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Police question scientist in Miami airport scare

By JENNIFER KAY 2010-09-03T13:56:56Z
MIAMI (AP) -- A scientist has been detained at the Miami International Airport after screeners spotted a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb, prompting an evacuation, a government official said....
14 min ago By JENNIFER KAY

'Birth tourism' a tiny portion of immigrant babies

By BOB CHRISTIE and PAUL J. WEBER 2010-09-03T13:32:14Z
SAN JUAN, Texas (AP) -- When Ruth Garcia's twins are born in two months, they'll have all the rights of U.S. citizens. They and their six brothers and sisters will be able to vote, apply for federal student loans and even run for president....
38 min ago By BOB CHRISTIE and PAUL J. WEBER

Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored

By MICHAEL J. CRUMB 2010-09-03T12:34:42Z
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site....
2 hr ago By MICHAEL J. CRUMB

Earl sideswipes Outer Banks, heads for Northeast

By MIKE BAKER 2010-09-03T13:58:15Z
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- A weakened Hurricane Earl delivered only a glancing blow to North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday on its way up the East Coast, flooding roads on the narrow vacation islands and knocking out power but staying farther offshore than feared. There were no immediate reports of any injuries....
12 min ago By MIKE BAKER

Comfort Inn a hurricane hostel in NC

By MIKE BAKER 2010-09-03T05:30:49Z
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- A two-story Comfort Inn has become a makeshift hurricane hostel on North Carolina's Outer Banks for those who want to stay close to their homes but know they need better shelter from the onslaught of Earl....
9 hrs ago By MIKE BAKER

Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill

By ALAN SAYRE 2010-09-03T13:35:14Z
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Unlike the blast that led to the massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico killed no one and sent no crude gushing into the water....
35 min ago By ALAN SAYRE

Pearl Harbor marks 65th anniversary of WWII's end

By AUDREY McAVOY 2010-09-03T08:42:59Z
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) -- Like many other vets, Don Fosburg marked the anniversary of World War II's end reflecting on a victory dearly earned and on men who helped make that happen but never came home....
5 hrs ago By AUDREY McAVOY

McCourt: Wife concerned about nest egg

By GREG RISLING 2010-09-03T09:34:26Z
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Former Dodger CEO Jamie McCourt was more concerned with protecting the couple's luxurious homes than dealing with baseball matters and didn't want to take the risk associated with buying one of baseball's most storied franchises six years ago, her estranged husband said....
5 hrs ago By GREG RISLING

Warrants detail stabbings at Calif. beach house

By 2010-09-03T07:11:34Z
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) -- A 9-year-old boy ran to get cash from his mother's purse to appease an armed intruder, but when he returned the man was stabbing his parents with a kitchen knife in the bedroom, according to recently released search warrants in the triple murder case....
7 hrs ago

Critics: Ill. lottery contract cloaked in secrecy

By TAMMY WEBBER 2010-09-03T07:30:50Z
CHICAGO (AP) -- With less than two weeks before Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn awards a lucrative, first-of-its-kind contract for the private management of the state's $2 billion-a-year lottery, some are criticizing the selection process as too secretive and questioning whether it favors one powerful bidder....
7 hrs ago By TAMMY WEBBER

 

 

 

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