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 2010-09-02 10:50     Reuters UK    Ireland signals possible extension of bank guarantee
 2010-09-02 10:47     AP Top News    Clinton opens new round of Mideast peace talks
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton formally opened the first direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years on Thursday, imploring the parties to make needed compromises to forge an agreement. At a ceremony in the State Department's ornate Benjamin Franklin room, Clinton said the Obama administration was committed to bringing about a settlement in a year's time. But she stressed that after decades of failed attempts, the heavy lifting must be done by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas....

 2010-09-02 10:42     AP Top News    Rapper T.I., wife arrested on drug charges
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Grammy-winning rapper T.I., who has a history of drug offenses and is on probation after spending time behind bars on gun charges, was arrested along with his wife after police smelled marijuana coming from their car, authorities said. The rapper was arrested Wednesday night in West Hollywood during a traffic stop, Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy Mark Pope told The Associated Press. Authorities said they smelled a strong marijuana odor but would not say if any other drugs were found in the car....

 2010-09-02 10:40     Reuters UK    London Tube strikes go ahead from Monday
 2010-09-02 10:22     AFP    NATO air strike kills 10 civilians: Afghan president
LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) - The death toll from suicide attacks that targeted a busy procession in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore rose to 31 on Thursday as six people succumbed to their injuries, officials said. Full Story »...

 2010-09-02 10:22     AP Top News    Rapper T.I. released from jail after drug arrest
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says Grammy-winning rapper T.I. and his wife have been released from jail after his arrest on suspicion of possessing drugs. The 29-year-old rapper and his wife, Tameka Cottle, were taken into custody Wednesday night in West Hollywood after a sheriff's deputy allegedly smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from their car during a traffic stop....

 2010-09-02 10:20     Reuters UK    Bernanke cites 'sadness' in letting Lehman fail
 2010-09-02 10:17     AFP    Disasters 'scream' call for climate action: UN
NEW YORK (AFP) - Andy Murray breezed into the second round of the US Open on Wednesday while ninth seed Andy Roddick and Wimbledon runner-up Tomas Berdych made early exits from the year's last Grand Slam event. Full Story »...

 2010-09-02 10:17     AP Top News    Rapper T.I. released from jail after drug arrest
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says Grammy-winning rapper T.I. and his wife have been released from jail after his arrest on suspicion of possessing drugs. The 29-year-old rapper and his wife, Tameka Cottle, were taken into custody Wednesday night in West Hollywood after a sheriff's deputy allegedly smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from their car during a traffic stop....

 2010-09-02 10:02     AP Top News    US officers take up posts at Paris airport
US officers take up posts at Paris airportPARIS (AP) - American officers are taking up posts at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport to help identify potential terrorists or other high-risk passengers heading to the United States. Officers from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Immigration Advisory Program joined French airport personnel Thursday. U.S. officers are working at airports in seven other countries under the program....

 2010-09-02 10:02     AP Top News    Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The cap that ended BP's three-month oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico was set to come off Thursday as a prelude to raising a massive, failed piece of equipment and preparing for a final seal on the broken seafloor well. Engineers and the government were not expecting crude to break out again when the cap is lifted, but the government wasn't offering any guarantees and oil collection vessels were set to be on standby on the surface just in case....

 2010-09-02 09:55     Reuters UK    AOL renews Google search agreement
 2010-09-02 09:45     Reuters UK    HP ups bid for 3PAR -- 3PAR to end deal with Dell
 2010-09-02 09:42     AP Top News    Gen. Petraeus calls relationship with Karzai sound
Gen. Petraeus calls relationship with Karzai soundKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The top US military commander in Afghanistan says the sometimes strained relationship between the US and Afghan President Hamid Karzai is solid. Gen. David Petraeus (peh-TRAY'-uhs) says Karzai shares US concerns about corruption in his country. Petraeus acknowledged "friction" over the case of a close Karzai aide arrested this summer in a corruption probe. The aide was released after Karzai intervened....

 2010-09-02 09:35     Reuters UK    Avis raises offer for Dollar Thrifty
 2010-09-02 09:32     AP Top News    Discovery Channel hostage-taker hated programming
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - A gunman police shot to death after he took hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters said he hated the company's shows such as "Kate Plus 8" because they promote population growth and its environmental programming because it did little to save the planet. Three hostages - two Discovery Communications employees and a security guard - escaped unhurt after the four-hour standoff Wednesday in Silver Spring, just outside the nation's capital. After several hours negotiating with the gunman, tactical officers moved in when authorities monitoring him on building security cameras saw him pull out a handgun and point it at a hostage, Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger said....

 2010-09-02 09:32     AP Top News    Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off
Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming offNEW ORLEANS (AP) - The cap that ended BP's three-month oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico was set to come off Thursday as a prelude to raising a massive, failed piece of equipment and preparing for a final seal on the broken seafloor well. Engineers and the government were not expecting crude to break out again when the cap is lifted, but the government wasn't offering any guarantees and oil collection vessels were set to be on standby on the surface just in case....

 2010-09-02 09:32     AP Top News    Bernanke: Shut down banks if they threaten system
Bernanke: Shut down banks if they threaten systemWASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial crisis that regulators must be ready to shutter the largest institutions if they threaten to bring down the financial system. "If the crisis has a single lesson, it is that the too-big-to-fail problem must be solved," Bernanke said Thursday while testifying before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission....

 2010-09-02 09:22     AP Top News    Some dig in, others flee coast as Earl nears US
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Earl blew toward the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday as a major storm with winds of around 145 mph as forecasters tried to pinpoint exactly how close the strongest gales and heaviest surge would get to North Carolina's fragile chain of barrier islands. They also were trying to figure out whether the storm would stay offshore as it tracks up the Northeast coast or bring hurricane-force winds to Long Island, the Boston metropolitan area and Cape Cod....

 2010-09-02 09:12     AP Top News    Unemployment claims drop for second straight week
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people requesting unemployment benefits declined for the second straight week, suggesting that the slowing economy isn't prompting widespread job cuts. New claims for unemployment aid fell last week by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 472,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists had expected a slight increase, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters....

 2010-09-02 09:10     Reuters UK    Potash potential speaks volumes for Sirius
 2010-09-02 09:07     AFP    NATO air strike kills 10 civilians: Afghan president
LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) - The death toll from suicide attacks that targeted a busy procession in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore rose to 31 on Thursday as six people succumbed to their injuries, officials said. Full Story »...

 2010-09-02 09:07     AP Top News    Unemployment claims drop for second straight week
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people requesting unemployment benefits declined for the second straight week, suggesting that the slowing economy isn't prompting widespread job cuts. New claims for unemployment aid fell last week by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 472,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists had expected a slight increase, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters....

 2010-09-02 09:07     AP Top News    Bernanke: Shut down banks if they threaten system
Bernanke: Shut down banks if they threaten systemWASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is telling a panel investigating the financial crisis that regulators must be ready to shut down the largest institutions if they threaten to bring down the financial system. Bernanke says in testimony for a hearing Thursday: "If the crisis has a single lesson, it is that the too-big-to-fail problem must be solved."...

 2010-09-02 08:55     Reuters UK    Karzai condemns air strike as Gates arrives
 2010-09-02 08:52     AP Top News    Some dig in, others flee coast as Earl nears US
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Earl blew toward the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday as a major storm with winds of around 145 mph as forecasters tried to pinpoint exactly how close the strongest gales and heaviest surge would get to North Carolina's fragile chain of barrier islands. They also were trying to figure out whether the storm would stay offshore as it tracks up the Northeast coast or bring hurricane-force winds to Long Island, the Boston metropolitan area and Cape Cod....

 2010-09-02 08:42     AP Top News    Unemployment claims drop for second straight week
Unemployment claims drop for second straight weekWASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people requesting unemployment benefits declined for the second straight week, suggesting that the slowing economy isn't prompting widespread job cuts. The Labor Department said Thursday that new claims for unemployment aid fell last week by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 472,000. Economists had expected a slight increase, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters....

 2010-09-02 08:42     AP Top News    Israelis, Palestinians resume direct peace talks
WASHINGTON (AP) - Seeking to broker a Mideast peace agreement that has eluded U.S. presidents for decades, the Obama administration is overseeing the first direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years. After a day and evening in White House talks with President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sit down together Thursday for the first of what American officials hope will be a series of meetings that lead in a year's time to an agreement on the creation of a Palestinian state....

 2010-09-02 08:42     AP Top News    Discovery Channel hostage-taker hated programming
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - A gunman police shot to death after he took hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters said he hated the company's shows such as "Kate Plus 8" because they promote population growth and its environmental programming because it did little to save the planet. Three hostages - two Discovery Communications employees and a security guard - escaped unhurt after the four-hour standoff Wednesday in Silver Spring, just outside the nation's capital. After several hours negotiating with the gunman, tactical officers moved in when authorities monitoring him on building security cameras saw him pull out a handgun and point it at a hostage, said Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger....

 2010-09-02 08:40     Reuters UK    Burger King buyout seen at $24/share - report
 2010-09-02 08:32     AP Top News    Discovery Channel hostage-taker hated programming
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - A gunman police shot to death after he took hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters said he hated the company's shows such as "Kate Plus 8" because they promote population growth and its environmental programming because it did little to save the planet. Three hostages - two Discovery Communications employees and a security guard - escaped unhurt after the four-hour standoff Wednesday in Silver Spring, just outside the nation's capital. After several hours negotiating with the gunman, tactical officers moved in when authorities monitoring him on building security cameras saw him pull out a handgun and point it at a hostage, said Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger....

 2010-09-02 08:25     Reuters UK    Russia warns speculators after food prices rise
 2010-09-02 08:22     AFP    Stalled funding hits Pakistan aid effort: UN
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AFP) - Hurricane Earl quickly closed in on a large part of the US east coast on Thursday, as tens of thousands of people fled North Carolina's barrier islands to avoid dangerous winds and surf. Full Story »...

 2010-09-02 08:22     AFP    Hurricane Earl closes in on US East Coast
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Apple has launched a music-centered social network at iTunes and unveiled slick new iPod and Apple TV gadgets that promised to win the iconic company more devotees. Full Story »...

 2010-09-02 08:22     AFP    Pakistan mourns triple bombing as death toll rises
BERLIN (AFP) - Samsung unveiled on Thursday what the South Korean electronics giant hopes will be a major rival to Apple's highly successful iPad tablet PC. Full Story »...

 2010-09-02 08:15     Reuters UK    Bankruptcy change eyed
 2010-09-02 08:15     Reuters UK    Banks flock to park cash at ECB
 2010-09-02 08:15     Reuters UK    Move to ease bank failure blow
 2010-09-02 08:02     AP Top News    Rapper T.I., wife arrested on drug charges
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Grammy-winning rapper T.I., who is still on probation after spending time behind bars on gun charges, was arrested along with his wife on drug charges after police smelled alleged marijuana coming from their car, authorities said. The Wednesday night arrests for possession of a controlled substance occurred in West Hollywood during a traffic stop, Los Angeles sheriff's deputy Mark Pope told The Associated Press....

 2010-09-02 07:57     AP Top News    Some dig in, others flee coast as Earl nears US
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Earl blew toward the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday as a major storm with winds of around 145 mph as forecasters tried to pinpoint exactly how close the strongest gales and heaviest surge would get to North Carolina's fragile chain of barrier islands. They also were trying to figure out whether the storm would stay offshore as it tracks up the Northeast coast or bring hurricane-force winds to Long Island, the Boston metropolitan area and Cape Cod....

 2010-09-02 07:50     Reuters UK    U.S. delays Web traffic rules by seeking more comment
 2010-09-02 07:45     Reuters UK    Hawking - creation was godless
 2010-09-02 07:45     Reuters UK    Wheat genome work just at initial stage
 2010-09-02 07:45     Reuters UK    Space detector could find anti-universe
 2010-09-02 07:45     Reuters UK    Climate panel urged to stick to science
 2010-09-02 07:40     Reuters UK    Apple TV a first step for more ambitious plans?
 2010-09-02 07:35     Reuters UK    Pakistan trio requested to be dropped from tour
 2010-09-02 07:32     AFP    Abbas, Netanyahu to relaunch peace talks
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders were to resume direct talks on Thursday, seeking to clinch an elusive peace deal for the Middle East within a year despite deep skepticism and fresh violence. Full Story »...

 2010-09-02 07:32     AFP    Hurricane Earl closes in on US East Coast
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Apple has launched a music-centered social network at iTunes and unveiled slick new iPod and Apple TV gadgets that promised to win the iconic company more devotees. Full Story »...

 2010-09-02 07:32     AP Top News    Some bunker down, some flee as Earl approaches US
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Earl was barreling toward the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday with winds swirling at around 145 mph and forecasters were trying to pinpoint exactly how close the strongest winds and heaviest surge would get to North Carolina's fragile chain of barrier islands. They also were trying to figure out whether the storm would stay off the Northeast coast or bring hurricane-force winds to Long Island, the Boston metropolitan area and Cape Cod....


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