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Could Florida Be the Next
Immigration Law Hot Spot?

Despite some strong opposition, the notion of an Arizona-style immigration law is starting to take hold in the Sunshine State.
Also: Arizona Police, Activists Prepare for Immigration Law

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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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Patrick Semansky, AP

Crews Fight to Contain New Leak Near Gulf of Mexico

By Carl Franzen | AOL News Surge Desk

A geyser of oil and natural gas spews near Barataria Bay, La., after a small boat collides with a wellhead.
And: Pipeline Leak Pollutes Michigan River

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Nick Ut, AP

Ansel Adams' Grandson: 'Lost' Negatives Aren't Real

By Mara Gay | AOL News

Experts say glass negatives bought at a garage sale are lost works by Ansel Adams. But the artist's grandson disagrees.

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SpeakUpMovement.org

Christian Coed Sues to Stay in Counseling Program

By Jennifer L. Johnson | AOL News

Augusta State University told Jennifer Keeton to moderate her attitude toward gays or get her counseling degree elsewhere.

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The Lowdown: 5 Things to Know About Bedbugs

By Anna Rothschild | AOL News

Bedbugs have been around for millennia, boast a distinctive smell and have unusual sex habits. Those are just a few of the facts.

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PG County State Attorney's Office / AP

Md. Man, 27, Charged in Mother-Daughter Murders

By David Lohr | AOL News

Indicted in a 2009 double homicide in Prince George's County, Jason Thomas Scott may be behind other deaths, police say.

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Newsday / MCT

HBO Paying to Exhume Body in Wrong-Way Crash

By Mara Gay | AOL News

Daniel Schuler signs a deal to prove his wife wasn't drunk when she crashed into another car, killing herself and seven others.

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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

Calif. City Officials' Fat Salaries Spur Investigation
(July 27) -- The low-income city of Bell, Calif., which paid exorbitant salaries to its top officials, including nearly 800,000 a year to the city...
'Race to the Top' Winners, Losers Weigh in on Finalist Announcement
The Department of Education announced that 18 states and the District of Columbia are now finalists in the Race to the Top competition. See whos in...
'Do Not Vote for My Dad,' Candidate's Daughter Says
The estranged daughter of a candidate for a district judgeship in Oklahoma has not hidden her feelings about her father, John Mantooth. In a...
New Gulf Oil Leak in Pictures
A boating accident opened a new leak in the Gulf of Mexico from a different companys wellhead, spraying a 100-foot-high plume of natural gas into...
Police Dig Deeper Into Case of Missing Ariz. Toddler
(July 27) -- As the search continues for 2-year-old Syler Newton, who vanished from a northern Arizona campsite Sunday, new details of the police...
Big War Boost Clears Congress, Despite Afghan Leak
WASHINGTON (July 27) -- The House on Tuesday sent President Barack Obama a major war-funding increase of 33 billion to pay for his troop surge in...
Ansel Adams' Grandson: 'Lost' Negatives Aren't Real
(July 27) -- A California man who bought a collection of glass negatives at a garage sale says they have been authenticated as lost works of Ansel...
Police, Activists Prepare Days Ahead of Ariz. Immigration Law
PHOENIX (July 27) -- The sheriff of Arizonas most populous county is making room in a vast outdoor jail and plans to dispatch deputies to round up...
Md. Man, 27, Charged in Mother-Daughter Murders
(July 27) -- A 27-year-old Maryland man whom police have described as a possible serial killer was indicted by a grand jury today in one of two...
Crews Fight to Contain New Leak Near Gulf of Mexico
Not again! A new oil leak has hit the Gulf coast after a small boat collided with a wellhead near Louisianas Barataria Bay.
Could Florida Be the Next Immigration Law Hot Spot?
(July 27) -- If some Republican state lawmakers here get their way, Florida and Arizona may soon have more in common than just baseballs spring...
Opinion: What Protections Do Consumers Really Need?
(July 27) -- Now that we have a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and President Barack Obama is deciding whether Harvard professor...
John Kerry Says He Will Pay $500,000 in Taxes on Yacht
Sen. Kerry announced that he was paying half million dollars in sales tax for a new yacht that he was keeping docked in Rhode Island, a state that...
A Decade of Tummy Tucks: 5 Superlative Stats From the American Society of Plastic Surgeons
The most fascinating findings from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons annual report.
Feds Focusing on Source of Afghan War Data Leak
(July 27) -- The Pentagon has launched an official investigation into the thousands of Afghanistan war-related documents made public over the weekend...
How to Survive a Cranial Impalement: Jessiah Jackson Edition
Jessiah Jackson, 17 months, is recovering well, 10 days after being impaled by a metal hook to the head. But Jessiah, and others whove undergone...
Chelsea Clinton's Wedding: All Your Burning Questions, Answered [UPDATE]
As rumors continue to circulate about Chelsea Clintons big day, Surge Desk has the latest on the as-royal-as-it-gets-in-America wedding.
Christian Coed Sues to Stay in Counseling Program
(July 27) -- When officials at Georgias Augusta State University told counseling student Jennifer Keeton they were concerned her outspoken Christian...
Obama Gets Egg on His Face in Artist's Portrait
(July 27) -- Now President Barack Obama really has egg on his face. Indian artist Harwinder Singh Gill has carved a portrait of Obama on a duck...
Kalamazoo Oil Spill Declared State of Emergency
Adding insult to oil spill injury, an oil pipeline near Kalamazoo, Mich., sprang a leak on Monday, dumping 840,000 gallons of crude into Talmadge...
Paul the Psychic Octopus Attacked by Ahmadinejad
In a speech delivered at a National Youth Conference in Tehran, the president of Iran had some harsh words for World Cup prognosticator Paul the...
Pipeline Leak Pollutes Major Michigan River
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, Mich. (July 27) -- Crews were working Tuesday to contain and clean up more than 800,000 gallons of oil that poured into a creek...
France Declares War on al-Qaida After Aid Worker Beheaded
PARIS (July 27) -- France has declared war on al-Qaida, and matched its fighting words with a first attack on a base camp of the terror networks...
The Lowdown: 5 Things to Know About Bedbugs
(July 27) -- Bedbugs seem to be everywhere this summer. Theyve ventured far from the boudoir, creeping into the lining of Hollister hoodies and...