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Petraeus: Quran-burning could endanger troops

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:16:09 EDT

The U.S. commander in Afghanistan criticized a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, warning that it could endanger American troops.

Obama: $50B for roads, rails, runways

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:39:06 EDT

President Obama is stepping up his efforts to revive the economy. In a Labor Day speech in Milwaukee, he outlined a plan to spend more on roads, railways and runways.

Hurricane watch issued for TX, Mexico

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:21:00 EDT

A tropical depression in southwestern Gulf of Mexico strengthened into a tropical storm Monday morning, forecasters said.

Paper: Van der Sloot admits extortion

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:40:47 EDT

Joran van der Sloot admitted in an interview with a Dutch newspaper that he extorted money from the family of Natalee Holloway, but his attorney in a Peruvian murder case suggested Monday that his client's comments may have been mistranslated.

'Little Rock Nine' member dies

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:02:21 EDT

As a 15-year-old, Jefferson Thomas was one of nine African-American students who braved mobs to integrate an all-white school. Thomas died Sunday of cancer at age 67.

'Plan B' on hold at Chilean mine

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:10:39 EDT

Rescue officials reported Monday they had to temporarily stop one of two drilling operations to reach 33 men trapped for more than a month inside a Chilean mine.

Help sought after spy found dead in bag

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:20:43 EDT

Metropolitan police in London, England, appealed Monday for further information about last month's death of a man who worked for a British intelligence agency and whose naked body was found in a padlocked duffel bag in his bathroom.

Ex-ELO member killed in freak accident

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:07:04 EDT

A former cellist with the rock group Electric Light Orchestra was killed in southwestern England on Monday in a car crash involving a large bale of hay, local police said.

'Vicious thugs' kill pizza delivery man

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:38:50 EDT

Boston police have arrested three suspects who they say stabbed a Domino's pizza delivery man and drove off in his car.

Travolta halts extortion case retrial

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:23:26 EDT

A retrial in the case of two men accused in the Bahamas of attempting to extort millions from John Travolta over the death of the actor's son was halted Monday just as it was about to get under way, according to the Bahamian attorney general's office.