SelectPlusAP Top StoriesAP Top StoriesThe Associated PressHere's the latest news for Thursday, July 17th: Bush administration shift on Iran; Mother speaks out on detainee interrogation; FAA orders fuel tank changes; Bush hosts T-ball at the White House.This is A-P NewsMinute.IN A SHIFT IN POLICY -- THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IS SENDING A TOP U.S. DIPLOMAT FOR TALKS WITH IRAN OVER THAT COUNTRY'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM.THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS WILLIAM BURNS WILL NOT NEGOTIATE WITH TEHRAN -- BUT WILL ATTEND THE MEETING IN SWITZERLAND WITH OTHER WORLD POWERS TO LISTEN.THE MOTHER OF A DETAINEE AT GUANTANAMO BAY SAYS THE VIDEOTAPE OF HER SON BEING INTERROGATED AT THE DETENTION FACILITY IS THE FIRST GLIMPSE SHE'S HAD OF HIM SINCE HE WAS CAPTURED IN AFGHANISTAN WHEN HE WAS JUST FIFTEEN YEARS OLD.OMAR KHADR -- A CANADIAN -- IS SEEN CRYING AND PLEADING AS HE WAS QUESTIONED BY CANADIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENTS IN 2003.12 YEARS AFTER TWA FLIGHT 800 CRASHED BECAUSE IT HAD TOO MUCH OXYGEN IN ITS FUEL SYSTEM -- THE F-A-A IS TELLING THE AIRLINES TO UPGRADE THEIR FUEL SYSTEMS TO PREVENT SIMILAR DISASTERS IN THE FUTURE.INITIALLY THE RULE WILL APPLY TO ALL NEW AIRCRAFT, BUT CARRIERS SAY IT COULD COST THEM MILLIONS. KIDS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TRIED TO ROUND THE BASES AT WHITE HOUSE -- AS PRESIDENT BUSH HOSTED AN AFTERNOON T-BALL GAME WITH WITH HALL OF FAMER FRANK ROBINSON.THE PRESIDENT ALSO UNVEILED A STAMP COMMEMORATING THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SONG 'TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME'.___ ___, The Associated Press with AP NewsMinute. Author: AssociatedPress Keywords: minuteworld ap Added: July 17, 2008






































