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Power plants, residents weigh in on coal ash plan
DENVER (AP) — A public hearing on whether the Environmental Protection Agency should regulate coal ash disposal under rules for hazardous waste has drawn more than 100 speakers.September 02, 2010
For 2nd time, Ohio woman gives birth in vehicle
BETHEL, Ohio (AP) — For a second time, an Ohio woman has given birth to a baby who couldn't wait and arrived on the drive to the hospital.September 02, 2010
Gulf oil rig explodes off La. coast
GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) — An offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.September 02, 2010
Cocaine laws need change
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police found such a small amount of crack cocaine in James V. Taylor’s car that investigators described it as unweighable. It was enough for a 15-year prison sentence in Missouri, where the courts make an enormous distinction between crack and powder cocaine.By By Bill Draper, The Associated Press , September 02, 2010
Midwest survey suggests some recession fears
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — More than a third of supply managers in nine Midwest and Plains states surveyed for a regional business index expect the U.S. economy to fall into another recession next year, even as key measures of the index remained positive.September 02, 2010
Evacuations start as Earl nears East Coast
NAGS HEAD, N.C. — Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard on Wednesday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm’s predicted offshore track could put millions of people in the most densely populated part of the country in harm’s way.
By By Mike Baker, The Associated Press , September 02, 2010
Dutch prosecutors say Yemenis freed
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Two Yemeni men arrested on arrival from the United States on suspicion they may have been conducting a dry run for an airline terror attack were released without charge Wednesday after investigations turned up no evidence to link them to a terror plot, Dutch prosecutors said.By The Associated Press , September 01, 2010
Police: Discovery gunman shot; 3 hostages safe
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Police shot and killed a man upset with the Discovery Channel network's programming who took two employees and a security officer hostage at the company's headquarters Wednesday, officials said. All three hostages escaped safely.By By Sarah Brumfield, The Associated Press , September 01, 2010
Island evacuations start as Earl nears East Coast
NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard on Wednesday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm's predicted offshore track could put millions of people in the most densely populated part of the country in harm's way.By By Mike Baker, The Associated Press , September 01, 2010
Conn. driver falls from car on I-95; Dodge goes on
DARIEN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut State Police say a man fell out of his car onto Interstate 95 and watched his vehicle drive on for about two-tenths of a mile before it crashed into a pole.September 01, 2010
Obama ends the U.S. combat mission in Iraq
WASHINGTON— Claiming no victory, President Barack Obama formally ended the U.S. combat role in Iraq after seven long years of bloodshed, declaring firmly Tuesday night: “It is time to turn the page.” Now, he said, the nation’s most urgent priority must be fixing its own sickly economy.
By By Ben Feller, The Associated Press , September 01, 2010
AP source: Unlikely two men were plotting terror
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. government official says the FBI's investigation of two men detained in Amsterdam is finding that it's unlikely they were on a test run for a future terror attack, even as Dutch authorities continued to hold the pair on suspicion of conspiring to commit a terrorist act.By EILEEN SULLIVAN, Associated Press Writer , August 31, 2010
Americans spending a bit more
WASHINGTON — Americans are spending a little more this summer, but hardly enough to rejuvenate the weakening economy. What is needed is a bigger boost in salaries and more jobs. Economists don’t see either coming this year, which is why the economy is likely to limp along.By By Martin Crutsinger, The Associated Press , August 31, 2010
Diabetes now tops Vietnam vets’ claims
RALEIGH, N.C. — By his own reckoning, a Navy electrician spent just eight hours in Vietnam, during a layover on his flight back to the U.S. in 1966. He bought some cigarettes and snapped a few photos.By By Mike Baker, The Associated Press , August 31, 2010
Obama moving on to goal of Mideast peace
WASHINGTON — Firmly and finally ending the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, President Barack Obama will have but a moment before trying to hasten peace nearby between Israelis and Palestinians. Left unclear is whether winding down the war that inflamed Arab passions will do anything to help long-shot Mideast talks.By By Ben Feller, The Associated Press , August 31, 2010
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