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A decade after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks brought to light the dangers of fake IDs, federal undercover agents are still able to easily obtain genuine U.S. e-Passports using clearly fraudulent information that should have raised red flags at the State Department. Gregory Kutz, an investigator for the Government Accountability Office, is set to testify Thursday to a Senate panel about how his team was able to get the State Department this spring to issue five of the seven e-Passports it requested using fraudulent information.



United States - Government Accountability Office - Gregory Kutz - Travel - Recreation

President Obama appears on The View. Says he was not invited to Chelsea Clinton's wedding and doesn't know who Snooki is.



Chelsea Clinton - View - Barack Obama - President of the United States - President

Parts of Arizona's tough new immigration law take effect today, while the most controversial elements remain on hold after a federal judge Wednesday issued a temporary injunction during the continuing legal battle.



Law - Immigration - United States - Services - Lawyers and Law Firms

Body of 2nd missing US Navy sailor recovered in eastern Afghanistan; US, Afghan officials say



Afghanistan - Asia - Taliban - Politics - United States Navy

Toyota recalls 412,000 cars in US, mostly Avalons, for steering problems



Toyota - auto - Automobile - Makes and Models - Recreation

The South and East Coast have taken a real beating this summer from record-breaking temperatures and unrelenting heat. June was the hottest month on record, with temperatures nearly 2 degrees above the 20th-century average for the month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA's records stretch as far back as 1880.



National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Temperature - United States - 20th century - East Coast of the United States

Prostate cancer vaccine, Provenge, adds 4 months to life, at a pricetag of 100K. The first-ever approved cancer vaccine, Provenge offers hope to men with advanced prostate cancer, but the high cost of this new treatment raises healthcare policy questions.



Prostate cancer - Sipuleucel-T - Cancer - Cancer vaccine - Dendreon

Lorenzen Wright's uncle says police told the family that he has been found dead.



Lorenzen Wright - National Basketball Association - Police - Law - Law Enforcement

Key Republican senator calls Kagan 'dangerous' as GOP support builds for high court nominee



Republican - United States - Politics - United States Supreme Court - Elena Kagan

Top officials at the country's major coal companies, including Massey Energy, owner of the West Virginia mine where 29 died earlier this year, apparently want to take advantage of looser campaign finance laws and use corporate money to defeat political candidates they believe to be "anti-coal." According to an email from Roger Nicholson, senior vice president of the International Coal Group, "a number of coal industry representatives recently have been considering developing a 527 entity with the purpose of attempting to defeat anti-coal incumbents."



West Virginia - Massey Energy - International Coal Group - Coal - Politics

Life-long camper Deb Freele was a sleep in her tent near Yellowstone National Park when she suddenly woke up to a bear chomping down on her arm. Freele spoke to Good Morning America today.



Yellowstone National Park - Wyoming - Good Morning America - National park - United States

After a tragic car accident last week, Abby Guerra's parents planned to bury their daughter on Monday. But that was before an Arizona hospital gave them some shocking news: They had misidentified the dead. Guerra's friend had been killed but she was still alive and fighting for her life. Guerra's mother, Maria Guerra, and her aunt, Dorenda Cisneros, spoke out today for the first time.



Traffic collision - Arizona - Abby Guerra - Health - Dorenda Cisneros

The latest Brazilian supermodel Lea T is making headlines for more than just her striking looks. Lea, the 28-year-old muse of Givenchy's creative director Riccardo Tisci and the star of the label's new ad campaign, was actually born Leandro Cerezo and is undergoing hormone replacement therapy in preparation for a full sex change from male to female.



Riccardo Tisci - Givenchy - Health - Fashion - Transgendered

A new genre of advertisements cropping up have some people questioning if perhaps these ads go too far. AAA of the Carolinas is currently airing one of these "shock ads," a powerful public service announcement (PSA) that delivers its message in a realistic, disturbing way.



Public service announcement - Advertising - PSA - Language - Health

After beating breast cancer, actress Christina Applegate will soon move on to perhaps her most challenging role yet: motherhood. The former sitcom star, 38, has announced that she is expecting her first child, coming two years after she underwent a double mastectomy in July 2008. While Applegate may be one of the most high-profile women to get pregnant after undergoing breast-cancer treatment, she certainly isn't alone.



Christina Applegate - Breast cancer - Mastectomy - Actor - Pregnancy

Target and Best Buy are both being criticized by loyal customers and gay rights activists for contributed campaign money to MN Forward, a group that is supporting Tom Emmer for the Minnesota gubernatorial race this November. Emmer is a staunch opposer of gay marriage.



Minnesota - Tom Emmer - BestBuy - Same-sex marriage - Gay Lesbian and Bisexual

Seven people worldwide hold keys to protect the Web after disaster.



United States - Business - Florida - Oil spill - BP

Rachel Clark, an OB-GYN resident at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, says there's no margin for error on the labor floor. Work comes first, her life comes second.



Boston - Medicine - Health - United States - Obstetrics and Gynecology