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Despite hiring, US unemployment rate seems frozen (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:09:30 GMT
In this Aug. 25, 2010 photograph, job seekers including Lindsey Wright, of Detroit, center, attend a job fair in Southfield, Mich. On Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. EDT, the Labor Department issues the August unemployment report. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Unemployment is stuck at high levels even though some companies are hiring. The problem, government data show, is that too few jobs are being created for the growing number of people looking for work.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_economy

Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:55:02 GMT
A Coast Guard vessel is seen off the coast of Atlantic City, N.J., as Hurricane Earl moves up the eastern coast, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - A weakening but still dangerous Hurricane Earl steamed toward the gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages of Cape Cod on Friday, disrupting people's vacations on the unofficial final weekend of the short New England summer.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_bi_ge/earl

Clinton: Time is now for Mideast peace (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:07:37 GMT
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks on as she hosted the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington\. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time" to reach an agreement.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_re_us/us_us_mideast_talks

Backer of NYC mosque gave to Hamas-linked charity (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:05:12 GMT
VIDEO: The proposed construction of a 100-million-dollar, 13-story mosque and Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York City, has stirred raw emotions in the United States as the country prepares to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Duration: 01:00(afp.com)AP - One of the investors in a proposed Islamic center near ground zero is a Long Island medical clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a donation to a charity later shut down for links to Hamas.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_re_us/us_nyc_mosque

AP Interview: Wikipedia founder bullish on news (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:09:20 GMT
Jimmy Wales, from the US, co-founder and promoter of Wikipedia, attends the 'Intelligence on the World, Europe, and Italy' economic forum, at Villa d'Este, in Cernobbio, on the Como Lake, Italy, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)AP - Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales believes relief may be in sight for the beleaguered news media industry.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_hi_te/eu_tec_wikipedia

Commercial pilot sentenced for drug-masking powder (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:10:16 GMT
AP - A former US Airways Express pilot will spend nine months in prison for selling a powdered drink mix over the Internet that he claimed was "100 percent" effective in helping drug-using truck drivers, pilots and train engineers pass federally mandated drug tests.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_re_us/us_urine_tests

Witness recants statements in Anna Nicole case (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:12:55 GMT
Larry Birkhead talks on his cell phone at the Los Angeles Courthouse prior to taking the stand as a witness in the Anna Nicole Smith trial in Los Angeles on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - A witness in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial recanted statements Friday that he saw defendant Howard K. Stern give the celebrity model excessive drugs.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_en_ot/us_anna_nicole_smith

Small signal, big meaning? Castro in military duds (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:33:53 GMT
Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, left, salutes while listening to his national anthem before delivering a speech to students outside Havana's university in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Castro dusted off his military fatigues 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.(AP Photo/Javier Galeano)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.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_cuba_fidel_castro

Ariz. governor says she was wrong about beheadings (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:43:38 GMT
Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer  waits for a televised Arizona gubernatorial debate to begin Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - Gov. Jan Brewer rose to national fame defending the state's immigration law and warning of rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border, including a claim that headless bodies were turning up in the Arizona desert.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_el_gu/us_arizona_governor

Morgan gets 8 games for Nats-Marlins brawl (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:35:25 GMT
FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2010, file photo, Washington Nationals' Nyjer Morgan poses for a portrait in Viera, Fla. Morgan's wild week has landed him an eight-game suspension, one of nine punishments handed out Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, by Major League Baseball following a brawl between Nationals and Florida Marlins. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)AP - Nyjer Morgan's wild week has landed him an eight-game suspension, one of nine punishments handed out Friday by Major League Baseball following a brawl between Washington Nationals and Florida Marlins.
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