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Weakened Earl packs less force than feared

Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:11:45 GMTLogin to discuss
By 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....

BP raises blowout preventer, key evidence in probe

Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:04:18 GMTLogin to discuss
By 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....

Report: Blackwater created shell companies

Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:08:36 GMTLogin to discuss
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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....

Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful NZ quake

Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:08:58 GMTLogin to discuss
By 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....

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

Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:13:27 GMTLogin to discuss
By 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....

9 killed in New Zealand skydiving plane crash

Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:15:52 GMTLogin to discuss
By 2010-09-04T08:15:52Z
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....

Death toll rises to 65 in attack on Pakistanis

Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:28:48 GMTLogin to discuss
By 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....

Muslims take to Minn. State Fair to repair image

Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:55:46 GMTLogin to discuss
By 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....

Fox: Kara DioGuardi departs 'American Idol'

Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:16:13 GMTLogin to discuss
By 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.'...

Nadal, Venus move on at US Open

Published: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:06:47 GMTLogin to discuss
By EDDIE PELLS 2010-09-04T08:06:47Z
NEW YORK (AP) -- Venus Williams brought the glitter. Rafael Nadal brought the grit....