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Temporary cap that stopped oil gusher removed

AP Top U.S. News  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:33 PM EST   [*New!*]

By HARRY R. WEBER 2010-09-02T21:33:46Z NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Engineers have removed a temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well in mid-July....

1 dead in plane crash off San Francisco Bay

AP Top California Headlines  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:31 PM EST   [*New!*]

By JOHN S. MARSHALL 2010-09-02T21:31:50Z REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (AP) -- A 40-year-old woman was found dead next to the wreckage of a small plane that crashed Thursday in a lagoon off San Francisco Bay, officials said. Divers were searching for two more people who may have been on board....

Earl threatens East Coast with a pounding

AP Top U.S. News  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:31 PM EST   [*New!*]

By MIKE BAKER 2010-09-02T21:31:49Z BUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 115 mph winds Thursday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and potentially most destructive stop on the storm's projected journey up the Eastern Seaboard....

Crews extinguishes fire after evacuation of Mariner oil platform in Gulf of Mexico

Washington Post - Defense News  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:28 PM EST   [*New!*]

An offshore oil production platform caught fire Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, forcing 13 workers into the water and triggering an emergency response to rescue them, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Rapper T.I. comeback could be derailed with arrest

AP Top California Headlines  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:26 PM EST   [*New!*]

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY 2010-09-02T21:26:32Z After finishing a sentence for weapons charges earlier this year, T.I. was poised to have the comeback of the fall....

Warren schedule change stirs talk on consumer job

Reuters - Politics News  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:25 PM EST   [*New!*]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A last-minute change in the fall course schedule of Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren has fueled speculation the White House might soon nominate her to head the newly created U.S. consumer financial agency.

Con man could get life under Calif. 3-strikes law

AP Top California Headlines  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:25 PM EST   [*New!*]

By ROBERT JABLON 2010-09-02T21:25:38Z LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A man accused of bilking elderly South Los Angeles residents out of their homes in a foreclosure scam is facing a potential life sentence in a rare use of California's three-strikes law for a white-collar crime....

No sign of oil spill after Gulf platform fire

AP Top U.S. News  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:24 PM EST   [*New!*]

By ALAN SAYRE 2010-09-02T21:24:16Z NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) -- The Coast Guard is saying there are no immediate signs of a spill from an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast....

20-acre fire burns in rural San Diego County

AP Top California Headlines  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:21 PM EST   [*New!*]

By 2010-09-02T21:21:56Z CAMPO, Calif. (AP) -- Firefighters and aircraft are battling a blaze that has spread over 20 acres in rural San Diego County between the towns of Campo and Potrero....

Gibbs: No big stimulus bill planned

UPI  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:19 PM EST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- President Obama has no plans for a second major stimulus bill to jumpstart the U.S. economy, a spokesman said Thursday. United States - Barack Obama - President - WASHINGTON - History

Obama to hold press conference next Friday

Reuters - Politics News  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:17 PM EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will hold a press conference on Friday, September 10, the White House said on Thursday.

Japan's Kan, Ozawa trade barbs in debate

UPI  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:16 PM EST

TOKYO, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan accused challenger Ichiro Ozawa of backing money-driven politics Thursday while Ozawa rapped Kan for a bloated bureaucracy. Japan - Naoto Kan - Ichirō Ozawa - Prime Minister of Japan - TOKYO

Embattled Illinois prisons chief resigns

AP Top U.S. News  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:15 PM EST

By DEANNA BELLANDI 2010-09-02T21:15:48Z CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois' prison chief, who became a political liability to Gov. Pat Quinn during an election year because of a secret prisoner release program he oversaw, is stepping down, the governor said Thursday....

Afghans Pull Money From Weakened Bank

NYT International  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:13 PM EST

One of the principal owners of the bank predicted a “revolution” in the financial system unless efforts were made to help stabilize the bank.

Cat lost during move, found in box spring

UPI  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:12 PM EST

SURREY, British Columbia, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A Canadian woman said her 14-year-old cat, which disappeared during a recent move, turned out to have spent five days hiding inside a box spring. British Columbia - Canada - Surrey British Columbia - Government - Military