AP 2010-07-10（在线收听）

1. Oil giant BP says its cost for containing the big oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico climbed nearly half a billion dollars in just one week. Its tab, now just over three billion dollars.

2. Much of the East Coast is scorching with temperatures way above normal passed 90 degrees. In coming days, the mercury could climb to triple digits.

3. An American geologist working in China is sentenced to eight years in prison. Chinese authorities are accusing him of trafficking in state's secret, passing along information about the country's oil deposits.

4. Freedom for Japanese eating champ Takeru Kobayashi, arrested after tangling with authorities in the Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in New York. He says he's tired and hungry