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PHOENIX (AP) — States that had been watching Arizona's immigration law in hopes of copying it received a rude awakening when a judge put most of the measure on hold and agreed with the Obama administration's core argument that immigration enforcement is the role of the federal government.

The ruling ...

PHOENIX (AP) — States that had been watching Arizona's immigration law in hopes of copying it received a rude awakening when a judge put most of the measure on hold and agreed with the Obama administration's core argument that immigration enforcement is the role of the federal government.

The ruling ...

PHOENIX (AP) — States that had been watching Arizona's immigration law in hopes of copying it received a rude awakening when a judge put most of the measure on hold and agreed with the Obama administration's core argument that immigration enforcement is the role of the federal government.

The ruling ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — New jobless claims fell last week for the third time in four weeks but remain elevated.

The Labor Department said Thursday that first-time claims for unemployment insurance dropped by 11,000 to a seasonally adjusted 457,000.

Claims have fluctuated this month because of temporary seasonal factors. General Motors ...

ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say all four airmen aboard a plane that crashed at an Air Force base in Alaska were killed.

Col. John McMullen says three of the men were in the Alaska Air National Guard and the fourth was on active duty at Elmendorf ...

ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say all four airmen aboard a plane that crashed at an Air Force base in Alaska were killed.

Col. John McMullen says three of the men were in the Alaska Air National Guard and the fourth was on active duty at Elmendorf ...

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked key parts of Arizona's tough new immigration law one day before it was to take effect, setting up a protracted legal battle and ensuring the issue will continue to roil the country through November's elections.

Judge Susan R. Bolton, sitting in Phoenix, in a ...

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked key parts of Arizona's tough new immigration law one day before it was to take effect, setting up a protracted legal battle and ensuring the issue will continue to roil the country through November's elections.

Judge Susan R. Bolton, sitting in Phoenix, in a ...

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked key parts of Arizona's tough new immigration law one day before it was to take effect, setting up a protracted legal battle and ensuring the issue will continue to roil the country through November's elections.

Judge Susan R. Bolton, sitting in Phoenix, in a ...

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked key parts of Arizona's tough new immigration law one day before it was to take effect, setting up a protracted legal battle and ensuring the issue will continue to roil the country through November's elections.

Judge Susan R. Bolton, sitting in Phoenix, in a ...

TEHACHAPI | Firefighters gained ground Wednesday against the most destructive of two big wildfires that have burned dozens of homes and forced 2,300 people to evacuate mountain communities on the edge of the Mojave Desert and in the southern Sierra Nevada.

A 1,400-acre blaze that burned 30 to 40 homes ...

TEHACHAPI | Firefighters gained ground Wednesday against the most destructive of two big wildfires that have burned dozens of homes and forced 2,300 people to evacuate mountain communities on the edge of the Mojave Desert and in the southern Sierra Nevada.

A 1,400-acre blaze that burned 30 to 40 homes ...

TEHACHAPI | Firefighters gained ground Wednesday against the most destructive of two big wildfires that have burned dozens of homes and forced 2,300 people to evacuate mountain communities on the edge of the Mojave Desert and in the southern Sierra Nevada.

A 1,400-acre blaze that burned 30 to 40 homes ...

Portland, Ore., is widely featured as a young, green, hip city; it also has gained a reputation as a national hub for child sex trafficking.

State police report encountering three to five trafficking victims a week. Although the Sexual Assault Resource Center, an advocacy group that offers services to Portland-area ...

Portland, Ore., is widely featured as a young, green, hip city; it also has gained a reputation as a national hub for child sex trafficking.

State police report encountering three to five trafficking victims a week. Although the Sexual Assault Resource Center, an advocacy group that offers services to Portland-area ...

Portland, Ore., is widely featured as a young, green, hip city; it also has gained a reputation as a national hub for child sex trafficking.

State police report encountering three to five trafficking victims a week. Although the Sexual Assault Resource Center, an advocacy group that offers services to Portland-area ...

Portland, Ore., is widely featured as a young, green, hip city; it also has gained a reputation as a national hub for child sex trafficking.

State police report encountering three to five trafficking victims a week. Although the Sexual Assault Resource Center, an advocacy group that offers services to Portland-area ...

U.S. authorities have long considered human-trafficking to be a foreign problem, and as a result U.S.-focused efforts against such sexual exploitation have to battle a serious lack of safe shelter for victims.

But local governments in cities such as Portland, Ore., and Seattle have begun to coordinate their responses with ...

U.S. authorities have long considered human-trafficking to be a foreign problem, and as a result U.S.-focused efforts against such sexual exploitation have to battle a serious lack of safe shelter for victims.

But local governments in cities such as Portland, Ore., and Seattle have begun to coordinate their responses with ...

U.S. authorities have long considered human-trafficking to be a foreign problem, and as a result U.S.-focused efforts against such sexual exploitation have to battle a serious lack of safe shelter for victims.

But local governments in cities such as Portland, Ore., and Seattle have begun to coordinate their responses with ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has broadened the authority of the Federal Security Service, the KGB's main successor agency, giving it Soviet-style repressive powers in a move critics say could be used to stifle protests and intimidate government opponents.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has broadened the authority of the Federal Security Service, the KGB's main successor agency, giving it Soviet-style repressive powers in a move critics say could be used to stifle protests and intimidate government opponents.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle appeared on Wednesday to offer support for Turkey's stalling bid to join the European Union, saying in Istanbul that the country's "direction is toward] Europe."

Mr. Westerwelle's remark came a day after British Prime Minister David Cameron said in the Turkish capital of Ankara that ...

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle appeared on Wednesday to offer support for Turkey's stalling bid to join the European Union, saying in Istanbul that the country's "direction is toward] Europe."

Mr. Westerwelle's remark came a day after British Prime Minister David Cameron said in the Turkish capital of Ankara that ...

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle appeared on Wednesday to offer support for Turkey's stalling bid to join the European Union, saying in Istanbul that the country's "direction is toward] Europe."

Mr. Westerwelle's remark came a day after British Prime Minister David Cameron said in the Turkish capital of Ankara that ...

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle appeared on Wednesday to offer support for Turkey's stalling bid to join the European Union, saying in Istanbul that the country's "direction is toward] Europe."

Mr. Westerwelle's remark came a day after British Prime Minister David Cameron said in the Turkish capital of Ankara that ...

The retired Pakistani general recently named as a key link between Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan and their backers in Islamabad has been hitting out at his critics ever since a huge database of secret U.S. military field reports identifying him was posted on the Web over the weekend.

In interviews ...

The retired Pakistani general recently named as a key link between Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan and their backers in Islamabad has been hitting out at his critics ever since a huge database of secret U.S. military field reports identifying him was posted on the Web over the weekend.

In interviews ...

The retired Pakistani general recently named as a key link between Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan and their backers in Islamabad has been hitting out at his critics ever since a huge database of secret U.S. military field reports identifying him was posted on the Web over the weekend.

In interviews ...

Scientists, engineers and financiers involved in the A.Q. Khan nuclear-smuggling network are being contacted by several governments in an effort to lure these specialists out of retirement.

The development is raising concerns among U.S. intelligence agencies about the revival of the proliferation network that was thought to have been shut ...

Scientists, engineers and financiers involved in the A.Q. Khan nuclear-smuggling network are being contacted by several governments in an effort to lure these specialists out of retirement.

The development is raising concerns among U.S. intelligence agencies about the revival of the proliferation network that was thought to have been shut ...

Scientists, engineers and financiers involved in the A.Q. Khan nuclear-smuggling network are being contacted by several governments in an effort to lure these specialists out of retirement.

The development is raising concerns among U.S. intelligence agencies about the revival of the proliferation network that was thought to have been shut ...

Scientists, engineers and financiers involved in the A.Q. Khan nuclear-smuggling network are being contacted by several governments in an effort to lure these specialists out of retirement.

The development is raising concerns among U.S. intelligence agencies about the revival of the proliferation network that was thought to have been shut ...

U.S. authorities have long considered human-trafficking to be a foreign problem, and as a result U.S.-focused efforts against such sexual exploitation have to battle a serious lack of safe shelter for victims.

But local governments in cities such as Portland, Ore., and Seattle have begun to coordinate their responses with ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan | U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's thinly veiled criticism of Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea has angered Beijing's leadership and quietly pleased Asian countries concerned about China's expanding military power.

Mrs. Clinton spoke less than 48 hours before U.S. and South Korean warships ...

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia | A cyber mastermind from Slovenia who is suspected of creating a malicious software code that infected 12 million computers worldwide and orchestrating other huge cyberscams has been arrested and questioned, police said Wednesday.

Leon Keder, a spokesman for the Slovenian police, did not identify the suspect. Mr. ...

SOMALIA

Fighting kills at least 17 civilians

MOGADISHU | Clashes in Mogadishu pitting Islamist insurgents against Somali government troops backed by African Union forces have killed at least 17 civilians, medics said Wednesday.

"The ambulance servicemen collected 10 civilian bodies and 46 others who were injured in the clashes [Tuesday] ...

EGYPT

Direct peace talks get U.S. boost

CAIRO | Egypt said Wednesday it has received U.S. assurances that may help in restarting direct peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel.

Egyptian presidential spokesman Suleiman Awwad did not disclose details of the U.S. assurances, which come on the eve of a ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan | A passenger jet that officials suspect veered off course in monsoon rains and thick clouds crashed into hills overlooking Pakistan's capital Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board and scattering body parts and twisted metal far and wide.

The Airblue jet's crash was the deadliest ever in ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan | A passenger jet that officials suspect veered off course in monsoon rains and thick clouds crashed into hills overlooking Pakistan's capital Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board and scattering body parts and twisted metal far and wide.

The Airblue jet's crash was the deadliest ever in ...

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines Co. added an upbeat note to a strong quarter for the airline industry by reporting a $112 million profit for spring and early summer.

The nation's biggest discount airline said Thursday that its adjusted earnings were 29 cents per share in the second quarter, enough ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — New jobless claims fell last week for the third time in four weeks but remain elevated.

The Labor Department said Thursday that first-time claims for unemployment insurance dropped by 11,000 to a seasonally adjusted 457,000.

Claims have fluctuated this month because of temporary seasonal factors. General Motors ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The pace of economic activity has slowed or held steady in parts of the country, revealing a choppy path back to health, the Federal Reserve says.

A new survey released by the Fed on Wednesday found the U.S. economy growing this summer, even as risks mount. Of ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — One hundred days after the rig explosion that set off the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, the oil giant behind it is hoping to move beyond the losses, the gaffes and the live video that ran for weeks of the busted well coughing up ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An explosion damaged a Japanese oil tanker as it exited the Persian Gulf on Wednesday. Though the cause of the blast was not immediately known, the ship's owner said the vessel may have been attacked.

If an attack, it would be a rare assault ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Boeing Co.'s second-quarter profit fell 21 percent, as revenue dropped in both its commercial airplane and defense units.

Boeing also said on Wednesday that the first delivery of its new 747-8 may slip into early next year. It's in flight testing now, and Boeing is still working ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods fell broadly in June as the fragile recovery continued to slow.

The Commerce Department says demand for durable goods dropped 1 percent in June. It is the second straight monthly decline and the largest drop since August 2009.

Orders ...

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Co. said Tuesday its Chevrolet Volt electric car will cost $41,000 when it goes on sale in November.

While the price is about $8,000 more than its closest rival, the Nissan Leaf, GM said it will offer a $350-per-month lease deal that's essentially equal to ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Americans' confidence in the economy eroded further in July amid worries about a job market that has proved stubbornly stagnant. The report raised concerns about the overall economy and the back-to-school season.

The Conference Board, a private research group, said Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sales of new homes jumped last month, but it was the second-weakest month on record. The lackluster economy has made potential buyers skittish about shopping for homes.

New-home sales rose nearly 24 percent in June from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual sales pace of ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Tony Hayward, who became the face of BP's flailing efforts to contain the massive Gulf oil spill, will step down as chief executive in October and will be offered a job with the company's joint venture in Russia, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — The Ford Explorer, the hulking family-hauler that helped launch the SUV boom in the early 1990s, is back. And it hopes to define a new generation of more streamlined, fuel-efficient sport utility vehicles.

Ford begins a marketing campaign ...

BEIJING (AP) — China's Cabinet promised private investors a bigger role in industries from oil drilling to finance, apparently responding to complaints that state companies were boosted by Beijing's huge stimulus while private enterprise withered in the global crisis.

The Cabinet announcement ...

BEIJING (AP) — China's Cabinet promised private investors a bigger role in industries from oil drilling to finance, apparently responding to complaints that state companies were boosted by Beijing's huge stimulus while private enterprise withered in the global crisis.

The Cabinet announcement ...

BEIJING (AP) — China's Cabinet promised private investors a bigger role in industries from oil drilling to finance, apparently responding to complaints that state companies were boosted by Beijing's huge stimulus while private enterprise withered in the global crisis.

The Cabinet announcement ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Gaffe-prone BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward, under fire for his handling of the Gulf oil spill, is being replaced, a senior U.S. government official said Sunday.

An official announcement could come as early as Monday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Gaffe-prone BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward, under fire for his handling of the Gulf oil spill, is being replaced, a senior U.S. government official said Sunday.

An official announcement could come as early as Monday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Gaffe-prone BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward, under fire for his handling of the Gulf oil spill, is being replaced, a senior U.S. government official said Sunday.

An official announcement could come as early as Monday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Gaffe-prone BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward, under fire for his handling of the Gulf oil spill, is being replaced, a senior U.S. government official said Sunday.

An official announcement could come as early as Monday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Gaffe-prone BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward, under fire for his handling of the Gulf oil spill, is being replaced, a senior U.S. government official said Sunday.

An official announcement could come as early as Monday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement ...

LOUISVILLE, KY. (AP) - A woman accused of demanding millions to stay quiet about a tryst with Rick Pitino initiated the sex by whispering to him and unzipping his pants when he got up to leave an empty Italian restaurant, he testified Wednesday.

The Louisville coach's testimony marked the first time ...

LOUISVILLE, KY. (AP) - A woman accused of demanding millions to stay quiet about a tryst with Rick Pitino initiated the sex by whispering to him and unzipping his pants when he got up to leave an empty Italian restaurant, he testified Wednesday.

The Louisville coach's testimony marked the first time ...

MORGANTOWN, W.VA. (AP) - West Virginia University says men's basketball coach Bob Huggins has been released from a Las Vegas hospital.

The university says Huggins was released Wednesday. He had been hospitalized since breaking seven ribs in a fall in his hotel room on Friday while in Nevada on a recruiting ...

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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The first Taiwanese-American signed by an NBA team hopes to overcome the negative stereotype of playing college basketball at Harvard and plans on eventually becoming a minister in an inner-city neighborhood.

Jeremy Lin, a 6-foot-3 undrafted point guard, signed ...

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LOUISVILLE, KY. (AP) - Jurors in the extortion trial of a former model have heard a lot about the night she met Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino at an Italian restaurant. On Wednesday, they were expected to hear from Pitino himself.

Pitino arrived midday at the federal courthouse on the third ...

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USA Swimming acknowledged to The Associated Press on Tuesday that it has a second list of people who are under suspicion for unscrupulous behavior, having already banned 46 coaches and officials for life, mostly for sexual misconduct.

The board met in Newark, ...

USA Swimming acknowledged to The Associated Press on Tuesday that it has a second list of people who are under suspicion for unscrupulous behavior, having already banned 46 coaches and officials for life, mostly for sexual misconduct.

The board met in Newark, ...

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LOUISVILLE, KY. (AP) - Jurors in the case of Karen Cunagin Sypher have heard a lot about the night she met University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino at an Italian restaurant in Louisville. On Wednesday, they were expected to hear from Pitino himself.

Pitino's attorney, Steve Pence, said the coach ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — NASCAR team owner Jack Roush was in serious but stable condition after walking away from a plane crash in Wisconsin on Tuesday night.

"There are injuries," Roush Fenway Racing president Geoff Smith said in a text message to The Associated ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Drexel University athletic officials indefinitely suspended two basketball players charged in an armed robbery at a fellow student's apartment last week.

Starting point guard Jamie Harris and backup forward Kevin Phillip turned themselves in to police Monday to face robbery, theft and weapons charges. They were placed on ...

KNOXVILLE, TENN. (AP) - NFL veteran offensive lineman Harry Galbreath has died. He was 45.

His death was announced by the Tennessee athletic department and confirmed by CSX Transportation in Mobile, Ala., where he was working at the time of his death.

Galbreath was selected by Miami in the eighth round of ...