Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:11:45 GMT
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RUSSELL CONTRERAS and BOB SALSBERG
2010-09-04T09:11:45Z
CHATHAM, Mass. (AP) -- The remnants of Hurricane Earl took aim at Nova Scotia early Saturday after a brush with the Northeast that was far less intense than feared, dumping heavy, wind-driven rain on Cape Cod cottages and fishing villages accustomed to nor'easters....
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:04:18 GMT
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HARRY R. WEBER
2010-09-04T08:04:18Z
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- BP PLC was on Saturday slowly raising the 300-ton blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, careful not to damage or drop a key piece of evidence in the spill investigation....
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:08:36 GMT
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2010-09-04T08:08:36Z
WASHINGTON (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....
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:08:58 GMT
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RAY LILLEY
2010-09-04T09:08:58Z
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Chimneys and walls crumbled to the ground, roads cracked in half and residents were knocked off their feet as a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. The prime minister said it was a miracle no one was killed....
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:13:27 GMT
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GEORGE TIBBITS
2010-09-04T08:13:27Z
SEATTLE (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....
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:15:52 GMT
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A light aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in flames Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, killing nine people including four foreign tourists, police said....
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:28:48 GMT
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ABDUL SATTAR
2010-09-04T08:28:48Z
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- The death toll from a Pakistani Taliban suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose from 43 to 65 overnight as critically wounded people died in hospitals, police said Saturday....
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:55:46 GMT
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PATRICK CONDON
2010-09-04T07:55:46Z
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (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....
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:16:13 GMT
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LYNN ELBER
2010-09-04T08:16:13Z
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at 'American Idol.'...
Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:06:47 GMT
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EDDIE PELLS
2010-09-04T08:06:47Z
NEW YORK (AP) -- Venus Williams brought the glitter. Rafael Nadal brought the grit....
