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Great white shark sightings close Cape Cod beach (AP)

Friday, July 30, 2010 2:45:47 PM CST

AP - Officials have closed five miles of a Cape Cod beach after a spotter pilot saw three more great white sharks, including one swimming about 100 yards from a party on the sand.

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Bike riding in London is risky business (AP)

Friday, July 30, 2010 1:42:10 PM CST

A man rides one the the new cycle hire scheme bikes, launched Friday by London mayor Boris Johnson, over Westminster Bridge in London. Friday July 30, 2010. London launched a new bicycle rental program in hopes of easing congestion in a European capital once known for its gridlock. London Mayor Boris Johnson, an avid bicycling enthusiast, put the first bikes on the road Friday 4,700 out of a planned 6,000. Under the program, cyclists will be able to borrow bikes from 400 docking stations around the city. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland/PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - Feel like living dangerously?


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4th bear caught after deadly MT campground attack (AP)

Friday, July 30, 2010 1:24:27 PM CST

This image provided by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department on Friday July 30, 2010, shows a captured grizzly sow believed to be responsible for the mauling death of one camper and injuring two others near Yellowstone National Park in Montana. The fate of the bear will be determined after DNA tests confirm whether it was responsible for the attacks. (AP Photo/Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department)AP - The fourth grizzly bear believed involved in a triple mauling at a Montana campground has been captured, with DNA tests due Friday that could confirm the family of grizzlies killed a Michigan man and injured two other people.


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Congress OKs overhaul of airline pilot rules (AP)

Friday, July 30, 2010 12:02:07 PM CST

AP - Congress on Friday approved far-reaching aviation safety legislation developed in response to a deadly commuter airline crash in western New York last year.

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Greece turns to military to restore fuel supplies (AP)

Friday, July 30, 2010 12:00:56 PM CST

Protesting truck drivers hold a Greek flag as they protest in central Athens on Friday, July 30, 2010. Defying an emergency government order, Greek truck drivers vowed Friday to press ahead with a protest that has halted fuel supplies across the country and is hurting tourism at peak season.The protesters rejected a compromise offer by the government to offset the financial impact of liberalizing their closed-shop profession.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - Greece said Friday it will use military trucks, navy vessels and commandeered fuel tankers to restore gasoline supplies cut by a strike that has hurt the country's industry and vital tourism trade at the height of vacation season.


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APNewsBreak: Amtrak's Maine Downeaster sets record (AP)

Friday, July 30, 2010 11:59:22 AM CST

AP - Amtrak's Downeaster that runs between Portland, Maine, and Boston bounced back from a dip last summer and fall to finish the fiscal year with its best performance yet.

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Istanbul landmark seeks return to glory era (AP)

Friday, July 30, 2010 9:49:51 AM CST

This is an undated photo provided by the hotel management of the Pera Palace which shows the main hall of Pera Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the last stop on the Orient Express, a grand hotel with Istanbul's first electric elevator where artists and aristocrats sipped champagne beneath chandeliers as the Ottoman Empire dissolved and the world drifted toward war. On Sept. 1, the Pera Palace will re-open after a two-year restoration that cost euro23 million ($30 million), seeking to capture the lost sparkle of what was one of Istanbul's most prominent landmarks.(AP Photo/Pera Palace,HO) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - It was the last stop on the Orient Express, a grand hotel with Istanbul's first electric elevator where artists and aristocrats sipped champagne beneath chandeliers as the Ottoman Empire dissolved and the world drifted toward war.


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Denver airport design includes lots of light, air (AP)

Friday, July 30, 2010 6:49:20 AM CST

This computer generated illustration provided by architect Santiago Calatrava shows the proposed 650 million dollar expansion to Denver International Airport that was revealed at a news conference in Denver on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The addition will include a hotel, train station and open air plaza. (AP Photo/Santiago Calatrava) NO SALESAP - Architect Santiago Calatrava's vision for a redeveloped south terminal at Denver International Airport includes a lot of light, airy spaces, and a hotel and train station that resemble the wings of a bird when viewed head-on.


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US Passports still vulnerable to fraud (AP)

Thursday, July 29, 2010 3:20:58 PM CST

AP - Posing as someone else and using fake birth certificates and driver's licenses to get a U.S. passport can still work. For the second time in two years, government investigators exposed a gaping hole in the country's security by deliberately using fraudulent material to obtain passports.

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Volunteer greeters offer free tours of hometowns (AP)

Thursday, July 29, 2010 12:10:15 PM CST

This February 2010 photo provided by Paul Margolis for Big Apple Greeter shows greeter Chantal Lawrence, center, with visitors Gwenaelle Lardenois, left, and David Regis from France, as they ride on a subway car during a tour of New York. Volunteer greeting organizations have sprung up around the country rapidly in recent years. Big Apple Greeter, the oldest of these types of organizations, relies on private donations to fund its budget, and has experienced a shortfall due to the recession. (AP Photo/Big Apple Greeter, Paul Margolis) NO SALESAP - Naila Qureshi has lived in Houston for 14 years, but she didn't notice how green her city was until she started showing around visitors from foreign countries two years ago.




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