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House panel hits Rangel with 13 ethics charges (AP) Oswalt approves deal, Astros trade ace to Phillies (AP)

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., leaves his office to go to a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - House investigators accused veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of congressional ethics standards on Thursday, throwing a cloud over his four-decade political career and raising worries for fellow Democrats about the fall elections.


Houston Astros starter Roy Oswalt delivers a pitch in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Saturday, July 24, 2010, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - There's a new Roy in town — and he's an ace, too.


Fed judge gets threats after AZ immigration ruling (AP) Pitino tells jury he hoped to keep tryst secret (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 - Authorities say a federal judge in Phoenix has been getting some threats since her ruling on Arizona's controversial immigration law.


Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino, left, is escorted by Chris Francis of the U.S. Attorney's office as he arrives at the federal courthouse to testify in the trial of Karen Cunagin Sypher in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)AP - Rick Pitino, worried that his wife and kids would find out he had a one-night stand with a woman he met in a bar, acknowledged Thursday that he didn't immediately tell police about demands for cars, cash and housing in order to keep the tryst secret.


As many as 6,600 Arlington graves mixed up (AP) Orioles hire Buck Showalter as manager (AP)

A woman visits a grave in Section 60, where many soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are buried, Thursday, July 29, 2010, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery's former superintendent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery's former superintendent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster.


FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2006, file photo, Texas Rangers manager Buck Showalter prepares to walk back to the dugout after arguing a strike out call with home plate umpire Laz Diaz during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Arlington, Texas. The Baltimore Orioles have hired Buck Showalter on Thursday, July 29, 2010, to be their manager. Showalter's first game will be Tuesday night, Aug. 3 at Camden Yards against the Los Angeles Angels. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)AP - Buck Showalter was hired to manage the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, his latest rebuilding project in a major league career full of them.


Pentagon: Leak investigaton may go beyond military (AP) Liverpool, Juve make winning Europa League starts (AFP)

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen hold a press briefing, Thursday, July 29, 2010 at the Pentagon.  (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)AP - A criminal investigation into the leak of tens of thousands of secret Afghanistan war logs could go beyond the military, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, and he did not rule out that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be a target.


Davod Ngog of Liverpool scores against Macedonian minnows Rabotnicki during their UEFA League third qualifiing round first leg football match in Skopje. Liverpool won 2-0.(AFP)AFP - European giants Liverpool and Juventus began life under new coaches with victories in the first legs of their Europa League third qualifying round ties on Thursday.


Mo. ballot measures tests federal health care law (AP) Haynesworth fails conditioning test, no practice (AP)

In this July 28, 2010 photo, a pickup truck carries a large sign that reads ' Vote Aug. 3 Yes Prop C ' outside a rally and fundraiser for supporters of a ballot measure to block the new federal health insurance law in St. Charles, Mo. Missouri will become the first state to the test the popularity of President Barack Obama's top policy accomplishment with a statewide ballot proposal attempting to reject its core mandate that most Americans have health insurance. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - More than 1 million people are expected to participate in what amounts to the largest-ever public opinion poll on the nation's new health care law.


Washington Redskins defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth walks off the field at the NFL football team's training camp, Thursday, July 29, 2010, at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va. Haynesworth failed his conditioning test Thursday and was forced to sit out the first practice of the Redskins training camp.  (AP Photo/Nick Wass)AP - The first Washington Redskins training camp practice is over — and Albert Haynesworth wasn't a part of it.