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2010-09-04 23:18

Earl's biggest damage in Northeast: business (AP)

From left in the canoe, Lexi Olson, 12, Petunia the pug, Corey Olsen, 9, and Amber Racette, 13, and in the water, Bennett Hartley, 7, and sister Ella, all of Brewster, Mass., enjoy what the neighborhood jokingly calls 'Lake Leona' after Leona Terrace was flooded by Tropical Storm Earl in Brewster, Mass., on Cape Cod, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. According to residents, the road frequently floods during major storms but this is the highest they've seen it.  (AP Photo/Julia Cumes)AP - Earl's worst damage in New England was to seasonal businesses hoping to end their summer on a high note.


2010-09-04 23:18

911 calls describe Discovery Channel gunman, IED (AP)

AP - A security guard who called 911 after a gunman entered Discovery Channel's headquarters calmly told the operator: "You're probably going to need a sniper."

2010-09-04 23:18

Muslims take to Minn. State Fair to repair image (AP)

In this Sept. 1, 2010 photo, Zuleyha Ozonder, left, hands out cards explaining Islam to fair-goers as they exit of the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in Falcon Heights, Minn. 'You just want people to take the card, spend a minute reading it and say, 'Oh. They're not terrorists,'' said 27-year-old Zuleyha who volunteered with her husband Salim for The Islamic Circle of North America's Minnesota chapter's outreach effort. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella)AP - Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the people who were leaving, not the food or festivities beckoning from across the street.


2010-09-04 20:43

Calif landfill searched for possible murder victim (AP)

In this undated photo provided by the California Department of Motor vehicles, Cindy Tran is shown.  Tran's body was found in Efren Valdemoro's car after a high speed chase that ended with Valdemoro being killed by police at a Richmond, Calif., mall on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010  (AP photo/ California Department of Motor vehicles via the San Francisco Chronicle)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.


2010-09-04 20:43

Body of boxing promoter's son found on Wash. peak (AP)

AP - A five-day search for the missing son of top boxing promoter Bob Arum ended when a helicopter located John Arum's body on a rugged Washington state mountain in North Cascades National Park, authorities say.

2010-09-04 20:43

Earl's biggest damage in Northeast: Business (AP)

Bill Adams, of Norwell, Mass., pushes his 2-year-old son Billy while jogging past flooding in a parking area at West Dennis Beach, in West Dennis, Mass., on Cape Cod, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. Portions of Cape Cod received heavy rainfall late Friday and early Saturday as Hurricane Earl, later downgraded to a tropical storm, passed by the cape as it headed north toward Nova Scotia, Canada. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - In the end, Earl's worst damage in New England was to seasonal businesses hoping to end their summer on a high note.


2010-09-04 18:18

Prof in '03 plague scare sets off airport shutdown (AP)

Passengers head out of the terminal at Miami International Airport in Miami, early Friday morning, Sept. 3, 2010. A spokesman for Miami International Airport says four of its six concourses have been evacuated as a police bomb squad investigates a report of a suspicious item. Several flights were diverted to other parts of the terminal.(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)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.


2010-09-04 18:18

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 - A claim by Arizona's governor that rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border has led to headless bodies turning up in the desert came back to haunt her during a stammering debate performance in which she failed to back it up.


2010-09-04 18:18

US says goodbye to Earl as storm spins into Canada (AP)

Bill Adams, of Norwell, Mass., pushes his 2-year-old son Billy while jogging past flooding in a parking area at West Dennis Beach, in West Dennis, Mass., on Cape Cod, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. Portions of Cape Cod received heavy rainfall late Friday and early Saturday as Hurricane Earl, later downgraded to a tropical storm, passed by the cape as it headed north toward Nova Scotia, Canada. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - In the end, Hurricane Earl wasn't even as bad as some of the no-name nor'easters that pound New England from time to time.


2010-09-04 15:44

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."


2010-09-04 15:44

Backer of NYC mosque gave to Hamas-linked charity (AP)

VIDEO: The proposed construction of a 100-million-dollar, 13-story mosque and Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York City, has stirred raw emotions in the United States as the country prepares to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Duration: 01:00(afp.com)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.


2010-09-04 15:44

Head of alleged trafficking scheme arrested (AP)

AP - The head of a labor recruiting company accused of exploiting 400 workers from Thailand and forcing them to work on U.S. farms pleaded not guilty Friday, part of what the FBI calls the largest human-trafficking case charged in U.S. history

2010-09-04 13:19

Commercial pilot sentenced for drug-masking powder (AP)

AP - A former US Airways Express pilot will spend nine months in prison for selling a powdered drink mix over the Internet that he claimed was "100 percent" effective in helping drug-using truck drivers, pilots and train engineers pass federally mandated drug tests.

2010-09-04 13:19

2 abortion Drs. ordered to stop after Md. injury (AP)

AP - Maryland health officials have ordered two doctors to stop performing abortions after a woman was critically injured during a procedure last month.

2010-09-04 13:19

What now for Gulf? Fire complicates drill debate (AP)

Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - What now for the Gulf? News of another oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico, so soon after the BP oil spill, has set off a wave of anxiety along the Gulf Coast and prompted calls for the government to extend its six-month ban on deepwater drilling.


2010-09-04 10:46

Calif. wildfire sparked by migrants' signal blaze (AP)

With houses seen in the background, flames from the Crown Fire burn plants as it races across the desert near Lake Elizabeth Road in Palmdale, Calif., Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)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.


2010-09-04 10:46

Authorities: Fire at Tenn. mosque site was arson (AP)

In a Saturday, Aug. 28. 2010 photo, Rutherford County Sheriff's Office and ATF investigators examine equipment damaged in a fire at the future site of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro. Authorities told mosque officials that four pieces of heavy construction equipment on the site were doused with an accelerant and one set ablaze, said Camie Ayash, spokeswoman for the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro.  (AP Photo/The Daily News Journal, John A. Gillis)AP - Federal investigators said Friday that a suspicious fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a future mosque in Tennessee was arson and offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.


2010-09-04 10:46

Waning Earl still causing havoc for holiday travel (AP)

North Carolina Highway Patrol troopers Matthew Bunn, right, and Leonard Crumpler, left, stop cars from traveling onto the bridge leading to Atlantic Beach, N.C., as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)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.


2010-09-04 08:21

GOP Maes stays in Colo. governor's race (AP)

AP - Republican Dan Maes, Democrat John Hickenlooper and American Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo are officially on the November ballot in the race for Colorado governor.

2010-09-04 08:21

'Birth tourism' a tiny portion of immigrant babies (AP)

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.

2010-09-04 08:21

Deal to clean up LA-area nuclear accident site (AP)

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.

2010-09-04 05:46

LA sheriff says almost all pot clinics criminal (AP)

AP - The Los Angeles County sheriff has escalated his war of words against California medical marijuana dispensaries, saying as many as 97 percent operate as criminal enterprises.

2010-09-04 05:46

La. officials suspend abortion clinic's license (AP)

AP - Louisiana health officials suspended an abortion clinic's license Friday, the first time the state has used its new authority to shut down such a facility over health and safety concerns.

2010-09-04 05:46

Despite hiring, US unemployment rate seems frozen (AP)

In this Aug. 25, 2010 photograph, job seekers including Lindsey Wright, of Detroit, center, attend a job fair in Southfield, Mich. On Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. EDT, the Labor Department issues the August unemployment report. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Unemployment is stuck at high levels even though some companies are hiring. The problem, government data show, is that too few jobs are being created for the growing number of people looking for work.


2010-09-04 03:11

Ground beef outbreak puts focus on meat oversight (AP)

In this Aug. 31, 2010 photo from the United States Department of Agriculture, Elisabeth Hagen, the new undersecretary of food safety speaks to Food Safety Inspection Service employees at the 2010 FSIS Diversity Training Conference in Arlington, Va. The first outbreak linked to a rare strain of E. coli in ground beef is prompting a fresh look at tougher regulations to protect the nation's meat supply. Hagen, has signaled interest in expanding federal oversight of meat beyond the most prevalent strain of E. coli. Meat plants already must test for that strain. Cargill recalled about 8,500 pounds of ground beef on Saturday Aug. 28, 2010 and regulators warned consumers to throw out frozen meat purchased at BJ's Wholesale Clubs in eight eastern states. (AP Photo/USDA, Bob Nichols)AP - The first known U.S. outbreak linked to a rare strain of E. coli in ground beef is prompting a fresh look at tougher regulations to protect the nation's meat supply.


2010-09-04 03:11

Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill (AP)

Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Unlike the blast that led to the massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico killed no one and sent no crude gushing into the water.


2010-09-04 03:11

Families calling for justice for soldiers, Marines (AP)

In this Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 photo,Vicki Behenna poses for a photo while holding a photograph of her son, Michael Behenna, in Oklahoma City. Families of a group of soldiers and Marines convicted of killing Iraqi civilians during the war are hoping other Americans see the injustice in their sons' sentences.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)AP - As major U.S. combat operations in Iraq end, some families of soldiers and Marines convicted of crimes during battle hope the nation doesn't forget their sons.


2010-09-04 00:38

McCourt delves into marriage at divorce trial (AP)

Jamie McCourt leaves court during a lunch break Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 in Los Angeles. Frank McCourt testified at his divorce trial, his estranged wife, Jamie McCourt, wanted no part in the risk associated with buying the Los Angeles Dodgers six years ago. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Dodgers owner Frank McCourt described himself Friday as a devoted husband who tried to comply with his wife's exorbitant wishes but stopped when she sought $250 million for her personal use.


2010-09-04 00:38

Nursing homes broaden offerings to turn a profit (AP)

In this Aug. 19, 2010 photo, Elmaze Joseph, left, works with therapist Jocelyne Denis doing foot exercises at the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital in Miami. Across the U.S., facilities are widely expanding in-home care and assisted living, and looking to new ways to generate income beyond their traditional role of housing the elderly during the last years of their lives. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)AP - Seniors amble the nursing home's halls, while children from around the world visit for biofeedback treatments. One floor down from the hospice, middle-aged workers fill its pain management clinic. A rehabilitation center attracts people of all ages.


2010-09-04 00:38

Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored (AP)

Robert Arnold looks on as his wife Deanna holds a rooster on their farm, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in Garrison, Iowa. The two former workers at Wright County Egg facilities said they reported problems such as leaking manure and dead chickens to USDA employees, but were ignored. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site.


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