Aug 6, 2010, Friday News headlines

Yahoo headlines, 10.51 am eastern time

--Companies hire at slow pace for 3rd straight month (AP)
AP - Companies showed a lack of confidence about hiring for a third straight month in July, making it likely the economy will grow more slowly the rest of the year. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.5 percent.
--Al-Qaida's new leader lived in U.S. for 15 years (AP)
--AP Exclusive: CIA whisked detainees from Gitmo (AP)
--As Gulf plug firms up, BP shakes up its spill team (AP)
--Flood relief flights grounded in Pakistan (AP)
--GOP cautiously confident of big gains this fall (AP)

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Local News (Los Angeles)
--7 nominees announced for board of Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital (Los Angeles Times)
--Anne Rice discusses her decision to quit Christianity (Los Angeles Times)
--Woman found shot to death (Los Angeles Daily News)
--Repairs under way after downtown water main break (Los Angeles Daily News)
--Rep. Waters Wants Ethics Charges Made Public (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
--LAPD: Suspect In Chase Threatened To Kill A Cop (CBS 2 Los Angeles)

Entertainment
--Naomi Campbell's friend: SAfricans have diamonds (AP)
AP - Naomi Campbell's friend said Friday that he had handed over three small uncut diamonds to South African authorities after the supermodel testified at an international war crimes court that she had given him the "dirty-looking stones."
--Scuffle not part of Ohio movie for Corbin Bernsen (AP)
--AP Interview: Wyclef Jean's vision for Haiti (AP)
--Contents of NJ estate featured on 'Cribs' for sale (AP)
--Rosie O'Donnell gets daytime TV on Oprah's channel (AP)
--Yoko Ono opposes parole for John Lennon's killer (AP)

Sports
--Woman convicted in Pitino extortion case (AP)
--Alabama atop preseason coaches' poll (AP)
--Red Sox 1B Youkilis out for season (AP)
--Report: Lance approved of doping on team (AP)
--Broncos' Dumervil could miss 5 months (AP)
--WVU accused of 5 major rules violations (AP)

World News
--Flash floods kill 103 in Indian-held Kashmir (AP)
AP - A sudden downpour and flash floods swept away houses and killed at least 103 people in Indian-controlled Kashmir's normally arid, mountainous region of Ladakh, officials said Friday.
--Worst smog yet hits Moscow; People don face masks (AP)
--AP Interview: Wyclef Jean's vision for Haiti (AP)
--Indonesia volcano spews lava, gas; 4 feared dead (AP)
--Obamas hit Spanish beach, with help from police (AP)
--Is Bolivia's Evo Morales Really an Environmental Hero? (Time.com)