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2010-09-01 20:25	Reuters UK	"Machete" an ultraviolent blast of hilarity
2010-09-01 20:25	Reuters UK	Murray serves notice as U.S. Open heats up
2010-09-01 20:17	AP Top News	Obama cautiously hopeful as Mideast talks begin WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama convened the first direct Israeli-Palestinian talks in two years Wednesday, challenging Mideast leaders to seize a fleeting opportunity to settle their differences and deliver peace to a region haunted by decades of hostility. "I am hopeful, cautiously hopeful, but hopeful," Obama said with the leaders of Jordan, Egypt, Israel and the Palestinians beside him in the crowded East Room of the White House. Earlier Obama had met with each individually, and they gathered afterward for dinner....
2010-09-01 20:15	Reuters UK	Obama to Mideast leaders: seize moment for peace
2010-09-01 20:12	AP Top News	Obama cautiously hopeful as Mideast talks begin WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama convened the first direct Israeli-Palestinian talks in two years Wednesday, challenging Mideast leaders to seize a fleeting opportunity to settle their differences and deliver peace to a region haunted by decades of hostility. "I am hopeful, cautiously hopeful, but hopeful," Obama said with the leaders of Jordan, Egypt, Israel and the Palestinians beside him in the crowded East Room of the White House. Earlier Obama had met with each individually, and they gathered afterward for dinner....
2010-09-01 20:12	AP Top News	Police kill gunman who held 3 at Discovery Channel SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body Wednesday and took three people hostage at gunpoint before police shot him to death, officials said. The hostages - two Discovery Communications employees and a security guard - were unhurt after the four-hour standoff. Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger said tactical officers moved in after officers monitoring Lee on building security cameras saw him pull out a handgun and point it at a hostage....
2010-09-01 20:12	AP Top News	Island evacuations start as Earl nears East Coast NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard on Wednesday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm's predicted offshore track could put millions of people in the most densely populated part of the country in harm's way. Vacationers along North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks took advantage of the typical picture-perfect day just before a hurricane arrives to pack their cars and flee inland, cutting short their summer just before Labor Day weekend....
2010-09-01 20:07	AFP	'Terrorists' will not block path to peace: Netanyahu WASHINGTON (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday vowed "terrorists" would not "block the path to peace," and gave thanks that no one died in the latest attack on Israelis in the West Bank. Full Story »...
2010-09-01 20:07	AP Top News	'Cautiously hopeful' _ Mideast peace talks begin WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama convened the first direct Israeli-Palestinian talks in two years Wednesday, challenging Mideast leaders to seize a fleeting opportunity to settle their differences and deliver peace to a region haunted by decades of hostility. "I am hopeful, cautiously hopeful, but hopeful," Obama said with the leaders of Jordan, Egypt, Israel and the Palestinians beside him in the crowded East Room of the White House. Earlier Obama had met with each individually, and they gathered afterward for dinner....
2010-09-01 20:05	Reuters UK	Apple and TV networks clash over 99 cent rentals
2010-09-01 20:02	AFP	'Terrorists' will not block path to peace: Netanyahu WASHINGTON (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday vowed "terrorists" would not "block the path to peace," and gave thanks that no one died in the latest attack on Israelis in the West Bank. Full Story »...
2010-09-01 19:52	AP Top News	Island evacuations start as Earl nears East Coast NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard on Wednesday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm's predicted offshore track could put millions of people in the most densely populated part of the country in harm's way. Vacationers along North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks took advantage of the typical picture-perfect day just before a hurricane arrives to pack their cars and flee inland, cutting short their summer just before Labor Day weekend....
2010-09-01 19:47	AP Top News	Dead suspect may be linked to 4 slayings in Calif. VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) - A murder suspect who led officers on a high-speed chase with his dead girlfriend in the passenger seat is a central figure in the investigation of at least four killings, authorities said Wednesday. Efren Valdemoro, 38, was shot and killed by California Highway Patrol officers Tuesday night after refusing to drop a meat cleaver, CHP spokesman Sgt. Trent Cross said. The chase for Valdemoro, who had been wanted in the death of a 73-year-old man last weekend, ended in a Richmond strip mall....
2010-09-01 19:42	AFP	Mubarak urges Netanyahu to act on peace chance WASHINGTON (AFP) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Wednesday publicly urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make good on his vow to make peace, and said Israelis must halt settlement building. Full Story »...
2010-09-01 19:42	AFP	Evacuations start as US braces for Hurricane Earl NEW YORK (AFP) - Andy Murray has plenty of confidence entering the second round of the US Open, but the British fourth seed is not thinking about beating Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer for a Grand Slam title just yet. Full Story »...
2010-09-01 19:42	AP Top News	Police kill gunman who held 3 at Discovery Channel SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body Wednesday and took three people hostage at gunpoint before police shot him to death, officials said. The hostages - two Discovery Communications employees and a security guard - were unhurt after the four-hour standoff. Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger said tactical officers moved in after officers monitoring Lee on building security cameras saw him pull out a handgun and point it at a hostage....
2010-09-01 19:42	AP Top News	Island evacuations start as Earl nears East Coast NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard on Wednesday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm's predicted offshore track could put millions of people in the most densely populated part of the country in harm's way. Vacationers along North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks took advantage of the typical picture-perfect day just before a hurricane arrives to pack their cars and flee inland, cutting short their summer just before Labor Day weekend....
2010-09-01 19:42	AP Top News	Obama says Mideast peace moment 'must be seized' WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama convened the first direct Israeli-Palestinian talks in two years Wednesday, challenging Mideast leaders to seize a fleeting opportunity to settle their differences and deliver peace to a region haunted by decades of hostility. "Do we have the wisdom and the courage to walk the path of peace?" Obama asked, with the leaders of Jordan, Egypt, Israel and the Palestinians beside him in the crowded East Room of the White House. Earlier Obama had met with each individually, and they were gathering afterward for dinner....
2010-09-01 19:32	AP Top News	Police kill gunman who held 3 at Discovery Channel SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body Wednesday and took three people hostage at gunpoint before police shot him to death, officials said. The hostages - two Discovery Communications employees and a security guard - were unhurt after the four-hour standoff. Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger said tactical officers moved in after officers monitoring Lee on building security cameras saw him pull out a handgun and point it at a hostage....
2010-09-01 19:22	AFP	Apple unveils new iPods, cuts Apple TV price See Only Top Stories From:...
2010-09-01 19:17	AP Top News	Obama says Mideast peace moment 'must be seized' WASHINGTON (AP) - Struggling to break decades of hostility, President Barack Obama convened an ambitious new round of Mideast peace talks Wednesday and told Israeli and Palestinian leaders they faced a fleeting chance to settle deep differences. "This moment of opportunity may not soon come again," Obama said at the White House before hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the first face-to-face peace talks in nearly two years. "They cannot afford to let it slip away."...
2010-09-01 19:15	Reuters UK	BP to remove equipment at Gulf well by Sunday
2010-09-01 19:12	AP Top News	Police kill gunman who held 3 at Discovery Channel SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body Wednesday and took three people hostage at gunpoint before police shot him to death, officials said. The hostages - two Discovery Communications employees and a security guard - were unhurt after the four-hour standoff. Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger said tactical officers moved in after officers monitoring Lee on building security cameras saw him pull out a handgun and point it at a hostage....
2010-09-01 19:12	AP Top News	Is the tea party becoming the new Grand Old Party? WASHINGTON (AP) - Is the tea party the new Republican Party? The grass-roots network of fed-up conservative-libertarian voters displayed its power in its biggest triumph of the election year: the toppling of Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's GOP primary. Political novice Joe Miller is the fifth tea party insurgent to win a GOP Senate nominating contest, an upset that few, if any, saw coming. With the stunning outcome, the fledgling tea party coalition and voters who identify with its anti-tax, anti-spending sentiments proved that democracy is alive and well - within the Republican Party. Don't like who is representing you? Rise up, fire them and choose someone new....
2010-09-01 19:07	AP Top News	Police kill gunman who held 3 at Discovery Channel SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body Wednesday and took three people hostage at gunpoint before police shot him to death, officials said. The hostages - two Discovery Communications employees and a security officer - were unhurt after the hourslong standoff. Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger said tactical officers moved in after officers monitoring Lee on building security cameras saw him pull out his handgun and point it at one of the hostages....
2010-09-01 19:07	AP Top News	Island evacuations start as Earl nears East Coast NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard on Wednesday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm's predicted offshore track could put millions of people in the most densely populated part of the country in harm's way. Vacationers along North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks took advantage of the typical picture-perfect day just before a hurricane arrives to pack their cars and flee inland, cutting short their summer just before Labor Day weekend....
2010-09-01 19:07	AP Top News	Obama says Mideast peace moment 'must be seized' WASHINGTON (AP) - Struggling to break decades of hostility, President Barack Obama convened an ambitious new round of Mideast peace talks Wednesday and told Israeli and Palestinian leaders they faced a fleeting chance to settle deep differences. "This moment of opportunity may not soon come again," Obama said at the White House before hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the first face-to-face peace talks in nearly two years. "They cannot afford to let it slip away."...
2010-09-01 19:07	AP Top News	US forces still in fight at end of combat mission HAWIJA, Iraq (AP) - Even as President Barack Obama was announcing the end of combat in Iraq, American soldiers were sealing off a northern village early Wednesday as their Iraqi partners raided houses and arrested dozens of suspected insurgents. While the Obama administration has dramatically reduced the number of troops and rebranded the mission, the operation in Hawija was a reminder that U.S. forces are still engaged in hunting down and killing al-Qaida militants - and could still have to defend themselves against attacks....
2010-09-01 19:07	AP Top News	Number of illegal immigrants in US now declining WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. has dropped for the first time in two decades - decreasing by 8 percent since 2007, a new study finds. The reasons range from the sour economy to Mexican violence and increased U.S. enforcement that has made it harder to sneak across the border. Much of the decline comes from a sharp drop-off in illegal immigrants from the Caribbean, Central America and South America attempting to cross the southern border of the U.S., according to the Pew Hispanic Center, which based its report on an analysis of 2009 census data....
2010-09-01 19:07	AP Top News	Is the tea party becoming the new Grand Old Party? Is the tea party becoming the new Grand Old Party?WASHINGTON (AP) - Is the tea party the new Republican Party? The grass-roots network of fed-up conservative-libertarian voters displayed its power in its biggest triumph of the election year: the toppling of Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's GOP primary. Political novice Joe Miller is the fifth tea party insurgent to win a GOP Senate nominating contest, an upset that few, if any, saw coming....
2010-09-01 19:07	AP Top News	John Walker Lindh seeks Ind. prison prayer ruling INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh and another Muslim inmate have asked a judge to order a federal prison to allow them and other Muslims in their highly restricted cell block to pray as a group, in accordance with their beliefs. The American Civil Liberties Union last Thursday filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis for summary judgment on behalf of Lindh, 29, and Enaam Arnaout, 47, who claim that the prison's policy restricting group prayer in the Communications Management Unit violates their religious rights. The ACLU contends there are no disputes over the facts of the case and that the law is on the inmates' side, and asks the judge to rule in their favor....
2010-09-01 19:07	AP Top News	Police: SD teen wanted to be 'infamous sociopath' SISSETON, S.D. (AP) - An 18-year-old high school student stockpiled bomb-making materials in his bedroom and wrote about wanting to blow up his school, target individuals he hated, rape women and "become the world's most infamous sociopath," authorities said. Joseph Thomas Hansen, of Claire City, was arrested Aug. 23 after someone tipped off a police school resource officer that Hansen had talked about an attack, authorities said....
2010-09-01 19:07	AP Top News	Felon ex-pol with wild hair makes ballot in Ohio CLEVELAND (AP) - Outspoken former Democratic congressman Jim Traficant, who served time in federal prison for corruption, has fought his way back onto the Nov. 2 ballot to again run for a U.S. House seat - this time as an independent. The Trumbull County elections board ruled Wednesday that Traficant, noted for his distinctive toupee and 1960s-style pants, had qualified for the ballot in northeast Ohio's 17th district with 2,154 valid petition signatures, 11 more than required....
2010-09-01 19:07	AP Top News	Thanks to high-tech, storm track easier to predict WASHINGTON (AP) - Sophisticated computer models that replaced instinct with cold, hard math have helped forecasters predict where a storm like Hurricane Earl is going about twice as accurately as 20 years ago. And last year, they proved it: The three-day forecast was as accurate as the here-it-comes, one-day warning used to be in the 1980s. In the 2009 hurricane season, the one-day forecast predicting where a storm would hit was off by only 53 miles on average....
2010-09-01 18:52	AP Top News	Is the tea party becoming the new Grand Old Party? Is the tea party becoming the new Grand Old Party?WASHINGTON (AP) - Is the tea party the new Republican Party? The grass-roots network of fed-up conservative-libertarian voters displayed its power in its biggest triumph of the election year: the toppling of Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's GOP primary. Political novice Joe Miller is the fifth tea party insurgent to win a GOP Senate nominating contest, an upset that few, if any, saw coming....
2010-09-01 18:47	AP Top News	Police kill gunman who held 3 at Discovery Channel SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body Wednesday and took three people hostage at gunpoint before police shot him to death, officials said. The hostages - two Discovery Communications employees and a security officer - were unhurt after the hourslong standoff. Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger said tactical officers moved in after officers monitoring Lee on building security cameras saw him pull out his handgun and point it at one of the hostages....
2010-09-01 18:47	AP Top News	Island evacuations start as Earl nears East Coast NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard on Wednesday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm's predicted offshore track could put millions of people in the most densely populated part of the country in harm's way. Vacationers along North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks took advantage of the typical picture-perfect day just before a hurricane arrives to pack their cars and flee inland, cutting short their summer just before Labor Day weekend....
2010-09-01 18:32	AFP	Evacuations start as US braces for Hurricane Earl NEW YORK (AFP) - Sweltering conditions and gusting winds proved a handful at the US Open on Wednesday, but it was a simple training stumble by Belarus starlet Victoria Azarenka that shocked fans. Full Story »...
2010-09-01 18:32	AP Top News	New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it. The test could revolutionize TB care and replace the 125-year-old process used now, which is slow and misses more than half of all cases, experts say. A better test would be a powerful tool to curb TB in poor countries, where most people spread the lung disease before they are diagnosed and treated, and many don't return for follow-up doctor visits to get test results....
2010-09-01 18:22	AP Top News	Obama says Mideast peace moment 'must be seized' WASHINGTON (AP) - Struggling to break decades of hostility, President Barack Obama convened an ambitious new round of Mideast peace talks Wednesday and told Israeli and Palestinian leaders they faced a fleeting chance to settle deep differences. "This moment of opportunity may not soon come again," Obama said at the White House before hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the first face-to-face peace talks in nearly two years. "They cannot afford to let it slip away."...
2010-09-01 18:17	AP Top News	Md. police kill Discovery gunman, 3 hostages safe SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - Police shot and killed a man upset with the Discovery Channel network's programming who took two employees and a security officer hostage at the company's headquarters Wednesday, officials said. All three hostages escaped safely. Police spent several hours negotiating with the gunman, who was upset about the network's programming, after he burst into the suburban Washington building about 1 p.m. waving a handgun and with canisters strapped to his body....
2010-09-01 18:17	AP Top News	Island evacuations start as Earl nears East Coast NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard on Wednesday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm's predicted offshore track could put millions of people in the most densely populated part of the country in harm's way. Vacationers along North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks took advantage of the typical picture-perfect day just before a hurricane arrives to pack their cars and flee inland, cutting short their summer just before Labor Day weekend....
2010-09-01 18:17	AP Top News	Obama says Mideast peace moment 'must be seized' WASHINGTON (AP) - Struggling to break decades of hostility, President Barack Obama convened a new round of ambitious Mideast peace talks Wednesday and told Israeli and Palestinian leaders they faced a fleeting chance to settle deep differences. "This moment of opportunity may not soon come again," Obama said at the White House before hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the first face-to-face peace talks in nearly two years. "They cannot afford to let it slip away."...
2010-09-01 18:17	AP Top News	US forces still in fight at end of combat mission HAWIJA, Iraq (AP) - Even as President Barack Obama was announcing the end of combat in Iraq, American soldiers were sealing off a northern village early Wednesday as their Iraqi partners raided houses and arrested dozens of suspected insurgents. While the Obama administration has dramatically reduced the number of troops and rebranded the mission, the operation in Hawija was a reminder that U.S. forces are still engaged in hunting down and killing al-Qaida militants - and could still have to defend themselves against attacks....
2010-09-01 18:17	AP Top News	Number of illegal immigrants in US now declining WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. has dropped for the first time in two decades - decreasing by 8 percent since 2007, a new study finds. The reasons range from the sour economy to Mexican violence and increased U.S. enforcement that has made it harder to sneak across the border. Much of the decline comes from a sharp drop-off in illegal immigrants from the Caribbean, Central America and South America attempting to cross the southern border of the U.S., according to the Pew Hispanic Center, which based its report on an analysis of 2009 census data....
2010-09-01 18:17	AP Top News	Is the tea party becoming the new Grand Old Party? WASHINGTON (AP) - Is the tea party the new Republican Party? The grass-roots network of fed-up conservative-libertarian displayed its power in its biggest triumph of the election year: the toppling of Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's GOP primary. Political novice Joe Miller is the fifth tea party insurgent to win a GOP Senate nominating contest, an upset that few, if any, saw coming. With the stunning outcome, the fledgling tea party coalition and voters who identify with its anti-tax, anti-spending sentiments proved that democracy is alive and well - within the Republican Party. Don't like who is representing you? Rise up, fire them and choose someone new....
2010-09-01 18:17	AP Top News	John Walker Lindh seeks Ind. prison prayer ruling INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh and another Muslim inmate have asked a judge to order a federal prison to allow them and other Muslims in their highly restricted cell block to pray as a group, in accordance with their beliefs. The American Civil Liberties Union last Thursday filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis for summary judgment on behalf of Lindh, 29, and Enaam Arnaout, 47, who claim that the prison's policy restricting group prayer in the Communications Management Unit violates their religious rights. The ACLU contends there are no disputes over the facts of the case and that the law is on the inmates' side, and asks the judge to rule in their favor....
2010-09-01 18:17	AP Top News	Police: SD teen wanted to be 'infamous sociopath' SISSETON, S.D. (AP) - An 18-year-old high school student stockpiled bomb-making materials in his bedroom and wrote about wanting to blow up his school, target individuals he hated, rape women and "become the world's most infamous sociopath," authorities said. Joseph Thomas Hansen, of Claire City, was arrested Aug. 23 after someone tipped off a police school resource officer that Hansen had talked about an attack, authorities said....
2010-09-01 18:17	AP Top News	Felon ex-pol with wild hair makes ballot in Ohio CLEVELAND (AP) - Outspoken former Democratic congressman Jim Traficant, who served time in federal prison for corruption, has fought his way back onto the Nov. 2 ballot to again run for a U.S. House seat - this time as an independent. The Trumbull County elections board ruled Wednesday that Traficant, noted for his distinctive toupee and 1960s-style pants, had qualified for the ballot in northeast Ohio's 17th district with 2,154 valid petition signatures, 11 more than required....
2010-09-01 18:17	AP Top News	New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it. The test could revolutionize TB care and replace the 125-year-old process used now, which is slow and misses more than half of all cases, experts say. A better test would be a powerful tool to curb TB in poor countries, where most people spread the lung disease before they are diagnosed and treated, and many don't return for follow-up doctor visits to get test results....


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