7/18: Gunmen kidnap 3 foreign aid workers in Kenya and take them to Somalia
7/18: Iraq arrests suspect in rocket attack that killed 3 US troops in Basra
7/18: Ousted Honduran leader gives negotiations until midnight to restore him to power
7/18: Pakistani jets kill 9 militants
7/18: US fighter jet crashes in Afghanistan killing 2 crew
7/18: Iraq faces claims of prisoner abuse as US hands over prisons
7/18: Iranian cleric Rafsanjani declares that Iran is in crisis
7/18: Regulators shut banks in CA, GA, & SD--bank failures now at 57.
7/18: Paul McCartney plays first concert at Citi Field--the new home of the Mets
7/18: Hillary visits India seeking help on terror
7/18: HUssein says "now is not the time to slow down" on his health care reform
7/18: Muslin group with ties to al-Qaeda vows revenge against China for riots
7/19: Muslim extremist group banned from Europe holds conference and recruitment at Hilton in Chicago. Calls for the abolition of capitalism and installing one world muslim leader
7/19: Hillary says US downplaying threat of North Korea is intentional
7/20: Author Frank McCourt dies
7/20: Iran Supreme leader tells opposition to back down
7/20: South Africa stops funding AIDS vaccine research
7/20: Minneapolis struggles with Somali gangs that kidnap young men and send them to Somalia for terrorist training
7/20: SC teen accidentally shot and killed himself after gun discharges in his baggy pants
7/20: CIT Group board okays $3BILLION rescue loan
7/20: Halliburton Q2 profits down 48%
7/20: Hasbro Q2 profits up 5%
7/20: Johnson Controls Q3 profit down 63%
7/20: Harry Potter gosses $159.7 MILLION in 5 days
7/20: Health officials in Britain tell people to avoid travel, stay away from crowds and do not get pregnant to avoid Swine Flu
7/20: Peru's Fryinori sentenced to 7 1/2 years for embezzling
7/20: War crimes court convicts Bosnian Sebs of killing 119
7/20: 4 Americans killed in bomb in Afghanistan making July the deadliest month of the war
7/20: 40th anniversary of moon landing
7/20: Federal judge rules that CIA officials committed fraud to protect a former covert agent
7/20: Hussein challenges GOP critics of health care
7/20: Gates announces army will increase its ranks by 22,000
7/20: Government support of Wall Street and banks since 2007 approach $24 TRILLION or $80,000 per person
7/20: Hillary says US believs 9-11 ringleaders are in Pakistan
7/20: Larry Summers a top economic advisor for Hussein says the economy is fine now that Google searches for "economic depression" are now back to normal levels
7/20: Jimmy Carter leaves church of 60 years over treatment of women
7/20: Former IG Gerald Walpin is taking Hussein to court over his firing
7/20: Hillary in India apologizes for US and blames US for most of global warming
7/21: Sue Burns owner of San Francisco Giants, dies
7/21: Taliban bombers attack 2 Afghan cities killing at least 13
7/21: Biden visits Ukraine to reaffirm US support saying "democracy rules" and also says US supports Ukraine entry into NATO
7/21: Japan's PM dissolves Parliament and calls for national elections
7/21: Pakistan reports 56 militants dead in NW Pakistan
7/21: Uproar in India after former president is frisked before boarding flight to US
7/21: Malaysia court orders Muslim woman to be flogged for drinking beer
7/21: Merck Q2 profit fell 12%
7/21: Caterpillar Q2 profit down 66%
7/21: Coca-cola Q2 profit up 43%
7/21: Continental Airlines Q2 profit down $213 MILLION and will cut 1700 jobs
7/21: UnitedHealth Group Q2 profit more than doubles in absence of lawsuits
7/21: Dupont Q2 profit down 61%
7/21: Hillary cites concerns over ties between North Korea and Myanmar
7/21: Hussein defends August deadline for health care bill
7/21: White House and Congress battle over F-22 fighter jets
7/21: Senate removes F-22 money
7/21: Mexican drug cartels have expanded into 47 nations
7/21: WHO reports global deaths from Swine Flu now >700
7/21: Ohio executes killer--the 1000th in US since 1976
7/22: Hillary at a security conference in Thailand declares US "is back"
7/22: 3 killed in attacks on US convoy-1 civilian and 2 militants
7/22: Australia starts first Swine Flu vaccine trials
7/22: Brazil official calls Israeli foreign minister a "fascist"
7/22: Dems in Raleigh close to raising sales tax and income taxes to raise $1 BILLION
7/22: Hussein speaks in prime time on Obamacare but gives no specifics, especially on how it will be paid for
7/22: Landslide in China leaves 4 dead and 53 missing
7/23: Georgia asks Biden for weapons but US will not commit. Russia has threatened to break off talks with any nation supplying arms to Georgia
7/23: Iceland formally applies to EU
7/23: Romanian mayor apologizes for Nazi uniform parade
7/23: Drive by shooting at Texas Southern University rally wounds 6
7/23: US man gave NYC transit info to al-Qaeda and attacked a US base in Afghanistan
7/23: SC Governor Sanford goes to Europe with family
7/23: Debt reduction leaves Ford with $2.3 BILLION Q2 profit
7/23: McDonald's Q2 profit down 8%
7/23: UPS Q2 profit down 49%
7/23: AT&T Q2 earnings down 15%
7/23: Porsche CEO steps down
7/23: Phillip Morris Q2 profit down 9%
7/23: Hershey Q2 profit up 72%
7/23: AP fact check on Hussein's speech finds at least 5 discrepencies in what he said and what is true, including when he said he has not blamed Republicans for the flack on his health care when in fact he attacked them in his opening statement
7/23: Ebay Q2 profit down 5%
7/23: researchers to implant pig cells in humans to try to treat diabetes in New Zealand
7/23: Tamiflu-resistant Swine Flu now in Canada
7/23: Iran opposition leader's brother-in-law is arrested
7/23: Biden says US ties to Russia will not hurt Georgia
7/23: NJ corruption investigation nabs 3 mayors, 2 state legislators, and several rabbis among 40 arrested
7/23: Police in Cambridge, MA upset over Hussein saying police acted "stupidly" in case involving a Harvard professor that Hussein's calls a friend and a case in which Hussein said he did not know all the facts.
7/23: Ann Arbor News closes after 174 years.
7/23: NC legslture approves 2% tax surcharge on income taxes
7/23: Governor Perdue of NC says she will not back the 2% surcharge
7/23: DOW tops 9000 as home sales rise for 3rd month
7/23: New jobless claims last week rise to 554,000
7/24: Mark Buerhle of the Chicago White Sox pitches a perfect game
7/27: Israel reserves any means to deal with Iran
7/27: Biden pisses off Russia by calling them a weakened nation
7/27: US military stops publicizing Taliban body count
7/27: Taiwan and Chinese leaders exchange messages for 1st time in 60 years
7/27: Sarah Palin stpes down as governor
7/27: Verizon Q2 profit down 21% and plans to cut 8000 jobs
7/27: June new home sales up 11%
7/27: Aetna Q2 profit down 28%
7/27: Honeywell Q2 profit down 38%
7/28: Thousands flee fighting in Somalia to Yemen
7/28: US envoy presses Israel on settlements
7/28: Gunmen in Baghdad kill 8 in bank robbery
7/28: 7 NC men charged in jihad group plotting international terrorism
7/28: US Steel Q2 loss of $392 MILLION
7/28: Viacom Q2 profit down 32%
7/28: BP Q2 profit down 53%
7/28: Valero Q2 profit loss of $254 MILLION
7/28: BofA planning to cut 10% of branches
7/28: Senators Conrad and Dodd received VIP loan deals from Countrywide. Allowed them to get discounts that the average person could not--is an ethics violation
7/28: Stimulus package for police aid helps only 1 out of 7 agencies that need it. NYC, Houston, Seattle, and Pittsburgh among those that will not get any money.
7/28: UK temporarily withdraws from Iraq until Parliament approves new funding
7/28: Nigeria imposes curfews and sends troops to quell violence
7/28: 140 prisoners from election riots freed in Iran
7/28: Pakistan rescues children kidnapped by Taliban for use as suicide bombers
7/28: Auburn Univeristy vet student is missing after visiting Thailand
7/28: Consumer confidence in July fell from 49.3 to 46.6
7/28: Senate Judiciary committee votes 13-6 to send Sotomayor nomination to Senate floor
7/30: Bomb on Spanish island kills 2 police officers
7/30: Iranian police use force at graveside rally
7/30: Communists defeated in Moldova elections
7/30: North Korea seizes South Korea fishermen
7/30: Reportedly 13 MILLION abortions per year in China
7/30: Alaska man who pled guilty to torture and murder of a friend in SD has his death penalty sentence overturned by SD Supreme Court
7/30: Attorney General of New York says AIG gave out $5.33 BILLION in bonuses in 2008. Also says other bailed our corps gave out BILLIONS in bonuses as well
7/30: Yahoo and Microsoft partner for web search
7/30: Exxon Q2 profit down 66%
7/30: Shell OIl Q2 profit down 67%
7/30: New jobless claims at 584,000
7/30: Dow Chemical Q2 loss at $486 MILLION
7/30: Motorola Q2 profit up $26 MILLION
7/30: Pew poll finds 41% disapprove of Hussein's handling of black professor case versus 29% who approve
7/30: Pew poll shows Hussein's overall approval rating at 54%-down from 61% in June
7/30: "Beer fest" at White House with Hussein, Biden, Prof.Gates, and the Cambridge policeman
7/31: Cuba turns off air conditioners, shuts factories, and shortens work days to save money during recession
7/31: Interim Honduran President says Zelaya cannot be restored
7/31: Russia starts Arctic maneuvers near Canada
7/31: UN reports Afghanistan civilian deaths up 24%
7/31: Sen. Dodd has prostate cancer
7/31: Shuttle Endeavor returns safely to earth
7/31: Alabama's largest county will shut down on 8/3 with at least 1/4 of employees on unpaid leave and many offices will close. Will not affect the hospital or sheriff's department
7/31: Hoboken, NJ mayor of 3 weeks steps down after federal corruption charges are filed
7/31: US Swine Flu deaths >350 with >5500 hospitalized
7/31: Lowes to pull name from Charlotte Speedway
7/31: Cash for clunkers runs out of money
7/31: House votes to restrict Wall Street pay for execs
7/31: GDP drops 1% in Q2
7/31: Pelosi calls health insurance companies evil. Reid says similar statements as well.
7/31: Saudi Arabia rebukes US on call to improve relations with Israel
8/1: Iran begins trial of protesters
8/1: Former Philippines president Corazon Aquino dies at 76
8/1: Iran detains 3 American tourists
8/1: Bank failures now up to 69 this year
8/2: Geithner and Summers say taxing the middle class is not off the table
8/2: Sen. Dodd & HHS secretary are shouted down at town hall meeting on health care
8/2: Lou Dobbs and CNN at odds
8/2: Pneumonic plague in NW China town causes quarantine of entire town
8/3: 6.9 earthquake hits Mexico's Gulf of California
8/3: German ship that has been held hostage for 4 months by Somali pirates is released after reportedly $2.7 MILLION paid in ransom
8/3: 185 killed in Sudan tribal violence
8/3: Georgia accuses Russia of trying to seize more land
8/3: 26 hurt in Continental Airline flight due to turbulence
8/3: BofA pays $33 MILLION fine over Merrill Lynch bonuses
8/3: GM to layoff 13,500
8/3: Sen McCain is opposed to Sotomayor
8/3: Dem leaders vow health care bill with or without Reps
All caught up for now
