Earl weakens to Category 1, heads for Northeast (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:40:02 GMT
AP - Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and little damage, then chugged up the Eastern Seaboard toward Cape Cod, a weaker 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.

Officials say second US missile strike kills 2 (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:51:08 GMT
AP - Pakistani officials say the second suspected U.S. missile strike of the day has killed two people in the country's restive tribal region.

Police question scientist in Miami airport scare (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:07:24 GMT
AP - 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.

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.

Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:15:22 GMT
AP - An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet (three kilometers) in the air Friday, sending frightened residents fleeing to safety for the second time this week.

Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:44:07 GMT
AP - Unlike the blast that led to the massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico killed no one and sent no crude gushing into the water.

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 15:50:28 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.