http://www.xmlfeeds.net Top 20 US News Stories en-us Compilation, xmlfeeds.net Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:39:31 CST DEMO MODE - Please register to get current information SAN DIEGO, July 29 (UPI) -- Shirley Sherrod, the U.S. Agriculture Department employee fired July 19, said Thursday she will sue the blogger who edited the video that led to her dismissal. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=366807/ntop=2/usg=9 PRINCETON, N.J., July 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Social Security system is unstable and in serious danger and the wealthy must help save it, a national public-opinion poll indicated Thursday. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=366786/ntop=2/usg=9 NEW YORK, July 28 (UPI) -- Former Iowa Congressman Ed Mezvinsky says he couldn't be happier his son, Marc, is to marry Chelsea Clinton this weekend. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=366721/ntop=2/usg=9 PHILADELPHIA, July 28 (UPI) -- Soul singer Aretha Franklin and former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice performed together at an event Tuesday to raise money for music education. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=366593/ntop=2/usg=9 July 27--U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced today that South Carolina is a finalist in the second round of national competition for federal Race to the Top grants, according to a release from the S.C. Department of Education. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=366481/ntop=2/usg=9 LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 27 (UPI) -- Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday in Kentucky he is "not running for president." http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=366465/ntop=2/usg=9 WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Education Department Tuesday named D.C. and 18 states as finalists for more than $3 billion in second-round funding in the Race to the Top program. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=366437/ntop=2/usg=9 NAIROBI, Kenya, July 27 (UPI) -- Kenya's Alcoholic Beverages Association Tuesday called for government action to halt the trade in homemade liquor following the death of 17 people. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=366385/ntop=2/usg=9 OTTOWA, Ontario, July 26 (UPI) -- A Canadian government advisory group is urging a return to the long-form census but recommends removing the threat of jail time for not completing it. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=366324/ntop=2/usg=9 LOS ANGELES, July 26 (UPI) -- Campaigning Democrats hoping to make political capital by blaming George W. Bush for the nation's weak economy may find it harder to do, a new poll says. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=366258/ntop=2/usg=9 LONDON, July 26 (UPI) -- Britain's Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced plans to abolish the U.K. Film Council as a cost-cutting measure, the BBC said Monday. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=366221/ntop=2/usg=9 BANGKOK, July 25 (UPI) -- An unofficial tally indicates Panich Vikitsreth of Thailand's ruling Democrat Party has won Bangkok's by-election in his district, the Election Commission said. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=366117/ntop=2/usg=9 DETROIT, July 24 (UPI) -- President Obama will visit Detroit for the first time since his administration's $85 million rescue of General Motors and Chrysler, officials said. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=366024/ntop=2/usg=9 TOKYO, July 24 (UPI) -- A government report says Japan's deflation has been due in part to sluggish consumer demand and a slow response to structural flaws in the financial system. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=366004/ntop=2/usg=9 CARACAS, Venezuela, July 24 (UPI) -- International observers say President Hugo Chavez is ramping up pressure on the dwindling number of independent media outlets in Venezuela. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=366005/ntop=2/usg=9 WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- U.S. responses to future climate change will need reliable information and better communication between relevant agencies and groups, a report says. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=365861/ntop=2/usg=9 OTTAWA, July 23 (UPI) -- A Canadian decision to stop using census forms and replace them with voluntary surveys has the country's statistics-gathering body in turmoil, observers say. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=365842/ntop=2/usg=9 KABUL, Afghanistan, July 23 (UPI) -- Party leaders in Afghanistan say President Hamid Karzai is making a fatal mistake in pursuing a peace deal with Taliban insurgents that could lead to civil war. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=365835/ntop=2/usg=9 WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Department finds itself pressured to rein in its spending for the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, officials said. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=365811/ntop=2/usg=9 Kenny Guinn, who served as governor of Nevada from 1999 to 2007, died Thursday after falling from the roof of his Las Vegas home, a spokesman said. He was 73. http://www.wirescan.com/my.info/view/n=365779/ntop=2/usg=9