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Judge Blocks Parts of
Arizona Immigration Law

Amanda Myers and Jacques Billeaud | AP

In a victory for opponents of Arizona's tough new immigration law, a federal judge blocks the most controversial sections of the legislation from going into effect on Thursday.
Plus: Report: US Population to Grow Mostly Through Immigration
And: Could Florida Be the Next Immigration Law Hot Spot?

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Congresss $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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Gerald Herbert, AP

Day 100: Little Oil on Surface, Long Road Ahead

By Mara Gay | AOL News

With the free flow of crude finally stopped, the worst of the BP oil spill appears to be over. But the cleanup remains a huge challenge.
Plus: BP and Plaintiffs Jockey for Edge

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12-Year-Old Calls 911 to Report Mom's Drunken Driving

By Hugh Collins | AOL News

Police say the girl placed the emergency call after realizing her mother was speaking strangely and driving dangerously.

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PETA's New Look Screams 'Bloody Murder'

By Ben Muessig | AOL News

Animal rights activists covered themselves in fake blood and plastic like supermarket meat for a New York City protest.

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Facebook Helps Philippines Cops Nab Murder Suspect

By Hugh Collins | AOL News

Police say witnesses were able to identify the man, suspected of killing nine people, through photos he included on his Facebook profile.

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Fidel Castro to Publish First Volume of Memoirs

By Terence Neilan | AOL News

"The Strategic Victory," a 25-chapter book due out next month, will focus on the former Cuban dictator's rise to power.

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Opinion: More Kennedy, Less Obama

By Dan Varroney | Special to AOL News

Like Kennedy, Reagan and Clinton before him, President Obama should cut taxes to put a moribund economy back on track.

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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.

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Friends Can Help You Live Longer, but Will Virtual Ones?
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Facebook Helps Philippines Cops Nab Murder Suspect
(July 28) -- Police in the Philippines say they were able to identify a suspected killer through photos he posted on his Facebook page.
No Charges for NY's Paterson in Aide Violence Case
ALBANY, N.Y. (July 28) -- New York Gov. David Paterson will not face criminal charges for calling a woman who later dropped domestic violence charges...
Rare 3D Film Shows Warsaw Devastated After WWII
WARSAW, Poland (July 28) -- The plane slowly descends from white clouds and sweeps over a panorama of a city destroyed by the Nazis: the skeletons of...
Obama on 'The View': Where Will It Rank Among His Top TV Moments?
President Barack Obamas appearance on The View will make history -- but will it crack his own television greatest hits?
12-Year-Old Calls 911 to Report Mom's Drunken Driving
(July 28) -- A terrified 12-year-old girl dialed 911 to report that her mother was drunk as they drove along a New York interstate, police said....
After Sexy Spy Chapman, Another Eastern Bloc Beauty Arrested
(July 28) -- The former Soviet bloc seems to have produced a whole generation of danger-loving beauties named Anna. Less than a month after sultry...
PETA's New Look Screams 'Bloody Murder'
Animal rights activists covered themselves in fake blood and wrapped themselves in plastic like meat sold at supermarkets for a New York City protest...
Ansel Adams Negatives Controversy: 5 Other Great Lost Artwork Debates
Rick Norsigian, a Fresno, Calif.-based commercial painter, bought a bunch of glass film negatives at a garage sale for 45 -- which he now claims are...
Judge Blocks Parts of Arizona Immigration Law
(July 28) %u2014 A judge has blocked the most controversial sections of Arizonas new immigration law from taking effect Thursday, handing a major...
Judge Susan Bolton Blocks Part of Arizona Illegal Immigration Law SB 1070
As she hinted in testimony last week, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton is striking down portions of Arizonas new illegal immigration law, SB...
World's Oldest Twitter Tweets Her Maker: Ivy Bean Dies @ 104
With nearly 60,000 Twitter followers and over 5,000 friends on Facebook, Ivy Bean showed that it is never to late to adopt new forms of technology....
Fidel Castro to Publish First Volume of Memoirs
(July 28) -- Cubas Fidel Castro put months of his seclusion from a serious illness to good use, it seems, and the results will appear next month:...
Jury Gets Case in Blagojevich Corruption Trial
(July 28) %u2014 Rod Blagojevichs fate was in the hands of jurors Wednesday as they prepared to begin deciding whether the impeached Illinois...
Census Countdown: 3 Days Left to Be Counted
(July 28) -- You have just three more days to be counted in the 2010 census if you think you were overlooked in the once-a-decade population survey.
Day 100: Little Oil on Surface, Long Road Ahead
(July 28) -- On Day 100, the worst of the BP oil spill appears to be over, although the cleanup remains a huge challenge.
WikiLeaks Founder: I Don't Know Source of Afghan Leak
(July 28) -- U.S. military investigators hunting for the inside source who passed more than 91,000 classifiied documents on the Afghan war to...
Opinion: A New Take on JournoList: In Your 20s, You Form Your 'Team'
(July 28) -- The JournoList debate continues: What is the place for teams, and when are teams based on politics OK?
Summer Camps in Gaza: Koran and Nationalism
(July 28) -- This summer in Gaza, summer camp attendance is high. Belal is one of 10,000 children attending programs administered by Gazas Ministry...
Opinion: More Kennedy, Less Obama
(July 28) -- If President Barack Obama is going to lead the country to better times, he needs to start leading more like President John F. Kennedy.
Revered Chinese Panda Dies From Gas Poisoning
(July 28) -- Chinese police have detained a man in connection with the gas poisoning death of Quan Quan, revered as the heroic mother zoo panda who...
Report: US Population to Grow Through Immigration
(July 28) -- A day before Arizonas tough new immigration law was scheduled to take effect, a nonpartisan research group reported that population...
Jurists Seek to Put Iranian Leaders in the Dock
(July 28) -- As the European Union announced new, tougher sanctions this week against Iran, a blue-chip coalition of lawyers and human rights...
Plane Carrying 152 Crashes in Pakistan; No Survivors
(July 28) -- An airliner carrying 152people crashed this morning in rainy hills while approaching Pakistans capital, and officials said there were...