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• Ohio restaurant owner dies hours after Obama visit
• $?(&! What did that politician just say?
• NY court: Gay marriage caucus didn't break rules
• US pushs Iran opposition group to vacate Iraq camp
• Glenview couple named as train derailment victims
• Pro-GOP group airs new ads hitting Obama on jobs
• ND oil town's prosperity doesn't reach teachers
• AD:
• Bush wraps up weeklong Africa trip
• Iowa man runs around Lake Michigan in 40 days
• Yahoo, Facebook settle patent dispute, ad alliance
• Former AP correspondent Watson Sims dies in NC
• George Zimmerman leaves Fla. jail on $1M bond
• Boy dies after hit by falling tombstone in Utah
• US troops score win against IEDs in Afghanistan
• Colombia ex-general pleads not guilty in drug case
• Gay rights leader lets Ark. roots take the reins
• Pentagon cheers defection of Syrian general
• Report: Colorado blaze started near hiking trail
• This Week in the Civil War

Ohio restaurant owner dies hours after Obama visit Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:59 PM PDT An Ohio restaurant owner who hosted President Barack Obama for breakfast became ill and died hours later.

$?(&! What did that politician just say? Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:59 PM PDT What the $?&(! is going on with our politicians? The mayors of New York and Philadelphia and the governor of New Jersey let loose with a few choice vulgarities in the past two weeks in otherwise G-rated public settings, including a town-hall meeting and a City Hall event.

NY court: Gay marriage caucus didn't break rules Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:49 PM PDT A state appeals court rejected a challenge to New York's year-old same-sex marriage law Friday, ruling closed-door negotiations among senators and gay marriage supporters including Gov. Andrew Cuomo did not violate any laws.

US pushs Iran opposition group to vacate Iraq camp Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:39 PM PDT The State Department is warning an Iran opposition group that time is running short to vacate an encampment inside Iraq.

Glenview couple named as train derailment victims Posted: 06 Jul 2012 12:09 PM PDT A Chicago law firm on Friday identified a lawyer and his wife as the victims of a suburban freight train derailment that collapsed a railroad bridge and sent hundreds of tons of coal crashing down onto the road below.

Pro-GOP group airs new ads hitting Obama on jobs Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:29 PM PDT A pro-Republican group is pouring $25 million into new TV ads that blame President Barack Obama for the sluggish economy and call for lower taxes and less regulation.

ND oil town's prosperity doesn't reach teachers Posted: 06 Jul 2012 11:39 AM PDT Jobs paying $80,000 or more abound in North Dakota's booming oil patch, but when Molly Lippert came home from college, she gladly accepted a $31,500-a-year position teaching first grade.

AD: Posted: 06 Jul 2012 11:39 AM PDT

Bush wraps up weeklong Africa trip Posted: 06 Jul 2012 10:29 AM PDT Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, are headed home after a weeklong trip to Africa with stops in Zambia and Botswana.

Iowa man runs around Lake Michigan in 40 days Posted: 06 Jul 2012 10:29 AM PDT An Iowa man has completed a 1,037-mile run around Lake Michigan. The Des Moines Register reports ( http://dmreg.co/LBxix2 ) that Steve Cannon of Des Moines completed the last leg of his 40-day, 40-marathon trek on Thursday. The 46-year-old real estate agent ran clockwise around the lake, logging 26 miles a day.

Yahoo, Facebook settle patent dispute, ad alliance Posted: 06 Jul 2012 10:29 AM PDT Facebook and Yahoo have agreed to settle a patent dispute, averting a potentially lengthy battle over the technology running two of the Internet's most popular destinations.

Former AP correspondent Watson Sims dies in NC Posted: 06 Jul 2012 11:09 AM PDT Watson Sims, who worked for the Associated Press for 25 years and also was a newspaper editor, has died at a hospice care center in Asheville. He was 90 years old.

George Zimmerman leaves Fla. jail on $1M bond Posted: 06 Jul 2012 10:19 AM PDT Neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman was released from jail Friday for a second time while he awaits his second-degree murder trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin.

Boy dies after hit by falling tombstone in Utah Posted: 06 Jul 2012 10:19 AM PDT A 4-year-old boy is dead and police are investigating after a large tombstone fell and hit the boy while he and his family were visiting a historic cemetery in a Utah ski resort town.

US troops score win against IEDs in Afghanistan Posted: 06 Jul 2012 09:29 AM PDT Almost afraid to say it out loud, lest they jinx their record, U.S. troops in Afghanistan achieved one small but important victory over the past year: They found and avoided more homemade bombs meant to kill and maim them than a year ago, thanks to a surge in training, equipment and intelligence.

Colombia ex-general pleads not guilty in drug case Posted: 06 Jul 2012 08:59 AM PDT A former high-level Colombian general has pleaded not guilty to charges that he took bribes from drug gangs.

Gay rights leader lets Ark. roots take the reins Posted: 06 Jul 2012 09:49 AM PDT Chad Griffin could have spent his first official day heading the country's largest and most influential gay rights group anywhere.

Pentagon cheers defection of Syrian general Posted: 06 Jul 2012 08:49 AM PDT The Pentagon is cheering the defection of a Syrian general and expressing hope that it triggers more high-level cracks in the regime.

Report: Colorado blaze started near hiking trail Posted: 06 Jul 2012 07:49 AM PDT Dispatch recordings show that Colorado's deadly Waldo Canyon wildfire appears to have started near a popular hiking trail west of Colorado Springs.

This Week in the Civil War Posted: 06 Jul 2012 06:09 AM PDT -------- This Week in The Civil War, for week of Sunday, July 8: Nathan Bedford Forrest Attacks.

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