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Earl skirts across Outer Banks, floods coastal areas

52 min 1 sec ago
A weakened Hurricane Earl brushed North Carolina's Outer Banks overnight as residents along the Eastern Seaboard braced for a stormy Friday. .

Bomb scare empties Miami airport

56 min 15 sec ago
Bomb squad investigators were at Miami International Airport on Friday after a suspicious item was spotted in a baggage screening area, authorities said.

Hostage taker smuggled immigrant

2 hours 8 min ago
The gunman who held three people hostage at the Discovery Channel headquarters was once convicted of smuggling an illegal immigrant into the country from Mexico.

Toshiba recalls about 41,000 computers

3 hours 31 min ago
Toshiba has announced the voluntary recall of about 41,000 notebook computers worldwide at risk of overheating and burning users.

Mistrial threatens sham marriage trial

4 hours 37 min ago
The sham marriage trial of actress Fernanda Romero, which the judge has likened to a soap opera, appeared threatened with a mistrial Friday after a dramatic turn a day earlier.

Weakened Earl lashes North Carolina coast

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 22:34
Hurricane Earl has been downgraded to Category 2, but forecasters warn it is still "large and strong." Rain bands have moved onto the coast of North Carolina.

Bonnie Blue actress from 'GWTW' dies

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 21:40
Cammie King Conlon, who played the ill-fated Bonnie Blue Butler in "Gone With the Wind," used to joke "that I peaked at age 5."

Workers rescued after oil platform fire

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 20:55
A fire on an oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico is out and there is no indication of an oil sheen, the Coast Guard said. There were no serious injuries.

BP removes cap from ruptured well

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 20:31
Thad Allen, the government's point man on the oil disaster, said crews are expected to begin efforts Thursday to remove the blowout preventer on BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico.

Massacre survivor recounts experience

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 20:24
A survivor of a massacre in Mexico that left 72 dead advised other would-be migrants to stay at home to avoid a fate like the one he and his companions met.

President to aides: Find economic spark

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 19:28
After a week mostly focused on Iraq and Mideast diplomacy, it's back to the economy for President Barack Obama, who will deliver remarks Friday on the August unemployment numbers.

Did U.N. know of mass rapes earlier?

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 18:37
The United Nations appears to have been aware of rape by rebels in eastern Congo earlier than it originally said it was, according to an internal e-mail and a humanitarian bulletin.

Mideast peace talks start

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 18:20
Direct peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians will start Thursday as President Barack Obama urged both sides to come up with a peaceful solution to the long running Mideast conflict.

Hamas, 10 groups vow to target Israelis

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 18:09
"Resistance operations" will continue against Israelis despite the arrests of Hamas activists in the West Bank, a Hamas official said Thursday.

Convicted killer spared death penalty

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 17:21
An Ohio death row inmate who has repeatedly claimed his innocence was spared execution, after the state's governor Thursday noted "legitimate questions" about evidence used to convict the man.

Residents in Earl's path stock up

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 15:09
Chris Meek put his motorcycle in storage in Wilmington, North Carolina, to protect it from Hurricane Earl as the Category 4 hurricane headed toward the North Carolina coast.

Opinion: Social Security can help states

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 14:49
State budgets are being squeezed by unprecedented amounts for the third year in a row as legislators are forced to close gaps of up to 50 percent of state spending.

Hawking: God didn't create universe

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 14:41
God did not create the universe, world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book that aims to banish a divine creator from physics.

Sheriff Arpaio sued by Justice Dept.

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 14:35
Justice Department civil rights lawyers filed suit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona on Thursday after talks collapsed on a deal to provide federal investigators with requested documents.

What chance do Mideast talks have?

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 14:32
The latest round of peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians is starting off much like similar endeavors in the past, but the Obama administration hopes that this time, the outcome will be different.

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