Yahoo News: US
AP - Hurricane Earl roared past the North Carolina Outer Banks early Friday, flooding some parts of the narrow vacation islands and knocking out electricity before driving north at the start of at least 24 hours of stormy, windy weather along the East Coast.
3 Sep 2010 at 6:42am
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.
3 Sep 2010 at 6:43am
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.
3 Sep 2010 at 5:47am
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.
3 Sep 2010 at 12:30am
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.
3 Sep 2010 at 4:47am
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.
3 Sep 2010 at 5:47am
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.
3 Sep 2010 at 3:42am
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.
3 Sep 2010 at 4:34am
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.
3 Sep 2010 at 2:11am
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.
3 Sep 2010 at 2:30am
BBC: Americas
Hurricane Earl weakens as it nears the US East Coast, though officials warn it remains "large and powerful".
2 Sep 2010 at 11:16pm
An explosion rips through an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the blast in April that caused a huge oil spill.
2 Sep 2010 at 11:13pm
A tanker carrying 9m litres of diesel fuel runs aground off the coast of northern Canada but no environmental damage is reported.
2 Sep 2010 at 10:53pm
Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington for the first direct peace talks in nearly two years and agree a framework for negotiations.
3 Sep 2010 at 2:12am
A passenger was detained and four of Miami International Airport's six concourses were evacuated on Thursday after a suspicious item was spotted in a checked bag
3 Sep 2010 at 4:09am
Burger King is being sold to private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26bn (£2.1bn), it has been announced.
2 Sep 2010 at 11:51am
The Canadian Space Agency announces astronaut Chris Hadfield will become the first Canadian commander of the International Space Station in 2013.
2 Sep 2010 at 4:09pm
A growing number of New York sky-scrapers switch off their lights at night to help reduce the number of migratory birds hitting the buildings.
2 Sep 2010 at 12:52pm
Rival Canadian gold mining companies, Goldcorp and El Dorado, lock horns in a $3bn fight to buy up Andean Resources.
3 Sep 2010 at 1:57am
US authorities indict 11 German and Chinese executives for conspiring to illegally import $40m worth of honey from China.
2 Sep 2010 at 11:24am
Reuters US
BP oil spill costs hit $8 billion as ends rig probe
LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc said the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion as the oil giant prepared to release the findings of an internal probe into the causes of the disaster.
3 Sep 2010 at 4:02am
Wind and rain from Hurricane Earl buffet North Carolina
MANTEO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl battered North Carolina's coast with rain, winds and waves on Friday and swirled up the U.S. eastern seaboard toward New England and Canada as a weakened but still dangerous storm.
3 Sep 2010 at 6:46am
U.S. medical programs missing millions of kids: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An estimated five million uninsured children in the United States were eligible for Medicaid or the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) but were not enrolled in either plan, according to a new report.
3 Sep 2010 at 2:01am
No sign of oil after Gulf platform fire: Coast Guard
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, but the crew of 13 escaped and there were no signs of an oil spill, the Coast Guard said.
3 Sep 2010 at 6:49am
Bumpy economy cited as helping improve U.S. roads
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One upside of the worst U.S. economic slump since the Great Depression is that with fewer motorists on the road, the nation's highways are less congested and in better shape, a study said on Thursday.
2 Sep 2010 at 8:43pm
Justice Department sues Arizona sheriff in immigration probe
WASHINGTON/PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Justice Department on Thursday sued an Arizona sheriff for refusing to cooperate with its investigation into allegations he and his police force discriminate against Hispanics in his program to crack down on illegal immigrants.
2 Sep 2010 at 3:23pm
Jury hits Ford Motor Co with $131 million verdict
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Mississippi jury ordered Ford Motor Co to pay $131 million to the family of a man who died while driving an Explorer, an attorney for the family said on Thursday.
2 Sep 2010 at 7:49pm
EPA to issue more rules in climate fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will roll out more regulations on greenhouse gases and other pollution to help fight climate change, but they will not be as strong as action by Congress, a senior administration official said.
2 Sep 2010 at 5:17pm
Warren schedule change stirs talk on consumer job
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A last-minute change in the fall course schedule of Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren has fueled speculation the White House might soon nominate her to head the newly created U.S. consumer financial agency.
2 Sep 2010 at 4:25pm
S.Korea Kia recalls some Soul, Sorento vehicles
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's No. 2 automaker Kia Motors said on Friday that it had started a recall of some Soul and Sorento vehicles sold worldwide because of a fire hazard.
2 Sep 2010 at 7:31pm
Chicago Tribune
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Earl roared past the North Carolina Outer Banks early Friday, flooding some parts of the narrow vacation islands and knocking out electricity before driving north at the start of at least 24 hours of stormy, windy weather along the East Coast.
3 Sep 2010 at 6:42am
MIAMI (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.
3 Sep 2010 at 6:43am
NEW ORLEANS (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.
3 Sep 2010 at 5:48am
DES MOINES, Iowa (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.
3 Sep 2010 at 5:48am
PHOENIX (AP) — The Justice Department sued the nation's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" on Thursday, calling Joe Arpaio's defiance of an investigation into his office's alleged discrimination against Hispanics "unprecedented."
2 Sep 2010 at 6:50pm
WASHINGTON — Israeli and Palestinian leaders formally reopened peace talks on Thursday by setting a work plan for the next year, but adjourned without progress on the key issue of Israeli housing construction, which threatens to quickly undermine the negotiations.
2 Sep 2010 at 5:23pm
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Police had been negotiating with James Jae Lee for several hours and intended to keep him talking for as long as it took to safely resolve the standoff at the Discovery Channel's headquarters. Inside the lobby, Lee's three hostages had no intention of waiting.
2 Sep 2010 at 8:45pm
The Justice Department says Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio failed to turn over documents in its investigation into whether his department discriminated against Latinos while pursuing illegal immigrants.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued a controversial and popular Arizona sheriff, alleging that his department was refusing to cooperate with an investigation into whether it discriminated against Latinos while trying to catch illegal immigrants.
2 Sep 2010 at 7:15pm
NEW YORK (AP) — The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman was freed Thursday after four months in jail for a plot that put a spotlight on the comic icon's office affairs, city Correction Department records show.
3 Sep 2010 at 12:27am
After finishing a sentence for weapons charges earlier this year, T.I. was poised to have the comeback of the fall.
2 Sep 2010 at 4:27pm