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*  US says goodbye to Earl as storm spins into Canada (AP)
Posted: Today at 11:14:04 AM
Category: business

Bill Adams, of Norwell, Mass., pushes his 2-year-old son Billy while jogging past flooding in a parking area at West Dennis Beach, in West Dennis, Mass., on Cape Cod, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. Portions of Cape Cod received heavy rainfall late Friday and early Saturday as Hurricane Earl, later downgraded to a tropical storm, passed by the cape as it headed north toward Nova Scotia, Canada. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - In the end, Hurricane Earl wasn't even as bad as some of the no-name nor'easters that pound New England from time to time.


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*  Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful NZ quake (AP)
Posted: Today at 10:12:07 AM
Category: world

A damaged brick chimney sits atop a building in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on New Zealand's South Island early Saturday, but there were so far no deaths and only two injuries reported. (AP Photo/NZPA, David Wethey) NEW ZEALAND OUTAP - 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.


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*  Many Pakistanis still waiting for flood aid (AP)
Posted: Today at 11:17:51 AM
Category: world

Pakistani flood survivors wade through floodwater in Sujawat, Sindh province, Southern Pakistan, Sept 4, 2010. The floods, spawned by heavy rains weeks ago in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and elsewhere in the mountains of northern Pakistan, have killed more than 1,600 people and affected about 20 million people. The waters are still swamping rich agricultural land in the southern provinces of Sindh and Punjab. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - Abdul Rehman and his family live under a tree next to a pile of rubble on a newly created island where his house used to be.


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*  Karzai to name panel for talks with insurgents (AP)
Posted: Today at 10:37:07 AM
Category: world

Afghan policemen and U.S. soldiers examine the site of a suicide attack in Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. Afghan police say a suicide bomber on a motorcycle has killed five officers and one civilian in the increasingly violent northern province of Kunduz. (AP Photo/Javid Kargar)AP - President Hamid Karzai said Saturday he will name the members of a council next week to pursue peace talks with insurgents willing to renounce violence, honor the Afghan constitution, and sever ties with terrorist networks.


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*  BP raises blowout preventer, key evidence in probe (AP)
Posted: Today at 08:33:03 AM
Category: science

In this image taken from video provided by BP PLC at 12:23 a.m. EDT, Saturday Sept. 4, 2010 Aug. 3, 2010 shows the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico being raised to the surface. The blowout preventer wasn't expected to reach the surface until Saturday, at which point government investigators will take possession of it. (AP Photo/BP PLC) NO SALESAP - BP crews worked Saturday to slowly raise 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.


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*  Shoe, eggs hurled at ex-Brit PM Blair in Dublin (AP)
Posted: Today at 11:31:19 AM
Category: world

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, right, attends a public book signing, with Conor Whelen, Managing Director of Eason book store, in Dublin, Saturday Sept. 4, 2010. Anti-war protesters hurled shoes and eggs at Tony Blair as he arrived for his first public signing of his fast-selling memoir. (AP Photo/Niall Carson, pool)AP - Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday as Tony Blair held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in the Irish capital. Hundreds more people lined up to have their books autographed — evidence that the divisions left by Blair's decade as British leader have yet to heal.


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*  Obama says he's committed to helping middle class (AP)
Posted: Today at 07:47:12 AM
Category: business

President Barack Obama reports on the economy as the latest unemployment figures are released, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - A healthy economy needs bustling Main Streets and a thriving middle class even more than a healthy stock market, President Barack Obama said as he reaffirmed his commitment to work hard for America's hardworking men and women.


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*  Muslims take to Minn. State Fair to repair image (AP)
Posted: Today at 10:11:32 AM
Category: us

In this Sept. 1, 2010 photo, Zuleyha Ozonder, left, hands out cards explaining Islam to fair-goers as they exit of the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in Falcon Heights, Minn. 'You just want people to take the card, spend a minute reading it and say, 'Oh. They're not terrorists,'' said 27-year-old Zuleyha who volunteered with her husband Salim for The Islamic Circle of North America's Minnesota chapter's outreach effort. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella)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.


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