APNewsBreak: New border drug tunnel discovered

SAN DIEGO (AP) ? An incomplete tunnel designed to smuggle drugs into the United States has been found in Tijuana, Mexico, U.S. officials said Thursday, marking the second such underground passage discovered in less than a week along the southern border.

The approximately 220-yard tunnel with lighting and ventilation began under a bathroom sink inside a warehouse and did not cross the border into San Diego, Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Lauren Mack told The Associated Press.

The Mexican army entered the tunnel Wednesday, Mack said. No drugs were found and no arrests were reported.

The Mexican army planned a news conference later Thursday in Tijuana.

Elsewhere, a 240-yard completed passage was discovered less than a week ago near Yuma, Ariz. U.S. authorities say that tunnel was operational.

As U.S. authorities heighten enforcement on land, tunnels have become an increasingly common way to smuggle enormous loads of marijuana into the country. More than 70 passages have been found on the border since October 2008, surpassing the number of discoveries in the previous six years.

Raids last November on two tunnels linking San Diego and Tijuana netted a combined 52 tons of marijuana on both sides of the border. In early December 2009, authorities found an incomplete tunnel that stretched nearly 900 feet into San Diego from Tijuana, equipped with an elevator at the Mexican entrance.

It takes roughly six months to a year to build a tunnel, authorities say. Workers use shovels and pickaxes to slowly dig through the soil, sleeping in the warehouse until the job is done. Sometimes they use pneumatic tools.

Associated Press

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Optimus LTE II makes a cameo on Verizon as LG VS930 (Updated)

Oh hello there, LG VS930. This handset -- which was caught in the wild by Mr. Blurrycam's cousin, Ms. Quickiecam -- looks an awful lot like an Optimus LTE II for Verizon. This makes even more sense when you consider that its predecessor, the VS920 aka. Spectrum, recently received end-of-life status. According to the anonymous tipster who sent us these pictures, the phone will ship with the following features:

• Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 SoC
• 4.7-inch "True HD IPS" display (1280 x 720 pixels)
• 16GB of built-in storage
• Global radio support (GSM/UMTS/CDMA/LTE)
• NFC (it comes with programmable tags)

There's no word on whether the VS930 will inherit the Optimus LTE II's 2GB of RAM [see update below] or the VS920's branding -- Spectrum 2 perhaps? We'll keep you posted when we find out more, like pricing and availability. In the meantime, take a look at the gallery below for some closer shots.

Gallery: LG VS930 for Verizon

Update: More information is coming to light about the VS930, including a possible July 13th launch and the service manual (PDF link), which contains a ton of photos and information. The 9.2mm (0.36-inches) thick handset features 1GB of RAM and an 8-megapixel autofocus camera.

[Thanks, anonymous tipster]

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Wis. town barred from beefing up farm water rules

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2011, file photo Mike Larson rubs the nose of one of his 2,900 dairy cows at Larson Acres Inc. in the Town of Magnolia, Wis. Wisconsin?s Supreme Court is set to rule Wednesday, July 11, 2012, in a closely watched case pits Larson Acres Inc. against a small town that blames its water-pollution problems on manure generated by Larson?s 2,900 cows. The case is the first to test a 2004 state law governing the expansion of livestock farm operations. (AP Photo/Dinesh Ramde, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2011, file photo Mike Larson rubs the nose of one of his 2,900 dairy cows at Larson Acres Inc. in the Town of Magnolia, Wis. Wisconsin?s Supreme Court is set to rule Wednesday, July 11, 2012, in a closely watched case pits Larson Acres Inc. against a small town that blames its water-pollution problems on manure generated by Larson?s 2,900 cows. The case is the first to test a 2004 state law governing the expansion of livestock farm operations. (AP Photo/Dinesh Ramde, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2011, file photo shows three Holsteins cows at Larson Acres Inc. in the Town of Magnolia, Wis. Wisconsin?s Supreme Court is set to rule Wednesday, July 11, 2012, in a closely watched case pits Larson Acres Inc. against a small town that blames its water-pollution problems on manure generated by Larson?s 2,900 cows. The case is the first to test a 2004 state law governing the expansion of livestock farm operations. (AP Photo/Dinesh Ramde, File)

MILWAUKEE (AP) ? The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a rural town lacks the authority to impose tougher water-quality standards on a livestock farm than the state requires.

Magnolia, a community about 30 miles south of Madison, granted Larson Acres Inc. a permit in 2007 when it wanted to expand, but included a number of conditions because residents blamed it for polluting their water supply. The farm initially had 1,000 cows and now has about 2,900.

Among the conditions, the farm had to allow the town to conduct monthly water quality tests on its land, and it had to follow certain crop-rotation strategies to reduce nitrate buildup.

The farm sued, arguing that pollution-control measures are laid out by the state and can't be modified by individual towns.

The state Supreme Court agreed, ruling that the town exceeded its authority by imposing additional measures.

The case has been watched by rural Midwest communities struggling to deal with the expansion of so-called factory farms. States throughout the farm belt have seen big farms get bigger as the agriculture industry continues to consolidate.

Similar cases have been filed in six other Midwestern states, but Wisconsin's is believed to be the first to reach a state supreme court.

The lead plaintiff was Magnolia resident John Adams, who says he can't see the nearly 3,000 cows on Larson Acres' farm two miles from his home, but when the wind blows he can smell them.

The stench gives him and his wife headaches. They blame the farm for contaminating their air and polluting the groundwater well they use for drinking, bathing and watering their garden. They no longer feel safe eating the vegetables they grow.

"A township should have the right to establish guidelines to keep its people safe, but it doesn't," Adams said in September when the high court first heard arguments in the case. "Those of us who are being affected, it's like there's nothing we can do."

At that September hearing, Larson Acres attorney Eric McLeod told the justices that a town could introduce its own water quality regulations, just not as part of the permit-granting process. For example, Magnolia could monitor drinking water for nitrates and then sue the farm if pollution levels rose above certain limits, he said.

Similar cases have been filed in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio and Oklahoma. Two juries in Missouri have handed out multimillion-dollar awards to homeowners who complained of intolerable odors from factory farms.

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Dinesh Ramde can be reached at dramde(at)ap.org.

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Singer Francesca Battistelli welcomes baby girl

FILE - This April 5, 2011 file photo shows Christian musician Francesca Battistelli at her home in White, Ga. Battistelli and her husband, Matthew Goodwin, welcomed their second child, Audrey Jane Goodwin, at their Atlanta area home Tuesday, July 3, 2012. Her publicist said the baby weighs 8 pounds, 11 ounces and is 20 inches long. The couple have a son, Matthew Elijah, who was born in September 2010. (AP Photo/David Goldman, file)

FILE - This April 5, 2011 file photo shows Christian musician Francesca Battistelli at her home in White, Ga. Battistelli and her husband, Matthew Goodwin, welcomed their second child, Audrey Jane Goodwin, at their Atlanta area home Tuesday, July 3, 2012. Her publicist said the baby weighs 8 pounds, 11 ounces and is 20 inches long. The couple have a son, Matthew Elijah, who was born in September 2010. (AP Photo/David Goldman, file)

FILE - This Jan. 31, 2010 file photo shows singer Francesca Battistelli arriving at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Battistelli and her husband, Matthew Goodwin, welcomed their second child, Audrey Jane Goodwin, at their Atlanta area home Tuesday, July 3, 2012. Her publicist said the baby weighs 8 pounds, 11 ounces and is 20 inches long. The couple have a son, Matthew Elijah, who was born in September 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ? It's a girl for Grammy-nominated Christian singer Francesca Battistelli.

The 27-year-old and her husband, Matthew Goodwin, welcomed their second child, Audrey Jane Goodwin, at their Atlanta area home early Tuesday morning. The family then went to a hospital.

Her publicist told The Associated Press the baby weighs 8 pounds, 11 ounces and is 20 inches long. The couple have a son, Matthew Elijah, who was born in September 2010.

Battistelli says she's been "so incredibly blessed with a beautiful baby girl" and adds that big brother Eli is "so excited to have a little sister."

Battistelli was the first female vocalist in nearly 20 years to be named artist of the year at the 2011 Dove Awards. Her hits include "Free to Be Me" and "I'm Letting Go."

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Online:

http://www.francescamusic.com

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Caitlin R. King covers entertainment for The Associated Press. Follow her at: http://www.twitter.com/CaitlinRKing

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Former astronaut Poindexter dies in watercraft accident

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Afghan official: NATO airstrike kills 3 civilians

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? An Afghan provincial official says a NATO airstrike has killed three civilians in the east of the country. A spokesman for the coalition says initial reports of the strike do not suggest any civilian deaths.

Logar province spokesman Din Mohammad Darwesh says NATO forces were on a foot patrol in Charkh district Monday morning when they came under fire from insurgents. He says they called in an airstrike and the bombardment killed three shopkeepers.

NATO spokesman Maj. Martyn Crighton says initial reports show only one airstrike in Charkh on Monday, with no civilian deaths. He says the strike was called on insurgents who were planting a bomb. Crighton says a number were killed and the body of at least one tested positive for traces of homemade explosives.

Associated Press

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Northern California bestsellers

Norcal bestsellers

Hardcover Fiction

1. A Hologram for the King'

Dave Eggers

2. Canada'

Richard Ford

3. Mission to Paris'

Alan Furst

4. Gone Girl'

Gillian Flynn

5. In One Person'

John Irving

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail'

Cheryl Strayed

2. Darth Vader and Sons'

Jeffrey Brown

3. Unbroken'

Laura Hillenbrand

4. Imagine -- How Creativity Works'

Jonah Lehrer

5. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake'

Anna Quindlen

Trade Paperback Fiction

1. Fifty Shades of Grey'

E.L. James

2. Fifty Shades Darker'

E.L. James

3. Fifty Shades Freed'

E.L. James

4. State of Wonder'

Ann Patchett

5. The Sense of an Ending'

Julian Barnes

Trade Paperback Nonfiction

1. In the Garden of Beasts'

Erik Larson

2. Bossypants'

Tina Fey

3. F in Exams'

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4. Turn Right at Machu Piccu'

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5. Blue Nights'

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The Indie Bestseller List is based on reporting from independent bookstores across Northern California. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org

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