at New York's City College — he won't have a settlement in [...] Full Story Top Rangel using 3-way defense against ethics charges Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:08 pm PDT 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. Full Story Top Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:40 pm PDT AP - "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has been arrested in the New Jersey beach town where the MTV show is based. Full Story Top California Rep. Waters may face fall ethics trial Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:27 am PDT AP - A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could face an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the election outlook for the party as it battles to retain its majority. Full Story Top PLO official says Obama sent warning to Abbas Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:38 pm PDT AP - President Barack Obama warned Mahmoud Abbas in a letter that U.S.-Palestinian relations might suffer if the Palestinian leader refuses to resume direct peace talks with Israel, a senior PLO official said Saturday. Full Story Top Pakistanis criticize government response to floods Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:18 pm PDT AP - Residents of Pakistan's northwest have criticized the government's response to devastating flooding that has killed more than 800 people. Full Story Top Spike Lee screens film that includes oil spill Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:48 pm PDT AP - Spike Lee screened some of his new HBO documentary that includes a look at the massive BP Gulf oil spill and says no one from the oil giant is speaking to him. Full Story Top Schreker's opera 'Distant Sound' heard at Bard Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:58 am PDT AP - His name is all but forgotten today, but a century ago Franz Schreker was considered perhaps the most important operatic composer since Richard Wagner. Full Story Top Great white shark sightings close Cape Cod beach Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:45 pm PDT AP - Officials have closed five miles of a Cape Cod beach after a spotter pilot saw three more great white sharks, including one swimming about 100 yards from a party on the sand. Full Story Top Chicken producers debate 'natural' label Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:47 am PDT AP - A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted federal officials to consider changing labeling guidelines. Full Story Top

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