Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:22:33 GMT
AP - Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and only modest damage, then took aim at the gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages of New England, a weakened but still dangerous storm.

Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:24:37 GMT
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)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:22:06 GMT
AP - A UPS cargo plane crashed Friday outside Dubai, officials said. There was no immediate word on casualties.

Pakistan Taliban say their bomber kills 43 Shiites (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:12:03 GMT
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.

Police release scientist in Miami airport scare (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:45:43 GMT
AP - Investigators on Friday released a scientist detained at Miami International Airport after screeners spotted a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb, prompting an evacuation, a senior law enforcement official.

Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:07:26 GMT
AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province.

Small signal, big meaning? Castro in military duds (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:06:53 GMT
AP - Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance.

Clams befouling Tahoe invade Adirondack lake in NY (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:07:22 GMT
AP - A thumbnail-sized clam blamed for clouding the azure bays of Lake Tahoe high in the Sierra Nevada has now turned up in a mountain-ringed Adirondack lake renowned for its limpid, spring-fed waters.

Brooks & Dunn end 20-year career at Nashville show (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:25:27 GMT
AP - The first song Brooks & Dunn ever sang together has become their last.

Roethlisberger suspension reduced to 4 games (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:23:38 GMT
AP - Ben Roethlisberger's suspension has been cut from six games to four by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The Pittsburgh Steelers' star quarterback met with Goodell early Friday and was told he could return on Oct. 17 against Cleveland.