"30 ROCK" LEADS FRESHER-LOOKING EMMYS (REUTERS)

Reuters - Satire-heavy "30 Rock" and 1960s drama "Mad Men" will defend their 2007 Emmy awards against a broad field of contenders for television's highest honors -- including irreverent cartoon series "Family Guy".

PIKES PEAK DRIVERS AIM TO BREAK 10-MINUTE BARRIER (AP)

AP - Three-time champion Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima has been chasing the 10-minute barrier in the Pikes Peak Interntaional Hill Climb for years.

BEVERLY ROBERTS, BOGART CO-STAR, DIES AT AGE 96 (AP)

AP - A relative says Beverly Roberts, who co-starred with Humphrey Bogart in the 1936 film "Two Around the World," has died. She was 96.

ELVIS AND SOPHOCLES MERGE FOR 'OEDIPUS THE KING, MAMA!', AT FALCON THEATRE (PLAYBILL)

Playbill - The Falcon Theatre presents the Troubadour Theater Company's Oedipus the King, Mama!, a melding of Sophocles' ancient Greek play and Elvis Presley culture, beginning Aug. 12 in Burbank, CA.

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VERIZON OFFERS SMALL CARRIERS FRESHER HANDSETS (AP)

AP - Verizon Wireless is offering small cellular carriers a chance to get new phone models faster.

VERIZON SAYS IT WILL LIMIT NEW HANDSET DEALS (REUTERS)

Reuters - Verizon Wireless is dialing back on its exclusivity agreements with handset makers after pressure from U.S. lawmakers and smaller carriers.

POPE BREEZES THROUGH FIRST HEALTH SCARE: A BROKEN WRIST (AFP)

AFP - Pope Benedict XVI, 82, survived his first health scare as pontiff on Friday, breezing through an operation for a broken wrist after suffering a fall while on holiday in northern Italy.

JORJA FOX RETURNING TO CBS' `CSI' AS SARA SIDLE (AP)

AP - Sara Sidle is coming back to "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."

FEDS ARREST FELON IN SALE OF GUN IN MCNAIR KILLING (AP)

AP - Federal prosecutors announced gun charges Friday against a convicted murderer who admitted he sold the pistol that was used to kill ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair. Adrian J. Gilliam Jr., 33, of LaVergne, Tenn., was arrested by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

WOODS MISSES CUT AT BRITISH OPEN (AP)

AP - Tiger Woods has missed the cut in a major for only the second time in his professional career.

YAO MING TO HAVE FOOT SURGERY, LIKELY TO MISS YEAR (AP)

AP - Houston center Yao Ming will have surgery on his broken left foot next week and will likely miss all of next season, the latest blow to the Rockets' faltering bid to return to the NBA's elite.

RED SOX DESIGNATE SS LUGO FOR ASSIGNMENT (AP)

AP - The Boston Red Sox have designated shortstop Julio Lugo for assignment.

RODDICK WITHDRAWS FROM INDIANAPOLIS TOURNAMENT (AP)

AP - Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick has withdrawn from the Indianapolis Tennis Championships next week, citing a right hip flexor injury.

NEW AD FEELS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL (AP)

AP - Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick says he's feeling positive about the outlook of the Fighting Irish football team heading into the fall.

BITS: VERIZON DEFENDS EXCLUSIVE HANDSETS

Verizon Wireless essentially tells Congress: please don?t make Apple sell us the iPhone because we want to have the next cool phone and keep it from AT&T.

NEW NASA PHOTOS SHOW APOLLO LEFTOVERS ON THE MOON

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A NASA spaceship has taken the first-ever photos from space showing equipment left behind when man went to the moon.

'RECESSION-PROOF' VIDEO-GAME INDUSTRY DROPS 31 PERCENT (NEWSFACTOR)

NewsFactor - The one segment of consumer entertainment that analysts believed would be recession-proof is proving otherwise. Sales for the video-game industry plunged to a nine-year low for June, according to NPD Group.

SKITTISH ADVERTISERS, CONSUMERS DRAG NBC UNIVERSAL (REUTERS)

Reuters - NBC Universal's top executive said he hopes the media company has seen the worst of the recession after posting sharply lower quarterly results, but noted advertisers remain skittish and consumers nervous.

TOP SEEDS ON COURSE IN PRAGUE (AFP)

AFP - The top three seeds - Francesca Schiavone, Sybille Bammer and Iveta Benesova - all clinched a spot in Saturday's semi-finals of the Prague WTA Open after winning their games Friday.

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Reuters - Expectations are high for Apple Inc's quarterly results next week, in the wake of strong early sales for its new iPhone and improved sentiment on the personal computer market after Intel Corp's earnings.

FIREMINT REAL RACING INTROS IPHONE OS 3.0 FEATURE (MACWORLD.COM)

Macworld.com - Firemint on Friday announced an update to their Real Racing game for the iPhone and iPod touch, adding three key features.

IBRAHIMOVIC EDGES CLOSER TO BARCA MOVE (AFP)

AFP - Forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic looks to be headed to Barcelona after Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti admitted he was in talks with the Spaniards about the Swede.

JUDGE DISMISSES SUIT AGAINST MARK CUBAN

The S.E.C. failed to prove a crucial point in its case against the Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, a federal judge ruled.

SINGER MARC ANTHONY TO TEAM UP WITH MIAMI DOLPHINS (AP)

AP - Marc Anthony is the latest celebrity musician to join forces with the Miami Dolphins.

SINGER MARC ANTHONY TO TEAM UP WITH MIAMI DOLPHINS (AP)

AP - Marc Anthony is the latest celebrity musician to join forces with the Miami Dolphins.

SHUTTLE DOCKS WITH A BACKFLIP

The space shuttle Endeavour docked at the international space station with the commander guiding the craft through a backflip so the belly of the craft could be examined for damage.

MOZILLA SETS UP PROGRAM TO PAY FOR BROWSER ENHANCEMENTS (INFOWORLD)

InfoWorld - Developers building functional Add-ons for the Firefox browser can request financial contributions from users through an effort launched this week by Mozilla.

EX-NBA STAR TEES OFF IN GOLF TOURNEY AFTER ARREST (AP)

AP - Former NBA all-star Antoine Walker is playing golf this weekend in northern Nevada before a scheduled court date Monday in Las Vegas in a case involving an $822,500 gambling debt.

GOLDMAN MAKES PEACE WITH BLOGGER IN TRADEMARK CASE (REUTERS)

Reuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc has quietly reached an agreement to end a legal dispute with a blogger who will be allowed to keep running a website critical of the investment bank.

CONCERNS RAISED AS LA LOOKS TO GOOGLE WEB SERVICES (AP)

AP - Security and privacy concerns have been raised over a multimillion-dollar proposal by Los Angeles to tap Google Inc.'s Internet-based services for government e-mail, police records and other confidential data.

CELEBRITIES ON BROADWAY -- DOES IT PROMISE A HIT? (REUTERS)

Reuters - A slew of Hollywood stars led by Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig will open the new season of Broadway, as producers test whether star power will keep the Great White Way sparkling in tough times.

HOUSING STARTS RISE AN UNEXPECTED 3.6%

New housing starts and permits jumped more than expected, propelled by a rise in single-family homes.

CROWE CONSIDERING NEW MASTER & COMMANDER MOVIE (AP)

AP - Russell Crowe is in the early stages of negotiations to reprise the role of Jack Aubrey as a British sea captain in a new movie version from the Master & Commander series of novels.

THE MACALOPE WEEKLY: I LOVE MY MAC-USIN’ SON! (MACWORLD.COM)

Macworld.com - What gives?! The Macalope goes on vacation for a couple of weeks and Google gets into the operating system business? Well, fear not, loyal readers. He’s back now, just in time to save you from the Wal-Mart OS or some other atrocity.

JUDGE DISMISSES SEC COMPLAINT AGAINST CUBAN (AP)

AP - A federal judge on Friday dismissed a civil insider trading lawsuit against Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: ANOTHER SAD THURSDAY (E! ONLINE)

E! Online - Sad Thursdays are getting worse every week. Luckily, the sad So You Think You Can Dance elimination always comes with a heaping helping of entertainment, as evidenced by tonight's tremendous top 10 group number and the live Black Eyed Peas performance. Let's discuss what went down and who went home!

PATIENT MONEY: A SAFER HOME FOR THE GOLDEN YEARS, WITHOUT A GOLDEN BUDGET

If older people choose to remain in houses where they are comfortable, there are many ways to shore up their homes? safety.

SCIENCE AND THE SUBLIME

The twin energies of scientific curiosity and poetic invention pulsate through this study of the Romantic generation?s ?second scientific revolution.?

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INTERNET?S ANONYMITY MAKES CYBERATTACK HARD TO TRACE

Law enforcement investigators in several nations have yet to determine the origin of an Internet attack that briefly disabled Web sites in the United States and South Korea in July.

SYMBIAN HORIZON WILL HELP DEVELOPERS CREATE APPS (NEWSFACTOR)

NewsFactor - The steward of the Symbian operating system used on nearly half the world's smartphones has outlined how it intends to foster the development of mobile applications for the platform.

VERIZON SAYS IT WILL LIMIT NEW HANDSET DEALS

Verizon is prepared to limit new exclusive handset arrangements to six months to allow small wireless carriers to also market the devices, the company said in a letter.

PEPSI SLAMS RELEASE OF JACKSON'S FIERY AD (E! ONLINE)

E! Online - The choice of a new generation is...voyeurism?

'TRANSFORMERS 2' BECOMES BIGGEST-EVER CHINA HIT (AP)

AP - The "Transformers" sequel has become China's biggest box office hit ever by earning 400 million Chinese yuan ($59 million), a publicist for the country's leading state-run film company said Friday.

WOODS STRUGGLING TO MAKE CUT AT BRITISH OPEN (AP)

AP - Tiger Woods came into the British Open as an overwhelming favorite to win his 15th major championship.

ARGENTINE WRITER WINS CRIME NOVEL PRIZE (REUTERS)

Reuters - Guillermo Saccomanno has just won the Premio Hammett prize for the best crime novel in Spanish, yet he is almost unknown outside his native Argentina despite writing in a major world language.

JUDGE DISMISSES S.E.C. COMPLAINT AGAINST CUBAN

A federal judge on Friday dismissed a civil insider trading lawsuit against Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.

MEMENTOS OF MJ BURIED AT STORIED DETROIT CEMETERY (AP)

AP - Stuffed animals, flowers, letters and other mementos placed outside Detroit's Motown Historical Museum in memory of Michael Jackson have been buried at a high-profile cemetery.

MADOFF'S AUDITOR PLEADS NOT GUILTY

David Friehling waived his right to have a grand jury consider his case before entering his not guilty plea at a federal court.

DEBBIE ROWE SUES WOMAN OVER TV INTERVIEW (AP)

AP - Michael Jackson's ex-wife Deborah Rowe is striking back at a woman who claimed in a TV interview that Rowe told her she didn't want custody of the pop star's children.

EVERTON REJECT CITY LESCOTT BID (AFP)

AFP - Everton have turned down a bid from Manchester City for defender Joleon Lescott, the Liverpool club confirmed on Friday.

ARMSTRONG STAYS 3RD AT TOUR; HAUSSLER WINS STAGE (AP)

AP - Lance Armstrong stayed in third place at the Tour de France on Friday after a wet and chilly 13th stage won by Germany's Heinrich Haussler on a solo breakaway.

TRANSFORMED IBM BEATS WALL STREET EXPECTATIONS (NEWSFACTOR)

NewsFactor - Technology companies are on a winning streak this week. Intel, Google and IBM are beating analyst expectations and causing a rally on Wall Street.

MICROSOFT AND YAHOO NEAR AD DEAL: REPORT (REUTERS)

Reuters - Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc are close to a long-discussed search and online advertising deal, which could be announced in the next week, according to the AllThingsDigital blog.

SWEDBANK POSTS LOSS, WILL CUT 3,600 JOBS

The large Swedish lender posted a net loss of 2 billion kronor, or $300 million, hit by weakness in the Baltic economies.

EX-NBA STAR ARRESTED IN VEGAS DEBT CASE (AP)

AP - Former NBA all-star Antoine Walker has been arrested on criminal charges stemming from $822,500 in gambling debts in Las Vegas.

STOCKS SHOW LITTLE REACTION TO LATEST EARNINGS

Investors weighed upbeat news on home construction against earnings results that showed the continued impact of the downturn.

MICROSOFT'S AARON GREENBERG ON JUNE NPD XBOX 360 NUMBERS (PC WORLD)

PC World - Whether you're calling it The Great Video Game Crash of 2009, or just another speed bump on the road to recovery, NPD Group's June 2009 retail games sales were a little unsettling.

ROBERT PATTINSON & DANIEL RADCLIFFE DUKE IT OUT (E! ONLINE)

E! Online - It's the matchup we've all been waiting for: Robert Pattinson vs. Daniel Radcliffe. Twilight vs. Harry Potter.

FIREFOX 3.5.1 FIXES CRITICAL SECURITY FLAW (MACWORLD.COM)

Macworld.com - The Mozilla Corp. has released Firefox 3.5.1, a new version of their Web browser. The new release corrects a security problem the company acknowledged earlier this week as “critical.” Firefox is available for free download from the Web site.

MICHAEL CAMPBELL WITHDRAWS FROM BRITISH OPEN (AP)

AP - The struggles continue for New Zealand's Michael Campbell.

KOTELNIK SET TO DEFEND HIS WBA BELT AGAINST KHAN (AP)

AP - Five years after winning a career-launching Olympic silver medal, Amir Khan has his first shot at a world title when he steps up to light-welterweight Saturday to fight WBA champion Andreas Kotelnik.

STOCKS OPEN LITTLE CHANGED ON WALL STREET

Investors weighed upbeat news on home construction against earnings results that showed the continued impact of the downturn.

CITIGROUP AND BOFA REPORT PROFITS, AIDED BY ASSET SALES

Bank of America and Citigroup?s profits were driven by billions of dollars in one-time gains. Without those one-offs, the banks would have lost billions.

OZARK WOODSTOCK: MO. ROCK FEST VETS REMINISCE (AP)

AP - Rock 'n' roll's roster of famous and formative festivals is well-established. Woodstock defined the hippie generation. Altamont's deadly violence signaled an end of innocence. Watkins Glen drew massive crowds to a New York speedway.

HOME BUILDING RISES FOR SECOND MONTH

New housing starts and permits jumped more than expected in June, propelled by a rise in single-family homes.

G.E.?S NET INCOME FALLS 47%, LED BY FINANCE UNIT

The continuing struggles of General Electric?s big finance business and a slide in advertising at NBC weighed down quarterly profits.

`AMATEUR BARBARIANS' TRADE EXISTENTIAL CRISES (AP)

AP - "Amateur Barbarians" (Scribner. 416 pages. $27), by Robert Cohen: With the bills piling up and the specter of layoffs at work, graduate school has never been more appealing. Chuck all the grown-up decisions and compromises and burrow into distant, interior landscapes too remote for questions about gas prices and 401K plans. Answer just the questions you choose to hear, without having to commute.

DANISH TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN GET FACEBOOK WARNING (REUTERS)

Reuters - Danish soldiers in Afghanistan have been told to be more cautious after some were found to have discussed operations on the social networking website Facebook, Denmark's armed forces said Friday.

POPE HAS OPERATION AFTER BREAKING WRIST IN FALL (AFP)

AFP - Pope Benedict XVI underwent an operation in hospital on Friday after falling and breaking his right wrist while on holiday in northern Italy, the Vatican said.

MJ'S MEMORIAL AT MOTOWN TO BE BURIED IN CEMETERY (AP)

AP - Stuffed animals, flowers, letters and other items placed outside Detroit's Motown Historical Museum in memory of Michael Jackson will be taken to a cemetery for burial.

NEW PIRATE BAY OWNERS HATCH PLAN TO GO LEGIT (PC WORLD)

PC World - A new version of The Pirate Bay has big plans that include a somewhat secretive, yet supposedly innovative way to subsidize your file-sharing habits. Global Gaming Factory, The Pirate Bay's prospective new owner, is still being vague about specific plans, but the Gaming Factory's Chief Executive Officer Hans Pandeya has recruited Wayne Rosso of Grokster fame to help cut deals with record execs and other content producers on behalf of the new Pirate Bay. Rosso said Pandeya wasn't exactly clear at first what Gaming Factory's concept was, but now after "several long conversations" with Pandeya, Rosso calls the new Pirate Bay model ingenious. The former Grokster exec shared his thoughts in a blog post on The Music Void.

IS THERE A VIRTUAL WORKER PERSONALITY? (BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE)

BusinessWeek Online - For years the workplace commentariat has been nattering on about the no-collar workplace, in which technology would turn the globe into one giant Wi-Fi-enabled kibbutz. A post-face-time world where everybody can TiVo their work.

WADE LEAVING CONVERSE, GOING TO NIKE JORDAN BRAND (AP)

AP - NBA scoring champion Dwyane Wade is changing shoes, making the switch from Converse to Nike's Jordan Brand.

ARMSTRONG STILL IN 3RD AS TOUR'S 13TH STAGE BEGINS (AP)

AP - Rinaldo Nocentini of Italy wore the yellow jersey Friday to lead the other Tour de France riders out of the spa town of Vittel under rainy skies to Colmar in the race's 13th stage.

REPORTS: MICROSOFT AND YAHOO CLOSE TO SEARCH AD DEAL (PC WORLD)

PC World - In less than a week, Microsoft could reach an alliance with Yahoo that could compete better with Google in online search advertising, according to media reports.

MATTEL PROFIT RISES 82 PERCENT ON COST-CUTTING

The toy maker said sales of Barbie and other toys sank in the second quarter, but profit rose 82 percent, beating analyst expectations.

MYANMAR "VJ" FILM EXPOSES 2007 PROTESTS, CRACKDOWN (REUTERS)

Reuters - A film documenting a group of clandestine reporters secretly filming the 2007 street protests in Myanmar and crackdown by the military junta hit cinemas in Britain this week to warm applause from the critics.

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SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR CLOSES IN ON SPACE STATION (AP)

AP - Space shuttle Endeavour is closing in on the international space station following a two-day chase.

A DIFFERENT LOOK FOR DAY 2 OF THE BRITISH OPEN (AP)

AP - Steve Marino has surged into contention with a 2-under 68 at the British Open, an impressive score on a day when the weather sent numbers soaring.

FALLON'S '7TH FLOOR WEST' IS A SILLY, SOAPY TREAT (AP)

AP - Since arriving in March, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" has proved itself a worthy player in the world of TV comedy-talk.

SCIENTISTS SAVE INDIA'S MOON MISSION FROM FAILURE (AP)

AP - India's only satellite orbiting the moon came close to failure after overheating but scientists improvised to save it and have achieved more than 90 percent of the mission's objectives, an official said Friday.

ACTOR BEATTY DOESN'T WANT DEPOSITION VIDEOTAPED (AP)

AP - Warren Beatty has made a living in front of the camera, but he doesn't want one at his upcoming deposition in a bankruptcy court fight with the Tribune Co.

HIGH-TECH TOYS ABOUND AT THE TOKYO TOY SHOW (PC WORLD)

PC World - Tokyo's Toy Show opened on Thursday showcasing some of the latest high-tech gadgets from Japan.

U.S. BANKS TAKE CENTER STAGE, ECONOMIC PICTURE MIXED (REUTERS)

Reuters - U.S. banks, at the center of the world's financial crisis, will command investor focus on Friday with Bank of America and Citigroup results following strong showings from their peers.

CABLE MAINTAINS EMMY DOMINANCE (REUTERS)

Reuters - Emmy rule changes that could have allowed broadcasters to fend off competition from cable did little to stop its momentum when nominations were announced on Thursday.

ARMSTRONG, CONTADOR ON GUARD AS MOUNTAINS LOOM (AP)

AP - After three stressful flat stages marred by crashes, the Tour de France is heading back into the mountains.

TWINS NEED 'GO-GO' GOMEZ TO GET GOING IN 2ND HALF (AP)

AP - Carlos Gomez had just reached fifth gear and was speeding around second base when his gapper bounced high off the Metrodome turf and into the stands for a ground-rule double.

YAO SAYS TEAM PURCHASE DOES NOT MEAN RETIREMENT (AP)

AP - Yao Ming says his purchase of his former team, the financially troubled Shanghai Sharks, was motivated by a desire to help the club that jump-started his career rather than by early retirement plans.

2ND DEATH AFTER COLLAPSE OF STAGE FOR MADONNA SHOW (AP)

AP - The Marseille hospital authority says a second person has died after the roof of a stage being built for a Madonna concert collapsed.

MAN UTD CANCEL INDONESIA TRIP AFTER BOMB BLASTS (AFP)

AFP - Manchester United's pre-season tour was thrown into chaos when they were forced to cancel the Indonesian leg after a bomb exploded at the Jakarta hotel they were due to stay in next week.

WEATHER MORE OMINOUS FOR DAY 2 OF BRITISH OPEN (AP)

AP - Ahhh, this is more like it for a British Open.

BRITISH AIRWAYS SEES LOSS

Hard-pressed British Airways said Friday it expects a loss for the three months through June 30 and that it plans to raise 600 million pounds ($980 million) to see it through the recession.

NEVADA SEES AN OPENING IN CALIFORNIA?S TROUBLES

Nevada hopes that California?s economic woes will inspire its businesses to move to a healthier business climate across its shared border.

CHRISTOPHER HIPP, WHO BOLSTERED COMPUTER POWER, DIES AT 47

Mr. Hipp was a designer of compact devices that gave companies substantially more computer power while using significantly less space.

EYES ON U.S. BANKS AS EARNINGS BOOST RECOVERY HOPES (REUTERS)

Reuters - Investors were looking to Bank of America and Citigroup for a fresh dose of earnings optimism on Friday, after strong reports from JPMorgan Chase and IBM raised hopes for a global recovery.

BECKHAM BACK AS GALAXY BEAT RED BULLS 3-1 (AP)

AP - David Beckham returned to Major League Soccer with a whisper, not a shout.