Flooding on Outer Banks, Earl heads for Northeast (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:29:51 GMT
AP - A weakened Hurricane Earl delivered only a glancing blow to North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday on its way up the East Coast, flooding roads on the narrow vacation islands and knocking out power but staying farther offshore than feared. There were no immediate reports of any injuries.

Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:30:39 GMT
AP - Private employers hired more workers over the past three month than first thought, lifting hopes for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as more people entered the market looking for work.

Police say attacks on Pakistani minorities kill 44 (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:30:55 GMT
AP - Suicide bombings targeting religious minorities killed at least 44 people in Pakistan on Friday, sharply driving up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country already battered by massive flooding.

Police question scientist in Miami airport scare (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:01:07 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 13:02:02 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 13:22:51 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 12:34:23 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 13:35:06 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.

Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:34:33 GMT
AP - U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site.

Indonesia's smoking toddler kicks the habit (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:31:07 GMT
AP - Indonesia's smoking toddler has kicked the habit. Footage of 2-year-old Aldi Rizal — who smoked up to two packs a day — puffing away circulated the Internet in May and sparked an international outcry. His parents said he'd throw tantrums every time they tried to stop him from lighting up.