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  1. U.S. border cops nab 49 migrants in tanker truck Reuters - Fri Jul 25, 7:58 PM ET Avg. Rating: 5.0

    PHOENIX (Reuters) - U.S. border police in California nabbed 49 illegal immigrants they found hiding in the tank of a stolen water truck near the Mexico border, authorities said on Friday.

  2. Mexico finds dozens of dead sea turtles AP - Sat Jul 26, 6:55 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    ACAPULCO, Mexico - Environmental officials in Mexico say dozens of dead sea turtles apparently killed in fishing nets have washed up on beaches in recent days.

  3. Automated, Wearable Kidney Offers Continuous Dialysis HealthDay - Sat Jul 26, 7:01 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    SATURDAY, July 26 (HealthDay News) -- An automated artificial kidney that can be worn on the body may one day be to dialysis patients what the insulin pump is to diabetes patients.

  4. A happy face balloon floats near a price board at a Shell gas station displaying gas prices over $5.00 per gallon in San Bruno, California. The price of oil could drop to between 70 and 80 dollars a barrel if the dollar strengthens and concerns over Iran are reduced, OPEC chief Chakib Khelil has said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)
    Oil prices could drop if Iran concerns allayed: OPEC AFP - Sat Jul 26, 11:33 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    ALGIERS (AFP) - The price of oil could drop to between 70 and 80 dollars a barrel if the dollar strengthens and concerns over Iran are reduced, OPEC chief Chakib Khelil said Saturday.

  5. A boy walks past grafitti in Santiago de Cuba July 25, 2008. President Raul Castro returns to the birthplace of the Cuban revolution this week for a speech that will be watched for news on what some consider another, quieter revolution now taking place on the socialist island. Castro's speech, to be given in the eastern city of Santiago on Saturday, will mark the 55th anniversary of the July 26, 1953 rebel assault which Fidel Castro led on the nearby Moncada army barracks. The graffiti reads, 'Neighborhood for neighborhood, revolution'. (Claudia Daut/Reuters)
    Cubans anticipate news on reforms in Castro speech Reuters - Sat Jul 26, 9:33 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    HAVANA (Reuters) - President Raul Castro will mark the 55th anniversary of the start of the Cuban revolution on Saturday with a speech to a nation waiting to hear how far and how fast he plans to go in reforming the island's struggling state-run economy.

  6. Plumbing service rescues kitty from drainage pipe AP - Sat Jul 26, 5:11 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    BRECKSVILLE, Ohio - It was Roto-Rooter to the rescue for an unlucky black kitten that got stuck in an outdoor drainage pipe near Cleveland.

  7. Senate Republicans block heating aid bill AP - Sat Jul 26, 12:14 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    WASHINGTON - Republicans on Saturday blocked the Senate from considering a bill next week that would nearly double federal aid to help the poor pay heating and air-conditioning bills.

  8. Detective details confrontation with Detroit mayor AP - Sat Jul 26, 4:55 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    DETROIT - A detective working a criminal case against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said coincidence led him to a house to try to deliver a subpoena.

  9. Yash Vyas, 6, lies on a bed in a ward of the Civil Hospital in Ahmadabad, India, late Saturday, July 26, 2008. Yash lost his father Dushyant Vyas and his brother Rohan was injured in Saturday's blasts. At least 29 people were killed and 88 wounded when a series of small explosions hit the western city on Saturday, a top official said. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)
    Bombings in western Indian city kill 29 AP - 24 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.5

    AHMADABAD, India - Bombs exploded Saturday near a busy market and a hospital in a western Indian city, killing 29 people and injuring 88 a day after deadly blasts struck the southern technology hub of Bangalore.

  10. U.S. Auctions Wild Horses Online LiveScience.com - Sat Jul 26, 2:05 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    The Bureau of Land Management is running an online adoption of wild horses through July 30 in the ongoing effort to curb the burgeoning population of these surprisingly widespread beasts.

  11. Artificial pancreas just years away, experts agree Reuters - Sat Jul 26, 10:26 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - Researchers working on an artificial pancreas believe they are just a few years away from a nearly carefree way for people with diabetes to monitor blood and inject insulin as needed.

  12. A sheen of fuel oil sits on the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana, following a large spill on July 23, 2008. The US Coast Guard and clean-up crews were struggling Saturday to rid the Mississippi River of hundreds of thousands of gallons (liters) of spilled fuel oil and unclog a backup of commercial traffic.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)
    Workers struggle to clean up oil spill on Mississippi AFP - Sat Jul 26, 5:39 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Coast Guard and clean-up crews were struggling Saturday to rid the Mississippi River of hundreds of thousands of gallons (liters) of spilled fuel oil and unclog a backup of commercial traffic.

  13. Drunken passengers force flight to land in Germany AP - Sat Jul 26, 11:47 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    BERLIN - Two drunken British women went on a rampage on a charter plane, hitting one flight attendant with a bottle of vodka and trying to open a cabin door as the aircraft was cruising over Austria at 10,000 meters (32,800 feet), police said Saturday.

  14. Carson City Sheriff's detective David LeGros locks the door at 1st National Bank of Nevada on Friday, July 25, 2008, after federal regulators closed the bank in Carson City, Nev. Twenty-eight branches of 1st National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank, operating in Nevada, Arizona and California, were closed Friday by federal regulators. (AP Photo/Nevada Appeal, Brad Horn)
    No angry lines of customers after bank takeover AP - 16 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.3

    PHOENIX - Customers of two banks closed by federal regulators were assured that every penny of their money was protected, preventing lines of angry accountholders from forming Saturday.

  15. Mourners are seen at a memorial service held on the Denton football field Thursday, July 24, 2008 in Denton, Mont. Four teenagers killed in a single car crash over the weekend were remembered at memorial services here Thursday as adventure seekers who were full of life. (AP Photo/Great Falls Tribune, Larry Beckner)
    Montana town loses 4 teens, their athletic hopes AP - Sat Jul 26, 4:35 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    DENTON, Mont. - Here in rural Montana, the long roads stretch to the horizon over rolling hills covered with wheat. Drivers casually lift a hand off the wheel to greet oncoming drivers, whether they recognize the car or not.

  16. A cycle lies at the site of a blast at Naroda Bazar in Ahmedabad. At least 29 people were killed and over 100 wounded Saturday in a string of more than a dozen coordinated bomb attacks in the tinderbox western Indian city of Ahmedabad, officials said.(AFP/Sam Panthaky)
    29 dead, 100 wounded in India serial blasts AFP - Sat Jul 26, 4:13 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) - At least 29 people were killed and over 100 wounded Saturday in a string of more than a dozen coordinated bomb attacks in the tinderbox western Indian city of Ahmedabad, officials said.

  17. FCC poised to punish Comcast over Web blocking AP - Sat Jul 26, 2:44 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    WASHINGTON - A majority of members of the Federal Communications Commission have cast votes in favor of punishing Comcast Corp. for blocking subscribers' Internet traffic, an agency official said Friday.

  18. Competitors take part in the the final round of competition in the Duplicate category, at the World Scrabble Championships in Dakar, Senegal Friday, July 25, 2008. France lost for a third year in a row this week to an African player in the one-on-one duel at the Francophone World Scrabble Championship.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
    For some Africans, Scrabble more than just a game AP - Sat Jul 26, 3:31 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    DAKAR, Senegal - To compete in the Francophone World Scrabble Championship, 32-year-old Elisee Poka spent five days in a bus traversing Africa's potholed roads. His competitors from France arrived by plane.

  19. Booms are in place to contain a fuel oil spill in the Mississippi River at the Port of New Orleans, Friday, July 25, 2008. The Coast Guard reopened the Mississippi River to limited traffic, as work continues to clean up fuel oil that spilled when a ship and a barge collided early Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
    Impact on wildlife limited in Miss. River spill AP - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.3

    NEW ORLEANS - A large fuel spill that has shut down 100 miles of the Mississippi River for four days has had a limited impact on wildlife so far, but officials are worried about fragile wetlands downstream.

  20. First Aboriginal remains to be returned from U.S. Reuters - Fri Jul 25, 10:43 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.2

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - A group of Aboriginal elders on Saturday left Australia for the United States to bring home the remains of 33 ancestors from the Smithsonian Institute, the first Aboriginal remains to be returned from the United States.

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