Monday, August 2, 2010

August 2, 2010, Monday news headlines

Yahoo news headlines, 11.38am eastern time

Top stories
--Obama: US commitment in Iraq is shifting (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama is ready to spell out in greater detail America's changing mission in Iraq with the approach of an end to combat operations there.
--Risk of disease rises amid deadly Pakistan floods (AP)
--Gulf crews prepare to start plugging well for good (AP)
--Israel to take part in UN probe of flotilla raid (AP)
--Va. health care reform lawsuit clears 1st hurdle (AP)
--UAE: BlackBerry ban will also apply to visitors (AP)

Buzz
--Lindsay Lohan released from jail, goes to rehab | 64 Votes
AP - Lindsay Lohan has been released from jail, but she's not exactly a free woman.
--Alicia Keys weds producer Swizz Beatz | 18 Votes
--U.A.E. Moves to Block BlackBerry Services | 23 Votes
--Obama must break his tax promise | 38 Votes
--Pakistan Army 'encouraging Cameron protests' | 7 Votes
--Tiger Woods to play Dubai Desert Classic (AP) | 23 Votes

Local (Los Angeles, CA)--Poorer cities pay higher property tax rates than more affluent ones, L.A. County records show (Los Angeles Times)
--Lindsay Lohan released from jail (Los Angeles Times)
--Jury questioning begins in Anna Nicole Smith case (Los Angeles Daily News)
--Charlie Sheen to appear in court (Los Angeles Daily News)
--Air Force Veteran Dwight Radcliff Dies At 55 (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
--Officials: Crown Fire Is Nearly Contained (CBS 2 Los Angeles)

Entertainment
--Charlie Sheen to appear in court (AP)
AP - Actor Charlie Sheen is due in court Monday and expected to plead guilty to a charge stemming from a Christmas Day dispute with his wife. [Christmas? It is now August. 8 months to get this going??? Ridiculous!]
--Lindsay Lohan released from jail, goes to rehab (AP)
--16-year-old Justin Bieber writing a memoir (AP)
--Taylor seeks delay in Naomi Cambell testimony (AP)
--Let it B-flat: piano played by Beatles for sale (AP)
--Tony Robbins: Helping people to a 'Breakthrough' (AP)

Sports
--Jets' Revis holds out from training camp (AP)
--Appleby shoots 59 to win Greenbrier by 1 (AP)
--Haynesworth doesn't take test again (AP)
--Patriots WR Welker removed from PUP list (AP)
--Biffle gives injured Roush win at Pocono (AP)
--Brewers sign OF Hart to extension (AP)

World News
--World markets surge on strong manufacturing data (AP)
AP - World stock markets rallied strongly Monday after better-than-expected manufacturing surveys in Europe and the U.S. revitalized hopes about the global economy at the start of a busy week of economic news.
--Iraq: 8 killed on day Obama to outline new mission (AP)
--Risk of disease rises amid deadly Pakistan floods (AP)
--Israel to take part in UN probe of flotilla raid (AP)
--Death toll from Russian wildfires reaches 34 (AP)
--Chinese Protestors Stand Firm on Cantonese Rights (Time.com)

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