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Dudley to outline BP plans to help Gulf recover (AP)
File - In this June 16, 2010 file photo, BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, left, and BP Managing Director Bob Dudley arrive with other BP executives at the White House in Washington DC. The appointment of American oilman Robert Dudley to replace luckless Briton Tony Hayward as CEO is the latest milestone in the waning Britishness of the company once known as British Petroleum. (AP Photo / Susan Walsh, file)AP - Incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley was set to outline his company's long-term efforts to help the Gulf of Mexico recover from the oil spill Friday morning, and will be getting help from a Clinton administration-era emergency management official.

July is deadliest month of Afghan war for US (AP)
NATO and US soldiers are seen standing guard in Kabul. Three foreign soldiers were killed in two separate Taliban-style bomb attacks in Afghanistan's volatile south, NATO said Friday.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AP - Three U.S. troops died in blasts in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 63 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war.

Wildfire explodes in rural LA County hills (AP)
An unidentified woman watches as flames approach her home from a fast moving wildfire near Palmdale, Calif. on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - Firefighters plan an aggressive air attack at first light Friday against a fast-moving wildfire that exploded in northern Los Angeles County, chewing through more than 7 square miles of dry brush, forcing hundreds of evacuations and burning at least three structures.

Economic growth likely slowed in second quarter (AP)
In this July 20, 2010 photo, Haley Wright, left, human resources professional with Plastipak Packaging Inc., meets with a prospective job applicant during a National Career Fairs Job Fair in Plano, Texas. New jobless claims fell last week for the third time in four weeks, but remain above 450,000, where they have been all year. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - The already fragile economic recovery may be getting weaker.

Obama to sell auto bailout good news in Michigan (AP)
President Barack Obama smiles after signing a supplemental spending bill at his desk in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama is going to the heart of the U.S. auto industry to push an important election-year claim: his administration's unpopular auto industry bailout has turned into an economic good-news story.

Arizona sheriff not relenting after court ruling (AP)
Angry protesters shout at sheriff's deputies outside the offices of controversial Maricopa county sheriff Joe Arpaio in Phoenix. Several hundred activists marched here Thursday as a new Arizona immigration law went into effect, sparking a tense standoff with riot police in which about two dozen people were arrested.(AFP/Mark Ralston)AP - Lost in the hoopla over Arizona's immigration law is the fact that state and local authorities for years have been doing their own aggressive crackdowns in the busiest illegal gateway into the country.

GOP gets wish: Rangel case in campaign season (AP)
Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., speaks to the media as he enters his office after going for a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one.

FBI access to e-mail and Web records raises fears (AP)

Source: J-Lo close to deal for `American Idol' (AP)

AP source: Masoli accepts invite to visit Ole Miss (AP)

China overtakes Japan as No.2 economy: FX chief (Reuters)

House to take up offshore drilling reform bill (Reuters)

U.S. embassy employees poisoned by mail: French police (Reuters)