Yahoo news headlines, 10.49am eastern time
Top stories
--Recovery loses speed as consumers turn cautious (AP)
AP - The recovery lost momentum in the spring as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment.
--July the deadliest month of Afghan war for US (AP)
--Dudley to outline BP plans to help Gulf recover (AP)
--Firefighters attack river of flame northeast of LA (AP)
--Obama to sell auto bailout good news in Michigan (AP)
--Arizona sheriff not relenting after court ruling (AP)
Buzz
--Basketball Player Lorenzen Wright Found Dead | 97 Votes
Former Cleveland Cavaliers player Lorenzen Wright, who had been missing for 10 days, was found dead in Southeast Memphis. His body was discovered near a wooded area just outside of the city. Wright had been missing since July 19th,...
--Reports: Jennifer Lopez Tapped As New 'American Idol' Judge | 69 Votes
--Judge in Arizona decision is well versed in immigration cases | 56 Votes
--S.E.C. Charges Billionaire Dallas Brothers With Securities Fraud | 45 Votes
--Redskins' Haynesworth crossed the wrong guy (Yahoo! Sports) | 130 Votes
--When a Hospital Is Bad for You | 60 Votes
Local News (Los Angelles, CA)
--Judges lineup in flux as Ellen DeGeneres leaves 'American Idol' (Los Angeles Times)
--Former physician sentenced to 25 years in prison for improper prescriptions (Los Angeles Times)
--Disney sells Miramax to investor for $660 million (Los Angeles Daily News)
--Dudley to outline BP plans to help Gulf recover (Los Angeles Daily News)
--1,000 Homes Evacuated As Crown Fire Spreads (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
--Ellen DeGeneres Out As 'American Idol' Judge (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
Entertainment
--Peas 'I Gotta Feeling' hits 6M download mark (AP)
AP - The Black Eyed Peas have more proof of the ubiquity of "I Gotta Feeling."
--Sandra Bullock wants out of Gulf restoration video (AP)
--Disney sells Miramax to investor for $660 million (AP)
--Source: J-Lo close to deal for `American Idol' (AP)
--Box Office Preview: 'Inception' vs. the 'Schmucks' (AP)
--In Rhinebeck with Chelsea: Rocky Horror, cows (AP)
Sports
--Redskins' Haynesworth fails test again (AP)
--Phils acquire Oswalt, Padres get Tejada (AP)
--Orioles hire Showalter as manager (AP)
--Redskins ink No. 4 overall pick Williams (AP)
--Police: Lorenzen Wright shot to death (AP)
--Masoli accepts invite to visit Ole Miss (AP)
World
Officials: Floods kill at least 430 in Pakistan (AP)
AP - The death toll from three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 430 on Friday, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.
--25 dead as forest fires rage across Russia (AP)
--US senator hopes to quiz UK witnesses on Lockerbie (AP)
--Saudi, Syrian leaders visit Lebanon amid tension (AP)
--US expert: China oil spill far bigger than stated (AP)
--Palestinians Hold to Preconditions for Talks with Israel (Time.com)
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