Defense expert for Minn. man seeking new trial after fatal crash disputes trial testimony

Expert disputes trial testimony about Toyota crash

Wake held for mother, 4 children found dead in murder-suicide at burning NYC home

Wake held for family killed in NYC murder-suicide

Ambulance crosses center line of Ohio highway and hits semitrailer, killing driver and patient

Ohio highway crash kills ambulance driver, patient

Tragedy on the Red River: 6 teens from 2 families drown as relatives watch helplessly

Tragedy on a river: 6 teens from 2 families drown

BP begins ’static kill’ at ruptured US oil well

WASHINGTON/NEW ORLEANS - Oil company BP Plc Tuesday began the long-awaited pumping of mud into the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico - the so-called “static kill” to permanently seal the shaft.

Va. police: Illegal immigrant charged with killing nun and injuring 2 others in car crash

Police: Illegal immigrant crashes, killing Va. nun

On the water, leaders of ’static kill’ effort to plug oil leak say it’s going well

On water, ’static kill’ appears to be going well

Car bombing strikes Shiite city south of Baghdad as series of attacks kill at least 23 in Iraq

Iraq: Car bomb kills 15 south of Baghdad

BAGHDAD — A car bomb ripped through an outdoor market Tuesday in a mainly Shiite city southeast of Baghdad in the deadliest of a series of attacks that killed at least 23 people nationwide, officials said.

Ex-leader of of Haiti’s Chamber of Deputies says singer Wyclef Jean will run for president

Ex-deputy: Wyclef Jean to run for Haiti president

‘Static kill’: BP starts forcing mud down blown-out well to choke Gulf gusher for good

BP begins attempt to cut off gusher by pumping mud

Pipeline company Enbridge offers to buy homes in area around oil spill in Michigan river

Company offers to buy homes near Mich. oil spill

Tropical Storm Colin degenerates into low in the Atlantic, could reform in the next few days

Tropical Storm Colin now a low in the Atlantic

Crews begin pumping mud into Gulf of Mexico oil well in attempt to plug it up

Crews begin effort to plug leaking Gulf oil well

Pipeline company offers to buy up to 200 homes in area affected by oil spill in Michigan river

Pipeline firm offers to buy homes near Mich. spill

Crews on Gulf of Mexico begin attempt to plug oil well by pumping mud into it

Crews begin effort to plug leaking Gulf oil well

New offshore drilling chief says ban on deepwater drilling may be lifted early

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Gunman among 9 killed in Conn. beer distributor shooting; company says he was caught stealing

9 killed in shooting at Conn. beer distributorship

Union says Conn. gunman who killed 9 was caught stealing, had not complained of racial bias

Union: Conn. gunman was caught on tape stealing

Gulf oil spill, record high temperatures fail to sway votes on energy legislation

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Taliban’s code of conduct: Protect civilians _ unless they side with the government, NATO

Afghanistan’s ranks of civil servants under siege

Gunman, 8 others killed in beer distributor shooting; company says he was asked to quit

Gunman, 8 others fatally shot in Conn. warehouse

Testing begins in preparation for attempt to plug blown-out Gulf oil well

Testing begins for attempt to plug Gulf oil well

Mother of Conn. warehouse shooter’s girlfriend says he had complained of racial bias at work

Woman says Conn. shooter complained of race bias

NHTSA: New technology can prevent tractor-trailer truck rollovers, save over 100 lives a year

NHTSA: New technology can prevent truck rollovers

74 killed in China floods

BEIJING - Floods have left 74 people dead and 71 missing in northeast China’s Jilin province over the past two months, officials said Tuesday.

Police sub-inspector suspended for molesting colleague

NEW DELHI - A Delhi Police sub-inspector was Tuesday suspended for molesting his colleague and showing her obscene MMS clips, a day after he was arrested on the charge, a police officer said.

Car bombing strikes Shiite city south of Baghdad as series of attacks kill at least 22 in Iraq

Iraq: 15 killed in car bombing south of Baghdad

UAE to release 724 prisoners ahead of Ramadan

Abu Dhabi, Aug 3 (IANS/WAM) In a humanitarian gesture ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered the release of 724 prisoners.

Nine killed in US shooting

WASHINGTON - Nine people were killed in a mass shooting Tuesday at a workplace in Connecticut, police said.

Car bombing strikes Shiite city south of Baghdad as series of attacks kill at least 17 in Iraq

Iraq: 10 killed in car bombing south of Baghdad

6 teenagers who drowned in Red River in Louisiana were from 2 families

Teens who drowned in La. river from 2 families

Man passing himself of as Delhi cop arrested

NEW DELHI - A man passing himself off as a constable of the Delhi Police has been arrested and a fake police identity card seized from him, police said Tuesday.

Conn. official: 9 killed in beer distributor shooting; company says gunman was asked to quit

Official: 9 killed in Conn. warehouse shooting

More workers die in China’s mines even as bosses are ordered underground to improve safety

China mines still deadly, as bosses ordered below

Pakistan’s president says international community is losing the war in Afghanistan

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Crews hope attempt to seal off oil at bottom of Gulf will mark a turning point

On Gulf, a turning point nears in spill efforts

Connecticut official: 9 killed in shooting at beer distributor, including gunman

Official: 9 killed in Conn. workplace shooting

Blasts in outdoor market south of Baghdad kill 10, wound 30

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‘No ransom paid for official kidnapped by Bodo militants’

MUMBAI - No ransom was paid to secure the release of a forest official of Maharashtra who was kidnapped by Bodo militants while on a holiday in Arunachal Pradesh, a key negotiator said Tuesday.

Wildfires raging out of control in western Russia, troops and volunteers help battle blazes

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Court order on Arun Gawali reserved

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Tuesday reserved its verdict on the Maharashtra government’s plea against a Bombay High Court judgment striking down a criminal complaint against underworld don-turned-politician Arun Gawali.

Cubs of grizzly that killed 1, injured 2 near Yellowstone Park are settling into Montana zoo

Killer grizzly’s cubs settling into Montana zoo

US dispatches big helicopters from Afghanistan to move relief supplies in deluged Pakistan

US sending big helicopters to help flood relief

CBI issues ‘look-out’ notices for builder Hirandani, brother

MUMBAI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday issued a look-out notice for the city’s leading realty developers Niranjan Hiranandani and his brother Surendra in connection with a Rs.168-crore Employees Provident Fund (EPF) scam, an official said.

Amin’s plea to turn approver adjourned till Aug 10

AHMEDABAD - The hearing on a plea filed by former deputy superintendent of police N.K. Amin to turn approver in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout has been adjourned by a court till Aug 10.

47 killed, over 120 injured in Karachi riots (Third lead)

ISLAMABAD - Forty-seven people have been killed and more than 120 injured in riots that broke out in Karachi following the murder of a provincial legislator, police said.

BP creates special business claims team in effort to speed up payments

BP creates special team to speed up claim payments

Cross dedicated to Poland’s late president stays put outside palace amid vocal protests

Protesters in Poland block cross from being moved

Bid to smuggle narcotics foiled in Dubai

Dubai, Aug 3 (IANS/WAM) Authorities in Dubai have foiled a bid to smuggle 1.57 kg of crystal narcotics brought in by a passenger from an African country.

Long delayed inquest begins into death of UK scientist killed during secret bomb experiments

Inquest begins in secret UK bomb experiment death