AP - Three U.S. service members were killed in blasts in Afghanistan, bringing the toll for July to at least 63 and making it the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly 9-year-war.

AP - There's a new Roy in town — and he's an ace, too.

AP - The already fragile economic recovery may be getting weaker.

AP - A longtime aide to Rick Pitino told jurors that the Louisville men's basketball coach asked him to give $3,000 to a woman who said the coach got her pregnant in a one-night fling at a restaurant.

AP - President Barack Obama is going to the heart of the U.S. auto industry to push an important election-year claim: his administration's unpopular auto industry bailout has turned into an economic good-news story.

AP - Erik Compton is a walking billboard for organ donation and sheer determination.

AP - Lost in the hoopla over Arizona's immigration law is the fact that state and local authorities for years have been doing their own aggressive crackdowns in the busiest illegal gateway into the country.

AFP - European giants Liverpool and Juventus began life under new coaches with victories in the first legs of their Europa League third qualifying round ties on Thursday.

AP - Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one.

AP - Buck Showalter was hired to manage the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, his latest rebuilding project in a major league career full of them.