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2010-09-02 17:57	AFP	Hurricane Earl menaces US East Coast NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) - Crews managed to extinguish a massive blaze on a rig in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday and have not been able to locate an oil slick spotted earlier in the day, the Coast Guard said. Full Story »...
2010-09-02 17:57	AFP	Fire out on Gulf of Mexico rig, no oil slick: Coast Guard GENEVA (AFP) - UN climate chief Christiana Figueres on Thursday warned that a string of weather calamities showed the deepening urgency to forge a breakthrough deal on global warming this year. Full Story »...
2010-09-02 17:57	AP Top News	Temporary cap that stopped oil gusher removed Temporary cap that stopped oil gusher removedNEW ORLEANS (AP) - Engineers removed a temporary cap Thursday that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well in mid-July. No more oil was expected to leak into the sea, but crews were standing by with collection vessels just in case. The cap was removed as a prelude to raising the massive piece of equipment underneath that failed to prevent the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history....
2010-09-02 17:50	Reuters UK	Ivory Coast electoral commission produces final list
2010-09-02 17:47	AFP	Stalled funding hits Pakistan aid effort: UN BERLIN (AFP) - Competition to Apple's highly successful iPad hotted up on Thursday as Samsung and Toshiba unveiled rival tablet PCs that they hope will steal some of the Californian giant's thunder. Full Story »...
2010-09-02 17:47	AP Top News	Temporary cap that stopped oil gusher removed Temporary cap that stopped oil gusher removedNEW 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. More oil is not expected to leak into the sea, but crews are on standby with collection vessels just in case....
2010-09-02 17:47	AP Top News	Co-worker: Suspect's girlfriend alive during chase VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) - The co-worker of a woman found dead in her boyfriend's car after a fatal California police chase said Thursday that she spoke with the victim during the pursuit. The high-speed chase ended at a Richmond strip mall on Tuesday night, when officers shot and killed murder suspect Efren Valdemoro....
2010-09-02 17:47	AP Top News	Author Hawking says God not needed for creation LONDON (AP) - Did creation need a creator? British physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking says no, arguing in his new book that there need not be a God behind the creation of the universe....
2010-09-02 17:47	AP Top News	Goats rescued after 2 days on 6-inch ledge in Mont HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Two young goats wandered onto the thin ledge of a railroad bridge and spent nearly two days high above the ground until rescuers in a towering cherry picker plucked them from their perch, hungry but safe. The rescue occurred Wednesday 60 feet above a little-trafficked rural roadway in southern Montana between Billings and Roundup, after a caller told the Rimrock Humane Society the goats were stranded on the 6-inch ledge....
2010-09-02 17:42	AFP	Hurricane Earl menaces US East Coast NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) - Crews managed to extinguish a massive blaze on a rig in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday and have not been able to locate an oil slick spotted earlier in the day, the Coast Guard said. Full Story »...
2010-09-02 17:42	AFP	Fire out on Gulf of Mexico rig, no oil slick: Coast Guard GENEVA (AFP) - UN climate chief Christiana Figueres on Thursday warned that a string of weather calamities showed the deepening urgency to forge a breakthrough deal on global warming this year. Full Story »...
2010-09-02 17:42	AFP	Stalled funding hits Pakistan aid effort: UN BERLIN (AFP) - Competition to Apple's highly successful iPad hotted up on Thursday as Samsung and Toshiba unveiled rival tablet PCs that they hope will steal some of the Californian giant's thunder. Full Story »...
2010-09-02 17:42	AP Top News	Earl threatens East Coast with a pounding 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. The hurricane's leading edge brought on-and-off light rain in the afternoon to the long ribbon of barrier islands, which were expected to get the brunt of the storm around midnight....
2010-09-02 17:42	AP Top News	Hopeful sign: More talks for Israel, Palestinians WASHINGTON (AP) - In an early sign of promise, Israeli and Palestinian leaders pledged Thursday in a cordial first round of talks to keep meeting at regular intervals, aiming to nail down a framework for overcoming deep disputes and achieving lasting peace within a year. As their facilitator-in-chief, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to rise above the suspicion and skepticism that has blocked peace efforts for decades. "By being here today, you each have taken an important step toward freeing your peoples from the shackles of a history we cannot change," she said....
2010-09-02 17:32	AP Top News	No sign of oil spill after Gulf platform fire 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. All 13 crew members were rescued from the water in the second such disaster in the Gulf in less than five months....
2010-09-02 17:32	AP Top News	Chris Brown returns to No. 1 spot with 'Deuces' NEW YORK (AP) - Chris Brown is back to a familiar place - the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts. The 21-year-old's latest song, the goodbye groove "Deuces," hit the top spot of Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart this week....
2010-09-02 17:32	AP Top News	Woods takes out $54M mortgage on Fla. estate JUPITER ISLAND, Fla. (AP) - Fresh off his divorce, Tiger Woods has taken out a $54.5 million mortgage on his Florida waterfront estate. Mortgage documents filed last month in Martin County show Woods will make payments to an entity called JRD Florida Ventures LLC. That is a Virginia company whose registered agent is an attorney with the firm that represented Woods' ex-wife, Elin Nordegren, in their divorce....
2010-09-02 17:30	Reuters UK	Bob Dylan's paintings on show in Danish gallery
2010-09-02 17:22	AFP	HP outlasts Dell in bidding war for 3PAR See Only Top Stories From:...
2010-09-02 17:22	AP Top News	Double hand transplant patient shows new hands LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The recipient of a rare double hand transplant says he feels "fantastic" and can wiggle fingers on both his new hands. Richard Edwards made his first appearance on Thursday, about a week after he underwent a nearly 18-hour transplant procedure at a hospital in Louisville. The 55-year-old chiropractor from Edmond, Okla., had his hands severely burned in a fire in 2006....
2010-09-02 17:17	AP Top News	Discounts spur surprising Aug. retail sales gains NEW YORK (AP) - This year's back-to-school season isn't as big a bust for retailers as they feared - or as last year's - but it's not great either. Americans are spending only when the item and price are just right, according to August reports from major chains released Thursday that showed shoppers bought a little more than a year ago....
2010-09-02 17:12	AP Top News	Oil platform explodes off La. coast; crew rescued NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) - An oil platform exploded and caught fire Thursday off the Louisiana coast, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. All 13 crew members were rescued from the water in protective "Gumby suits." The Coast Guard initially reported that an oil sheen a mile long and 100 feet wide had begun to spread from the site of the blast, about 200 miles west of the site of BP's massive spill. But hours later, Coast Guard Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau said crews were unable to find any spill....
2010-09-02 17:07	AP Top News	Earl threatens East Coast with weekend pounding 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. The hurricane's leading edge brought on-and-off light rain in the afternoon to the long ribbon of barrier islands, which were likely to get the full brunt of the storm around midnight....
2010-09-02 16:57	AP Top News	Earl weakens slightly, winds still at 115 mph BUXTON, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Earl is weakening slightly as it heads toward North Carolina's Outer Banks, but forecasters say it's still a dangerous hurricane with winds of 115 mph. The National Hurricane Center says bands of rain and gusty winds are already approaching the Outer Banks. Earl's eye is expected to pass near there on Thursday night and New England Friday night....
2010-09-02 16:57	AP Top News	Coast Guard: No oil sheen from Gulf explosion NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) - The Coast Guard is backing off its earlier report that an oil sheen about a mile long was spreading following a platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. Coast Guard Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau said Thursday afternoon that crews was unable to confirm the oil sheen. The Coast Guard says platform owner Mariner Energy reported a sheen about a mile long and 100 feet wide. But the company has said in a statement that an initial flyover didn't find an oil spill....
2010-09-02 16:57	AP Top News	More Dems buck plan to let taxes increase for rich WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress seems increasingly reluctant to let taxes go up, even on wealthier Americans. Worried about the fragile economy and their own upcoming elections, a growing number of Democrats are joining the rock-solid Republican opposition to President Barack Obama's plans to let some of the Bush administration's tax cuts expire....
2010-09-02 16:52	AP Top News	Coast Guard: No oil sheen from Gulf explosion NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) - The Coast Guard is backing off its earlier report that an oil sheen about a mile long was spreading following a platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. Coast Guard Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau said Thursday afternoon that crews was unable to confirm the oil sheen. The Coast Guard says platform owner Mariner Energy reported a sheen about a mile long and 100 feet wide. But the company has said in a statement that an initial flyover didn't find an oil spill....
2010-09-02 16:52	AP Top News	Discounts spur surprising Aug. retail sales gains NEW YORK (AP) - This year's back-to-school season isn't as big a bust for retailers as they feared - or as last year's - but it's not great either. Americans are spending only when the item and price are just right, according to August reports from major chains released Thursday that showed shoppers bought a little more than a year ago....
2010-09-02 16:45	Reuters UK	ICC charges three Pakistan players
2010-09-02 16:40	Reuters UK	U.S. economic data damp down fears of new recession
2010-09-02 16:35	Reuters UK	Apple TV could help Netflix growth
2010-09-02 16:25	Reuters UK	HP wins 3PAR for $2.4 billion as Dell drops out
2010-09-02 16:25	Reuters UK	Verizon unveils prepaid option for smartphones
2010-09-02 16:22	AP Top News	Oil platform explodes off La. coast, spreading oil NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) - An oil platform exploded and caught fire Thursday off the Louisiana coast, spreading a mile-long oil sheen into the Gulf of Mexico. All 13 crew members were rescued from the water in their protective "Gumby suits." It was the second such disaster in the gulf in less than five months. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Coklough said the sheen, about 100 feet wide, was spotted near the platform, 200 miles west of the site of BP's massive spill. Firefighting vessels were battling the flames....
2010-09-02 16:20	Reuters UK	Up to 5 prop metals traders leave JPMorgan: sources
2010-09-02 16:12	AP Top News	Earl threatens East Coast with weekend pounding BUXTON, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Earl packed winds near 140 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard up to Maine on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain. A hurricane warning for the tip of Massachusetts, including Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, joined earlier warnings and watches for hurricanes or tropical storms that stretch from North Carolina up to near the Canadian border....
2010-09-02 16:12	AP Top News	Gulf oil platform explodes, burning off La. coast NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) - An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion. The Coast Guard said no one was killed in the explosion, which was spotted by a commercial helicopter flying over the site Thursday morning. All 13 people aboard the rig have been accounted for, with one injury. The extent of the injury was not known....
2010-09-02 16:12	AP Top News	New round of direct Mideast peace talks begins WASHINGTON (AP) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders sat down for their first direct peace talks in two years on Thursday, pledging to overcome deep skepticism and disappointment with past U.S.-brokered attempts to resolve the long-running conflict. Formally opening the negotiations after a day of discussions with President Barack Obama at the White House, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton implored Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to make the difficult compromises needed to forge an agreement....
2010-09-02 16:12	AP Top News	Discounts spur surprising Aug. retail sales gains NEW YORK (AP) - American shoppers, taking advantage of deep discounts and tax-free holidays, opened up their wallets a little more for back-to-school spending compared with last year, giving some retailers better-than expected gains for August. The results provided a sliver of hope for the recovery amid an unrelenting batch of bad news, from slumping home prices and high unemployment, that have pointed to a stalling economy and set up dire expectations for the back-to-school shopping season. Still, the retailers' gains mask underlying weakness in consumer spending as they're being compared with declines a year ago and worries still abound about the critical holiday season....
2010-09-02 16:12	AP Top News	More Dems buck plan to let taxes increase for rich WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress seems increasingly reluctant to let taxes go up, even on wealthier Americans. Worried about the fragile economy and their own upcoming elections, a growing number of Democrats are joining the rock-solid Republican opposition to President Barack Obama's plans to let some of the Bush administration's tax cuts expire....
2010-09-02 16:12	AP Top News	Google, Skype targeted in India security crackdown MUMBAI, India (AP) - India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications - not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion - to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users' data. That would likely affect digital giants like Google and Skype. "People who operate communication services in India should (install a) server in India as well as make available access to law enforcement agencies," Home Secretary G.K. Pillai told reporters. "That has been made clear to RIM of BlackBerry but also to other companies."...
2010-09-02 16:12	AP Top News	Double hand transplant patient shows new hands Double hand transplant patient shows new handsLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The recipient of a rare double hand transplant says he feels "fantastic" and can wiggle fingers on both his new hands. Richard Edwards made his first appearance on Thursday, about a week after he underwent a nearly 18-hour transplant procedure at a hospital in Louisville. The 55-year-old chiropractor from Edmond, Okla., had his hands severely burned in a fire in 2006....
2010-09-02 16:12	AP Top News	Axl Rose tries Dublin's patience, sends crowd home Axl Rose tries Dublin's patience, sends crowd homeDUBLIN (AP) - Axl Rose, it seems, needs a little more patience - and a much louder alarm clock. The 48-year-old singer of U.S. hard-rock band Guns N' Roses irritated thousands of his Dublin fans at the 02 Arena on Wednesday night by showing up nearly an hour late - a recurring problem on his band's European tour - and then walking off after an unruly minority in the crowd hurled water bottles on the stage....
2010-09-02 16:12	AP Top News	American teen Capra upsets 18th-seeded Rezai NEW YORK (AP) - Goodbye, Melanie Oudin. Hello, Beatrice Capra. The day after the sensation of last year's U.S. Open departed quietly, another 18-year-old American made her way unexpectedly to the third round....
2010-09-02 15:57	AFP	Abbas, Netanyahu vow to meet every two weeks for peace WASHINGTON (AFP) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders launched their first direct negotiations in 20 months here Thursday, agreeing to meet every two weeks in a bid to reach a lasting peace settlement within a year. Full Story »...
2010-09-02 15:57	AFP	Disasters show 'screaming' need for action - climate chief NEW YORK (AFP) - Andy Roddick's second-round exit from the US Open has pushed a new set of rising American men into the Grand Slam spotlight, hoping to advance the legacy of such legends as Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi. Full Story »...
2010-09-02 15:32	AFP	Hurricane Earl menaces US East Coast NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) - A mile-long slick was spreading from an oil platform ablaze in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday, the Coast Guard said, citing a report from rig workers who jumped into the sea to safety. Full Story »...
2010-09-02 15:32	AFP	Slick seen from rig ablaze in Gulf of Mexico: Coast Guard GENEVA (AFP) - UN climate chief Christiana Figueres on Thursday warned that a string of weather calamities showed the deepening urgency to forge a breakthrough deal on global warming this year. Full Story »...
2010-09-02 15:20	Reuters UK	Burkle to appeal Barnes & Noble poison pill ruling
2010-09-02 15:20	Reuters UK	Former champion Kuznetsova books spot in third round


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