For more news stories, click on News.

AP Top Headlines At 1:18 p.m. EDT

AP Top Headlines At 1:18 p.m. EDT

Obama urges Iran to accept EU nuke proposal PARIS (AP) -- Democrat Barack Obama said Friday that Iran should promptly accept an international call to freeze its uranium enrichment program, which some nations see as a potential step toward obtaining nuclear weapons.... Qantas jet lands with gaping hole in fuselage MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A hole the size of a small car in the underside of a Qantas jumbo jet carrying 346 passengers forced the pilot to make an emergency landing Friday after a rapid descent over the South China Sea.... Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate cleared the last hurdle Friday to passing a housing rescue aimed at sparing hundreds of thousands of homeowners from foreclosure and bolstering troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.... Power outages widespread in Texas after Dolly HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) -- Business at reopened restaurants was humming, grocery store parking lots were packed and residents of south Texas were venturing out on the newly dry roads again as the remnants of Hurricane Dolly moved well away from the Rio Grande Valley.... New home sales drop fall less than expected WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sales of new homes fell in June for the seventh time in the past eight months, but the decline was less than had been expected, raising faint hopes that the nation's severe housing recession could be approaching a bottom....