AP-8th NewsMinute 
 
Ground troops in Lebanon...NASA is optimistic...Shiites killed  
 
      BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Israeli ground forces have now  
entered southern Lebanon to attack Hezbollah bases. Until now  
it's been war from the air. Hezbollah has continued to fire  
rockets into Israel. Britain's prime minister and the U-N chief  
want international forces deployed to bring a halt to the crisis. 
 
      KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (AP) - Mission Control is sounding  
optimistic about bringing the space shuttle home today. The first  
landing opportunity is 9:14 a-m Eastern time at the Kennedy Space  
Center in Florida. The only concern is the possibility of  
showers. 
 
      BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Frustration in Iraq, with another mass  
terror attack. Most of the 41 people killed in an assault on a  
market south of Baghdad today are believed to have been Shiites.  
Relatives clashed with Iraqi soldiers at the hospital,  
complaining about poor protection. 
 
      UNDATED (AP) - It could hit 100 degrees today in  
Philadelphia. Illinois also is bracing for triple-digit  
temperatures. Hundreds of people have descended on cooling  
centers in Chicago. It's among cities where excessive heat  
warnings have been issued. 
 
      ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) - World War Two has claimed  
another victim. Authorities in Russia say an eleven-year-old boy  
was killed by a shell that was left over from the war. The boy  
had brought the shell home and apparently was trying to take it  
apart when it exploded. 

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AP-NY-07-17-06 0742EDT 

AP-MT--1st NewsMinute,0213 
    
Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press 
 
      DILLON (AP) - A linesman for NorthWestern Energy died on  
the job last week, but the company is declining to provide any  
details. Thirty-three-year-old Curtis Williams, of Dillon, died  
while on the job Thursday near Sheridan in Madison County.  
Williams was employed as a journeyman lineman, whose duties  
included working with power lines. 
      
      HARDIN (AP) - High temperatures, low humidity and  
predictions for more dry and windy thunderstorms are on the minds  
of fire managers. Five major fires are burning in southern and  
eastern Montana. Collectively, they have burned about  
188-thousand acres, or about 294 square miles. 
      
      BILLINGS (AP) - Billings helicopter pilot Gary Blain got a  
call Friday to go battle a wildfire in eastern Montana. But he  
couldn't just get aboard the chopper and fly to the fire. First  
he had to pass a brief inspection by a qualified helicopter  
manager. Helicopter managers are scarce in Montana; and Blain had  
to wait for one to fly in from Oregon late Saturday afternoon. 
      
      BOZEMAN (AP) - Heavy winds Saturday night knocked out power  
in parts of Bozeman and Livingston, and caused headaches for city  
emergency crews. Claudia Rapkoch, with NorthWestern Energy, says  
power was knocked out all over Livingston, and there were reports  
of wind speeds of 100 miles per hour. 
      
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AP-NY-07-17-06 0422EDT 

AP-2nd SportsMinute 
 
Two for the books...Bonds hits number-721 
 
      CHICAGO (AP) - Cliff Floyd and Carlos Beltran both hit  
grand slam home runs in an eleven-run sixth inning to power the  
New York Mets past the Chicago Cubs, 13-to-7. The last time a  
team hit two grand slams in the same inning was the only time it  
was done by the same batter, Fernando Tatis (tah-TEES') of St.  
Louis in 1999 against the L-A Dodgers. 
 
      ST. LOUIS (AP) - Two of baseball's hottest teams collide at  
the new Busch Stadium in St. Louis tonight. The Cardinals take a  
seven-game winning streak into tonight's game against the surging  
Atlanta Braves, who've won five straight and eight of ten. 
 
      SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Barry Bonds hit his first home run in  
nine days, 13th of the season and 721st of his career but it  
wasn't enough as San Francisco lost to Philadelphia, 6-to-2.  
Bonds is 34 home runs behind all-time leader Hank Aaron. 
 
      DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Bobby Wadkins rallied from four  
shots down to win the Senior Players Championship on the  
Champions Tour. Wadkins endured a double-bogey on the final hole  
to win by one shot over Jim Thorpe. 
 
      SILVIS, Ill. (AP) - John Senden is a first-time winner on  
the P-G-A Tour. The Australian earned a spot in this week's  
British Open by scoring a one-shot victory over J.P. Hayes to win  
the John Deere Classic. 

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AP-NY-07-17-06 0530EDT