Fire officials assess damage from Detroit blazes
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 7 mins agoAP - Fire officials in Detroit are trying to determine the extent of damage caused by a series of blazes that swept across the city.
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FBI agents visit Florida church over Quran burn
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 25 mins agoAP - FBI agents visited Thursday with a minister of a small Florida church that plans to burn the Quran on Sept. 11, as public safety became a paramount concern and President Barack Obama added his voice to the chorus of opposition.
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Texas authorities seek 4 missing after floods
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 1 hour agoAP - Authorities in the San Antonio area searched Thursday for a man who drove into a flooded road, making him the fourth person swept away by floodwaters from the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine.
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Appeals court blocks Pa. town's immigration law
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 1 hour agoAP - A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Hazleton, Pa., may not enforce its crackdown on illegal immigrants, dealing another blow to 4-year-old regulations that inspired similar measures around the country.
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Report: LA officer involved in previous shootings
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 1 hour agoAP - The police officer who shot and killed a knife-wielding man whose death has sparked three days of violent protests in Los Angeles had been involved in two previous shootings while on duty, according to a media report.
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169 homes destroyed in Colorado wildfire
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 1 hour agoAP - Hundreds of residents evacuated by a wildfire that has destroyed at least 169 houses in the Colorado foothills were being temporarily allowed back to their homes Thursday.
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Backers of NYC mosque appear divided, regretful
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 1 hour agoAP - The backers of a proposed Islamic center near ground zero are expressing regrets about creating a firestorm with a plan they thought would be simple and noncontroversial.
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Rural Pennsylvania town fights big gas
(Reuters)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 3 hours agoReuters - In the rush to develop America's biggest new source of domestic energy, one community is fighting to protect its rural way of life from the environmental strains that accompany shale gas drilling.
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Soldier's father: Army was warned of murder plot
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 8 hours agoAP - The father of a U.S. soldier serving in Afghanistan says he tried nearly a half dozen times to pass an urgent message from his son to the Army: Troops in his unit had murdered an Afghan civilian, planned more killings and threatened him to keep quiet about it.
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Gainesville Rejects Koran-Burning Pastor Terry Jones
(Time.com)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 10 hours agoTime.com - The Florida town of Gainesville wants nothing to do with the Koran burning of Terry Jones, an ugly stunt aimed at reviving the fortunes of a failing church
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AP Exclusive: Backers of NYC mosque appear divided
(AP)
Thu, 9 Sep 2010, 13 hours agoAP - The group of Muslims planning to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque near ground zero appears plagued by divisions that raise questions about the future of the project, with one major investor saying he is prepared to sell some or all of the site if the price is right.
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FBI: Bomb threat on Thai Airways plane was hoax
(AP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 18 hours agoAP - The threatening note found in the restroom of a Thai Airways plane was a hoax, FBI officials said Wednesday.
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Fired US general to lecture on 'coping with failure' at Yale
(AFP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 19 hours agoAFP - The former US commander in Afghanistan, sacked over a disastrous magazine interview, plans to teach Yale University students about "coping with failure" and the "media environment" in his course on leadership.
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Fla. pastor on fringe of US Christian life
(AP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 21 hours agoAP - The Florida pastor who plans to burn the Quran on the anniversary of 9/11 is rooted in Pentecostal tradition that believes Christians are engaged in a modern-day spiritual battle with evil.
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Clinton slams 'disgraceful' Koran-burning, but pastor defiant
(AFP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 22 hours agoAFP - An evangelical pastor insisted his plans to torch the Koran would go ahead after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the "disgraceful" burning ceremony in Florida.
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Australia, N.Zealand top charity index; US 5th
(AP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010, 23 hours agoAP - Australia and New Zealand shared first place, and the United States tied for fifth, in a first-of-its kind survey ranking 153 nations on the willingness of their citizens to donate time and money to charity.
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Old Farmer's Almanac: Global cooling to continue
(AP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010 04:36:59 PMAP - Most of the country will see a colder-than-usual winter while summer and spring will be relatively cool and dry, according to the time-honored, complex calculations of the "Old Farmer's Almanac."
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Net Neutrality: Debate Builds Ahead of Midterm Elections
(Time.com)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010 03:30:00 PMTime.com - Already, the sides are gathering their arguments -- some sharper than others -- as the FCC goes on a listening tour of what Americans want from the Web
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WTC steel column installed at ground zero
(AP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010 02:12:08 AMAP - Officials hoisted a 70-foot piece of World Trade Center steel at ground zero Tuesday and vowed to open the Sept. 11 memorial by next year, although they acknowledged that the ongoing construction at the site would limit where and how the public could visit.
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UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo
(AP)
Wed, 8 Sep 2010 01:01:48 AMAP - The United Nations reported Tuesday that more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants in eastern Congo since late July — more than double the number previously reported — and accepted partial responsibility for not protecting citizens.
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