Tuesday, August 3, 2010

News headlines Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Yahoo news headlines, 10:41 am eastern time

Top Stories
--45 die in revenge attacks in Pakistan's Karachi (AP)
AP - Gunmen killed at least 45 people in Pakistan's largest city after the assassination of a prominent lawmaker set off a cycle of revenge attacks, officials said Tuesday. Dozens of vehicles and shops were set ablaze as security forces struggled to regain control of Karachi.
--On Gulf, crews hope kill attempt will do the trick (AP)
--Debate begins on Kagan; Confirmation in sight (AP)
--Powerful quake hits eastern Indonesia (AP)
--Consumer spending and personal incomes both weak (AP)
--Police: Several killed in Conn. workplace shooting (AP)

Buzz
--Chelsea Clinton's wedding: The full recap | 131 Votes
After weeks of media obsession, speculation, and outright impatience, Chelsea Clinton and her groom Marc Mezvinsky were wed this past weekend in upstate New York. While the Clintons and their guests obediently safeguarded the details during the preparations, now all can be told. (Watch an ABC report about Chelsea's wedding.) Here, a brief rundown of the festivities: Where was the wedding held? As expected, the event took place on Saturday, July 31 in Rhinebeck, New York, at the opulent Astor Courts estate, a private Beaux-Arts mansion on 50 wooded acres that overlook the Hudson River. W
--Alicia Keys weds producer Swizz Beatz | 46 Votes
--Live 'Bachelorette' finale chat now | 27 Votes
--Lady Gaga Fears Sex Will Derail Her Career | 20 Votes
--Mosque Near Ground Zero Plan | 70 Votes
--Charlie Sheen avoids jailtime in guilty plea | 19 Votes

Local News (Los Angeles, CA)
--Dogged efforts hit stubborn patterns of homelessness (Los Angeles Times)
--Airport administrators consider Ontario cost-cutting options (Los Angeles Times)
--Dennis McCarthy: Aviation heroes a down-to-earth bunch (Los Angeles Daily News)
--Common Core will require more critical thinking from students (Los Angeles Daily News)
--Villaraigosa Doesn't Want To Sell Ontario Airport (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
--Hospitals Blame CT Scan Radiation On Manufacturer (CBS 2 Los Angeles)

Entertainment
--Will.i.am doesn't support new Jackson album (AP)
--Jury selection resumes in Anna Nicole Smith case (AP)
--Charlie Sheen pleads guilty in Aspen wife assault (AP)
--Review: `Middle Men' is gleefully sleeazy (AP)
--`Glee' co-creator says Paul McCartney is a big fan (AP)
--Writer-director Tom Mankiewicz dies in LA at 68 (AP)

Sports
--Redskins DT Haynesworth skips test again (AP)
--James thanks Akron, not Cleveland, in ad (AP)
--Jets take field for camp without Revis (AP)
--'Hawks part ways with Niemi, sign Turco (AP)
--Hellickson wins debut, Rays tie for 1st (AP)
--Irsay to make Peyton highest paid in NFL (AP)

World
--Protesters in Poland block cross from being moved (AP)
AP - Protesters shouting "Defend the cross!" scuffled with police Tuesday but managed to prevent Polish officials from moving a cross erected outside the presidential palace in memory of the late President Lech Kaczynski.
--Austria probes diary linked to Haider (AP)
--6 guards fatally stabbed in Afghan bank heist (AP)
--Pakistan's leader says world losing Afghan war (AP)
--Protests in England over tests for 11-year-olds (AP)
--Is the Middle East on the Brink of a New Regional War? (Time.com)

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