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Discussions to resume Friday with North Korea over warship sinking
July 30, 2010The U.S.-led United Nations Command will meet again Friday with North Korea to discuss the sinking of a South Korean warship, according to the U.S. Forces Korea website.
Third blaze ignites as fire crews gain ground on two more
July 30, 2010Hundreds of firefighters battled a third wildfire in the Los Angeles area early Friday as two more raged within 60 miles of one another.
New York AG: Insurance firms defrauded military families of millions
July 30, 2010New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is launching a fraud investigation into the life insurance industry for "practices that appear to have denied grieving military families and others of millions in life-insurance cash," Cuomo's office announced Thursday.
Army private transferred to Virginia amid WikiLeaks probe
July 30, 2010An Army private suspected of leaking classified material, including videos and other documents, has been transferred from Kuwait to a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Virginia.
Meet the critters inside your mattress
July 30, 2010It's a wild, nasty world under the sheets.
Cambodian man clears land mines he set decades ago
July 30, 2010Maneuvering slowly through grassy Cambodian terrain, a caravan of 20 men and women is on a search-and-rescue mission. Dressed in military fatigues, they are guided by a fearless leader who calculates every step and ensures the safest path for his comrades.
Body identified as NBA's Lorenzen Wright, police investigate homicide
July 30, 2010A body found in southeast Memphis, Tennessee, on Wednesday has been identified as that of former professional basketball player Lorenzen Wright, Memphis police said.
Protests over Iran's holding of U.S. hikers begin Friday
July 30, 2010A protest Friday afternoon outside Iran's U.N. mission in New York kicks off a weekend of events demanding the country release three American hikers it has held for one year.
Gunmen execute 15 in Mexico
July 30, 2010Fifteen people -- including two women -- were tortured and executed in the border state of Tamaulipas, state media said.
62 cops linked to drug cartels arrested in Mexico
July 30, 2010Mexican federal authorities arrested 62 police officers in the state of Baja California Thursday suspected of ties to organized crime and drug trafficking, the state's attorney general said, according to the state-run Notimex news agency.
