Crowd on VIP alert at site of Clinton’s NY wedding (AP)

Bill and Hillary Clinton leave a party in honor of Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky Friday, July 30, 2010 in Rhinebeck, N.Y.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Chelsea Clinton was poised to marry her longtime boyfriend at an exclusive estate along New York's Hudson River after weeks of secrecy and buildup that had celebrity watchers flocking to the small village for the Saturday evening nuptials.


Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher (AP)

James Lee Witt, right, listens to BP PLC CEO of Gulf Coast Restoration Organization Bob Dudley as he speaks at a news conference to announce Witt's hiring as an advisor to BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill response in Biloxi, Miss., Friday, July 30, 2010. Witt, the former FEMA director under President Bill Clinton, is expected to advise BP through its long-term response and recovery efforts. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day.


US stalls on Sept. 11 trial for 5 at Gitmo (AP)

FILE - In this April 28, 2010 file photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, Canadian defendant Omar Khadr attends his hearing for the U.S. military war crimes commission at the Camp Justice compound on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. Khadr, accused of killing an American soldier during a raid on an al-Qaida compound, is scheduled to go to trial Aug. 9, 2010 at the U.S. base in Cuba while the most high-profile case against the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool, File)AP - As the U.S. military prepares for the first war crimes trial under President Barack Obama, its most high-profile case against the planners of the Sept. 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo.


Death toll in Pakistani floods surges past 800 (AP)

A Pakistani villager salvages a washing machine through deep floodwater on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, on Saturday, July 31, 2010. The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. The damage to roads, bridges and communications networks hindered rescuers, while the threat of disease loomed as some evacuees arrived in camps with fever, diarrhea and skin problems.


Pete Carroll all smiles to begin new Seahawks era (AP)

Win Forever. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)AP - Pete Carroll is out running, clapping and smiling through the morning fog in his first NFL preseason since 1999.


LA pushing to become nation’s mass transit leader (AP)

AP - The region famous for jilting the street car to take up a love affair with the automobile is trying to rekindle its long ago romance with commuter rail.

Admiral: US-led drills not about sending message (AP)

In this July 9, 2010 photo released by the U.S. Navy, soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment approach the Royal Australian Navy amphibious transport ship HMAS Kanimbla aboard U.S. Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicles in the Pacific Ocean. The commander of military drills in the Pacific that concludes Sunday says the focus of the drills was training to combat terrorism, not sending a message to North Korea. (AP Photo/Royal Australian Navy via U.S. Navy, POPH Phillip 'Rex' Hunt)AP - The commander of military drills in the Pacific says the focus of the exercises was training to combat terrorism, not sending a message to North Korea.


Israeli air strike kills Hamas commander in Gaza (Reuters)

A Hamas policeman surveys the damage after Israeli air strikes in the central of Gaza Strip July 31, 2010. Israel carried out air strikes on targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday after a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory exploded in the city of Ashkelon, witnesses said. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu MustafaReuters - An Israeli air strike has killed a Hamas military commander and rocket-maker in the Gaza Strip, the Islamist group that rules the Palestinian territory said on Saturday.


Germany mourns Love Parade victims (AFP)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a commemoration service at the Salvatorkirche church in Duisburg, on July 31. Thousands of mourners paid their respects Saturday in Duisburg to the 21 people who died at a techno festival a week earlier, as anger over the tragedy grew.(AFP/Friedrich Stark)AFP - Thousands of mourners paid their respects in Duisburg on Saturday to the 21 victims of the Love Parade disaster, forgetting their anger for a while to remember the dead.


Paperwork nightmare: A struggle to fix new law (AP)

AP - Tucked into the new health care law is a requirement that could become a paperwork nightmare for nearly 40 million businesses.