SelectPlusAP Top StoriesAP Top StoriesThe Associated PressHere's the latest news for Monday, July 14th: Stocks trade mixed on plan to aid Fannie, Freddie; Dead Army nurse's husband charged with arson; U.S. troops reinforce base after deadly assault; Bertha raises risk for rip currents at NJ shore.This is A-P NewsMinute. A somewhat muted response on Wall Street so far today to the government's plans to shore up confidence in mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Treasury and the Federal Reserve signaled over the weekend that they'll help the two mortgage giants if needed. Officials have filed arson charges against a U-S Marine after the remains of his Army nurse wife were found in brush fire near Camp Lejeune. Holley Wimunc (WY'-munk) had been missing since a fire burned through her Fort Bragg area apartment. U.S. troops in Afghanistan are reinforcing a remote military outpost where nine American soldiers were killed yesterday. It was the deadliest assault on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years. And red flags will be up again along the Jersey shore warning swimmers about dangerous rip currents. That's because tropical storm Bertha-- although hundreds of miles away-- is churning up the surf. Over the weekend, two swimmers died and another was reported missing. __ ___, The Associated Press with AP NewsMinute. Author: AssociatedPress Keywords: minuteworld ap Added: July 14, 2008
