NEWS: Failed BP blowout preventer raised to Gulf's surface | Watch live
msnbc.com 2010-09-05T00:12:17Z
msnbc.com 2010-09-05T00:12:17Z
Earl's Biggest Damage in Northeast: Business
Winds on Nantucket blew at around 30 mph, with gusts above 40 mph. The island got more than 2 inches of rain, while adjacent Martha's Vineyard got more than 4 inches. Hyannis, home to the Kennedy family compound, got about 4.5 inches. Peter Judge, spokesman for the Massachusetts Emergency Management ...
ABC News 2010-09-04T23:07:51Z
Earl socks Canada's Nova Scotia, weakens to tropical storm Raw Story
Earl's Damage in the Northeast Associated Content
Winds on Nantucket blew at around 30 mph, with gusts above 40 mph. The island got more than 2 inches of rain, while adjacent Martha's Vineyard got more than 4 inches. Hyannis, home to the Kennedy family compound, got about 4.5 inches. Peter Judge, spokesman for the Massachusetts Emergency Management ...
ABC News 2010-09-04T23:07:51Z
Earl socks Canada's Nova Scotia, weakens to tropical storm Raw Story
Earl's Damage in the Northeast Associated Content
Hamlin wins pole for Atlanta Cup race
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) -- Denny Hamlin started chasing the championship during qualifying Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Mired in a bit of a midseason slump, Hamlin showed signs of turning things around by claiming the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race with a speed of 187.380 mph. He edged ...
Associated Press 2010-09-04T23:22:10Z
Atlanta gets ready to become a one-race town St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Denny Hamlin takes pole for Atlanta Cup race, Ryan Newman on outside of front row Chicago Tribune
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) -- Denny Hamlin started chasing the championship during qualifying Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Mired in a bit of a midseason slump, Hamlin showed signs of turning things around by claiming the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race with a speed of 187.380 mph. He edged ...
Associated Press 2010-09-04T23:22:10Z
Atlanta gets ready to become a one-race town St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Denny Hamlin takes pole for Atlanta Cup race, Ryan Newman on outside of front row Chicago Tribune
New Zealand Imposes Curfew for Quake-Hit City
(CBS/AP) Residents of the New Zealand city of Christchurch prepared for an uneasy night on Saturday, hours after a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked the South Island earlier in the day. Officials ordered residents who didn't need temporary accommodation to stay in their homes until Sunday ...
CBS News 2010-09-04T22:39:13Z
Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island KMOV
Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful New Zealand quake Peoria Journal Star
(CBS/AP) Residents of the New Zealand city of Christchurch prepared for an uneasy night on Saturday, hours after a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked the South Island earlier in the day. Officials ordered residents who didn't need temporary accommodation to stay in their homes until Sunday ...
CBS News 2010-09-04T22:39:13Z
Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island KMOV
Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful New Zealand quake Peoria Journal Star
Ariz. governor says she was wrong about beheadings
A claim by Arizona's governor that rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border has led to headless bodies turning up in the desert came back to haunt her during a stammering debate performance in which she failed to back it up. Gov. Jan Brewer, who gained national attention defending the state's ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2010-09-04T23:07:51Z
Ariz. governor Jan Brewer says she was wrong about beheadings Boston Herald
Jan Brewer Finally Admits She 'Misspoke' About Those Alleged Beheadings on the Border Nymag.com
A claim by Arizona's governor that rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border has led to headless bodies turning up in the desert came back to haunt her during a stammering debate performance in which she failed to back it up. Gov. Jan Brewer, who gained national attention defending the state's ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2010-09-04T23:07:51Z
Ariz. governor Jan Brewer says she was wrong about beheadings Boston Herald
Jan Brewer Finally Admits She 'Misspoke' About Those Alleged Beheadings on the Border Nymag.com
UPS names 2 who died in Dubai crash
Crew members from Kentucky and Florida were identified Saturday as the two people killed when a UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff outside Dubai. The Atlanta-based package delivery company said that the crash killed 48-year-old Captain Doug Lampe of Louisville, Ky., and 38-year-old First ...
AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-04T23:29:20Z
UPS identifies American crew killed in Dubai crash North County Times
UPS Identifies Crew Killed In Dubai Crash KITV.com
Crew members from Kentucky and Florida were identified Saturday as the two people killed when a UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff outside Dubai. The Atlanta-based package delivery company said that the crash killed 48-year-old Captain Doug Lampe of Louisville, Ky., and 38-year-old First ...
AP - msnbc.com 2010-09-04T23:29:20Z
UPS identifies American crew killed in Dubai crash North County Times
UPS Identifies Crew Killed In Dubai Crash KITV.com
Final Plugging of BP Well Could Occur This Week
As crews worked to hoist the blowout preventer that once sat atop BP ’s stricken well to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, the company prepared to permanently plug the well sometime this week, officials said Saturday. The blowout preventer is a main piece of evidence in the investigation into ...
New York Times 2010-09-04T21:56:16Z
Saving the healing herbs of the bayou Chicago Tribune
BP: Failed blowout preventer removed from well KVUE
As crews worked to hoist the blowout preventer that once sat atop BP ’s stricken well to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, the company prepared to permanently plug the well sometime this week, officials said Saturday. The blowout preventer is a main piece of evidence in the investigation into ...
New York Times 2010-09-04T21:56:16Z
Saving the healing herbs of the bayou Chicago Tribune
BP: Failed blowout preventer removed from well KVUE
Is corruption more dangerous than the Taliban?
T he government of President Hamid Karzai may be awash in corruption, venality and graft, but if you walk the tattered halls of the ministries in Kabul, it is remarkably easy to find an honest man. One of them is Fazel Ahmad Faqiryar, who last month took the politically risky course of trying to ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-09-04T22:24:54Z
Possible talks with Afghan insurgents draw closer Forbes
Bailout in the Works for Afghan Bank as Panic Continues New York Times
T he government of President Hamid Karzai may be awash in corruption, venality and graft, but if you walk the tattered halls of the ministries in Kabul, it is remarkably easy to find an honest man. One of them is Fazel Ahmad Faqiryar, who last month took the politically risky course of trying to ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune 2010-09-04T22:24:54Z
Possible talks with Afghan insurgents draw closer Forbes
Bailout in the Works for Afghan Bank as Panic Continues New York Times
With Earl gone, Labor Day weekend resumes on Outer Banks
RODANTHE, N.C. Coastal residents and vacationers shrugged off the fading effects of Hurricane Earl and began to enjoy Labor Day weekend Saturday as officials reopened the main highway linking the Outer Banks to the mainland. Hundreds of cars packed onto the Bonner Bridge as Highway 12 reopened ...
HamptonRoads.com 2010-09-04T18:57:19Z
NC's main Outer Banks link open again after Earl msnbc.com
Earl sideswipes Outer Banks, heads for Northeast Blueridgenow.com
RODANTHE, N.C. Coastal residents and vacationers shrugged off the fading effects of Hurricane Earl and began to enjoy Labor Day weekend Saturday as officials reopened the main highway linking the Outer Banks to the mainland. Hundreds of cars packed onto the Bonner Bridge as Highway 12 reopened ...
HamptonRoads.com 2010-09-04T18:57:19Z
NC's main Outer Banks link open again after Earl msnbc.com
Earl sideswipes Outer Banks, heads for Northeast Blueridgenow.com
Report: Blackwater Created Shell Companies
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. The newspaper said Friday that it was unclear ...
NewsMax.com 2010-09-04T23:15:01Z
Report: Blackwater created 30 shell companies to get gov't work after Iraq shootings Minneapolis Star Tribune
Report: Blackwater created shell companies to secretly get government contracts Reno Gazette
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. The newspaper said Friday that it was unclear ...
NewsMax.com 2010-09-04T23:15:01Z
Report: Blackwater created 30 shell companies to get gov't work after Iraq shootings Minneapolis Star Tribune
Report: Blackwater created shell companies to secretly get government contracts Reno Gazette
Goldcorp to buy Andean Resources for $3.42B
TORONTO — Canada’s Goldcorp Inc. said Friday it has agreed to buy Andean Resources Ltd. for about 3.6 billion Canadian dollars (US$3.42 billion), trumping a rival bid from Eldorado Gold Corp. The acquisition would give Goldcorp, the world’s second-largest gold producer by market capitalization ...
San Mateo Daily Journal 2010-09-04T11:04:52Z
Goldcorp Offers $3.4 Billion for Australian Rival New York Times
Canadian gold miner buys rival firm St. Louis Post-Dispatch
TORONTO — Canada’s Goldcorp Inc. said Friday it has agreed to buy Andean Resources Ltd. for about 3.6 billion Canadian dollars (US$3.42 billion), trumping a rival bid from Eldorado Gold Corp. The acquisition would give Goldcorp, the world’s second-largest gold producer by market capitalization ...
San Mateo Daily Journal 2010-09-04T11:04:52Z
Goldcorp Offers $3.4 Billion for Australian Rival New York Times
Canadian gold miner buys rival firm St. Louis Post-Dispatch