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 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. |
| Despite hiring, US unemployment rate seems frozen
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 AP - A weakening but still dangerous Hurricane Earl steamed toward the gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages of Cape Cod on Friday, disrupting people's vacations on the unofficial final weekend of the short New England summer. |
| Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England
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 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. |
| Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island
(AP)
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 AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time"to reach an agreement. |
| Clinton: Time is now for Mideast peace
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 AP - Gov. Jan Brewer rose to national fame defending the state's immigration law and warning of rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border, including a claim that headless bodies were turning up in the Arizona desert. |
| Ariz. governor says she was wrong about beheadings
(AP)
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 AP - One of the investors in a proposed Islamic center near ground zero is a Long Island medical clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a donation to a charity later shut down for links to Hamas. |
| Backer of NYC mosque gave to Hamas-linked charity
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 AP - Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales believes relief may be in sight for the beleaguered news media industry. |
| AP Interview: Wikipedia founder bullish on news
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| AP - A former US Airways Express pilot will spend nine months in prison for selling a powdered drink mix over the Internet that he claimed was "100 percent"effective in helping drug-using truck drivers, pilots and train engineers pass federally mandated drug tests. |
| Commercial pilot sentenced for drug-masking powder
(AP)
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 AP - A witness in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial recanted statements Friday that he saw defendant Howard K. Stern give the celebrity model excessive drugs. |
| Witness recants statements in Anna Nicole case
(AP)
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 AP - Ben Roethlisberger isn't the only Steelers quarterback who might be out for four weeks. |
| Steelers'Leftwich likely to miss start of season
(AP)
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 Reuters - A major earthquake hit New Zealand's second biggest city Christchurch early on Saturday, bringing down power lines, ripping up roads and wrecking building facades, but authorities reported no deaths. |
| Earthquake of 7.1 magnitude hits New Zealand city
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 Reuters - The U.S. government is likely to take a loss on General Motors Co in the first offering of the automaker's stock, six people familiar with preparations for the landmark IPO said. |
| Taxpayers likely to face initial loss on GM IPO: sources
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday he would outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy, but analysts were skeptical he would be able to deliver a big enough package to lift growth significantly. |
| Obama to address new economic ideas next Wednesday
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the United States to spy on the United Arab Emirates are behind the Gulf state's moves to curb the smartphone, Dubai's police chief said. |
| U.S. and Israel spying behind BlackBerry woe: Dubai police
(Reuters)
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 Reuters - A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Earl churned toward the Massachusetts coast on Friday, en route to Canada's Maritime provinces, after slapping North Carolina with heavy wind and rain. |
| Hurricane Earl churns north, weaker but still threat
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