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  1. Lawsuit: dentist dropped tools down man's throat AP - Sun Jul 19, 8:39 AM ET

    WINTER PARK, Fla. - A Florida dentist is being sued for allegedly dropping tools down the throat of an elderly patient — twice. Relatives of 90-year-old Charles Gaal Jr. recently filed the suit in circuit court accusing Dr. Wesley Meyers of negligence. An answering message at Meyers' office in Winter Park said Saturday that he was on vacation. He did not reply to a message from The Associated Press seeking comment.

  2. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele speaks at the 100th annual NAACP Convention in New York, Tuesday, July 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
    RNC chairman attacks Obama on health care AP - 1 hour, 49 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Republican party is accusing President Barack Obama of conducting "risky experimentation" with his health care proposals, saying they will hurt the economy and force millions to drop their current coverage.

  3. FILE - In this July 20, 1969 file photo,  Astronaut Edwin E. 'Buzz' Aldrin Jr.  poses for a photograph beside the U.S. flag deployed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission.   (AP Photo/Neil Armstrong, NASA, file)
    Russia still blue over moon landing 40 years later AP - Sun Jul 19, 2:01 PM ET

    MOSCOW - When Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon, it was a first for the Soviet Union — the first time the U.S. had beaten the U.S.S.R in the space race.

  4. Tom Watson of the US looks on from the first fairway during the final round of the British Open Golf championship, at the Turnberry golf course, Scotland, Sunday, July 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
    Watson squanders his chance at a historic win AP - 27 minutes ago

    TURNBERRY, Scotland - One putt from 8 feet was all that separated Tom Watson from a moment no one imagined possible until he was close enough to make it happen with one final stroke.

  5. U.S. Private Bowe Bergdahl speaks in a video released by his captors in Afghanistan, July 19, 2009. The U.S. military denounced on Sunday the release of the video showing a soldier captured in Afghanistan, describing the images as Taliban propaganda that violated international law. REUTERS/via Reuters TV
    U.S. condemns video of soldier captured in Afghanistan Reuters - Sun Jul 19, 3:51 PM ET

    KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military denounced on Sunday the release of a video showing a soldier captured in Afghanistan, describing the images as Taliban propaganda that violated international law.

  6. Employees of AhnLab Inc. work at Security Operation Center in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 10, 2009. South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers that the cyber attacks that caused a wave of Web site outages in the U.S. and South Korea were carried out by using 86 IP addresses in 16 countries, amid suspicions North Korea is behind the effort. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    SKorean police: Hackers extracted data in attacks AP - Tue Jul 14, 9:34 AM ET

    SEOUL, South Korea - Hackers extracted files from computers they contaminated with the virus that triggered cyberattacks last week in the United States and South Korea, police said Tuesday, a sign that they tried to steal information from the victims.

  7. Chart shows intra-day and historical stock information for CIT Group Inc; compares assests to Lehman Brothers
    Report: CIT Group board OKs $3 billion rescue loan AP - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - CIT Group Inc.'s board approved a deal late Sunday with major bondholders to keep the company out of bankruptcy with a $3 billion rescue loan, the New York Times reported.

  8. Walter Cronkite: Definitional Journalist Saw Big Media's Flaws The Nation - Fri Jul 17, 7:26 PM ET

    The Nation -- Walter Cronkite never stopped being a journalist.

  9. In this photo taken on Friday July 17, 2009, Gov. Sarah Palin talks with residents in Unalakleet, Alaska.  (AP Photo/Matthew Daly)
    Palin: Alaska tour is thanks, not goodbye AP - Sun Jul 19, 3:51 PM ET

    UNALAKLEET, Alaska - She was greeted like a rock star in Unalakleet, a fishing village on the Bering Sea. She danced with Eskimos in Kotzebue. And she watched grizzlies at a wildlife sanctuary on the Kenai Peninsula.

  10. FILE - In this Monday, July 6, 2009 file photo, Paula Abdul is shown during the taping of her show 'Drop Dead Diva' in a studio in Peachtree City, Ga.  According to a Los Angeles Times report, Abdul's new manager David Sonenberg says he doesn't have a proposal for a new contract for Abdul and says it doesn't appear she'll be back on 'American Idol.'  (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
    Report: Abdul's return to 'American Idol' doubtful AP - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago

    NEW YORK - Paula Abdul's (ab-DOOL') new manager says she may not be returning to "American Idol."

  11. Iranian riot policemen stand guard outside the British embassy in Tehran as hardline students demonstrate in June 2009. Iran on Sunday freed on bail a British embassy local staffer, who was among a group of nine arrested following disturbances in the wake of the June 12 presidential election, his lawyer said.(AFP/File/Maryam Hasanzadeh)
    Khatami: Referendum can end Iran's election crisis AP - 1 minute ago

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's popular former president Mohammad Khatami has called for a nationwide referendum on the legitimacy of the government to end the country's post-election crisis.

  12. British Airways aircraft at London's Heathrow airport in 2007. Airlines stepped up restrictions Sunday on travellers to and from Britain as a report said four more British students quarantined in China had been confirmed as having swine flu.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)
    British airlines blocking swine flu travellers AFP - Sun Jul 19, 4:56 PM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - British airlines on Sunday stepped up restrictions on suspected swine flu carriers, as a report said four more British students quarantined in China have had infections confirmed.

  13. Young Pa. lemonade sellers have brush with law AP - Sun Jul 19, 8:39 AM ET

    HAVERFORD, Pa. - Seven suburban Philadelphia children had a brush with the law for selling without a permit — selling lemonade, that is. But police say it was all a misunderstanding. A neighbor called Haverford Township police July 10 about the sales. He says the youngsters were going door-to-door and he didn't think they were being properly supervised.

  14. FILE -- In this July 15, 2009, photo, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday July 15, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sotomayor might find that disarming Republican senators with one eye on Hispanic voters was easier than swaying Supreme Court justices with lifetime appointments.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
    Analysis: Sotomayor would be beholden to no one AP - Sun Jul 19, 12:27 PM ET

    CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Once Sonia Sotomayor is confirmed to the Supreme Court, all those hours of predictable questions and cautious replies at her Senate confirmation hearings will be filed and forgotten as she judges the way she sees fit. Nobody can hold her to what she's said.

  15. Spacewalker Tim Kopra stows tools in the payload bay of the space shuttle Endeavour while in the background the International Space Station and the shuttle's robot arms grapple the Japanese Exposed Facility in this image from NASA TV July 18, 2009.         REUTERS/NASA TV   (SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
    Astronauts To Perform Complex Robotic Work SPACE.com - Sun Jul 19, 7:30 AM ET

    Astronauts on the International Space Station are taking a break from spacewalking to perform some complex robotic maneuvers Sunday.

  16. New overall leader and stage winner Alberto Contador of Spain reacts on the podium after the 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 207.5 kilometers (129 miles) with start in Pontarlier, France and finish in Verbier, Switzerland, Sunday July 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)
    Contador wins 15th stage to take control of Tour AP - Sun Jul 19, 1:28 PM ET

    VERBIER, Switzerland - Lance Armstrong all but conceded the Tour de France on Sunday to his teammate and rival Alberto Contador after the Spaniard blew away the pack and seized the yellow jersey as the race entered the Alps.

  17. Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during a hearing on The President's FY2010 Health Care Proposals" on Capitol Hill in Washington March 10, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
    White House stands by August goal for healthcare Reuters - Sun Jul 19, 2:21 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House budget director on Sunday accused opponents in Congress of trying to kill off plans to overhaul U.S. healthcare but predicted each house would pass a bill in the next two to three weeks.

  18. Microsoft takes on Google as Office moves to Web Reuters - Mon Jul 13, 1:06 PM ET

    BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp will release three versions of its dominant Office software that users can access over the Web, catching up with products that rival Google Inc launched three years ago.

  19. Pedestrians walk by the CIT offices in New York, July 13, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
    CIT clinches deal to stave off bankruptcy: source Reuters - 1 hour, 48 minutes ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - CIT Group Inc's board signed off on a deal late Sunday for $3 billion in rescue financing from a group of bondholders, in a plan the lender hopes will stave off bankruptcy, a source close to the situation said.

  20. Sotomayor and the Politics of Public Humiliation The Nation - Fri Jul 17, 4:12 PM ET

    The Nation --

  21. This video frame grab taken from a Taliban propaganda video released Saturday, July 18, 2009  shows Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl, 23, of Ketchum, Idaho, who went missing from his base in eastern Afghanistan June 30. The Pentagon on Sunday confirmed that the American soldier who went missing from his base in Afghanistan has been captured and identified him as a private from Idaho serving with an Alaska-based infantry regiment. The Defense Department released the name of Pfc. Bergdahl one day after he was seen in a video posted online as saying he was 'scared I won't be able to go home.' (AP Photo/Militant Video)
    Idaho town prays for return of captured US soldier AP - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

    HAILEY, Idaho - Friends and family of an Idaho soldier who was captured in Afghanistan prayed for his safe return Sunday, shaken by the image of the frightened young private in a Taliban video posted online.

  22. FILE - In this Oct 29, 2007 file photo, author Frank McCourt arrives at 'The Kite Runner' post screening dinner party in New York. Brother Malachy McCourt says Frank McCourt died Sunday afternoon July 19, 2009, at a Manhattan hospice in New York City at age 78.  (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)
    'Angela's Ashes' author McCourt dies in NYC at 78 AP - Sun Jul 19, 8:44 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Frank McCourt, the beloved raconteur and former public school teacher who enjoyed post-retirement fame as the author of "Angela's Ashes," the Pulitzer Prize-winning "epic of woe" about his impoverished Irish childhood, died Sunday of cancer.

  23. In this June 24, 2009 photo, author, performer and lesbian activist Staceyann Chin, from Jamaica, poses for a portrait at her home in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
    Gays live — and die — in fear in Jamaica AP - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago

    KINGSTON, Jamaica - Even now, about three years after a near-fatal gay bashing, Sherman gets jittery at dusk. On bad days, his blood quickens, his eyes dart, and he seeks refuge indoors.

  24. Guard Against Swine Flu at Summer Camp HealthDay - Sat Jul 18, 11:48 PM ET

    SATURDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- As children head off to summer camp, many parents are concerned about the risk for swine flu.

  25. NY man finds valuable Mexican artifacts in barrel AP - Sun Jul 19, 1:37 PM ET

    NEW YORK - One man's trash is definitely another man's treasure. A Queens man hired to remove material from a deceased artist's estate has found artifacts worth thousands of dollars in a discarded barrel.

  26. In this photo provided by NBC News, Department of Health and Human Services chief Kathleen Sebelius appears on 'Meet the Press' at the NBC studios in Washington, Sunday, July 19, 2009.   (AP Photo/NBC News, William B. Plowman)
    Officials: Health care proposal a work in progress AP - 1 hour, 56 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Administration officials defended President Barack Obama's broad health care proposals on Sunday and urged a skeptical public not to judge the Democrats' overhaul until Congress writes a final version.

  27. Where were you when Apollo 11 landed? Not born yet AP - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Most Americans have never known a world where man hasn't been to the moon.

  28. Giants part owner Sue Burns dead at 58 AP - Sun Jul 19, 10:28 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO - Sue Burns knew everybody at the ballpark — players, coaches, scouts, ushers and security guards — and they all knew her, a friendly fixture dressed in orange with her front-row seat.

  29. A security guard walks in front of the Shepherd's Hotel, where residential housing is planned, in East Jerusalem July 19, 2009. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
    Netanyahu defies U.S. on East Jerusalem settlement Reuters - Sun Jul 19, 3:35 PM ET

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he would not take orders over Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem, rejected on Sunday a U.S. demand to halt plans to build more homes for Jews in the disputed area.

  30. In this photo provided by the Smithsonian Institution, the Apollo 11 command module Columbia which carried astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins to the Moon and back in July 1969 is seen at the National Air and Space Museum. (AP Photo/Smithsonian Institution, Eric Long)
    Web site recreates Apollo 11 mission in real time AP - Mon Jul 13, 11:00 AM ET

    BOSTON - Families crowded around black-and-white television sets in 1969 to watch Neil Armstrong take man's first steps on the moon.