Earl weakens to Category 1, heads for Northeast BUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and only modest damage, then took aim at New England as a weaker but still dangerous storm....
Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises WASHINGTON (AP) -- Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose because not enough jobs were created to absorb the growing number of people looking for work....
Pakistan Taliban say their bomber kills 43 Shiites QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least 43 Shiite Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan on Friday. The assault sharply drove up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country battered by massive flooding....
Debris covers the road along the beach in south Nags Head, N.C., Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 after wind and rain from Hurricane Earl passed through overnight. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) AP Photo/Gerry Broome
AP Top International News At 12:52 p.m. EDT
Airport official: plane crashes outside Dubai DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- An aircraft believed to be a cargo plane crashed Friday outside Dubai, an airport official said. There was no immediate word on casualties....
Pakistan Taliban say their bomber kills 43 Shiites QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least 43 Shiite Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan on Friday. The assault sharply drove up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country battered by massive flooding....
7 defendants convicted in Portugal sex abuse trial LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Seven people were convicted of child sex abuse in Portugal on Friday in a major trial that lasted nearly six years, a prosecutor said....
AP Top Political News At 11:27 a.m. EDT
Obama: New jobs numbers 'positive' but not enough WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama welcomed news Friday of better-than-expected private sector job growth. But with the unemployment rate ticking upward nevertheless, he said he'd roll out new plans next week to spur the economy....
Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone COMBAT OUTPOST SENJERAY, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province....
Police question scientist in Miami airport scare WASHINGTON (AP) -- A government official said Friday that a scientist has been detained in Miami after screeners found a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb....
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AP Top Sports News At 12:47 p.m. EDT
Roethlisberger suspension reduced to 4 games NEW YORK (AP) -- Ben Roethlisberger's suspension has been cut from six games to four by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The Pittsburgh Steelers' star quarterback met with Goodell early Friday and was told he could return on Oct. 17 against Cleveland....
NFL fines Ndamukong Suh $7,500 NEW YORK (AP) -- Detroit Lions rookie defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has been fined $7,500 by the NFL for his roughing-the-passer penalty on Cleveland quarterback Jake Delhomme....
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger stands on the sidelines at the end of the first quarter against the Carolina Panthers during NFL preseason football game action in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Roethlisberger played for most of the first quarter in the Steelers' 19-3 win. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar
AP Top Technology News At 10:48 a.m. EDT
Review: mTrip iPhone app uses augmented reality NEW YORK (AP) -- The new iPhone application mTrip is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smart phone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign locale....
Dubai police chief calls BlackBerry a spy tool DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Worries about spying by the U.S. and Israel spurred plans to sharply limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai's police chief said in comments that suggest a tough line in talks with the smart phone maker....
Dell's enterprise challenge remains after 3Par SEATTLE (AP) -- Dell Inc. doesn't have to start over in its quest to become a significant purveyor of technology for businesses after losing a multibillion dollar bidding contest for an obscure data-storage maker....
AP Top Entertainment News At 12:47 p.m. EDT
Coppola checks back into Venice for "Somewhere" VENICE, Italy (AP) -- Sofia Coppola gives audiences an insider's look into two worlds she knows intimately in her latest film: hotels and Hollywood....
Actor Stephen Dorff and director Sofia Coppola, right, pose during a photo call for the movie Somewhere at the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan) AP Photo/Joel Ryan
AP Top Strange News At 12:11 p.m. EDT
Police: Pa. woman zaps self, brother with stun gun NORTH EAST, Pa. (AP) -- Police said an Erie-area woman somehow managed to zap both herself and her brother with a stun gun during a drunken dispute. Darlene Newara, 45, will have a hearing Oct. 18 on charges including driving under the influence, disorderly conduct for fighting, and public drunkenness in the Aug. 8 incident....
Mich. man gathering corn confronted by alligator BURR OAK, Mich. (AP) -- A southern Michigan man simply wanted to gather some sweet corn for the family freezer. He didn't expect to have to deal with a 34-inch alligator rushing at him. Jeff Adamski of St. Joseph County was in a corn field near the Michigan-Indiana border when two women came running from a few rows over, screaming that they had seen an alligator....
Montana teen accidentally texts sheriff to buy pot HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don't text the sheriff. Authorities said a Helena teen sent out a text message last week in search of pot, but instead of contacting the drug dealer, he hit a wrong number and inadvertently sent the message to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton....
AP Top Business News At 12:44 p.m. EDT
Experts see trouble ahead for developed world CERNOBBIO, Italy (AP) -- Is the global economy out of the woods? Two years after near-meltdown, with the U.S. looking sluggish, equity markets groggy and Europeans fighting a debt crisis, experts gathered in Italy offered a generally gloomy outlook - especially for the United States and much of the industrialized world....
Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises WASHINGTON (AP) -- Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose because not enough jobs were created to absorb the growing number of people looking for work....
Service sector grows at slower pace in August NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. service sector, the nation's predominant job generator, expanded for the eighth straight month in August although the pace of growth slowed, according to a trade group survey....
