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09/03/2010 09:15 PM
Weakened Earl hits Mass. with wind, rain, surf (AP)

The Chatham Lighthouse, situated at a working U.S. Coast Guard Station, casts its beam into a foggy evening, in Chatham, Mass., on Cape Cod, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Hurricane Earl is expected to arrive at Cape Cod late Friday. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - The remnants of Hurricane Earl dumped wind-driven rain on Cape Cod's gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages Friday night, but its close brush with the Northeast was less intense than feared only hours earlier.




09/03/2010 08:07 PM
Report: Blackwater created shell companies (AP)

FILE - In a Monday, July 21, 2008 file photo, Blackwater Worldwide's headquarters is seen in Moyock, N.C. The New York Times is reporting that the security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to get government business after the company faced strong criticism for its conduct in Iraq. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)AP - The security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to try to get millions of dollars in government business after the company faced strong criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq, The New York Times reported Friday.




09/03/2010 08:40 PM
BP: Failed blowout preventer removed from well (AP)

FILE - In this July 14, 2010 combination of two file photos made from images taken from video provided by BP PLC oil flows from two of three valves on the new 75-ton cap atop the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico at 17:04 CDT, left, and the top of the cap at 14:27 CDT on July 15, minutes after the flow of oil was choked off. Engineers plan Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 to delicately remove the cap as a prelude to raising the massive piece of equipment underneath that failed to prevent the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Plans were being made for oil collection vessels to be on standby in case of a problem. (AP Photo/BP PLC, File) NO SALESAP - 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.




09/03/2010 09:45 PM
Body of son of boxing promoter found in Cascades (AP)
AP - Searchers spotted the body of the son of Hall of Fame boxing promoter Bob Arum on a rugged Washington state mountainside Friday afternoon, five days after they began looking for him in North Cascades National Park, authorities said.

09/03/2010 09:23 PM
New Zealand skydiving plane crashes; 9 die (AP)
AP - Nine people have died after a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company burst into flames and crashed Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, police said.

09/03/2010 08:11 PM
Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island (AP)

A police officer is seen on a street blocked by rubble from a damaged building following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in central Christchurch, New Zealand, early Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of injuries, but looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said. (AP Photo/NZPA, David Alexander) ** NEW ZEALAND OUT **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.




09/03/2010 08:21 PM
Clinton: Time is now for Mideast peace (AP)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks on as she hosted the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington\. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time" to reach an agreement.




09/03/2010 08:25 PM
Ariz. governor says she was wrong about beheadings (AP)

Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer waits for a televised Arizona gubernatorial debate to begin Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - Gov. Jan Brewer rose to national fame defending the state's immigration law and warning of rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border, including a claim that headless bodies were turning up in the Arizona desert.




09/03/2010 06:25 PM
Fox: Kara DioGuardi departs 'American Idol' (AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2009 file photo, Kara DioGuardi of 'American Idol' arrives at the FOX Winter All-Star Party in Los Angeles. Fox TV says Kara DioGuardi is leaving as `American Idol' judge, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol."




09/03/2010 09:50 PM
Nadal overcomes 1 great shot to reach 3rd round (AP)

Rafael Nadal, of Spain, pumps his fist and yells after winning a point against Denis Istomin, of Uzbekistan, at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - Even Rafael Nadal felt compelled to applaud when his second-round opponent at the U.S. Open hit a spectacular, full-sprint winner and was left doing the splits at the net.




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09/03/2010 09:21 PM
A Chinese Village Sacrifices For The Greater Good
More than 300,000 are being relocated for what's being called the largest engineering project in China's history. Water from the massive Danjiangkou Dam is going to be transported to the north. In the village of Guangmenyan, 353 people are leaving their homes forever.

09/03/2010 09:01 PM
Mental Stimulation Postpones, Then Speeds Dementia
Keeping an active mind helps stave off the development of dementia. But being mentally active might speed up Alzheimer's once it hits, according to new research from Chicago's Rush University Medical Center.

09/03/2010 09:01 PM
On Jobs, U.S. Now Ranks Worse Than Similar Nations
The U.S. unemployment rate surged far higher and has remained higher than in other major industrial countries. It's now at 9.6 percent. The big shift came when American companies cut workers more aggressively than foreign firms in the face of the financial crisis.

09/03/2010 09:06 PM
Weakened Earl Hits Mass. With Wind, Rain, Surf
The storm swooped into New England waters as a tropical storm with winds of 70 mph after sideswiping North Carolina's Outer Banks, where it caused flooding but no injuries and little damage.

09/03/2010 08:04 PM
Report: Blackwater Created Shell Companies
The report Friday night on the newspaper's website says Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has asked the Justice Department to see whether Blackwater misled the government when using the subsidiaries to gain government contracts.

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09/03/2010 08:47 PM
Emergency declared as 7.1 quake hits New Zealand
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities declared a state of emergency after a major earthquake hit New Zealand's second biggest city early on Saturday, bringing down power lines, ripping up roads and wrecking building facades, but authorities reported no deaths.




09/03/2010 04:33 PM
Taxpayers likely to face initial loss on GM IPO: sources
NEW YORK/DETROIT (Reuters) - The U.S. government is likely to take a loss on General Motors Co in the first offering of the automaker's stock, six people familiar with preparations for the landmark IPO said.




09/03/2010 03:14 PM
Obama to address new economic ideas next Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he would outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy, but analysts were skeptical he would be able to deliver a big enough package to lift growth significantly.




09/03/2010 07:30 AM
U.S. and Israel spying behind BlackBerry woe: Dubai police
DUBAI (Reuters) - Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the United States to spy on the United Arab Emirates are behind the Gulf state's moves to curb the smartphone, Dubai's police chief said.




09/03/2010 09:15 PM
Earl weakens to storm
HYANNIS, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl, which earlier in the week was a storm of major proportions that threatened the U.S. East Coast, weakened to a tropical storm on Friday as it swirled offshore toward Canada.




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09/03/2010 10:01 PM
Earl Bears Down on New England, Weakens to Tropical Storm
Earl, packing 70 mph winds, dumps rain on cottages and fishing villages of Massachusetts' Cape Cod, disrupting vacations on the unofficial final weekend of the short New England summer. | |
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    • 09/03/2010 10:01 PM
    Tea Party, GOP Square Off in Del. Senate Race
    Squabble among Delaware GOP heats up ahead of a contentious Senate primary, as the state Republican Party calls out Tea Party candidate, Christine O'Donnell, over her alleged financial problems
  • Michigan Court Leaves 'Tea Party' Off Nov. Ballot


    • 09/03/2010 10:01 PM
    Gov. Brewer Backs Off Beheading Comments
    Arizona governor says she was wrong when she claimed that headless bodies were turning up in the Arizona desert as part of border-related violence
  • Man Donates $1.5M to Defend Arizona Immigration Law


    • 09/03/2010 10:01 PM
    Strong 7.0 Quake Damages New Zealand
    Officials declare state of emergency after powerful earthquake wreaks havoc on older buildings, cuts power and knocks fleeing residents off their feet; few injuries reported | VIDEO
  • Quake Hits New Zealand
  • Indonesian Volcano Spews New Burst of Ash


    • 09/03/2010 11:58 AM
    For 2nd Time, Ohio Woman Gives Birth in Vehicle
    For a second time, an Ohio woman has given birth to a baby who couldn't wait and arrived on the drive to the hospital.