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Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand’s South Island (AP)
AP – A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand’s South Island early Saturday and caused widespread damage, but there were just two reports of serious injuries. Looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said.
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Despite hiring, US unemployment rate seems frozen (AP)
AP – Unemployment is stuck at high levels even though some companies are hiring. The problem, government data show, is that too few jobs are being created for the growing number of people looking for work.
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Pakistan Taliban say their bomber kills 43 Shiites (AP)
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.
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UPS cargo plane crashes near Dubai airport (AP)
AP – A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai, officials said.
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Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises (AP)
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.
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Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England (AP)
AP – A weakening Hurricane Earl swiped past North Carolina on Friday on its way to New England, where officials warned residents that it still packed dangerous winds that could topple trees or damage the area’s picturesque gray-shingled cottages.
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Earl weakens to Category 1, heads for Northeast (AP)
AP – Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina’s Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and little damage, then chugged up the Eastern Seaboard toward Cape Cod, a weaker but still dangerous storm.
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