National News
Some flooding on NC Outer Banks as Earl passes (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 05:40 AM
- AP - First light reveals some flooding on the narrow vacation islands of North Carolina's Outer Banks after Hurricane Earl passed in the night.
Miami airport evacuated when suspicious item found (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 04:09 AM
- AP - A passenger was detained and four of Miami International Airport's six concourses were evacuated after a screener spotted something suspicious in a checked bag, authorities said.
Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 02:22 AM
- 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.
Comfort Inn a hurricane hostel in NC (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 12:30 AM
- 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.
'Birth tourism' a tiny portion of immigrant babies (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 04:47 AM
- 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.
Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 04:53 AM
- AP - Stark differences exist between the oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico and the blast that led to the massive BP spill. Most notably, no one was killed and no crude was gushing into the water, but the distinctions don't end there.
Pearl Harbor marks 65th anniversary of WWII's end (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 03:42 AM
- 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.
McCourt: Wife concerned about nest egg (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 04:34 AM
- 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.
Warrants detail stabbings at Calif. beach house (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 02:11 AM
- 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.
Critics: Ill. lottery contract cloaked in secrecy (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 02:30 AM
- 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.
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