BP: Crews lifting key device from Gulf face delay (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:06:24 GMT
AP - Icelike crystals had formed Saturday on the 300-ton blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, forcing BP crews to wait before they could safely hoist the device to the surface.

Craigslist removes adult services section (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:30:03 GMT
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."

Nation's economic woes jeopardize Dems' prospects (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:26:47 GMT
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 21:36:54 GMT
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 17:36:27 GMT
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.

Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad dies at 86 (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:17:31 GMT
AP - Paul Conrad used his pencil like a weapon. His long lines and jagged angles seemed to point directly at the leaders he deemed charlatans and fools in need of deflating.

Shoes, eggs hurled at ex-Brit PM Blair in Dublin (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:09:03 GMT
AP - Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday at Tony Blair who held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in Ireland's capital. Hundreds more people lined up to have their books autographed — evidence that the divisions left by Blair's decade as British leader have yet to heal.

Many Pakistanis still waiting for flood aid (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:17:51 GMT
AP - Abdul Rehman and his family live under a tree next to a pile of rubble on a newly created island where his house used to be.

Kanye West: 'I bled hard' over Swift debacle (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:19:37 GMT
AP - Hip-hop star Kanye West is still feeling the pain over his trophy grab from Taylor Swift last year — and he's expressing his pain all over Twitter.

Snedeker is leading in Boston; Woods shoots 65 (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:50:23 GMT
AP - Brandt Snedeker is the leader at the Deutsche Bank Championship, a spot he didn't imagine when he saw that his tee times coincided with the expected arrival of rain and wind from Hurricane Earl.