TopNews

Campaign finance reports have shown that Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., has a campaign war chest almost 12 times as large as that of her Republican opponent Carly Fiorina.

The Los Angeles Times reported on Friday that figures released by the two campaigns after a six-week reporting period ending June 30 show Boxer with nearly $12 million in campaign funds compared to slightly less than $1 million for Fiorina.

According to the official reports, a U. S. drone has killed seven suspected militants in northern Pakistan, security officials say, but local officials say some of those killed were civilians.

BBC news reported on Thursday that the Predator drone fired at least two missiles into a compound used by alleged Islamist fighters near the town of Miranshah.

The BBC has reported that local tribal elders claim many of those killed were civilians in a village house.

Results of a crucial test on BP's well in the Gulf of Mexico are ambiguous and urged BP to increase monitoring during testing, The White House said on Friday.

The New York Times has reported that retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, overseeing the response to the gulf oil spill, said the testing indicates the well is in good shape, but it was not yet possible to rule out damage that might complicate efforts to permanently stop the leak.

He said, "We want to be careful not to do any harm or create a situation that could not be reversed."

Meteorologists have said that temperatures in Moscow reached 91 degrees in a heat wave that broke a 70-year-old weather record.

RIA Novosti reported on Friday that according to the forecasters, the heat wave in the entire central region of Russia area will last until July 22.

A meteorologist said, "As of 15.00 Moscow time, meteorological stations in Moscow registered 33 degrees Celsius (91 degrees F), 0.2 degrees higher than the record set on July 16, in 1938."

It has been reported that a U. S. district judge in Denver has dismissed the case of a man who lied about being a war veteran, saying the Stolen Valor Act is unconstitutional.

The Denver Post reported on Friday that Judge Robert Blackburn threw out the case against Rick Strandlof, who had been charged with misdemeanors for making false claims of receiving military decoration for serving in the Iraq war.

Blackburn ruled that the act violates First Amendment free speech rights.

The yearly food infl