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Earl weakens to a Category 1, winds near 85 mph (AP)
Published: 9/3/2010 8:14:23 AM

A metal roof is seen on the ground after winds from Hurricane Earl passed through overnight in Nags Head, N.C., Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - Hurricane Earl has weakened to a Category 1 storm as it heads for the Northeast and some watches and warnings have been reduced or dropped from Long Island to Maine.




Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises (AP)
Published: 9/3/2010 8:24:37 AM

In this Aug. 25, 2010 photograph, job seekers including Lindsey Wright, of Detroit, center, attend a job fair in Southfield, Mich. On Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. EDT, the Labor Department issues the August unemployment report. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)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.




Officials: US missiles kill 5 in NW Pakistan (AP)
Published: 9/3/2010 8:07:15 AM

Farida, seven-year-old, who is a flood victim, makes tea while her mother rests in tent in a relief camp managed by Pakistan air force in Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province September 3, 2010. Severe flooding in Pakistan has destroyed cropland and livestock and displaced millions of people, causing damage the government has estimated at $43 billion, or almost one quarter of the South Asian nation's 2009/10 gross domestic product (GDP). REUTERS/Athar Hussain (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)AP - Pakistani officials say suspected U.S. missiles have killed five people in a tribal region near the Afghan border.




Police question scientist in Miami airport scare (AP)
Published: 9/3/2010 8:07:24 AM

Passengers sleep and sit on the curbside at concourse J after being evacuated from the terminal at Miami International Airport in Miami, early Friday morning, Sept. 3, 2010. A spokesman for Miami International Airport says four of its six concourses have been evacuated as a police bomb squad investigates a report of a suspicious item. Several flights were diverted to other parts of the terminal.(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)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.




Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone (AP)
Published: 9/3/2010 8:07:26 AM

U.S. Marines in the background provide security as a Marine and a U.S. Army Task Force Shadow flight medic, right, rush a Marine wounded in an explosive attack across a  field to a medevac helicopter, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Aeromedical teams with the 101st Airborne's Task Force Destiny provide the fast medical evacuation of those wounded throughout southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)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.




Small signal, big meaning? Castro in military duds (AP)
Published: 9/3/2010 8:06:53 AM

Cuba's leader Fidel Castro delivers a speech to students outside Havana's University in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Castro dusted off his military fatigues for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a Communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance.(AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance.




Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash (AP)
Published: 9/3/2010 7:15:22 AM

Villagers stand outside their homes as they prepare to evacuate their homes following a fresh eruption of Mount Sinabung in Tanah Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. The volcano sent the new, powerful burst of hot ash high into the air early Friday, violently shaking homes and trees along the slopes and sending panicked villagers scurrying back to safety. (AP Photo/Roy Pohan)AP - An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet (three kilometers) in the air Friday, sending frightened residents fleeing to safety for the second time this week.




Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill (AP)
Published: 9/3/2010 7:44:07 AM

Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)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.




Brooks & Dunn end 20-year career at Nashville show (AP)
Published: 9/3/2010 8:25:27 AM

FILE - In a April 19, 2010 file photo, Kix Brooks, left, and Ronnie Dunn accept the ACM Milestone Award during “The Last Rodeo” tribute concert, in Las Vegas. The country music duo closed out a 20-year career at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Thursday night, Sept. 3, 2010 with their 1991 debut single, 'Brand New Man,' during the encore.  (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)AP - The first song Brooks & Dunn ever sang together has become their last.




Roethlisberger suspension reduced to 4 games (AP)
Published: 9/3/2010 8:26:00 AM

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 - Ben Roethlisberger's suspension has been reduced 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.