Sunday, August 8, 2010

August 8, 2010, Sunday News headlines

Yahoo news headlines, 1:04 pm eastern time

Top Stories
--AP source: Ousted HP CEO settles with accuser (AP)
AP - Ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd has settled allegations of sexual harassment lodged against him by a female contract worker for HP, a person with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press.
--Asia flooding plunges millions into misery (AP)
--Former HHS secretary questioned at Israeli airport (AP)
--Forced to retire, some take Social Security early (AP)
--Gulf seafood industry tries to shake an oily image (AP)
--Suicide car bomber kills 8 west of Baghdad (AP)

Buzz
--'Jersey Shore' Gets a New Cast Member | 0 Votes
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--The World's Most Spectacular Pools | 0 Votes
--Global Warming’s Birthday | 0 Votes
--Dick LeBeau enters Hall of Fame (AP) | 0 Votes

Local News (Los Angeles, CA)
--Military deaths (Los Angeles Times)
--Team's worth is the sticking point in McCourts' divorce (Los Angeles Times)
--Gabor suffers shock, will remain in hospital (Los Angeles Daily News)
--Kagan sworn in as fourth woman on Supreme Court (Los Angeles Daily News)
--2 Women Recovering After Shooting In Pasadena (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
--L.A. Dodgers To Conclude Equipment Drive (CBS 2 Los Angeles)

Entertainment
--'The Other Guys' tops box office with $35.6M (AP)
AP - "The Other Guys" are the main guys at the box office, knocking off "Inception" to take the No. 1 spot.
--'Boardwalk' lead role is Buscemi's dream come true (AP)
--Spike Lee bashes US report on vanished Gulf oil (AP)
--Zsa Zsa Gabor hospitalized until at least Monday (AP)
--Tony Judt, author of 'Postwar,' dies at 62 (AP)
--Lady Gaga back at Lollapalooza 3 years after debut (AP)

Sports
--Woods closes with highest 72-hole score (AP)
--Rice, Emmitt Smith enter Hall of Fame (AP)
--Blue Jays hit 8 homers, beat Rays 17-11 (AP)
--CC leads A-Rod-less Yankees past Red Sox (AP)
--Marlins LF Coghlan to have knee surgery (AP)
--Haynesworth passes conditioning test (AP)

World news
--Slain doctors brought medical care to Afghanistan (AP)
AP - Friends of the members of a medical team gunned down in Afghanistan said Sunday the doctors brought some of the first toothbrushes and eyeglasses villagers had ever seen and spent no time talking about religion as they provided medical care.
--Somalia: soldiers kill 15 militia members (AP)
--Afghan commission: Civilian deaths up in 2010 (AP)
--Asia flooding plunges millions into misery (AP)
--Saudi gives firms time to test BlackBerry system (AP)
--Who is the New Guerilla Group Threatening Chaos in Greece? (Time.com)

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