Weakened Earl hits Mass. with wind, rain, surf (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:04:58 GMT
AP - The remnants of Hurricane Earl headed for Nova Scotia early Saturday after a brush with the Northeast that was far less intense than feared, dumping wind-driven rain on Cape Cod's gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages.

BP raises blowout preventer, key evidence in probe (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:03:56 GMT
AP - BP PLC was on Saturday slowly raising the 300-ton blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, careful not to damage or drop a key piece of evidence in the spill investigation.

Report: Blackwater created shell companies (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:08:32 GMT
AP - The security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to try to get millions of dollars in government business after the company faced strong criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq, The New York Times reported Friday.

Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:10:29 GMT
AP - A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on New Zealand's South Island early Saturday, but there were so far no deaths and only two injuries reported.

Body of son of boxing promoter found in Cascades (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:45:06 GMT
AP - Searchers spotted the body of the son of Hall of Fame boxing promoter Bob Arum on a rugged Washington state mountainside Friday afternoon, five days after they began looking for him in North Cascades National Park, authorities said.

9 killed in New Zealand skydiving plane crash (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:38:58 GMT
AP - A light aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in flames Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, killing nine people including four foreign tourists, police said.

Toll from attack on Pakistani Shiites jumps to 65 (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:52:11 GMT
AP - Pakistani police say the death toll from a suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose from 43 to 65 overnight as critically wounded people died in hospital.

Muslims take to Minn. State Fair to repair image (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:55:38 GMT
AP - Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the people who were leaving, not the food or festivities beckoning from across the street.

Fox: Kara DioGuardi departs 'American Idol' (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:38:21 GMT
AP - Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol."

Nadal, Venus move on at US Open (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:06:47 GMT
AP - Venus Williams brought the glitter. Rafael Nadal brought the grit.