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  1. A wax figure of Adolf Hitler is pictured in a mock bunker at the German 'Madame Tussauds' during a press preview in Berlin, July 3, 2008. (Tobias Schwarz/Reuters)
    Man rips head from Hitler wax figure Reuters - Sat Jul 5, 8:08 AM ET

    BERLIN (Reuters) - A man tore the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin's Madame Tussauds museum Saturday, police said.

  2. In a Monday June 9, 2003 file photo, UN inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) work at the nuclear facility in Tuwaitha, Iraq, 50 kms east of Baghdad. The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium — reached a Canadian port Saturday, July 5, 2008, to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das, file)
    AP Exclusive: US removes uranium from Iraq AP - Sat Jul 5, 2:04 PM ET

    The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium — reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.

  3. Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talks to reporters in his campaign charter en route to St. Louis, Mo., Saturday, July 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
    Obama: Media response to Iraq remarks overblown AP - 2 hours, 6 minutes ago

    ST. LOUIS - Barack Obama celebrated "active faith" as an obligation of religious Americans and a chief agent of societal change while speaking Saturday to a nearly all-black roomful of churchgoers, but hoping to reach far beyond them.

  4. Black-I Robotics founder Brian Hart, whose son was killed during an ambush in Iraq in 2003, poses in Tyngsborough, Mass., Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007 with a six-wheel cost-effective robot that his company designed to protect troops and perform certain risky missions. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
    Grief leads father to create bomb-defusing robot AP - Sat Jul 5, 5:47 PM ET

    TYNGSBOROUGH, Mass. - The knock on Brian Hart's door came at 6 a.m. An Army colonel, a priest and a police officer had come to tell Hart and his wife that their 20-year-old son had been killed when his military vehicle was ambushed in Iraq.

  5. A woman pours hot water to make green tea at a traditional tea house in Boseong, September 23, 2007. A few cups of green tea each day may help prevent heart disease, Greek researchers said on Wednesday. (Han Jae-Ho/Reuters)
    Does Green Tea Help the Heart? Time.com - Sat Jul 5, 3:25 PM ET

    A new study shows the beverage can protect the heart arteries by keeping them flexible and relaxed

  6. In this March 7, 2008 file photo, trader Richard Tandy Jr., center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The nation's psyche is battered and bruised, the sense of pessimism palpable. The Independence Day holiday is typically a time to honor all that we are as a nation, but the feeling is there's less to celebrate on this our 232nd birthday. Happy? It would seem not. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)
    Americans' unhappy birthday: 'Too much wrong right now' AP - Sat Jul 5, 5:48 PM ET

    Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days.

  7. From Here to Eternity Dear Margo - Fri Jul 4, 2:00 AM ET

    07/04/2008 - DEAR MARGO: I despise going to wakes and funerals.

  8. In this frame grab from a video released by Colombia's Army taken on July 2, 2008 and released on July 4, 2008, hostage Ingrid Betancourt, center, is seen with her hands tied together as she stands with unidentified hostages during a Colombian military mission that rescued them from captivity in an unknown location in Colombia's Guaviare state. Betancourt is one of 15 hostages rescued by Colombia's military from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Betancourt was abducted by the FARC when running for president in Feb. 2002. (AP Photo/Colombian Army)
    Rescue video shows duped rebels, elated hostages AP - Sat Jul 5, 5:42 PM ET

    BOGOTA, Colombia - Military intelligence agents posing as aid workers and a film crew flew to the jungle aboard a white helicopter, staging a mock humanitarian mission that rebels were told would ferry their hostages to another camp for talks on a prisoner swap.

  9. Firefighters monitor a burning redwood tree along Highway 1 in Big Sur, Calif., Saturday, July 5, 2008. Cooler temperatures and marine fog allowed firefighters here to gain some ground early Saturday on an obstinate wildfire that wiped out this world-famous coastal retreat's holiday tourist trade. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
    California wildfires strain state's resources AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES - A wildfire threatening thousands of homes in Southern California spread slowly through scenic canyonlands Saturday, straining resources as crews struggled to contain hundreds of other blazes around the state.

  10. What a Guy! Dear Margo - Thu Jul 3, 3:00 AM ET

    07/03/2008 - DEAR MARGO: I have been married for 25 years and have two children, one adult and one teenager.

  11. Kent Couch lifts off from his gas station in Bend, Ore., in his lawn chair rigged with more than 150 giant party balloons, Saturday, July 5, 2008. Couch, 48, is making his third cluster balloon flight and hopes to go more than 200 miles to Idaho before running out of daylight or helium. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
    Man flying lawn chair lifted by helium balloons AP - 59 minutes ago

    BEND, Ore. - Riding a green lawn chair supported by a rainbow array of more than 150 helium-filled party balloons, Kent Couch succeeded Saturday in his third bid to fly from central Oregon all the way to Idaho.

  12. This undated image obtained from a MySpace Web page shows Ashley Dupre, the former call girl for ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York. Dupre dropped a $10 million lawsuit claiming 'Girls Gone Wild' founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the Internet. (AP Photo, file)
    Spitzer call girl drops 'Girls Gone Wild' lawsuit AP - Sat Jul 5, 12:20 PM ET

    MIAMI - The call girl involved in a scandal that brought down New York's former governor has dropped a lawsuit claiming "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the Internet.

  13. Tyson Gay grimaces after falling during the first quarterfinal heat of the men's 200 meter race at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore., Saturday, July 5, 2008. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
    Gay tumbles at Olympic trials, out of 200 AP - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

    EUGENE, Ore. - Tyson Gay accelerated through the first curve. Then, he started flying.

  14. In this June 17, 1999 photo, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., makes his opening statement at Richard Holbrooke's confirmation hearing. Helms has died at age 86, the Jesse Helms research center says. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette, file)
    Helms never changed on civil rights opposition AP - 2 hours, 28 minutes ago

    RALEIGH, N.C. - Jesse Helms forever changed North Carolina politics and the conservative movement. The former senator did it without ever changing much about himself.

  15. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) addresses a news conference after meeting with his foreign policy advisory panel of former Democratic U.S. government officials at a hotel in Washington June 18, 2008. (Jim Bourg/Reuters)
    Obama "puzzled" by Iraq comment frenzy Reuters - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago

    ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement this week that he might "refine" his timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat troops.

  16. Venus Williams reacts as she defeats her sister Venus to win the Women's Singles Championship on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Saturday, July 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
    Venus beats Serena for 5th Wimbledon singles title AP - Sat Jul 5, 5:23 PM ET

    WIMBLEDON, England - Thrilled as she was to win her fifth Wimbledon singles championship, Venus Williams dialed down her celebration. No hopping in place and skipping to the net after match point, the way she's done so often on that Centre Court lawn. No giddy laughter and whoops of joy, as she's let out in the past.

  17. Technicians prepare to wash the reactor of the Bushehr nuclear power plant at the Iranian port town of Bushehr, 1200 Kms south of Tehran, in 2007. The US said Saturday that it would talk with allies before commenting on Tehran's response to a plan from six world powers offering Iran technology and negotiations if it suspends uranium enrichment.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)
    Iran indicates it has no plans to halt enrichment AP - Sat Jul 5, 5:32 PM ET

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iran indicated Saturday that it has no plans to meet a key Western demand that it stop enriching uranium, a day after Tehran sent the European Union a response to an international offer of incentives for halting enrichment.

  18. Police: Former Chargers safety Terrence Kiel dies AP - Sat Jul 5, 7:02 AM ET

    SAN DIEGO - Former Chargers safety Terrence Kiel was killed after he was thrown from a Chevy sedan he was driving, police said Saturday.

  19. Crikey! 'Crocodile Hunter' daughter gets own doll AP - Sat Jul 5, 4:06 PM ET

    CLEVELAND - The Emmy-winning daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is getting her own doll.

  20. A U.S. army soldier from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division gets ready to take a photo as an Iraqi girl plays at a newly opened pool in Baghdad's al-Zawra park, Iraq, Saturday, July 5, 2008 marking another small step in Baghdad's halting progress from violence to more normal life: a handful of parks and pools are opening. (AP Photo/Sebastian Abbot)
    Iraqi boy's first swim hopeful sign of progress AP - Sat Jul 5, 1:45 PM ET

    BAGHDAD - Muntadhar al-Sharify stood shivering Saturday in Baghdad's searing heat, a smile on his young face.

  21. Melissa Amschwand-Bellinger shown Wednesday, July 2, 2008 in Houston. Dying of cancer, her husband did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
    Employers use federal law to deny benefits AP - Sat Jul 5, 11:04 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer.

  22. Christie Brinkley smiles as she walks past reporters during a break in her divorce trial against Peter Cook, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 in Central Islip, N.Y.. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
    Brinkley split is newest image-crushing NY divorce AP - Fri Jul 4, 6:04 PM ET

    NEW YORK - When the media capital of the world meets a celebrity divorce, it's a breakup made in tabloid heaven. So the city that has hosted the spectacular splits of Woody Allen, Liza Minnelli and Rudolph Giuliani now is feasting on the salacious details of model Christie Brinkley's fourth marital breakup.

  23. A Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla watches hostages being moved towards a helicopter during a rescue operation in Colombia July 2, 2008 in this frame grab taken on July 4, 2008. (Handout/Reuters)
    Colombia foils bomb plot after rescue Reuters - Sat Jul 5, 12:52 PM ET

    BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia found explosives set to be used in bombs across the capital in reprisal for this week's rescue of leftist rebels' highest-profile hostages, including Ingrid Betancourt, military officials said on Saturday.

  24. This undated file photo shows a close up of the Statue of Liberty. The National Park Service is considering reopening Lady Liberty's crown for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to documents a congressman released on July Fourth. (AP Photo/File)
    Statue of Liberty's crown may reopen to public AP - Fri Jul 4, 8:10 PM ET

    NEW YORK - The National Park Service is considering reopening Lady Liberty's crown for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to documents a congressman released on July Fourth.

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