Earl weakens but still powerful as it passes NC (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:12:31 GMT
AP - The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 105 mph winds early Friday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and perhaps most destructive stop on the storm's projected journey up the Eastern Seaboard.

Official: 4 Miami airport concourses evacuated (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:18:58 GMT
AP - A bomb squad investigated a report of a suspicious package after police evacuated four of six concourses at Miami International Airport for several hours on the eve of the Labor Day travel period, an airport spokesman said Friday.

Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:05:23 GMT
AP - Stark differences exist between the oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico and the blast that led to the massive BP spill. Mostly notably, no one was killed and no crude was gushing into the water, but the distinctions don't end there.

Jobs report may show rise in unemployment rate (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:16:09 GMT
AP - The unemployment rate may be about to rise again.

Gates visits US forces in southern Afghanistan (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:47:19 GMT
AP - As the last of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements arrive in Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday got a firsthand look at operations in the dangerous south where Afghan and international troops are ramping up security.

Hopeful sign: More talks for Israel, Palestinians (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:26:52 GMT
AP - In an early sign of promise, Israeli and Palestinian leaders pledged Thursday in a cordial first round of talks to keep meeting at regular intervals, aiming to nail down a framework for overcoming deep disputes and achieving lasting peace within a year.

Arizona governor stumbles during debate (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:27:02 GMT
AP - It will go down as one of the most painful openings to a political debate in recent memory.

Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in troubled border state (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:43:40 GMT
AP - Soldiers killed at least 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has become one of the most dangerous battlegrounds in the country's drug war.

Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from NY jail (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:27:27 GMT
AP - The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman was freed Thursday after four months in jail for a plot that put a spotlight on the comic icon's office affairs, city Correction Department records show.

Federer beats the heat, Beck; Soderling looms (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:33:37 GMT
AP - Roger Federer is one cool customer.