This is AP News Minute.

New home sales fail fell in June for the 7th time in the past 8 months. But the drop was less than expected, that’s raising faint hopes that the nation’s severe housing recession could be approaching a bottom.

A Qauta’s jumble jumbo jet made an emergency landing in the Philippines after a rapid descent over the south China sea. It’s not clear what caused the hole the size of a small car in the plane’s underside, but investigators say it doesn’t appeals appear to be terrorism-related. No one was hurt.

Ships are again moving up to the Mississippi river from the Gulf of Mexico. It comes 2 days after a barge collided with a tanker causing more than 4 hundred thousand gallons of oil to spill into the waterway.

And charges have been filed in connection with this bunch bench clearing brawl. A mannerly minor league pitcher was arrested last night for illegally allegedly throwing a ball that hit a fan during this fight. More than a dozen players and the team’s managers were ejected following the incident that lasted about 10 minutes.

Ed Donahue, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.