1.	Oil platform explodes off La. coast; crew rescued
	AP - An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:15:18 GMT [ AP ] 20 hours, 21 minutes ago

2.	Earl weakens, still powerful, headed to NC
	AP - Forecasters say Hurricane Earl has weakened to a Category 2 storm though they warn it is still powerful as it heads toward North Carolina and the Eastern Seaboard. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:14:35 GMT [ AP ] 20 hours, 22 minutes ago

3.	Wash. woman in acid attack recounts agonizing pain
	AP - Bethany Storro had just bought a pair of sunglasses and was celebrating a new job when a woman walked up to her with a cup and said: "Hey pretty girl, do you want to drink this?" Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:26:48 GMT [ AP ] 21 hours, 10 minutes ago

4.	Arizona governor stumbles during debate
	AP - It will go down as one of the most painful openings to a political debate in recent memory. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:27:50 GMT [ AP ] 21 hours, 9 minutes ago

5.	Police: Discovery Channel hostages planned escape
	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. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:52:29 GMT [ AP ] 20 hours, 44 minutes ago

6.	Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe
	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." Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:49:50 GMT [ AP ] 20 hours, 47 minutes ago

7.	Hamas among intractable issues in Mideast talks
	AP - To relaunch Middle East peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their American mediators quietly agreed to push aside the question of Hamas — the Islamic militant group that controls one of the two Palestinian territories and rejects negotiations. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:06:52 GMT [ AP ] 30 minutes ago

8.	Builders of NYC mosque face financial hurdles
	AP - The developers planning to build a $100 million Islamic center near the World Trade Center site still have financial hurdles to clear: They haven't finished buying all the property they want for the project and are nearly a quarter-million dollars behind on real estate taxes and late fees. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:04:48 GMT [ AP ] 21 hours, 32 minutes ago

9.	Chicago gangs to top cop: You're not playing fair
	AP - Calling the Chicago police chief's ultimatum to stop resorting to violence a waste of time, current and former members of some of the city's most notorious street gangs held an unlikely news conference on Thursday to send their own message to police: You're not playing fair. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:06:23 GMT [ AP ] 21 hours, 30 minutes ago

10.	Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from NY jail
	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. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:26:09 GMT [ AP ] 10 minutes ago

11.	Judge punishes Michigan juror for Facebook post
	AP - A Detroit-area woman who was removed from a jury for commenting about the ongoing case on Facebook has a longer writing task ahead: a five-page essay about the constitutional right to a fair trial. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:44:30 GMT [ AP ] 6 hours, 52 minutes ago

12.	Temporary cap that stopped oil gusher removed
	AP - Engineers removed a temporary cap Thursday that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well in mid-July. No more oil was expected to leak into the sea, but crews were standing by with collection vessels just in case. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:55:01 GMT [ AP ] 22 hours, 42 minutes ago

16.	Fired aide to ex-Mo. gov runs for gov's dad's seat
	AP - It's been three years since Scott Eckersley was fired after asserting that his then-boss, former Gov. Matt Blunt, and others in Blunt's administration should not be deleting certain e-mails because they belonged to the public record. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:57:19 GMT [ AP ] 4 hours, 39 minutes ago

18.	Senate upset erases Alaska seniority
	AP - The defeat of Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski by an upstart fiscal conservative in Alaska's GOP primary could mark a significant shift for a state that has so long relied on federal pork to survive. The outcome was also an unexpected blow to the seniority Alaska has enjoyed in the Senate. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:43:00 GMT [ AP ] 11 hours, 54 minutes ago

19.	McCourt: Wife didn't risk of being a Dodgers owner
	AP - Former Dodger CEO Jamie McCourt didn't want to take the risk associated with buying the Los Angeles Dodgers six years ago and if she had, it would have adversely affected the team, her estranged husband testified Thursday at their divorce trial. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:17:49 GMT [ AP ] 19 minutes ago

20.	Co-worker: Suspect's girlfriend alive during chase
	AP - The co-worker of a woman found dead in her boyfriend's car after a fatal California police chase said Thursday that she spoke with the victim during the pursuit. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:42:24 GMT [ AP ] 22 hours, 54 minutes ago

 
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