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  • BP: Crews lifting device from Gulf face delay (AP)
    Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:01:08 GMT

     

    In this image taken from video provided by BP PLC at 12:23 a.m. EDT, Saturday Sept. 4, 2010 Aug. 3, 2010 shows the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico being raised to the surface. The blowout preventer wasn't expected to reach the surface until Saturday, at which point government investigators will take possession of it. (AP Photo/BP PLC) NO SALESAP - A crane hoisted a key piece of oil spill evidence to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, giving investigators their first chance to personally scrutinize the blowout preventer, the massive piece of equipment that failed stop the gusher four months ago.


  • Outgoing NATO deputy rues early optimism on Marjah (AP)
    Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:22:33 GMT

     

    U.S. Marines prepare to carry one of two comrades wounded in an IED attack to a waiting U.S. Army Task Force Shadow medevac helicopter on a rescue mission west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. Aeromedical teams with the 101st Airborne's Task Force Destiny provide the fast medical evacuation of those wounded throughout southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - NATO commanders were overly optimistic when they predicted quick success taking the key Taliban-held town of Marjah last winter, the outgoing deputy commander said.


  • Craigslist strikes adult services under pressure (AP)
    Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:40:14 GMT

     

    Craigslist founder Craig Newmark stands in front of the Craigslist office in San Francisco, California in 2006. Online classifieds website Craigslist has blocked US access to its \AP - Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says \"censored.\"


  • Dems' prospects threatened by economic woes (AP)
    Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:26:21 GMT

     

    Job seekers wait in line to show their resumes to potential employers at a career fair in Denver, Colorado. US unemployment jumped to 9.6 percent in August, the Labor Department said, as most analysts had predicted.(AFP/Getty Images/John Moore)AP - Frustrated, discouraged and just plain mad, a lot of people who have lost jobs — or know someone who has — now want to see the names of Democrats on pink slips. And that's jeopardizing the party's chances in Ohio and all across the country in November's elections.


  • Earl's biggest damage in Northeast: business (AP)
    Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:01:20 GMT

     

    From left in the canoe, Lexi Olson, 12, Petunia the pug, Corey Olsen, 9, and Amber Racette, 13, and in the water, Bennett Hartley, 7, and sister Ella, all of Brewster, Mass., enjoy what the neighborhood jokingly calls 'Lake Leona' after Leona Terrace was flooded by Tropical Storm Earl in Brewster, Mass., on Cape Cod, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. According to residents, the road frequently floods during major storms but this is the highest they've seen it. (AP Photo/Julia Cumes)AP - In the end, Earl's worst damage in New England was to seasonal businesses hoping to end their summer on a high note.


  • For US Muslims, a 9/11 anniversary like no other (AP)
    Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:56:09 GMT

     

    FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2010 file photo, demonstrators hold up signs during a news conference on the step of New York's City Hall. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)AP - American Muslims are boosting security at mosques, seeking help from leaders of other faiths and airing ads underscoring their loyalty to the United States — all ahead of a 9/11 anniversary they fear could bring more trouble for their communities.


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