Saturday July 17, 2010 News Headlines

Top Stories
--BP: No sign of leaks as capped well nears 48 hours (AP)
AP - BP was encouraged Saturday as the final hours ticked away on a two-day trial run of a massive cap on its busted Gulf of Mexico well, saying there no signs of new leaks and oil was being kept out of the water.
--Clinton heads to Afghanistan as US war fears grow (AP)
--Obama: GOP blocking unemployed, small business aid (AP)
--Police detain 40 after Iran mosque bombing (AP)
--Vatican defends revised abuse rules (AP)
--Official: No one under NJ parking garage rubble (AP)

Buzz
--Regis and Kelly, The View, Today | 253 Votes
--Bristol, Levi, Penelope, Javier, Carrie, and Mike: Buzz Week in Review | 185 Votes
--Palin's 76% Favorable Among Republicans Tops Others in GOP | 217 Votes
--Take a tour of Marilyn Monroe’s one and only LA home—on sale now | 51 Votes
--Don't Mess with the Barracuda: Sarah Palin on the march. | 149 Votes
--Lindsay Lohan hires celebrity lawyer Shapiro (AP) | 43 Votes

Local (Hampton Roads, VA)
--Budget dominated McDonnell's first semester (The Virginian-Pilot)
--McDonnell urges residents to buy Va. wine, food (The Virginian-Pilot)
--Refreshing fundraiser helps local children with cancer (13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads)
--Grab the wheel, potholes are back! (13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads)
--The city gets green, one lot at a time (Daily Press)
--Lawmakers want menhaden data (Daily Press)

Entertainment
--Rome to honor Caravaggio with rare night visits (AP)
--Lawyer: Lohan staying at substance abuse facility (AP)
--I Write Like erupts online, authors scratch heads (AP)
--Bieber's 'Baby' is most-watched video on YouTube (AP)
--George Clooney radiates cool on witness stand (AP)
-- Old Spice ad campaign goes viral and then some (AP)

Sports
--Oosthuizen up 5 as British Open resumes (AP)
--Yanks honor Steinbrenner, beat Rays 5-4 (AP)
--NFL suspends Packers DE Jolly for season (AP)
--Molina has cycle, slam as Rangers win (AP)
--Zito pitches Giants by slumping Mets 1-0 (AP)
--Strasburg, 2 relievers 4-hit Marlins (AP)

World
--Car bomb signals new dimension to Mexican drug war (AP)
AP - A drug cartel has used a car bomb for the first time in Mexico's decades-long fight against traffickers, setting a deadly trap against federal police in a city across the border from Texas, the mayor of Ciudad Juarez said Friday.
--Roadside bombs kill 4 NATO troops in Afghanistan (AP)
--Police detain 40 after Iran mosque bombing (AP)
--Dancing, laughing at Auschwitz: who has the right? (AP)
--Gays march in Poland to demand equal rights (AP)
--Defending Her Policies, Australian PM Calls For August Elections (Time.com)