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A man steps under power lines outside his home that was destroyed by high winds July 23 in Port Isabel, Texas. One person was killed as storm Dolly dumped rain over Texas and Mexico on Thursday after pummeling the coast as a hurricane and threatening to trigger more floods even as it weakened into a tropical depression.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Dave Einsel)

Dolly dwindles but threatens more flooding in Texas, Mexico

Thu Jul 24, 10:22 PM ET

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AFP) - One person was killed as storm Dolly dumped rain over Texas and Mexico on Thursday after pummeling the coast as a hurricane and threatening to trigger more floods even as it weakened into a tropical depression.

  • A skull-and-crossbones symbol is placed over a computer keyboard at a 'hacker academy' in Paris, France. Internet security researchers on Thursday warned that hackers have caught on to a "critical" flaw that lets them control traffic on the Internet.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)
    Hackers get hold of critical Internet flaw Thu Jul 24, 7:33 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Internet security researchers on Thursday warned that hackers have caught on to a "critical" flaw that lets them control traffic on the Internet.

  • The entrance to the Crandall Canyon coal mine near Huntington, Utah. The operators of a Utah mine at the center of a collapse that led to nine fatalities in August last year have been fined 1.6 million dollars, health and safety officials announced Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)
    Utah mine operators fined 1.6 mln dollars for deadly collapse Thu Jul 24, 8:17 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The operators of a Utah mine at the center of a collapse that led to nine fatalities last August have been fined 1.6 million dollars, health and safety officials announced Thursday.

  • US Democratic presidential hopeful, Barack Obama, gestures after making a speech in front of the Victory Column in Berlin. A majority of Americans believe that Obama will win the presidential election against Republican hopeful John McCain in November, a Fox News poll showed Thursday.(AFP/DDP/Roland Magunia)
    Majority of Americans believe Obama will win election: poll Thu Jul 24, 9:36 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - A majority of Americans believe that Democratic candidate Barack Obama will win the presidential election against Republican hopeful John McCain in November, a Fox News poll showed Thursday.

  • A Scrabulous game. Game-making giant Hasbro has filed a lawsuit against Scrabble knock-off Scrabulous and sent a notice demanding Facebook remove the popular game from the social-networking website(AFP/File/Leon Neal)
    Hasbro takes Facebook game Scrabulous to C-O-U-R-T Thu Jul 24, 10:27 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Game-making giant Hasbro has filed a lawsuit against Scrabble knock-off Scrabulous and sent a notice demanding Facebook remove the popular game from the social-networking website.

  • Employees work on the Ford Focus on the assembly line at the Ford factory in Saarlouis, southern Germany, April 2007. Ford Motor Co. announced plans to accelerate its vast restructuring plan Thursday after the sputtering auto giant posted its worst quarterly loss in history.(AFP/DDP/File/Torsten Silz)
    Ford posts worst loss, puts turnaround plan into overdrive Thu Jul 24, 4:38 PM ET

    CHICAGO (AFP) - Ford Motor Co. announced plans to accelerate its vast restructuring plan Thursday after the sputtering auto giant posted its worst quarterly loss in history.

  • Microsoft is shaking up management of its online division and strengthening its tie to Facebook in the aftermath of a failed bid to buy Yahoo to bolster its lagging Internet business.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)
    Microsoft shakes up online division and deepens Facebook ties Thu Jul 24, 5:44 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Microsoft is shaking up management of its online division and strengthening its tie to Facebook in the aftermath of a failed bid to buy Yahoo to bolster its lagging Internet business.

  • Denver Broncos receiver Rod Smith announced his retirement Thursday, fighting back tears as he ended a 12-year National Football League career spent entirely with the Broncos(AFP/Getty Images/File/Brian Bahr)
    Top receiver Smith retires from NFL Broncos Fri Jul 25, 1:00 AM ET

    DENVER, Colorado (AFP) - Denver Broncos receiver Rod Smith announced his retirement Thursday, fighting back tears as he ended a 12-year National Football League career spent entirely with the Broncos.

  • US swimmer Jessica Hardy, pictured, will appeal her positive test for the banned substance clenbuterol but her status for the Beijing Olympics remains uncertain, the Orange County Register reported Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File)
    US swimmer Hardy plans doping appeal 2 hours, 20 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - US swimmer Jessica Hardy will appeal her positive test for the banned substance clenbuterol but her status for the Beijing Olympics remains uncertain, the Orange County Register reported Friday.

  • US actor Dany Glover takes part in a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the death of Senegalese writer and film maker Ousmane Sembene, in Dakar in June. Glover, who plans an epic next year on Haitian independence hero Toussaint-Louverture, said he slaved to raise funds for the movie because financiers complained there were no white heroes(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)
    Danny Glover's slavery film lacked "white heroes", producers said 2 hours, 39 minutes ago

    PARIS (AFP) - US actor Danny Glover, who plans an epic next year on Haitian independence hero Toussaint-Louverture, said he slaved to raise funds for the movie because financiers complained there were no white heroes.

  • A house, flipped over by strong winds from Hurricane Dolly, is seen on Bagdad beach, some 24 miles from the border city of Matamoros, Mexico, July 24, 2008. (Tomas Bravo/Reuters)
    Dolly's rains dwindle, leaving floods in Texas, Mexico Thu Jul 24, 10:58 AM ET

    CORPUS CHRISTI (AFP) - Tropical Storm Dolly dumped rain over Texas and Mexico Thursday after pummeling the coast as a category two hurricane a day earlier, leaving widespread floods in its wake.

  • Utah mine operators fined 1.6 mln dlrs for deadly collapse Thu Jul 24, 7:01 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The operators of a Utah mine at the center of a collapse that led to nine fatalities in August last year have been fined 1.6 million dollars, health and safety officials announced Thursday.

  • A man passes a UBS branch in Basel. New York state officials Thursday filed civil fraud charges against UBS, accusing the Swiss banking giant of marketing certain kinds of adjustable bonds as "safe" investments.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)
    NY state sues UBS for fraud in auction-rate securities Thu Jul 24, 3:38 PM ET

    NEW YORK (AFP) - New York state officials Thursday filed civil fraud charges against UBS, accusing the Swiss banking giant of marketing certain kinds of adjustable bonds as "safe" investments.

  • Detroit Shock assistant coach Rick Mahorn, center, pushes Los Angeles Sparks' Lisa Leslie to the ground during a melee in the closing seconds of their WNBA basketball game on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 in Auburn Hills, Mich. Mahorn was ejected from the game and the Sparks won 84-81. Mahorn was attempting to keep Leslie from approaching the Shock bench during a bench-clearing fight in which four were ejected. (AP Photo/Jerry S. Mendoza)
    Shock deal puts 50-year-old in Women's NBA after fight bans Thu Jul 24, 3:55 PM ET

    NEW YORK (AFP) - Women's National Basketball Association officials suspended 10 players and an assistant coach Thursday after a brawl, setting up the return of 50-year-old Nancy Lieberman to the league.

  • American swimmers depart Friday for the Beijing Olympics but whether or not Jessica Hardy, seen here, will be among them remains to be seen.(AFP/Getty Images/File)
    Hardy's fate unknown as US swimmers leave for Beijing Thu Jul 24, 4:50 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - American swimmers depart Friday for the Beijing Olympics but whether or not Jessica Hardy will be among them remains to be seen.

  • British actor Christian Bale(L) arrives at the European premiere of the latest film in the Batman superhero film franchise, "The Dark Knight" on July 21, 2008 in London. The Batman sequel has continued its rampage across the North American box-office, becoming the fastest film in history to break the 200-million-dollar barrier, industry analysts said Thursday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)
    More box-office records tumble to 'Dark Knight' Thu Jul 24, 12:34 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has continued its rampage across the North American box-office, becoming the fastest film in history to break the 200-million-dollar barrier, industry analysts said Thursday.

  • In this satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hurricane Dolly makes landfall as it moves west-northwest near the Texas-Mexico border. Tropical Storm Dolly dumped rain over Texas and Mexico Thursday after pummeling the coast as a category two hurricane a day earlier, leaving widespread floods in its wake.(AFP/NOAA-HO)
    Hurricane Dolly pounds Texas, Mexico Wed Jul 23, 7:33 PM ET

    CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AFP) - Hurricane Dolly pounded the Texas-Mexico border region on Wednesday with rain and powerful winds, flooding part of a Mexican city where 250,000 people were left without drinking water.

  • Hundreds of people wait in line in front of a hotel in downtown Washington, DC to receive free financial counseling from the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)
    Thousands queue to save homes in Washington Wed Jul 23, 2:31 PM ET

    WASHINGTON(AFP) - Thousands of people, mostly blacks and Hispanics, lined up outside a Washington hotel Wednesday, clutching documents they hoped would help them save their homes and escape unaffordable mortgages.

  • An airplane comes in for a landing. The top US airlines have posted heavy losses in the current earnings season as spiraling fuel prices have forced them to cut flights, fleets and staff, as well as raise fares and add fees.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)
    US airlines battling stiff headwinds from high fuel prices Wed Jul 23, 7:29 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The top US airlines have posted heavy losses in the current earnings season as spiraling fuel prices have forced them to cut flights, fleets and staff, as well as raise fares and add fees.

  • Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (L) and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) take questions at a press conference announcing their charitable support for a global new anti-smoking initiative in New York. Gates and Bloomberg announced their combined contribution of half a billion dollars to combat global smoking.(AFP/Getty Images/Chris Hondros)
    Bill Gates, Bloomberg launch anti-smoking drive Wed Jul 23, 6:46 PM ET

    NEW YORK (AFP) - Multibillionaires Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg launched a worldwide anti-smoking campaign Wednesday, fueled with 500 million dollars of their money.

  • A guard checking on a detainee in Camp Delta at the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Osama bin Laden's driver was part of a small circle of loyal staff and was aware his boss was involved in terrorist attacks, an FBI agent told a US military tribunal here on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)
    Bin Laden's driver was aware of terrorist attacks: witness Wed Jul 23, 7:34 PM ET

    US NAVAL BASE GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (AFP) - Osama bin Laden's driver was part of a small circle of loyal staff and was aware his boss was involved in terrorist attacks, an FBI agent told a US military tribunal here on Wednesday.

  • A Continental Airlines plane sits on the tarmac. Airlines in the Star Alliance of global carriers said Wednesday they had asked US regulators to approve the addition of Continental Airlines to the code-sharing group.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)
    Star Alliance seeks approval for addition of Continental Wed Jul 23, 5:16 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Airlines in the Star Alliance of global carriers said Wednesday they had asked US regulators to approve the addition of Continental Airlines to the code-sharing group.

  • The Chrysler logo. US automaker Chrysler LLC said Wednesday it plans to eliminate an additional 1,000 white-collar jobs by the end of September, citing challenging US market conditions.(AFP/Getty Images/File)
    Chrysler to cut 1,000 white-collar jobs Wed Jul 23, 6:38 PM ET

    DETROIT, Michigan (AFP) - US automaker Chrysler LLC said Wednesday it plans to eliminate an additional 1,000 white-collar jobs by the end of September, citing challenging US market conditions.

  • Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James, seen here, sprained his right ankle on Tuesday in practice with the US Olympic basketball team, US media reported(AFP/Getty Images/Ethan Miller)
    NBA star James sprains ankle at US Olympic team practice Wed Jul 23, 1:34 AM ET

    LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) - Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James sprained his right ankle on Tuesday in practice with the US Olympic basketball team, US media reported.

  • Josh Childress, pictured in April 2008, turned his back on the National Basketball Association's Atlanta Hawks and signed a three-year deal worth 20 million dollars on Wednesday with the Greek club Olympiakos.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Elsa)
    Hawks' Childress snubs NBA for Greek deal Wed Jul 23, 6:55 PM ET

    ATLANTA, Georgia (AFP) - Josh Childress turned his back on the National Basketball Association's Atlanta Hawks and signed a three-year deal worth 20 million dollars on Wednesday with the Greek club Olympiakos.

  • Cast member Will Smith arrives for the world premiere of Columbia Pictures' "Hancock" at Graumans Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California in June 2008. Smith, Johnny Depp and Eddie Murphy were the best paid Hollywood actors in the past year, according to Forbes magazine's special issue "Entertainment All Stars."(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)
    Smith, Depp and Murphy top Hollywood's moneymaker list Wed Jul 23, 4:51 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Will Smith, Johnny Depp and Eddie Murphy were the best paid Hollywood actors in the past year, according to Forbes magazine's special issue "Entertainment All Stars."

  • Monta Ellis (top left) of the Golden State Warriors puts a shot up against Lamar Odom of the Los Angeles Lakers. Golden State signed guard Monta Ellis to a multi-year National Basketball Association contract Thursday after a breakout season for the Warriors by the 22-year-old speedster(AFP/Getty Images/File/Lisa Blumenfeld)
    NBA Warriors ink Ellis to multi-year deal Fri Jul 25, 12:55 AM ET

    OAKLAND, California, (AFP) - Golden State signed guard Monta Ellis to a multi-year National Basketball Association contract here Thursday after a breakout season for the Warriors by the 22-year-old speedster.

  • This handout picture released by the US Air Force shows an F-16 Fighting Falcon dispensing a flare during a combat mission. Members of a US Air Force nuclear missile crew face disciplinary action for going to sleep while in possession of an invalidated nuclear launch code component, an air force spokesman said Thursday.(AFP/USAF/File)
    Missile crew falls asleep with nuclear code device: air force Thu Jul 24, 6:15 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Members of a US Air Force nuclear missile crew face disciplinary action for going to sleep while in possession of an invalidated nuclear launch code component, the air force disclosed Thursday.

  • The logo of Internet search engine company Google at the headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google has launched its own version of communally constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which consistently ranks among the most visited websites in the world.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)
    Google launches rival to Wikipedia Thu Jul 24, 2:49 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google has launched its own version of communally constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which consistently ranks among the most visited websites in the world.