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Body identified as NBA's Lorenzen Wright, police investigate homicide

July 30, 2010

A body found in southeast Memphis, Tennessee, on Wednesday has been identified as that of former professional basketball player Lorenzen Wright, Memphis police said.

Protests over Iran's holding of U.S. hikers begin Friday

July 30, 2010

A protest Friday afternoon outside Iran's U.N. mission in New York kicks off a weekend of events demanding the country release three American hikers it has held for one year.

Army private transferred to Virginia amid leak investigation

July 30, 2010

An Army private suspected of leaking classified material, including videos and other documents, has been transferred from Kuwait to a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Virginia.

Gunmen execute 15 in Mexico

July 30, 2010

Fifteen people -- including two women -- were tortured and executed in the border state of Tamaulipas, state media said.

62 cops linked to drug cartels arrested in Mexico

July 30, 2010

Mexican federal authorities arrested 62 police officers in the state of Baja California Thursday suspected of ties to organized crime and drug trafficking, the state's attorney general said, according to the state-run Notimex news agency.

Officials: Mexican drug lord killed in raid

July 30, 2010

Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel Villareal, a principal leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, was killed during a military raid in a suburb of Guadalajara, Mexico's defense department said.

Floods in northeast China kill at least 29

July 30, 2010

Floods have killed at least 29 people in northeastern China this week and washed tons of chemical containers into the Songhua River, state media reported Friday.

If not Ansel Adams, then who took garage-sale photos?

July 30, 2010

The mystery is deepening over who created 65 glass photographic plates bought at a California garage sale for $45 by a man who believes they were created by famed nature photographer Ansel Adams.