Texas man gets death penalty for beheading 3 kids (AP)
AP - A jury sentenced a south Texas man to death on Thursday, four days after convicting him of capital murder for beheading his common law wife's three children in 2003.
Change of venue arguments heard in Smart case (AP)
AP - Defense lawyers for the man charged with kidnapping Elizabeth Smart argued Thursday that the case should be moved out of Utah so he can get a fair trial.
Fed atty: Military secrets sold to pay for HI home (AP)
AP - A federal prosecutor said Thursday a former B-2 bomber engineer helped China design a stealth cruise missile to raise money to pay the $15,000-a-month mortgage on the mansion-like home he built on Maui's north shore.
Ariz. files appeal as sheriff launches new sweep (AP)

Nineteen year old Cuaghtlatohuac Haitzilopoch, left, has a heated conversation with a supporter of the new immigration-enforcement law during a protest of Arizona's SB1070 in front of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)AP - The showdown over Arizona's immigration law played out in court and on Phoenix's sun-splashed streets on Thursday, as the state sought to reinstate key parts of the measure and angry protesters chanted that they refused to "live in fear." Dozens were arrested.
Obama signs bill to combat crime in Indian Country (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama has signed a bill he says will address the unique public safety challenges facing American Indian tribes.
Colo. pot shops face closure under tough new rules (AP)

Jake Browne, general manager of The Releaf Center, a Denver medical marijuana center, smells a marijuana bud in his dispensary on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The Releaf Center has 2,600 patients and is prepared to grow enough marijuana to stay in business, but Browne said many dispensaries won't be able to meet the requirement. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - Nearly a fifth of Colorado's medical marijuana dispensary operators could be forced out of business in coming weeks because of new state rules barring some convicted felons from the pot business, federal drug authorities say.
4 teens shot in Calif. city in 13-hour span (AP)
AP - Authorities say two teens were killed and two wounded in three separate shootings in the central California city of Salinas over a span of about 13 hours.
Trials for Pa. man accused of killings, jailbreak (AP)
AP - A man whose northeastern Pennsylvania property contained as many as 12 corpses will be tried on double-murder charges this fall.
NY judge denies appeal based on scared Astor juror (AP)
AP - The judge in the Brooke Astor case has denied a motion to overturn the convictions of the New York philanthropist's son and his co-defendant.
Change of venue hearing to be held in Smart case (AP)
AP - Defense lawyers for the man charged in the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart will ask a judge to move a November trial out of Utah to another state.
French mother confesses to eight infant murders (AFP)

French forsenic policemen arrive in front of the house in Villers-au-Tertre, northern France, where the bodies of eight new-born babies were found, on July 28. A French nursing assistant admitted Thursday suffocating eight of her newborn babies AFP - A French nursing assistant Thursday admitted suffocating eight newborn babies because she did not want more children and wished to avoid seeing a doctor for contraception, a prosecutor said.
Drug hitmen kidnap four Mexican journalists: report (Reuters)

Soldiers guard a street in the area where, according to Mexico's Defense Minister, Mexican drug cartel leader Ignacio Coronel Villareal, aka Nacho Coronel was killed during an army raid in Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Coronel is considered number three in the organization of fugitive Mexican drug lord Joaquin Chapo Guzman. (AP Photo/Claudio Cruz)Reuters - Suspected drug hitmen have kidnapped four Mexican journalists who were reporting on organized crime in northern Mexico, the latest attempt by cartels to silence the media, a Mexican media group said on Wednesday.
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