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Reid Challenged On Gays,
Immigration at Blogger Conference

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid jokingly acknowledged his differences with progressive activists at Netroots Nation in Las Vegas. But that didn't make him immune to stark criticism when it came to immigration reform and the military's gay ban.

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Congress’s $604,000 Bottled Water Binge

Ernie Smith | AOL News

Another thing AOL News found in our audit of $2.6 million spent by the House on meals: Doughnuts have bipartisan appeal. Plus, see who chowed the most on the public dime.
The full $1 billion tab. | About this series.

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Manpreet Romana, AFP / Getty Images Deadly Day

5 US Troops Killed, 2 Missing in Afghanistan

By Hugh Collins and Lauren Frayer | AOL News

The Afghanistan Taliban reportedly claims to have captured the two U.S. Navy service members in a dangerous area south of Kabul.

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Hermann J. Knippertz, DAPD / AP Festival Turns Tragic

Stampede at German Concert Kills at Least 18

By Hugh Collins | AOL News

The panic was apparently triggered after police tried to prevent fans from entering the already overcrowded grounds.

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Julie Koehn, The Gazette / AP Soggy Midwest

Iowa's Lake Delhi Dam Breaks From Flooding

Heavy rains have drenched swaths of the Midwest, leaving interstates under water and punching a huge hole in the Iowa dam.

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Mario Tama, Getty Images At Nature's Mercy

Crews Fix Well in 'Cat-and-Mouse' With Weather

By David Dishneau and Harry R. Weber | AP

After Tropical Storm Bonnie dissipated, crews rushed back to the oil well to continue work on the cap before a real hurricane blows in.

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Yonhap / AP Tensions Mount

North Korea Vows 'Nuclear' Response to US Drills

By Lauren Frayer | AOL News

The threat from the communist nation comes amid increased tensions on the divided peninsula after the sinking of a warship.

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Chris Hondros, Getty Images Analysis

Palin Comes Late to Ground Zero Mosque Debate

By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa | Politics Daily

The former Alaska governor weighed in on the controversial plan this week, but New Yorkers have long been wrestling with it.

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Identity thieves have become savvier than ever. The Internet has created a digital society where a new breed of criminals prowl to collect sensitive information either from a third party or straight from the victims themselves.

The Spectrum

2 Conn. Firefighters Killed at Scene of House Fire
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (July 24) %u2014 Officials say two firefighters died while battling a house fire in Connecticut.
Rangel Says He Seeks Fairness in Ethics Case
NEW YORK (July 24) -- U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel says he doesnt want any special breaks when it comes to charges that he violated ethics rules.
Reid Challenged at Liberal Blogger Conference
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...
Shirley Sherrod Unsure on New Government Job
Shirley Sherrod mulled her situation this weekend, saying she is unsure whether she wants to return to the Obama administration after she lost her...
Crews Fix Well in 'Cat-and-Mouse' With Weather
NEW ORLEANS (July 24) -- Crews hurried to get back to work on plugging BPs leaky oil well Saturday after Tropical Storm Bonnie fizzled, and...
Eastern US Cooks in Summer Heat, Temps Reach 100s
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (July 24) -- Another wave of oppressive heat clamped down on a broad swath of Eastern states on Saturday, with temperatures in the...
Dengue Fever Cases Reported in Parts of Florida
(July 24) -- Once almost wiped out by a pesticide no longer in use, dengue fever is rearing its ugly head again in areas of Florida.%0A%0AThe...
51 Bodies Found at Northern Mexico Dumping Ground
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...
Palin Comes Late to Ground Zero Mosque Debate
(July 24) -- Sarah Palin has made the Ground Zero mosque famous in red America with her tweets to New Yorkers, asking them to stop its construction...
Medical Marijuana to Be OK in Some Veterans' Clinics
WASHINGTON (July 24) -- Patients treated at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics will be able to use medical marijuana in the 14 states where its...
Iowa's Lake Delhi Dam Breaks From Flooding
(July 24) -- Heavy rains have drenched swaths of the Midwest, leaving interstates under water and a dam in Iowa on the verge of collapse.
Stampede at German Concert Kills at Least 18
Obama Urges Liberals to 'Keep Up the Fight'
July 24) -- President Barack Obama is urging liberal activists and bloggers to keep up the fight to bring change to Washington. In a video played...
5 US Troops Killed, 2 Missing in Afghanistan
(July 24) -- Two U.S. Navy service members who vanished in a dangerous region of eastern Afghanistan Friday were abducted by the Taliban, reports...
Bonnie to Limp Inland Tonight, a Weakened Terror
(July 29) -- While Bonnie is expected to still be a tropical depression when it moves inland into eastern Louisiana or western Mississippi this...
Daughter: Zsa Zsa Gabor 'Not on Any Death Watch'
(July 23) -- Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is in critical condition and not responding to human contact, less than one week after undergoing hip replacement...
2 American Troops Missing in Afghanistan
(July 24) -- Two U.S. troops are missing in eastern Afghanistan, a military official said Saturday. An Afghan official said one may have been killed...
Pilot Escapes Exploding Jet With Seconds to Spare
(July 24) -- A Canadian pilot had the closest of close escapes on Friday when he ejected from his fighter jet just moments before it crashed and...
North Korea Vows 'Nuclear' Response to US Drills
(July 24) -- North Korea threatened today to use its nuclear deterrent in a retaliatory sacred war against military drills by the U.S. and South...
Search Called Off for 4 Missing in Lake Michigan
(July 24) -- Rescuers searched Lake Michigan for four people aboard a small plane that crashed into choppy waters, including a school superintendent...
Evacuation Called Off, Ships Head Back to Spill Site
Despite Spill, Baby Turtles Being Released Into Gulf
(July 24) -- Federal biologists are releasing thousands of endangered baby sea turtles into the western Gulf of Mexico, betting that by the time the...
With Blockade Eased, Israeli Products Return to Gaza
(July 23) -- In stores across Gaza, Israeli products in shiny packaging cram window displays, while cash registers rattle. Yielding to international...
Gen. McChrystal Cracks a Joke in Retirement Speech
(July 24) -- Before a crowd of a few hundred friends, family and colleagues on the Fort McNair parade grounds under an oppressively hot July sun,...