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9/02/2010
02:10:11 PM
McCourt: Wife didn't risk of being a Dodgers owner (US National)
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.
9/02/2010
02:10:11 PM
Earl weakens slightly, winds still at 115 mph (US National)
Hurricane Earl is weakening slightly as it heads toward North Carolina's Outer Banks, but forecasters say it's still a dangerous hurricane with winds of 115 mph.
9/02/2010
01:10:11 PM
Co-worker: Suspect's girlfriend alive during chase (US National)
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.
9/02/2010
01:10:11 PM
Hamas among intractable issues in Mideast talks (US National)
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.
9/02/2010
01:10:11 PM
Chicago gangs to top cop: You're not playing fair (US National)
Several current and ex-gang members lashed out at Chicago's police chief on Thursday, calling his so-called "gang summit" initiative to crack down on crime a wasted effort that will have little effect on the streets of the county's third largest city.
9/02/2010
01:10:11 PM
Oil platform explodes off La. coast; oil spreading (US National)
An oil platform exploded and caught fire Thursday off the Louisiana coast, spreading a mile-long oil sheen into the Gulf of Mexico. All 13 crew members were rescued.
9/02/2010
12:10:17 PM
Chicago gang members criticize 'gang summit' (US National)
Several current and ex-gang members lashed out at Chicago's police chief on Thursday, calling his so-called "gang summit" initiative to crack down on crime a wasted effort that will have little effect on the streets of the county's third largest city.
9/02/2010
11:10:19 AM
Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe (US National)
The U.S. Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics.
9/02/2010
11:10:19 AM
Oil sheen spreading from Gulf platform explosion (US National)
The Coast Guard is saying that a mile-long oil sheen is spreading from the site off an offshore petroleum platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.
9/02/2010
10:10:13 AM
Search still on for missing son of boxing promoter (US National)
Searchers in the rugged North Cascades have found a backpack belonging to the son of Hall of Fame boxing promoter Bob Arum, but they are still looking for the missing climber.
9/02/2010
10:10:13 AM
Gunman shot as Discovery hostages planned escape (US National)
As the three hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters appeared ready to make a run for it, police said Thursday that a SWAT team officer quickly shot and killed the increasingly agitated gunman who had explosives strapped to himself, ending the four-hour standoff.
9/02/2010
10:10:13 AM
Earl undergoes change, strong winds extend farther (US National)
The head of the National Hurricane Center says the center of Hurricane Earl is undergoing a change and its powerful winds are going to extend farther out from the eyewall.
9/02/2010
10:10:13 AM
Gulf oil platform explodes, burning off La. coast (US National)
An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion.
9/02/2010
09:10:13 AM
Earl threatens East Coast with weekend pounding (US National)
Hurricane Earl packed winds near 140 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard up to Maine on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain.
9/02/2010
09:10:13 AM
Gunman's body removed from Discovery building (US National)
Officials say the body of a gunman who was shot to death by police after he took three hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters has been removed from the building.
9/02/2010
09:10:13 AM
Feds sue Arizona Joe Arpaio sheriff in civil-rights probe (US National)
The U.S. Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics.
9/02/2010
07:10:14 AM
Judge punishes Michigan juror for Facebook post (US National)
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.
9/02/2010
07:10:14 AM
Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from NY jail (US National)
The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman over the comedian's office affairs was freed from jail Thursday, city Correction Department records show.
9/02/2010
05:10:16 AM
Some dig in, others flee coast as Earl nears US (US National)
Hurricane Earl blew toward the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday as a major storm with winds of around 145 mph as forecasters tried to pinpoint exactly how close the strongest gales and heaviest surge would get to North Carolina's fragile chain of barrier islands.
9/02/2010
03:10:20 AM
More NC residents leave coast ahead of Earl (US National)
More North Carolinians are leaving the coast ahead of Hurricane Earl as it heads toward the Eastern Seaboard.
9/02/2010
02:10:16 AM
McCourt's memory fuzzy at divorce trial (US National)
Frank McCourt had trouble recalling some details involving his purchase of a professional baseball team, but he was certain of one thing: he's the sole owner.
9/02/2010
02:10:16 AM
Senate upset erases Alaska seniority (US National)
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.
9/02/2010
01:10:20 AM
Fired aide to ex-Mo. gov runs for gov's dad's seat (US National)
It's been three years since Scott Eckersley was fired after pointing out 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.
9/02/2010
01:10:20 AM
Chicago police chief criticized for 'gang summit' (US National)
The idea seemed simple though bold: Call reputed gang leaders to a meeting with top police and federal prosecutors and deliver an ultimatum to end killings in the nation's third-largest city.
9/02/2010
01:10:20 AM
Discovery Channel hostage-taker hated programming (US National)
A gunman police shot to death after he took hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters said he hated the company's shows such as "Kate Plus 8" because they promote population growth and its environmental programming because it did little to save the planet.
9/02/2010
01:10:20 AM
Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off (US National)
The image of thick crude gushing from a blown-out oil well a mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico was turned off when a tightly fitting cap was secured on top a month-and-a-half ago.
9/02/2010
01:10:20 AM
Some bunker down, some flee as Earl approaches US (US National)
Tourists were largely gone from North Carolina's Outer Banks, but those resolute residents who stayed behind say they were prepared Thursday to potentially face down the most powerful hurricane to threaten the coast in years.
9/02/2010
12:10:22 AM
Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation (US National)
Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug.
9/01/2010
10:10:13 PM
Son of boxing promoter Arum missing in Cascades (US National)
Nearly two dozen mountaineers and park rangers are searching for the son of Hall of Fame boxing promoter Bob Arum, who's been missing since a weekend camping trip in the Cascade Mountains of Washington state.
9/01/2010
09:10:15 PM
John Walker Lindh seeks Ind. prison prayer ruling (US National)
American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh and another Muslim inmate have asked a judge to order a federal prison to allow them and other Muslims in their highly restricted cell block to pray as a group, in accordance with their beliefs.
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