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Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold War (AP)
AP - Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over.
Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign (AP)
AP - U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan. One Marine was killed and several others were injured or wounded on the first full day of the assault, the largest military operation in Afghanis......
Bleak payrolls report mauls Wall St; volume thin (Reuters)
Reuters - Stocks tumbled on Thursday, driving the S&P 500 down to its third-straight weekly loss, as a steeper-than-expected slide in June non-farm payrolls revived caution about economic recovery prospects.
U.S. job losses spike in June, dampen recovery hopes (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. employers cut far more jobs than expected last month and the unemployment rate hit 9.5 percent, the highest in nearly 26 years, underscoring the likelihood of a long, slow recovery from recession.
Jackson memorial set for Tuesday in LA (AP)
AP - Michael Jackson's memorial service has been set for Tuesday at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.
Obama cites Michael Jackson as entertainment icon (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama called Michael Jackson a brilliant performer whose talents were paired with a tragic personal life.
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Baaad news? Global warming now shrinking sheep (AP)
AP - Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep.
NASA astronaut takes Twitter to space en Espanol (AP) AP - NASA has tweeted in space, but now one of its astronauts is breaking a new space Twitter barrier. He'll tweet from space in Spanish and English.
Web retailers, states tussle over tax rules (AP) AP - In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence.
Companies pledge more openness about Web tracking (AP) AP - Companies that track consumer behavior online for advertising purposes are vowing to make their practices more transparent and to give people a way to decline being shadowed.
Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold War (AP)
AP - Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over.
Documents describe chaos of Gitmo's early months (AP) AP - Newly released Defense Department documents and memos about the first years of operation of the jail at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, portray a chaotic and sometimes violent operation that its own commanders described as dysfunctional.
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Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people (AP)
AP - With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is — so far — more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire. The new virus, H1N1, has a protein on its surface that is not very efficient at binding with receptors in people's respiratory tracts, researchers at the Harvard-MIT Divisi......
Advocates are back with real health care stories (AP)
AP - When carpenter Greg Douglas crashed his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000.
NKorea fires missiles; launch toward US feared (AP)
AP - North Korea fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its east coast Thursday, a possible prelude to the launch of a long-range missile toward Hawaii over the July Fourth holiday.
Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign (AP)
AP - U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan.
Artest going to Lakers (AP) AP - Ron Artest is joining Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Sister Act 4: Venus, Serena reach Wimbledon final (AP)
AP - Richard Williams refuses to watch his daughters Venus and Serena play each other. Says he simply can't bear to see it, no matter the setting, no matter the stage.
