By Todd DeFeo
HarpBlaster.com
Three milestones are up for grabs tonight as New York Mets pitcher Tom Glavine goes for career win No. 300, San Fransisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds tries to tie the career home run record and New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez goes for career home run No. 500.
Bonds is looking to tie [...]

Railfanning.org News Wire
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The state of Pennsylvania has filed environmental-related charges against Norfolk Southern Corp. and a former engineer who was driving a Norfolk Southern train when it derailed in June 2006.
The derailment spilled 42,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide waste into the soil, wetlands and waters of two counties in Northwestern Pennsylvania causing [...]

By Dan Robinson
Voice of America
WASHINGTON — A key congressional committee has approved and sent to the full House of Representatives legislation to require President Bush to develop and send Congress a specific strategy to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq.
Committee approval of the troop withdrawal resolution was by a vote of 55 to 2, meaning that [...]

By Phil Mercer
Voice of America
SYDNEY, Australia — The Australian government has dropped terrorism charges against the Indian doctor arrested there in connection with last month’s unsuccessful car bombings in Britain.
The terrorism charges against Mohamed Haneef have been dropped after a review of the case by Australia’s Director of Public Prosecutions, Damian Bugg.
At a press conference [...]

Voice of America
A top official with the U.S. space agency, NASA, says the agency plans to encourage its employees to express safety concerns, after a panel reported astronauts were allowed to fly after drinking alcohol.
Deputy Administrator Shana Dale said at a news conference Friday that the agency will conduct its own investigation to get more [...]

By Brian Wagner
Voice of America
MIAMI — Cuba’s acting president, Raul Castro, Thursday led celebrations marking a 1953 rebel attack that helped launch the Cuban revolution.
Tens of thousands of people turned out in the eastern city of Camaguey, to hear a speech by Raul Castro marking one of the key dates on Cuba’s calendar. Many supporters [...]

Voice of America
LONDON, July 26, 2007 — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to make his first visit to the United States next week to meet with President Bush.
The White House announced the two-day visit Thursday, saying Brown will arrive at Mr. Bush’s Camp David retreat to the north of the U.S. capital, on July [...]

By Kurt Achin
Voice of America
SEOUL, South Korea, July 26, 2007 — North Korea has angrily ended the latest round of high-level military talks with South Korea. As in previous flare-ups, the cause was South Korea’s refusal of the North’s demand that an internationally recognized maritime border be redrawn to Pyongyang’s preferences.
Friction was already in evidence [...]

By Sabina Castelfranco
Voice of America
ROME, Italy, July, 25, 2007 — There are scenes of desperation and anger in Italy’s south, as brush fires spread across vast areas and firefighters struggle to cope with dramatic situations. Thousands of tourists have been trapped on beaches.
Holiday makers escaping the flames rushed to the beach in bathing suits, leaving [...]

By Kurt Achin
Voice of America
SEOUL, South Korea, July 25, 2007 — South Korean authorities are scrambling to confirm Taliban claims the insurgent group has killed one of 23 hostages in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, unconfirmed South Korean media reports say some of the hostages may have been freed. VOA’s Kurt Achin has the latest from Seoul.
South Korean [...]