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A weakened Earl blows by
Boston Globe
This story was reported by Erin Ailworth in Hyannis, Maria Cramer in Oak Bluffs, Brian MacQuarrie in Nantucket, Eric Moskowitz in Chatham, and Travis Andersen and Andrew Ryan in Boston, and was written by Peter Schworm. A diminished Tropical Storm Earl ...
Weakened Earl hits Mass. with wind, rain, surfThe Associated Press
With Eye Offshore, Storm DiminishesNew York Times
Hurricane Earl weakens as it scoots by US eastBusinessWeek
Wall Street Journal -CBS News -Washington Post
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New Zealand Quake Causes 'Significant' Damage
Voice of America
Photo: AP A car damaged by rubble from a building is seen following a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in central Christchurch, New Zealand, early Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. New Zealand authorities say a strong earthquake that shook the country's second largest ...
Heavy damage at quake epicentreStuff.co.nz
Latest news: Christchurch earthquakeNew Zealand Herald
Canterbury quake: Facts and figuresTVNZ
Telegraph.co.uk -Los Angeles Times -Ha'aretz
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Economy just treading water
Washington Post
It's not a recession, and it's not much of a recovery. Instead, the US economy is treading water. In a mixed portrait of the labor market, government data released Friday showed that the unemployment rate rose to 9.6 percent, ...
President Obama to offer job-growth ideasDetroit Free Press
Outgoing Obama Adviser: Stimulus was Right to DoCBS News
Obama Pledges New Measures Next Week to Boost US Economic Growth, HiringBloomberg
Wall Street Journal -ABC News -Christian Science Monitor
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BP replaces failed blowout preventer on Gulf well
Reuters
HOUSTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L)(BP.N) successfully replaced a failed blowout preventer from atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well late on Friday, the top US official overseeing the spill response said. ...
Louisiana: Blowout Preventer Is RemovedNew York Times
BP Replaces Gulf Oil Well's Blowout PreventerWall Street Journal
BP raises blowout preventer, key evidence in probeThe Associated Press
Los Angeles Times -Boston Globe -Seattle Times
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Pawlenty: Federal Gov't is "Basically a Drug Dealer"
CBS News
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Thursday likened the federal government to a drug dealer while defending his decision to refuse federal aid for health care in his state. "Instead of all just running around saying, 'We'll take the money because it's free ...
POLITICAL INSIDER: Pawlenty: DC like 'drug dealer'The Associated Press
Local agencies miss out on health grantNorthfield News
Dear governor: Our kids need a safety netMinneapolis Star Tribune
FOXNews -Grand Forks Herald -CollegeNews
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Death toll rises to 65 in attack on Pakistanis
The Associated Press
QUETTA, Pakistan — The death toll from a Pakistani Taliban suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose from 43 to 65 overnight as critically wounded people died in hospitals, police said Saturday. About 150 people were wounded and some remained ...
Blast kills 55 at Shiite march in western PakistanWashington Post
Suicide Bomber Kills 53 at Shiite ProtestNew York Times
55 killed in Pak suicide blastTimes of India
USA Today -Xinhua -AFP
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Report: PA delegation feel positive after launch of talks
Jerusalem Post
By JPOST.COM STAFF AND BLOOMBERG NEWS Meetings in Washington have caused a "180 degree" change in attitudes; Erekat denies report that negotiating teams scheduled to meet in West Bank Monday. Palestinian members of the peace talks delegation were left ...
Inside the Israeli and Palestinian delegationsBBC News
Hamas retains deadly reach in West BankWashington Post
Palestinian sources report positivity in talksYnetnews
The Hindu -Xinhua -Aljazeera.net
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Nine dead as small plane crashes in New Zealand
Reuters
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Nine people have died after a light aircraft used for skydiving crashed in New Zealand's South Island, police said on Saturday. Greymouth police Allyson Ealam said the pilot and four men from Fox Glacier and four tourists from ...
Irish tourist dies in New Zealand plane crashBBC News
Pilot and eight tourists killed in plane crasheTurboNews
Plane crash kills 9 in New ZealandCNN
AFP -New Zealand Herald -Wall Street Journal
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Zoning Law Aside, Mosque Projects Face Battles
New York Times
In disputes over the construction and expansion of mosques in California, New York, Tennessee and elsewhere, supporters of the projects tend to invoke constitutional principles of religious freedom. At a New York mosque, ...
Video campaign invites American Muslims to share their normalcyLos Angeles Times
Poll: Most New Yorkers oppose mosqueBoston Herald
Where are the voices of reason in the angry debate over ground zero mosque?Austin American-Statesman
Christian Science Monitor -NewsOK.com -Seattle Times
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`Plague doctor' takes a curious journey
MiamiHerald.com
A convicted research scientist was stopped at Miami International Airport after screeners found a suspicious-looking metal canister in his luggage. Thomas C. Butler was an authority on infectious diseases at Texas Tech University. ...
Scientist Sets Off Security Scare, Not His First, at Miami AirportNew York Times
Suspicions force airport closurePittsburgh Post Gazette
Scientist Behind Airport Evacuation Charged with Smuggling Plague in 2003ABC News
Fort Worth Star Telegram -Reuters
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