Weakened Earl hits Mass. with wind, rain, surf (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:13:22 GMT
AP - The remnants of Hurricane Earl dumped wind-driven rain on Cape Cod's gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages Friday night, but its close brush with the Northeast was less intense than feared only hours earlier.

Report: Blackwater created shell companies (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:07:39 GMT
AP - The security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to try to get millions of dollars in government business after the company faced strong criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq, The New York Times reported Friday.

BP: Failed blowout preventer removed from well (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:05:49 GMT
AP - BP PLC said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from the company's well on Friday afternoon.

Body of son of boxing promoter found in Cascades (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:45:06 GMT
AP - Searchers spotted the body of the son of Hall of Fame boxing promoter Bob Arum on a rugged Washington state mountainside Friday afternoon, five days after they began looking for him in North Cascades National Park, authorities said.

9 killed in New Zealand skydiving plane crash (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:38:58 GMT
AP - A light aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in flames Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, killing nine people including four foreign tourists, police said.

Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:11:47 GMT
AP - 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.

Clinton: Time is now for Mideast peace (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:21:06 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 (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:25:47 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.

Fox: Kara DioGuardi departs 'American Idol' (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:38:21 GMT
AP - Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol."

Nadal beats Istomin; reaches 3rd round of US Open (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:53:40 GMT
AP - Even Rafael Nadal felt compelled to applaud when his second-round opponent at the U.S. Open hit a spectacular, full-sprint winner and was left doing the splits at the net.