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New Zealand quake sparks state of emergency

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 09:16:10 GMTLogin to discuss

Before-and-after images of damaged buildings on Victoria Street in Christchurch, New Zealand.Authorities declared an overnight curfew for Saturday after a major earthquake hit New Zealand's second-biggest city.




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Earl downgraded as it smacks New England

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 06:48:26 GMTLogin to discuss
Earl weakened to a tropical storm as it brushed Cap Cod and Nantucket with pelting rain, strong gusts and pounding surf early Saturday as steamed past New England.

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NYT: GOP poised to control 30 governor seats

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 01:56:09 GMTLogin to discuss

Republican gubernatorial candidate John Kasich speaks to supporters during a campaign stop in Zanesville, Ohio, on Aug. 4. He leads Gov. Ted Strickland in the polls. NYT: Republicans are on track to do particularly well in Midwest swing states in the Nov. 2 election, according to the FiveThirtyEight gubernatorial forecasting model.




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Calif. nuke meltdown site finally set for cleanup

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 08:32:06 GMTLogin to discuss

Byt the time the Santa Susana Field Laboratory was shuttered, testing and several nuclear accidents since 1959 left a toxic stew of radioactive and chemical contamination.More than five decades after a partial nuclear meltdown just outside Los Angeles, state and federal officials Friday announced agreements to remove all contamination.




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Cosmic Log: Is the grand design within our grasp?

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:48:30 GMTLogin to discuss

Science editor Alan BoyleScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: More than a decade ago, British physicist Stephen Hawking said there was a 50-50 chance that a unified 'theory of everything' would be discovered within 20 years. Now he explains why he thinks the theory has been found.




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9 killed in New Zealand plane crash

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 04:03:37 GMTLogin to discuss
Nine people were killed when a small plane belonging to a skydiving company crashed on New Zealand's South Island, police and medical officials say.

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Family of copper heiress asks court to protect her

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 02:07:19 GMTLogin to discuss

Huguette Clark, heiress to a copper fortune, has been secluded for decades. In June she turned 104 in a New York hospital.Several relatives of 104-year-old reclusive heiress Huguette Clark went to court Friday, asking for a guardian to protect her. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports.




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Arizona governor says beheadings claim 'an error'

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 01:40:27 GMTLogin to discuss

Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, shown at her gubernatorial debate Wednesday, says she was wrong about beheadings in her state.Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who gained fame defending the state's immigration law and warning of border violence, says her claim that headless bodies were turning up in state was 'an error.'




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Judge Kara DioGuardi leaves 'American Idol'

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 01:19:00 GMTLogin to discuss

Kara DioGuardi has quit "American Idol," meaning the only judge remaining from the 2010 season is Randy Jackson.FOX reality show has yet to announce a new lineup, but  Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Elton John are among  the reported front-runners. The show returns to the air in January.




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Nadal overcomes great shot to advance at Open

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 04:53:45 GMTLogin to discuss

Rafael Nadal celebrates a point against Denis Istomin during their second-round match at the U.S. Open on Friday night. Even Rafael Nadal felt compelled to applaud when his second-round opponent at the U.S. Open hit a spectacular, full-sprint winner. The shot put Denis Istomin within two points of tying the match at a set apiece, but he couldn't close the deal and lost to the top-seeded Spaniard 6-2, 7-6 (5), 7-5 Friday night.




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Babes, bullets, bombs! Duke Nukem makes a comeback

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 04:31:22 GMTLogin to discuss

Game icon Duke Nukem will wield his over-the-top guns and attitude yet again. After more than a decade of delays, "Duke Nukem Forever" will debut on the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC game systems in 2011.Game icon Duke Nukem will wield his over-the-top guns and attitude yet again. After more than a decade of delays, 'Duke Nukem Forever' will debut on the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC game systems in 2011.




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Key evidence pulled from BP spill site

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 04:22:27 GMTLogin to discuss
The piece of equipment at the center of the investigation into the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill was being retrieved from a mile below the sea, BP announced Friday.

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Puzzling over Florida's three-way Senate math

Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 21:24:09 GMTLogin to discuss

Florida Senate candidates, Democrat Kendrick Meek, left, and Republican Marco Rubio, right.If Kendrick Meek gets almost every one of Florida's Democrats, he can win the Senate race. But will that happen in a year in which polls show a GOP edge in voter enthusiasm?




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Venus sparkles to reach fourth round at Open

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 02:42:25 GMTLogin to discuss

Venus Williams celebrates after her 6-2, 6-1 victory over Mandy Minella at the U.S. Open on Friday.Her play sparkling as much as her sequined dress, Venus Williams easily eliminated 185th-ranked qualifier Mandy Minella of Luxembourg 6-2, 6-1 on Friday night at the U.S. Open.




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911 callers describe Discovery Channel gunman

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:22:54 GMTLogin to discuss
Emergency calls placed minutes after a gunman entered the Discovery Channel's headquarters include descriptions of the propane tanks strapped to his body and a blinking device in his left hand.

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Cards snap 5-game skid, beat rival Reds

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 04:11:50 GMTLogin to discuss

CincinnatiRookie Jaime Garcia beat the Reds for the fourth time, halting the St. Louis Cardinals' five-game losing streak and ending Cincinnati's four-game run in a 3-2 victory on Friday night.




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NASA advises Chile on trapped, isolated miners

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 01:00:17 GMTLogin to discuss

Dr. Michael Duncan, NASAA team of NASA doctors and engineers recommended Friday that Chilean authorities regulate the day-and-night sleep patterns of 33 trapped miners, boost their Vitamin D intake and phase in an exercise program as their nutrition improves.




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Mexico arrests 6 in deadly Cancun bar blaze

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 03:51:25 GMTLogin to discuss

Judicial police and Mexican army present to the press the six suspects late, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2010. The men allegedly participated in an Aug. 31 attack with gasoline bombs inside a bar where six women and two men died in Cancun. One of the detainees, left, accidentally burned his hands and legs in the attack, which led police to their arrest. (AP Photo/Israel Leal) Mexican police have arrested six suspects in a bar fire that killed eight in the resort city of Cancun.




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NYC mosque backer gave to Hamas-linked charity

Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 22:38:34 GMTLogin to discuss
One of the investors in a proposed Islamic center near the World Trade Center site 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.

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Amazon may be headed for another bad drought

Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 23:02:56 GMTLogin to discuss
Drought has cut Peru's Amazon River to its lowest level in 40 years and it is already below the minimum set in 2005, when a devastating dry spell damaged vast swaths of South American rainforest in the worst drought in decades.

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Strasburg has Tommy John surgery

Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 23:46:37 GMTLogin to discuss
Nationals rookie phenom Stephen Strasburg had reconstructive elbow surgery Friday that could keep him out of the starting rotation until the 2012 season.

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Head of alleged trafficking scheme arrested

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 04:33:36 GMTLogin to discuss
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

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Authorities: Fire at Tenn. mosque site was arson

Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 21:30:57 GMTLogin to discuss
Federal investigators have decided a suspicious fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a future mosque in Tennessee was arson.

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2 lawmakers among 6 dead in Mexico plane crash

Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 01:52:08 GMTLogin to discuss
A plane crash in southern Mexico killed all six people on board Friday, including two federal legislators and two mayors-elect.

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Google settles Buzz privacy lawsuit

Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 21:52:40 GMTLogin to discuss
Google has settled a lawsuit alleging privacy violations in connection with its Buzz social networking service, according to a court document filed on Friday.

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Mexican drug kingpin gets 27 years in Ariz. prison

Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 23:00:13 GMTLogin to discuss
A Mexican man who prosecutors say headed a major drug-smuggling ring that shipped tons of marijuana into the U.S. was sentenced Friday to 27 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $4 million to the American government.

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Tiger struggles to stay in FedEx Cup hunt

Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 23:32:36 GMTLogin to discuss

Tiger Woods struggles through his tee shot on the third hole during the first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship on Friday.Tiger Woods shoots a 1-over 72, while Zach Johnson and Jason Day beat up on the TPC Boston and beat the rain to share the lead at 8 under in the Deutsche Bank Championship on Friday.




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Man in '03 bomb scare sets off airport shutdown

Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 22:51:40 GMTLogin to discuss

Miami-Dade Police and Fire Rescue vehicles are shown at the Miami International Airport arrival level early Friday.A scientist detained at Miami's airport 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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