Despite hiring, US unemployment rate seems frozen
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:09:30 GMT
AP - Unemployment is stuck at high levels even though some companies are hiring. The problem, government data show, is that too few jobs are being created for the growing number of people looking for work.
Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:58:18 GMT
AP - A weakening but still dangerous Hurricane Earl steamed toward the gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages of Cape Cod on Friday, disrupting people's vacations on the unofficial final weekend of the short New England summer.
Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:52:06 GMT
AP - A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday and caused widespread damage, but there were just two reports of serious injuries. Looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said.
Clinton: Time is now for Mideast peace
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:07:37 GMT
AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time" to reach an agreement.
Ariz. governor says she was wrong about beheadings
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:43:38 GMT
AP - Gov. Jan Brewer rose to national fame defending the state's immigration law and warning of rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border, including a claim that headless bodies were turning up in the Arizona desert.
Backer of NYC mosque gave to Hamas-linked charity
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:05:12 GMT
AP - One of the investors in a proposed Islamic center near ground zero is a Long Island medical clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a donation to a charity later shut down for links to Hamas.
AP Interview: Wikipedia founder bullish on news
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:09:20 GMT
AP - Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales believes relief may be in sight for the beleaguered news media industry.
Commercial pilot sentenced for drug-masking powder
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:10:16 GMT
AP - A former US Airways Express pilot will spend nine months in prison for selling a powdered drink mix over the Internet that he claimed was "100 percent" effective in helping drug-using truck drivers, pilots and train engineers pass federally mandated drug tests.
Witness recants statements in Anna Nicole case
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:12:55 GMT
AP - A witness in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial recanted statements Friday that he saw defendant Howard K. Stern give the celebrity model excessive drugs.
Steelers' Leftwich likely to miss start of season
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:56:05 GMT
AP - Ben Roethlisberger isn't the only Steelers quarterback who might be out for four weeks.
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