Serial killer has South Carolina residents on edge (AP)

This image originally provided June 28, 2009 by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department shows a sketch of a possible suspect in a series of recent murders in Cherokee County, S.C. Sheriff's deputies searched Friday, July 3, 2009 for a serial killer blamed for four deaths over the past six days as terrified residents wondered who might be next. (AP Photo/Cherokee County Sheriff's Department via Spartanburg Herald Journal)AP - Terrified residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer believed to have shot four people to death.




Iranian cleric: British Embassy staff to be tried (AP)

Top Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, arrives to deliver his sermon during Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3, 2009. Jannati, who is the head of the Guardian Council, a powerful body in Iran's ruling clerical hierarchy that stands above the elected government, said Friday that some of the detained Iranian staffers of the British Embassy in Tehran will be put on trial, and he accused Britain of a role in instigating widespread protests that erupted over the country's disputed presidential election. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.




SKorea says NKorea fires 4 missiles off east coast (AP)

South Koreans watch a television broadcasting an undated image of a missile launch by North Korea at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 4, 2009. North Korea fired three missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, in what was likely to be seen as a message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day holiday. The letters on the screen read 'Need one week to launch long-range missiles.'(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - South Korea says North Korea has fired a fourth missile off its eastern coast.




Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard (AP)
AP - Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States.

Russia to allow US arms shipments to Afghanistan (AP)

Pakistani trucks taking essential supplies Afghanistan near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman. The United States and Russia may soon sign a deal boosting the transit of US supplies to Afghanistan through Russia, the Kommersant daily has reported, citing diplomatic sources.(AFP/File/Asghar Achackzai)AP - Russia said Friday it will allow the United States to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a long-sought move that bolsters U.S. military operations but potentially gives the Kremlin leverage over critical American supplies.




Demjanjuk pronounced fit to stand trial in Germany (Reuters)

Suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk, is pictured in an ambulance while arriving at the prison Stadelheim in Munich, May 12, 2009. REUTERS/PoolReuters - Accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk has been deemed fit enough by medical experts to stand trial for helping to kill 29,000 Jews in World War Two, the state prosecutors office in Munich said Friday.




Palin resigns as governor, leaves plans secret (AP)

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement, saying she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans. (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican party but left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.




Product pitchman Mays remembered as natural seller (AP)

Pallbearers wearing blue shirts with rolled up sleeves, carry the coffin of the television pitchman, Billy Mays, from the church where the funeral mass was held in Mays' hometown, in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKees Rocks, Pa., Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP - References to television pitchman Bill Mays' trademark image were everywhere at his funeral Friday near Pittsburgh.




Officials: 17 die in US missile strike in Pakistan (AP)

Map locates South Waziristan, Pakistan and the location of suspected U.S. missile strikesAP - U.S. missiles struck a training facility operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant communication center Friday, killing 17 people and wounding 27 others, intelligence officials said.




IOUs spell uncertainty for Calif. small businesses (AP)

Business consultant Katrina Kennedy is seen working at her home in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, July 2, 2009. Kennedy, who does contract work for the state of California, is among hundreds of state contractors who could be receiving IOUs instead of money until the state has enough cash to cover all payments. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - Business consultant Katrina Kennedy has taken her young son out of preschool and put a family vacation on hold. Dairyman Mike O'Kelly is wondering whether he is going to have to let employees go.




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