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  • CNN.com - U.S.
  • Workers safe after oil platform fire
    Workers safe after oil platform fire
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 1:50 pm
    An oil and gas production platform has exploded 80 miles off the central coast of Louisiana, with 13 people overboard, including one injured, the Coast Guard said Thursday morning.
  • Large, powerful Earl nearing U.S. coast
    Large, powerful Earl nearing U.S. coast
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 1:09 pm
    Large and powerful Hurricane Earl prepared to take a swipe at the Eastern Seaboard Thursday as residents from North Carolina to Massachusetts scrambled to ready themselves for its arrival. Hurricane warnings and watches stretched from North Carolina to Delaware, and covered parts of Massachusetts.
  • Police: Rapper T.I. and his wife arrested in Los Angeles
    Police: Rapper T.I. and his wife arrested in Los Angeles
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 12:53 pm
    Police arrested rapper T.I. and his wife in California after they were allegedly found in possession of a controlled substance.
  • Justice Department lawyers sue Sheriff Arpaio in civil rights probe
    Justice Department lawyers sue Sheriff Arpaio in civil rights probe
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 12:35 pm
    Justice Department civil rights lawyers filed suit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona on Thursday after talks collapsed on a deal to provide federal investigators with requested documents.
  • Hope grows but realism prevails with Mideast peace talks
    Hope grows but realism prevails with Mideast peace talks
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 12:32 pm
    The latest round of peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians is starting off much like similar endeavors in the past, but the Obama administration hopes that this time, the outcome will be different.
  • CNN.com - World
  • Mideast agreement in 1 year?
    Mideast agreement in 1 year?
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 11:20 am
    Direct peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians will start Thursday as President Obama urged both sides to come up with a peaceful solution to the long-running Mideast conflict.
  • West Nile virus kills 13 in Greece, health officials say
    West Nile virus kills 13 in Greece, health officials say
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 10:51 am
    West Nile Virus has killed 13 people in northern Greece and sickened another 143, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
  • Stephen Hawking: God didn't create universe
    Stephen Hawking: God didn't create universe
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 10:41 am
    God did not create the universe, world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book that aims to banish a divine creator from physics.
  • At least 1 dead in second day of Mozambique riots
    At least 1 dead in second day of Mozambique riots
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 10:41 am
    At least one person was killed Thursday as riots in the southern African nation of Mozambique continued into a second day, the director of a hospital told a local television station.
  • Actress on minerals, violence
    Actress on minerals, violence
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 8:50 am
    With a dozen humanitarian missions behind her, Ashley Judd has ventured to Africa to challenge the relationship between valuable minerals and unspeakable violence.
  • CNN.com - Politics
  • Army finishes initial review of McChrystal affair
    Army finishes initial review of McChrystal affair
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 1:36 pm
    The Army's inspector general has completed an initial review into the circumstances surrounding comments by former Gen. Stanley McChrystal and his staff that appeared in Rolling Stone magazine, Army spokesman Col. Tom Collins told CNN.
  • Judge rejects Obama testifying at 'birther' colonel's trial
    Judge rejects Obama testifying at 'birther' colonel's trial
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 1:26 pm
    A judge on Thursday denied a request for President Barack Obama to testify at a court martial for a U.S. Army flight surgeon who refused to deploy to Afghanistan until he saw proof that Obama was born in the United States.
  • Gates arrives in Afghanistan
    Gates arrives in Afghanistan
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 1:02 pm
    U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan Thursday to consult with political and military officials.
  • Hope grows, realism prevails in talks
    Hope grows, realism prevails in talks
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 12:32 pm
    The latest round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks started off like similar endeavors in the past, but the White House hopes that this time, the outcome will be different. FULL STORY | LEADERS CALL FOR END TO VIOLENCE | WHAT'S AT STAKE?
  • Navarrette: Obama must stick to his guns on education
    Navarrette: Obama must stick to his guns on education
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 9:29 am
    It's back-to-school time, which means some in the media have gone back to asking: "What's wrong with our schools? And how can we fix it?"
  • CNN.com - Entertainment
  • Body art puts paint next to nothing
    Body art puts paint next to nothing
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 8:55 am
    You need four things to get ready for body painting: "A shave, clean underwear, wine and nipple coverings," says model Veronica Guerra.
  • Ashley Judd confronts Africa's deadly mineral issue
    Ashley Judd confronts Africa's deadly mineral issue
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 8:50 am
    With a dozen humanitarian missions behind her, Ashley Judd has ventured to Africa to challenge the relationship between valuable minerals and unspeakable violence.
  • Celine Dion is 'healthy' in pregnancy homestretch
    Celine Dion is 'healthy' in pregnancy homestretch
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 8:06 am
    Celine Dion -- and the twin boys she is expecting in November -- are just fine, thank you very much.
  • J.J. Abrams to pitch new drama about Alcatraz Island
    J.J. Abrams to pitch new drama about Alcatraz Island
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 7:51 am
    EW has confirmed that uber-producer J.J. Abrams, together with "Lost" executive producer Elizabeth Sarnoff, are gearing up to pitch a new show called "Alcatraz," a drama about the infamous prison in the San Francisco Bay. The news was first reported on Deadline.com.
  • Police: T.I. and his wife arrested in L.A.
    Police: T.I. and his wife arrested in L.A.
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 6:42 am
    Police arrested rapper T.I. and his wife in California after they were allegedly found in possession of a controlled substance.
  • CNN.com - Technology
  • Samsung: Our Galaxy tablet better than iPad
    Samsung: Our Galaxy tablet better than iPad
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 1:05 pm
    When Samsung debuted its Galaxy Tab on Thursday, it made a bold claim: the device is at least as good as today's dominant tablet, Apple's iPad.
  • Crowded web TV field awaits Apple
    Crowded web TV field awaits Apple
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 10:53 am
    With Wednesday's announcement that it will be revamping its web TV offerings, Apple has made its most serious push into an emerging, and increasingly crowded, field.
  • Adult texters catching up to teens
    Adult texters catching up to teens
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 5:49 am
    Grown-ups don't text as much as teens -- at least not yet. A new survey suggests they may be catching up.
  • Apple unveils $99 TV box, upgraded iPods
    Apple unveils $99 TV box, upgraded iPods
    Published: 1 September 2010 | 3:52 pm
    A reworked line of iPods and a new, drastically cheaper, version of Apple TV are on the way.
  • CNN.com - Health
  • West Nile virus kills 13 in Greece
    West Nile virus kills 13 in Greece
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 10:51 am
    West Nile Virus has killed 14 people in northern Greece and sickened 142, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
  • In mine's confines, survival instincts prevail
    In mine's confines, survival instincts prevail
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 7:40 am
    The health of 33 trapped Chilean miners is authorities' top priority as crews this week began drilling in an effort to free them.
  • Flu 2010: 5 things you should know
    Flu 2010: 5 things you should know
    Published: 2 September 2010 | 5:18 am
    Ohio State offensive lineman Andrew Miller wants to be first in line for a vaccine this year. Here are five things you should know.
  • FDA agents visit Iowa farms that recalled eggs
    FDA agents visit Iowa farms that recalled eggs
    Published: 1 September 2010 | 6:50 pm
    Federal agents visited Hillandale Farms and Wright County Egg, which have recalled more than half a billion eggs in the wake of the salmonella outbreak, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman said Wednesday.
  • Weight-loss drug boosts heart, stroke risks for some
    Weight-loss drug boosts heart, stroke risks for some
    Published: 1 September 2010 | 2:40 pm
    Overweight people with a history of heart disease who take the prescription weight-loss drug Meridia may be at increased risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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