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Gulf oil platform explodes, burning off La. coast

By ALAN SAYRE 2010-09-02T17:42:39Z
NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) -- An offshore petroleum platform exploded and burned Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico off Lousiana, west of the site of BP's massive spill, but no leaks were reported....
14 min ago By ALAN SAYRE

Earl threatens East Coast with weekend pounding

By MIKE BAKER 2010-09-02T17:06:40Z
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- 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....
50 min ago By MIKE BAKER

Mariner Energy shares fall after platform blast

By CHRIS KAHN 2010-09-02T17:42:19Z
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mariner Energy, Inc. shares dropped more than 4 percent Thursday following news that one of its production platforms exploded in the Gulf of Mexico....
15 min ago By CHRIS KAHN

Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe

By JACQUES BILLEAUD 2010-09-02T17:08:27Z
PHOENIX (AP) -- 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....
48 min ago By JACQUES BILLEAUD

Gunman shot as Discovery hostages planned escape

By DAVID DISHNEAU and SARAH BRUMFIELD 2010-09-02T16:21:09Z
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) -- 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....
2 hr ago By DAVID DISHNEAU and SARAH BRUMFIELD

Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from NY jail

By JENNIFER PELTZ 2010-09-02T13:35:49Z
NEW YORK (AP) -- 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....
4 hrs ago By JENNIFER PELTZ

Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off

By HARRY R. WEBER 2010-09-02T13:57:10Z
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The cap that ended BP's three-month oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico was set to come off Thursday as a prelude to raising a massive, failed piece of equipment and preparing for a final seal on the broken seafloor well....
4 hrs ago By HARRY R. WEBER

Chicago gang members criticize 'gang summit'

By 2010-09-02T17:15:51Z
CHICAGO (AP) -- Several current and former gang members say an initiative by Chicago's police chief is unfairly targeting them for the city's violence....
41 min ago

Fired aide to ex-Mo. gov runs for gov's dad's seat

By CHRIS BLANK 2010-09-02T15:57:24Z
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (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....
2 hr ago By CHRIS BLANK

Senate upset erases Alaska seniority

By RACHEL D'ORO 2010-09-02T08:43:04Z
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (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....
9 hrs ago By RACHEL D'ORO

 

 

 

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