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- Gulf oil platform explodes, burning off La. coast
By 2010-09-02T16:17:13ZGRAND ISLE, La. (AP) -- An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion....
- Earl threatens East Coast with weekend pounding
By 2010-09-02T15:43:06ZBUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- Hurricane Earl packed winds near 140 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard up to Maine on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain....
- Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe
By 2010-09-02T15:50:38ZPHOENIX (AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics....
- Data shows jobless claims drop, retail sales rise
By 2010-09-02T15:53:30ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- A weak economy got a little lift Thursday with new data suggesting companies aren't pursuing mass layoffs and stores are a little busier....
- Clinton opens new round of Mideast peace talks
By 2010-09-02T16:25:11ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Israeli and Palestinian leaders sat down for their first direct peace talks in two years on Thursday, pledging to overcome deep skepticism spawned by disappointment with U.S.-brokered attempts in the past to resolve the long-running conflict....
- Gunman shot as Discovery hostages planned escape
By 2010-09-02T16:21:09ZSILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) -- As the three hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters appeared ready to make a run for it, police said Thursday that a SWAT team officer quickly shot and killed the increasingly agitated gunman who had explosives strapped to himself, ending the four-hour standoff....
- Bernanke: Shut down banks if they threaten system
By 2010-09-02T16:26:37ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial crisis that regulators must be ready to shutter the largest institutions if they threaten to bring down the financial system....
- Google, Skype targeted in India security crackdown
By 2010-09-02T15:00:15ZMUMBAI, India (AP) -- India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications - not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion - to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users' data. That would likely affect digital giants like Google and Skype....
- Rapper T.I., wife arrested on drug charges
By 2010-09-02T15:26:44ZWEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) -- Grammy-winning rapper T.I. was arrested along with his wife on suspicion of possessing methamphetamines, five months after the hip-hop star finished a prison stint on weapons charges....
- Gulf oil platform explodes, burning off La. coast
By 2010-09-02T16:17:13ZGRAND ISLE, La. (AP) -- An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion....
- Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe
By 2010-09-02T15:50:38ZPHOENIX (AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics....
- Earl threatens East Coast with weekend pounding
By 2010-09-02T15:43:06ZBUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- Hurricane Earl packed winds near 140 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard up to Maine on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain....
- Gunman shot as Discovery hostages planned escape
By 2010-09-02T16:06:15ZSILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) -- As the three hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters appeared ready to make a run for it, police said Thursday that a SWAT team officer quickly shot and killed the increasingly agitated gunman who had explosives strapped to himself, ending the four-hour standoff....
- Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from NY jail
By 2010-09-02T13:35:49ZNEW YORK (AP) -- The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman over the comedian's office affairs was freed from jail Thursday, city Correction Department records show....
- Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off
By 2010-09-02T13:57:10ZNEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The cap that ended BP's three-month oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico was set to come off Thursday as a prelude to raising a massive, failed piece of equipment and preparing for a final seal on the broken seafloor well....
- Chicago police chief criticized for 'gang summit'
By 2010-09-02T15:05:40ZCHICAGO (AP) -- The idea seemed simple though bold: Call reputed gang leaders to a meeting with top police and federal prosecutors and deliver an ultimatum to end killings in the nation's third-largest city....
- Fired aide to ex-Mo. gov runs for gov's dad's seat
By 2010-09-02T15:57:24ZSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- It's been three years since Scott Eckersley was fired after asserting that his then-boss, former Gov. Matt Blunt, and others in Blunt's administration should not be deleting certain e-mails because they belonged to the public record....
- Senate upset erases Alaska seniority
By 2010-09-02T08:43:04ZANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The defeat of Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski by an upstart fiscal conservative in Alaska's GOP primary could mark a significant shift for a state that has so long relied on federal pork to survive. The outcome was also an unexpected blow to the seniority Alaska has enjoyed in the Senate....
- Gen. Petraeus calls relationship with Karzai sound
By 2010-09-02T13:40:17ZKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The top US military commander in Afghanistan says the sometimes strained relationship between the US and Afghan President Hamid Karzai is solid....
- Google, Skype targeted in India security crackdown
By 2010-09-02T15:00:15ZMUMBAI, India (AP) -- India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications - not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion - to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users' data. That would likely affect digital giants like Google and Skype....
- Book says Nazi hunter Wiesenthal worked for Mossad
By 2010-09-02T15:35:03ZJERUSALEM (AP) -- Renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal worked for Israel's Mossad spy agency, providing information on war criminals and Germans working in Arab countries, according to a new book released Thursday....
- China census highlights growing rights awareness
By 2010-09-02T16:21:51ZBEIJING (AP) -- Census takers counting China's more than 1.3 billion people already face a daunting task, and it's getting harder for the latest once-a-decade update....
- Afghan official: Afghan govt will back Kabul Bank
By 2010-09-02T16:12:10ZKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan's finance minister reassured nervous customers at the troubled Kabul Bank on Thursday, saying every penny of their deposits would be guaranteed by the government....
- Bundesbank seeking banker's removal over comments
By 2010-09-02T15:35:21ZBERLIN (AP) -- Germany's central bank said Thursday that it will request the dismissal of a board member whose comments stereotyping Muslims and Jews drew outrage at home and abroad....
- Togo opposition leader claims police brutality
By 2010-09-02T15:32:49ZLOME, Togo (AP) -- Togo's opposition leader claims police tried to stop him from leading protesters through a police blockade in their attempt to protest the alleged rigging of this year's presidential election....
- SAfrica to end amnesty for illegal Zimbabweans
By 2010-09-02T15:22:03ZJOHANNESBURG (AP) -- South Africa's government is withdrawing the special status granted to illegal Zimbabwean immigrants who fled their country's economic meltdown and political violence, a spokesman said Thursday....
- 2 US troops, dozens of Afghan insurgents killed
By 2010-09-02T14:05:12ZKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Two American troops died in fighting in Afghanistan on Thursday, while NATO and local officials said coalition and Afghan forces killed dozens of insurgents in a series of ground and air engagements....
- Palestinian leader urges Israel to end settlements
By 2010-09-02T16:21:26ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is calling on Israel to end Jewish settlements in the West Bank and other areas that the Palestinians want to be part off their own state....
- Israeli says both sides must compromise for peace
By 2010-09-02T14:41:50ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling for Israelis as well as the Palestinians to make compromises in the pursuit of an enduring peace....
- Gen. Petraeus calls relationship with Karzai sound
By 2010-09-02T13:40:17ZKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The top US military commander in Afghanistan says the sometimes strained relationship between the US and Afghan President Hamid Karzai is solid....
- Marine general says Taliban drug trade faltering
By 2010-09-02T16:05:46ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- A Marine two-star general says the Taliban is experiencing a serious cash flow problem after losing an estimated half of its annual revenue from the drug trade in southern Afghanistan....
- Report: Victims not told of some inmate furloughs
By 2010-09-02T15:59:52ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal prisons are failing to notify crime victims and witnesses when inmates are allowed to travel by themselves for medical treatment, the Justice Department inspector general said Thursday....
- Democrats fight to stay in office amid backlash
By 2010-09-02T15:04:22ZMcGREGOR, Texas (AP) -- Rep. Chet Edwards, an imperiled Democrat deep in the heart of Republican territory, finds exiting American Legion Post No. 273 slow going. Supporters and well-wishers keep stopping him....
- Fired aide to ex-Mo. gov runs for gov's dad's seat
By 2010-09-02T15:57:24ZSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- It's been three years since Scott Eckersley was fired after asserting that his then-boss, former Gov. Matt Blunt, and others in Blunt's administration should not be deleting certain e-mails because they belonged to the public record....
- POLITICAL INSIDER: Clinton helps Ark. Democrat
By 2010-09-02T13:51:17ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton is coming to the aid of endangered Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln....
- Kia recalling Soul, Sorento autos for wiring fix
By 2010-09-02T14:48:49ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Kia Motors is recalling about 35,000 Soul and Sorento vehicles to fix wiring in the interior lighting panels that could lead to fires....
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