Earl weakens but still powerful as it scoots by NC (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:21:06 GMT
AP - Hurricane Earl churned past the North Carolina Outer Banks and its powerful gusts and driving rains were starting to be felt in southeastern Virginia early Friday, the beginning of at least 24 hours of stormy, windy weather along the East Coast.

Miami airport evacuated when suspicious item found (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:09:27 GMT
AP - A passenger was detained and four of Miami International Airport's six concourses were evacuated after a screener spotted something suspicious in a checked bag, authorities said.

Democrats spend early to knock out GOP challengers (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:35:08 GMT
AP - Republican Jesse Kelly was still basking in the glow of his victory in an Arizona congressional primary when the Democratic congresswoman he's trying to unseat released a scathing TV ad branding him "a risk" who would gamble away people's retirement savings.

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 07:38:12 GMT
AP - The unemployment rate may be about to rise again.

Gates visits US forces in southern Afghanistan (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:38:43 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.

Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:22:13 GMT
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.

Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in troubled border state (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:38:23 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.

'Crocodile Dundee' to return to US amid tax fray (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:38:51 GMT
AP - Actor Paul Hogan, star of the "Crocodile Dundee" movie trilogy, has been cleared to return home to the United States after he was barred last month from leaving Australia because of a disputed tax bill, his lawyer said Friday.

Sharapova has matchup with another young American (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:49:07 GMT
AP - They all want to be like Maria. They all want to beat Maria, too.