Ruling Is New Hot-Button Issue in Hot Season
Wall Street Journal - July 29, 2010

Jane Norton, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Colorado, had a hunch that by dinnertime Wednesday, conservative voters across the state would have heard about a federal judge blocking much of Arizona's immigration law....[view article]

Americans Cut Back on Visits to Doctor
Wall Street Journal - July 29, 2010

Insured Americans are using fewer medical services, raising questions about whether patients are consuming less health care as they pick up a greater share of the costs....[view article]

Parts of controversial Arizona immigration law take effect
CNN - July 29, 2010

Phoenix, Arizona (CNN) -- Parts of an Arizona immigration law take effect Thursday after a federal judge blocked several of its most controversial aspects....[view article]

Hearing to address mismanagement at Arlington Cemetery
CNN - July 29, 2010

(CNN) -- A senate subcommittee hearing is scheduled Thursday to examine the mismanagement of Arlington Cemetery, one of the nation's most hallowed burial places for its war dead....[view article]

Prerequisites for a two-state solution
Jewish World Review - July 29, 2010

Will the world applaud Israel's just-announced decision to restrict its military forces by imposing even more stringent rules to avoid accidental civilian casualties? Don't bet on it. The world remained silent as Israel endured hundreds of Palestinian suicide bombers, stabbings, drive-by shootings, and kidnappings....[view article]

NASA Does Muslim Outreach
Jewish World Review - July 29, 2010

It's not really surprising that President Obama told NASA administrator Charles Bolden that his highest priority should be "to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science ... and math and engineering." It fits with so much that we already knew about the president....[view article]

Coast Guard may start redeploying cleanup resources once Gulf well is killed permanently
Fox News - July 29, 2010

The government's point man for the Gulf spill plans to meet with coastal parish officials Thursday to talk about what's next now that the oil has stopped flowing....[view article]

Oil from Gulf spill is no longer collecting on the surface, but where is it?
Fox News - July 28, 2010

NEW ORLEANS -- In the nearly two weeks since a temporary cap stopped BP's gusher at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, not much oil has been showing up on the surface of the water....[view article]

Coburn Wins GOP Senate Nomination in Oklahoma
Fox News - July 28, 2010

TULSA, Okla. -- Incumbent Republican Tom Coburn has defeated two challengers from his own party in Tuesday's primary election for a U.S. Senate seat in Oklahoma. Coburn defeated perennial candidate Evelyn Rogers of Tulsa and retired teacher Lewis Kelly Spring of Hugo....[view article]

Suspected Somali pirates face second arraignment in Virginia courtroom on piracy charges
Fox News - July 28, 2010

NORFOLK, Va. -- Eleven Somali nationals accused in separate attacks on two U.S. Navy ships are due in federal court in Virginia for arraignments on piracy and other charges....[view article]

NATO confirms death of 1 of 2 sailors missing in Afghanistan, relative of Colorado legislator
Fox News - July 28, 2010

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - One of two U.S. sailors missing in Afghanistan since last week - a 30-year-old father of two - has been confirmed dead and his body recovered, a NATO spokesman said Tuesday....[view article]

Reid: Ford alive because of bailouts
OneNewsNow.com - July 27, 2010

The Ford Motor Company continues to prove that government bailout money is not needed to succeed in these hard economic times. Last week, it reported second-quarter earnings of $2.6 billion dollars -- its fifth straight quarterly profit....[view article]

WikiLeaks' postings a serious issue
OneNewsNow.com - July 27, 2010

A senior Army strategist and Pentagon advisor says the recent release of sensitive information on the Afghanistan war by an online "whistleblower" is a very serious matter and could result in serious harm to U.S. troops....[view article]

U.S., S. Korea Drop Anti-Sub Bombs in Drills
Fox News - July 27, 2010

ABOARD THE USS CURTIS WILBUR -- U.S. and South Korean naval ships fired artillery and dropped anti-submarine bombs off South Korea's east coast Tuesday, the third day of high-profile military maneuvers intended to warn North Korea against any aggression....[view article]

Pro-Gun Dems May Get a Boost
Fox News - July 27, 2010

With the mid-terms looming large in a year where incumbents are expected to take a beating at the polls many Democratic candidates are favoring gun rights, aiming to win endorsements or positive ratings from pro-2nd amendment groups....[view article]

Obama Administration Intimidated by Right on Race, Critics Say
AOL News - July 26, 2010

The fallout from the Shirley Sherrod affair continued Sunday with a leading black commentator saying the Obama administration "has been intimidated by the far right wing," and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich blaming the Obama administration's "incompetence" in rushing to judgment on her for his initial description of her as a racist....[view article]

European banking shares rise after stress tests
BBC - July 26, 2010

In the UK, shares in Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland all rose by about 2%, while in France Societe Generale climbed 3.6%....[view article]

BP chief Tony Hayward 'set to stand down'
BBC - July 26, 2010

Mr Hayward has been widely criticised over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill....[view article]

Students support professor's conservative stand
OneNewsNow.com - July 26, 2010

Support is mounting for a University of Illinois professor who was fired for telling students in his Catholicism class that he agrees with the Catholic Church's teaching against homosexuality....[view article]

AZ judge doesn't ignore reality
OneNewsNow.com - July 26, 2010

An immigration reform activist is encouraged that the federal judge hearing challenges to Arizona's immigration law has raised the realities of what's happening in the state because of out-of-control illegal immigration there....[view article]

Reid Challenged at Liberal Blogger Conference
AOL News - July 25, 2010

Las Vegas (July 23) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid faced protests Saturday at a convention of left-wing bloggers as he tried to explain why Congress hasn't reformed the nation's immigration laws or repealed the military's gay ban....[view article]

51 Bodies Found at Northern Mexico Dumping Ground
AOL News - July 25, 2010

MEXICO CITY (July 24) --Investigators said Saturday they have found 51 corpses in two days of digging in a field near a trash dump outside the northern city of Monterrey, as excavations continued at one of the largest clandestine body dumping grounds in Mexico's bloody drug war....[view article]

Iowa's Lake Delhi Dam Breaks From Flooding
AOL News - July 25, 2010

CHICAGO (July 25) - Standing water on Chicago-area expressways turned what should have been an easy Saturday morning drive into a soggy, snarled mess after heavy rains across the Midwest closed roads, stranded residents and punched a hole through an Iowa dam....[view article]

We're running out of internet addresses
CNN - July 24, 2010

(CNN) -- Don't panic, but we're running out of internet addresses. Not domain names -- those website names that you see at the top of this page and which always start with some semblance of "http://" and "www."...[view article]

Obama phones Jordan's Abdullah to discuss peace efforts
The Jerusalem Post - July 24, 2010

In a phone conversation with Jordan's King Abdullah Friday night, US President Barack Obama discussed the necessary steps to advance the peace process and achieve a two state solution between Israel and the Palestinians Israel Radio reported Saturday....[view article]

Obama's Foreign Policy: Haven't We Seen This Before?
Politics Daily - July 24, 2010

It was nearly three years ago exactly -- July 23, 2007 -- during the halcyon days when Barack Obama's hair was a lot less gray and Hillary Clinton was still mastering the Art of Just Letting Go. In a CNN/YouTube sponsored debate, the two would-be leaders of the free world outlined what their foreign policy doctrine might be as president....[view article]

N. Korea Threatens 'Physical Response' to U.S. Drills; Clinton Blasts 'Belligerent' Acts
Fox News - July 23, 2010

HANOI, Vietnam -- North Korea on Friday threatened the United States and South Korea with a "physical response" to planned weekend naval exercises as tensions with the communist nation rose in the aftermath of the sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on the North....[view article]

Scientists weighing new option for shutting down oil well
CNN - July 20, 2010

Washington (CNN) -- As tests continue Tuesday on BP's ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists are weighing a new option for permanently sealing it....[view article]

BP puts oil spill cost at $32.2bn
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The company said the charge gave it a loss of $17bn for the three months between April and June - a UK record....[view article]