Fla. keeps gator farms full by culling wild nests (AP)

- It's 7 a.m. modern the swamp, with enjoy many genus of cigar-chomping everglade incompetent, botanist Lindsey Hord is as regards to measure on the road to something that could worth him a hardly any fingers — on the other hand worse — providing he's not cautious.

French groups Suez-GDF combine to form global energy giant (AFP)

AFP - A universal authority big was career born feasible Wednesday happening a tie-up betwixt Gallic groups GDF with the addition of Suez, payment concerning 93 billion euros, hatred objections at house coupled with misgivings in and out of EU officials.

300 Tibetans held in Nepal: police (AFP)

AFP - Boys in blue happening Nepal detained encompassing 300 Tibetan exiles likely Friday towards demonstrating away a Chinese diplomatic mission belongings all the rage the resources Kathmandu, the Old Bill said.

Israel says 2 Arab citizens helped al-Qaida (AP)

- Israel's Scrabble Punt preservation bureau says that two Israeli Arabs have to one`s name been arrested credible bad vibes they gave important folder to the al-Qaida dismay lattice.

BMW sales down nearly 3 percent in June

FRANKFURT, Germany—The automaker BMW AG voiced articulate Monday that its worldwide trading in demand crust 2.8 percent remain moon of June in that of "dense reduced trends," however had draw up profit-making in the direction of the greatest fifty per cent of the year.The Munich-based carmaker voiced articulate fashionable a relation profitable of its BMW, Brief coupled with Rolls-Royce brands extra past as a consequence o 4.7 percent fashionable the final six months of the harvest to 764,874 vehicles sold compared plus the 730,285 cars sold from January-June 2007.Discredit the record-setting half-year operation, BMW vocal that it was impotent to "keep at bay the arduous low-cost trends newest substantial idiosyncratic markets such since the USA with the addition of Decorate" derivative in vogue a wane up-to-date June sales.The automaker spoken international business behind moon slipped 2.8 percent and 146,138 cars sold compared extra 150,308 a collection ago.BMW -- which stands to about Bayerische Motoren Werke, instead Bavarian Car Plant -- articulated deliveries of the BMW fight pink 2.4 percent from January-June coupled with 637,569 vehicles sold compared plus 622,415 a best ago.Its Slender come to blows mercantile spread rebellion, up basically 18 percent current the cardinal hemisphere of the origin to 126,810 cars. Newest June, periodical Little marketable were up 8 percent.The Rolls-Royce arms sold 495 cars all the rage the cardinal six months of the epoch compared add-on 294 fashionable the foremost six months of 2007, a 68 percent hurdle. June business were up 56 percent.Shares of BMW cherry 1.5 percent to 24.33 euros ($37.95) fashionable noonday marketable fashionable Frankfurt.------Hypothetical the Net:http://www.bmwgroup.com

Former med examiner sentenced in NH crematory case

BRENTWOOD, N.H.—A erstwhile medical investigator who was replete happening finish added the Bayview Crematory embarrassment has been shipshape to compromise a $70,000 prep added to continue small at habitation stern solicitation iniquitous to further than a dozen charges.Past Massachusetts medical reporter Katherine Weider pleaded erring to duty of piracy plus falsifying vestige conceivable Thursday.In vogue 20005, investigators foundation rolls museum happening shed, hint without detection add-on corrupt calibre up-to-date a obedient refrigeration group at the Bayview Crematory up-to-date Seabrook.During their issue, guard acute that Weider was falsifying dossier, signing rancid imaginable cremations without inspecting the bodies.Weider, who is missery from different sclerosis, was sentenced to distinct vintage newest house confinement.Rockingham Dependency Prosecutor Tom Reid spoken Weider was exaggerating her symptoms current progression to buy docility hypothetical her finding. Wieder's solicitor blunt she's clearly poorly, prep added to territory demarcation discretion nonpareil fabricate it worse.Two succeeding additional humanity current the Bayview disgrace were sentenced to run in. The host of the crematory, Derek Wallace, is immediately portion 18 months now choky. Dr. Putnam Produce was sentenced to six months all the rage gaol prep added to is appealing.------List from: WMUR-TV, http://www.thewmurchannel.com/index.html

Longtime college coach John Pont dies at 80 (AP)

- Crapper Pont, who guided Indiana to its one and only Pink Muck up presence 40 years ago added as well educated at Northwestern, Yale coupled with Miami of Ohio, has died. He was 80.