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Weakened Earl hits Mass. with wind, rain, surf
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AP - The remnants of Hurricane Earl dumped wind-driven rain on Cape Cod's gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages Friday night, disrupting people's vacations on the unofficial final weekend of the short New England summer.
3 Sep 2010 at 10:01pm
BP: Failed blowout preventer removed from well
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AP - BP PLC said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from the company's well on Friday afternoon.
3 Sep 2010 at 3:51pm
Backer of NYC mosque gave to Hamas-linked charity
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AP - One of the investors in a proposed Islamic center near ground zero is a Long Island medical clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a donation to a charity later shut down for links to Hamas.
3 Sep 2010 at 6:05pm
Prof in '03 plague scare sets off airport shutdown
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AP - The suspicions airport security officials had when they saw the metal canister grew when they learned about the man who brought it in from the Middle East: a scientist who sparked a bioterrorism scare after he reported missing vials of plague samples seven years ago.
3 Sep 2010 at 7:12pm
Calif landfill searched for possible murder victim
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AP - Authorities searched a Northern California landfill Friday for signs of a missing man authorities said might be a fifth murder victim linked to a suspect who was shot and killed by police after a high-speed chase.
3 Sep 2010 at 9:55pm
Fox: Kara DioGuardi departs 'American Idol'
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AP - Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol."
3 Sep 2010 at 8:25pm
Calif. wildfire sparked by migrants' signal blaze
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AP - Authorities say a wildfire burning in rural San Diego County was sparked by two illegal immigrants who set a signal fire after they got lost.
3 Sep 2010 at 9:52pm
Deal to clean up LA-area nuclear accident site
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AP - More than five decades after a partial nuclear meltdown just outside Los Angeles, state and federal officials Friday announced agreements to remove all contamination and return the atomic energy and rocket engine test site to its natural state.
3 Sep 2010 at 7:30pm
'Birth tourism' a tiny portion of immigrant babies
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AP - When Ruth Garcia's twins are born in two months, they'll have all the rights of U.S. citizens. They and their six brothers and sisters will be able to vote, apply for federal student loans and even run for president.
3 Sep 2010 at 4:53pm
Waning Earl still causing havoc for holiday travel
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AP - Hurricane Earl played havoc with travelers' Labor Day weekend plans even as it weakened Friday on its path up the East Coast toward New England.
3 Sep 2010 at 5:31pm
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US sees 54,000 jobs go in August
The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row that jobs have been lost, official figures show.
3 Sep 2010 at 10:05am
BP blowout preventer 'removed'
BP removes the blowout preventer that failed to stem the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well and says it has paid $8bn (£5.2bn) in damage costs.
3 Sep 2010 at 4:28pm
UPS plane crashes near Dubai road
A cargo aircraft belonging to the US courier UPS crashes on a major highway in Dubai, setting some cars on fire.
3 Sep 2010 at 4:46pm
Clinton warns on Mid-East talks
The US secretary of state warns the current round of Mid-East peace talks may be "the last chance for a very long time".
3 Sep 2010 at 2:22pm
Hurricane Earl skirts eastern US
A weakened hurricane Earl skirts past North Carolina's Outer Banks and continues up the US east coast as a "category one" storm.
3 Sep 2010 at 9:50am
Tennessee mosque fire 'was arson'
A fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a Tennessee Islamic centre was arson, investigators say.
3 Sep 2010 at 7:17pm
Thai workers 'trafficked to US'
Six recruiters are accused of luring 400 Thai workers to the US with promises of farm jobs, confiscating their passports and demanding high fees.
3 Sep 2010 at 6:08pm
Gulf platform 'not leaking oil'
Inspectors say no pollution has leaked from a Gulf of Mexico oil platform that exploded in flames and sent 13 workers escaping into the sea.
3 Sep 2010 at 8:37pm
Tanker aground off north Canada
A tanker carrying 9m litres of diesel fuel runs aground off the coast of northern Canada but no environmental damage is reported.
2 Sep 2010 at 10:53pm
Hogan given leave to return to US
Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan reaches an agreement with tax authorities in Australia allowing him to return to his home in the US.
3 Sep 2010 at 3:26am
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Powerful 7.1 quake rocks New Zealand; buildings collapse, 2 injured but no de...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on New Zealand's South Island early Saturday, but there were so far no deaths and only two injuries reported.
3 Sep 2010 at 10:12pm
Earl weakens to a tropical storm as it approaches Cape Cod
Hurricane Earl was downgraded to a tropical storm late Friday as it continued its approach to Cape Cod, Mass.
3 Sep 2010 at 9:57pm
Obama preparing to roll out new package of tax cuts, aid to boost economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to jumpstart the economy ahead of crucial midterm elections, President Barack Obama said Friday he intends to unveil a new package of proposals, likely including tax cuts and targeted spending, to spark job growth.
3 Sep 2010 at 2:45pm
Gulf coast oil platform out, no injuries, no sheen, investigation underway
A blaze, billows of smoke, workers forced into the water.
An eerily familiar scene in the Gulf today as a fire broke out on an oil platform.
Tonight the flames are out and the workers are safe.
2 Sep 2010 at 12:00am
Wash. state woman who had acid splashed on face recounts agonizing pain durin...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Bethany Storro had just bought a pair of sunglasses and was celebrating a new job when a woman walked up to her with a cup and said: "Hey pretty girl, do you want to drink this?"
2 Sep 2010 at 6:26pm
Bomb targeting police vehicle kills 1 officer, wounds 3 in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a roadside bomb has killed a police officer and wounded three others in northwest Pakistan.
3 Sep 2010 at 2:17am
Unemployment rises slightly in August to 9.6%
The nation lost 54,000 net positions last month, the U.S. reports. Once-growing manufacturers shed jobs last month, as did budget-strapped state governments and the Census Bureau.
The nation's jobless rate worsened slightly last month, edging up to 9.6% from 9.5% in July, the government said Friday in a report that had little for workers to cheer about this Labor Day weekend.
3 Sep 2010 at 8:48am
Fidel Castro dons military duds for 1st time since stepping down; possible si...
HAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance.
3 Sep 2010 at 1:34pm
UPS cargo plane with 2 crew members on board crashes near Dubai airport
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai, officials said.
3 Sep 2010 at 4:08pm
Prof in '03 plague scare sets off Miami airport shutdown with canister later ...
MIAMI (AP) — The suspicions airport security officials had when they saw the metal canister grew when they learned about the man who brought it in from the Middle East: a scientist who sparked a bioterrorism scare after he reported missing vials of plague samples seven years ago.
3 Sep 2010 at 7:12pm
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Weaker Hurricane Earl heads for New England
Despite losing some punch, the storm still packs dangerous winds, officials warn
Hurricane Earl weakened Friday as it sped north toward New England, lashing coastal communities with heavy winds and rain while disrupting travel on the eve of a three-day weekend.
3 Sep 2010 at 5:19pm
Scientist detained after Miami airport evacuation
A metal canister in his luggage looked like a pipe bomb and prompted an evacuation. Concourses were emptied and roadways closed until just after 4 a.m., when the airport reopened ahead of holiday departures.
A scientist has been detained at the Miami International Airport after screeners spotted a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb, prompting an evacuation, a government official said.
3 Sep 2010 at 7:12am
Arizona colleges accused of immigrant discrimination
Before this year, Phoenix-area community colleges asked legal immigrants to show a green card before hiring them. The Justice Department calls the policy 'document abuse' and seeks damages.
Employers who hire illegal immigrants can be fined, but the Obama administration warned this week that they also can be fined for asking legal immigrants to show their green cards before hiring them.
4 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Oil platform explodes off Louisiana
The crew is rescued and there are no signs of a leak, but the accident sparks new debate about wells in the gulf.
The opening scene was all too familiar. Black smoke rising from a burning oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico and workers plucked from the sea. But Thursday's fire on an oil production facility 100 miles off the Louisiana coast appears to have ended without disaster.
2 Sep 2010 at 11:51pm
Earl takes swipe at North Carolina, heads up coast
The hurricane is expected to weaken and stay out to sea before grazing the Massachusetts coast Saturday.
A weakened Hurricane Earl brushed North Carolina's fragile Outer Banks with stiff winds and high waves Thursday night, striking a glancing blow before spinning offshore up the Eastern Seaboard.
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
Genetically modified salmon safe to eat, FDA report says
AquAdvantage salmon would be the first gene-altered animal grown commercially for food. The agency says cross-breeding between the new fish and wild populations is 'unlikely,' but some are wary.
The effort to win federal approval of genetically engineered salmon received a major boost Friday when the Food and Drug Administration released an analysis that deemed the fish safe to eat and unlikely to harm the environment.
4 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
U.S. sues Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe
The Justice Department says Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio failed to turn over documents in its investigation into whether his department discriminated against Latinos while pursuing illegal immigrants.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued a controversial and popular Arizona sheriff, alleging that his department was refusing to cooperate with an investigation into whether it discriminated against Latinos while trying to catch illegal immigrants.
2 Sep 2010 at 7:15pm
The reemployed: overqualified and underpaid
The majority of people who are now working after being laid off during the recession say they are overqualified for their current positions and are worse off financially, a survey finds.
A majority of people who were able to find work after being laid off during the recession say they are overqualified for their current position, according to a survey released by the Pew Research Center.
2 Sep 2010 at 7:27pm
The man behind the Sherrod affair
Andrew Breitbart, whose posting of video clips got a Department of Agriculture official fired, was a liberal Westside child of privilege whose political epiphany transformed him into a conservative.
The command center of Andrew Breitbart's growing media empire is a suite of offices on Sawtelle Boulevard in West Los Angeles with the temporary feel of a campaign office. Only the computers seem firmly anchored.
2 Sep 2010 at 7:26pm
Border activist's littering conviction is overturned
Daniel Millis had been charged for leaving gallon bottles of water for illegal border crossers in a U.S. desert wildlife preserve.
A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned the littering conviction of an Arizona activist who left gallon-size bottles of water for illegal immigrants crossing into the United States through a desert wildlife preserve.
3 Sep 2010 at 2:00am
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AP Hurricane Earl flooded streets Friday in Atlantic City, NJ, as it churned northward up the East Coast. HYANNIS, Mass.?A weakening yet still potent Hurricane Earl headed late Friday for summer resort towns in ...
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3 Sep 2010 at 10:00pm
Blowout preventer removed from BP well - Washington Post
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Blowout preventer removed from BP well
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3 Sep 2010 at 7:13pm
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Jan Brewer debate gaffe: How badly will it hurt her chances?
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer stumbled badly at the beginning of a gubernatorial debate Wednesday. But Brewer is a Republican in a conservative state, so the damage may be limited. From left, Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Barry Hess, Arizona Gov. ...
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3 Sep 2010 at 7:42pm
Why 100000 jobs a month won't lower unemployment rate - Christian Science Mon...
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Why 100000 jobs a month won't lower unemployment rate
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The US has averaged about 100000 new jobs a month for eight months. Good, right? Well, the US is growing, and 100000 jobs aren't enough for the new people coming into the workforce. President Obama delivers remarks on the unemployment rate Friday ...
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3 Sep 2010 at 6:34pm
Scientist Sets Off Security Scare, Not His First, at Miami Airport - New York...
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Scientist Sets Off Security Scare, Not His First, at Miami Airport
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By AP MIAMI (AP) ? A scientist detained at Miami International Airport on Thursday night because of a suspicious item in his luggage had once been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague, a senior law enforcement official said. ...
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3 Sep 2010 at 10:18pm
For Democrats, Economy Fuels Election Fears - New York Times
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WASHINGTON ? Democrats are entering the fall sprint to the midterm elections lacking a unifying message to address the lackluster economy, scrambling to come up with further job-creating remedies and out of time to show substantial ...
How the midterm campaign will play outWashington Post
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House races 101: Is the Republican Party primed for a takeover?Christian Science Monitor
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3 Sep 2010 at 9:31pm
Colo. gubernatorial candidate refuses to back down - The Associated Press
Colo. gubernatorial candidate refuses to back down
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DENVER ? Dan Maes likes to brag about taking down the political machine in becoming Colorado's Republican gubernatorial nominee. The way he's going, it may be the only victory in a short-lived political career. Republicans spent the week desperately ...
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3 Sep 2010 at 7:24pm
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Arizona colleges accused of immigrant discrimination
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Before this year, Phoenix-area community colleges asked legal immigrants to show a green card before hiring them. The Justice Department calls the policy 'document abuse' and seeks damages. By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau Employers who ...
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3 Sep 2010 at 6:40pm
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When Christine O'Donnell Talks, Mike Castle Breathes Easier
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In the wake of Joe Miller's stunning upset of Senator Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's GOP primary, some Tea Party activists are hoping lightning will strike twice. The Tea Party Express, which played a key role in Mr. Miller's victory, ...
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3 Sep 2010 at 6:03pm
Video campaign invites American Muslims to share their normalcy - Los Angeles...
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Video campaign invites American Muslims to share their normalcy
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Dozens have filmed and posted clips for My Faith My Voice, telling viewers about their sports teams, hometowns or families. The grassroots effort aims to show that 'Muslims are like everyone else.' A grassroots video campaign is trying to counter ...
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