Thursday, July 15 News Headlines

12.53 pm... .let's see what's at Yahoo News:

Top Stories
--BP back to slow trial of choking Gulf oil with cap (AP)
AP - BP engineers were back to the slow work of trying to choke the Gulf of Mexico oil gusher with an untested cap after replacing a leaky pipe Thursday, the latest delay in the uncertain fix.
--Senate clears sweeping bank bill for final passage (AP)
--US transfers last prison under its control to Iraq (AP)
--Homes lost to foreclosure on track for 1M in 2010 (AP)
--Argentina legalizes gay marriage in historic vote (AP)
--'Abducted' nuclear scientist returns to Iran (AP)

Buzz
--Mythical 'goat sucker' beast Chupacabra surfaces in Texas | 32 Votes
A mythical beast has Texans in a panic this week, as reports that the Chupacabra - which literally means 'goat sucker' - is on the prowl again.
--Foreign fans could decide Tom Cruise's 'M:I-4' fate (Reuters) | 84 Votes
--10 Child Stars who Grew Up To Be Morons | 150 Votes
--Al Pacino's Ad, U.S. Mint Poker Chips, "Covert Affairs" Debut: What's the Buzz | 29 Votes
--11 Crazy Product Commercials From the 1980s | 101 Votes

Local - Yorktown, VA
--Police shoot, kill man after robbery reported in Hampton (The Virginian-Pilot)
--Gay ex-officer to testify against military's ban (The Virginian-Pilot)
--Breaking: Officer-involved shooting in Hampton (13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads)
-- Portsmouth home searched for evidence in murder-for-hire investigation (13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads)
-- Man wanted in connection with York bank robbery (Daily Press)
--McDonnell expects 'little to no impact' if yard changes hands (Daily Press)

Entertainment
--In letter, Swiss say they sought Polanski data (AP)
AP - Federal officials denied Thursday keeping Los Angeles prosecutors in the dark about refusing a Swiss request for sealed transcripts in the Roman Polanski case, a move that was pivotal to the Swiss refusal to extradite the filmmaker to the United States.
--Mich. jury deliberates in Stamos extortion trial (AP)
--Long lost Chaplin film to debut at Va. festival (AP)
--Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras dies at 84 (AP)
--5 best mind-trip movies (AP)
--Swift to talk 'Fearless' follow up on live chat (AP)

Sports
--McIlroy's 63 ties major round record (AP)
--Daly ties best British round with 66 (AP)
--Browns' Rogers avoids felony gun charge (AP)
--Braves acquire Blue Jays SS Gonzalez (AP)
--Vanderbilt coach Johnson retires (AP)
--Henry joins Red Bulls, quits French team (AP)

World
--Vatican issues sex abuse guidelines after crisis (AP)
AP - The Vatican issued a revised set of in-house rules Thursday to respond to clerical sex abuse, targeting priests who molest the mentally disabled as well as children and priests who use child pornography, but making few substantive changes to existing practice.
--Facebook page that praised UK killer taken down (AP)
--Argentina legalizes gay marriage in historic vote (AP)
--'Abducted' nuclear scientist returns to Iran (AP)
--Gambia sentences 8 to death for coup attempt (AP)
--Despite Church Opposition, Argentina Legalizes Gay Marriage (Time.com)