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  1. AFP: Australia says its swine flu cases have reached 10,387, more than 10% of the global total confirmed by the WHO.
  2. The American League wins All-Star game.
  3. Chen Tonghai, the former chairman of the China Petroleum & Chemical Group, was sentenced to death for bribery, Xinhua reported.
  4. Tropical depression Five forms in Eastern North Pacific, forecasters say. No threat to land.
  5. China's foreign exchange reserve topped 2.13 trillion U.S. dollars by the end of June, up 17.84 percent year on year - State media.
  6. Nigeria’s main militant group says a 60-day ceasefire went into effect four minutes ago.
  7. KOTV: Tulsa Jewish Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma evacuated after bomb found in trash can.
  8. AP: Ousted Honduran president says Honduran people 'have the right to insurrection.'
  9. The Seattle Times reports that Boeing is set to lay off about 1,000 people due to Pentagon budget cuts.
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  11. Forecasters say Hurricane Carlos has strengthened into a category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds near 100 mph.
  12. Police chief tells BNO News that KTXL-TV reports about a commuter plane crash were false. The plane which crashed was small, no injuries.
  13. Patterson, California fire department employee tells BNO News a plane did crash but does not know the type of the aircraft.
  14. JUST IN -- KTXL-TV reports a commuter plane has crashed in Patterson, California. The FAA says it cannot immediately confirm.
  15. Eleven men and one woman found dead yesterday in western Mexico were intelligence officials from the federal police.
  16. Lord Darzi will resign as the UK health minister, Sky News has learned.
  17. President Obama has nominated Aaron Williams to be the Director of the Peace Corps.
  18. Washington state's unemployment rate increases to 9.3 percent, AP reports.
  19. Excerpts from Barack Obama's prepared remarks in Warren, Michigan: http://news.bnonews.com/gnbh
  20. WBCN radio in Boston is leaving the airwaves to resume as an internet-only station as part of a huge shakeup in Boston radio, WBZ-TV reports