August 1st, 2010 | 
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PHOENIX -- 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. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
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WASHINGTON -- 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, con... (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
NEW ORLEANS -- As BP inched closer to permanently sealing the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico, congressional investigators railed the company and Coast Guard for part of the cleanup effort, saying too much toxic chemical dispersant was used. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
PALMDALE, Calif. -- A wildfire smoldered in the high desert north of Los Angeles Saturday, spewing plumes of thick smoke that promted air quality warnings as hundreds of firefighters worked to contain the 2-day-old blaze. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com
RHINEBECK, N.Y. -- It was high society inside and high security outside as Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend at an elegant estate in a Hudson River village where several prominent guests were spotted beforehand, but the husband-and-wife-to-be stay... (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com
The no-hitters have stolen the show. Offense output is declining. Strikeouts are at an all-time high. Why the pitchers have taken over the game. (source: TIME) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
The 'savior' of the automakers still has to convince the rest of the country that his economic policies worked (source: TIME) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com
Hardline law enforcement vowed to continue their sweeps of Latino communities but the operations have so far been stymied by the gutted legislation, weather and tweeting activists (source: TIME) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
The popular sports drink Vitaminwater, a brand of Coke, is being sued for its name, which fails to mention its sugar content. Are consumers being misled? (source: TIME) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
A brief look at the six men and six women who are tasked with deciding whether the guilt or innocence of the ex-governor of Illinois and his brother (source: TIME) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
The leaks have prompted calls to re-evaluate how the military treats classified information (source: TIME) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com
The crime rates in large U.S. cities near the border, contrary to the fears that lie behind Arizona's tough new immigration law, are among the lowest in the country (source: TIME) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com
WASHINGTON -- 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, con... (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
DETROIT -- U.S. regulators earlier this year demanded improvements to the pipeline network that includes a segment that ruptured in southern Michigan, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River, according to a document releas... (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
PALMDALE, Calif. -- A wildfire smoldered in the high desert north of Los Angeles Saturday, spewing plumes of thick smoke into a nearby town as hundreds of firefighters worked to contain the 2-day-old blaze. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com
HONOLULU -- Monthlong military drills in the Pacific, which conclude this weekend, were intended only as training exercises to combat terrorism and piracy - and were not meant to send a message to North Korea, the commander of the drills says. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com