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Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England (AP)
AP - A weakening Hurricane Earl swiped past North Carolina on Friday on its way to New England, where officials warned residents that it still packed dangerous winds that could topple trees or damage the area's picturesque gray-shingled cottages.

 
Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises (AP)
AP - Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose because not enough jobs were created to absorb the growing number of people looking for work.

 
UPS cargo plane crashes near Dubai airport (AP)
AP - A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai, officials said.

 
Pakistan Taliban say their bomber kills 43 Shiites (AP)
AP - A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least 43 Shiite Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan on Friday. The assault sharply drove up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country battered by massive flooding.

 
Obama planning new package of economic aid (AP)
AP - Eager to jumpstart the economy ahead of crucial midterm elections, President Barack Obama said Friday he intends to unveil a new package of proposals, likely including tax cuts and targeted spending, to spark job growth.

Scientist detained after Miami airport evacuation

A metal canister in his luggage looked like a pipe bomb and prompted an evacuation. Concourses were emptied and roadways closed until just after 4 a.m., when the airport reopened ahead of holiday departures.A scientist has been detained at the Miami International Airport after screeners spotted a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb, prompting an evacuation, a government official said.


Oil platform explodes off Louisiana

The crew is rescued and there are no signs of a leak, but the accident sparks new debate about wells in the gulf.The opening scene was all too familiar. Black smoke rising from a burning oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico and workers plucked from the sea. But Thursday's fire on an oil production facility 100 miles off the Louisiana coast appears to have ended without disaster.


White border security plan calls for more law officers

Plunging into the contentious issue of border security, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White called for a thousand new local law enforcement personnel and 250 state troopers to police the state's border region.


Dems again sue Harris tax office over voter registrations

For the second time in as many years, the Texas Democratic Party has filed a lawsuit against the Harris County tax assessor-collector, accusing the Republican-led voter registration office with illegally rejecting voter applications and with sharing information with political allies that it did not share with Democrats last year.


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Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England (AP)

Prof in Miami scare once accused of hauling plague (AP)

BP: Failed blowout preventer removed from well (AP)

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

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

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Scientist detained after Miami airport evacuation

Oil platform explodes off Louisiana

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U.S. sues Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe

The reemployed: overqualified and underpaid

   

International News

Don't tap retirement fund to pay off mortgage

Pending home sales index climbs 5.2% in July

Fixed-rate mortgages, 5-year ARMs hit record low

A 15-year mortgage isn't for everyone

The dark side of loan-modification assistance

Sports

Nobel Winners Sign Letter Backing Obama Space Plan

Advances Offer Path to Further Shrink Computer Chips

Questions on Deep-Sea Biology

Will Aging Chimps Get to Retire, or Face Medical Research?

Finding Suggests New Aim for Alzheimer?s Drugs

   

Health News

German party mistakenly hands out porn pens to kids (Reuters)

Tourist treat - famous toilets (Reuters)

Firm can't fire man for 1.8 cent theft (Reuters)

Koranic teachers arrested over child begging (Reuters)

Man bites police over a pet peeve (Reuters)

Science & Technology

Roethlisberger suspension reduced to 4 games (AP)

Clijsters wins before 25-minute rain delay at Open (AP)

NHL OKs Kovalchuk's second contract with Devils (AP)

Italy escape with narrow Estonia victory (AFP)

Morgan gets 8 games for Nats-Marlins brawl (AP)


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