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Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand’s South Island (AP)

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:05:20 +0000

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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Hurricane Earl storms through NYC area – but turns out to be washout

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:20:38 +0000

So much for Earl ruining the Labor Day weekend. The much-hyped storm went from stud to dud Friday and barely laid a mitt on New York, passing wide of the Hamptons and weakening fast as it barreled out into the Atlantic.

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Despite hiring, US unemployment rate seems frozen (AP)

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:48:01 +0000

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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Mother of 4-year-old found dead and weighing just 15 pounds arrested

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:07:18 +0000

The mother of the malnourished 4-year-old girl found dead in her squalid Brooklyn apartment was busted on assault charges Friday – but the cause of her daughter’s death is not yet known, officials said.

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Pakistan Taliban say their bomber kills 43 Shiites (AP)

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:39:09 +0000

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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Bombers keep on rolling, beat Jays 7-3

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:06:03 +0000

The Yankees scored five runs in the first three innings en route to a breezy 7-3 victory over the Blue Jays at the Stadium – their season-high tying seventh win in a row. Brett Gardner rapped an RBI triple and scored three runs and Curtis Granderson drove in three runs.

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UPS cargo plane crashes near Dubai airport (AP)

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:18:49 +0000

AP – A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai, officials said.

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Fan trio in U.S. Open brawl banned from tennis tourney

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:41:16 +0000

Call this one a triple fault: A trio of brawling tennis fans were barred Friday from returning to the U.S. Open until 2013.

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Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises (AP)

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:07:50 +0000

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)

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:51:42 +0000

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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