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Yahoo! News: U.S. News Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/us us U.S. News en-us Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:55:22 GMT 5 Yahoo! News 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/us http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif Fla. pastor on fringe of US Christian life (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_quran_burning_church ap/20100908/us_quran_burning_church AP us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:04:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_quran_burning_church"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.aba6d0ab330d45019edd1403c90bc2a1-aba6d0ab330d45019edd1403c90bc2a1-0.jpg?x=124&y=130&q=85&sig=vyZh9AsHaRbYanXaqhja7w--" align="left" height="130" width="124" alt="Pastor Terry Jones, right, of the Dove World Outreach Center arrives at a news conference with an armed escort in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Florida pastor who plans to burn the Quran on the anniversary of 9/11 is rooted in Pentecostal tradition that believes Christians are engaged in a modern-day spiritual battle with evil.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_quran_burning_church"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.aba6d0ab330d45019edd1403c90bc2a1-aba6d0ab330d45019edd1403c90bc2a1-0.jpg?x=124&y=130&q=85&sig=vyZh9AsHaRbYanXaqhja7w--" align="left" height="130" width="124" alt="photo" title="Pastor Terry Jones, right, of the Dove World Outreach Center arrives at a news conference with an armed escort in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Appeals court lets government halt torture lawsuit (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_boeing_cia_lawsuit ap/20100909/us_boeing_cia_lawsuit AP us Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:51:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_boeing_cia_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100908/capt.photo_1283985247038-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=sDrvg0C_SJqyKuLcNi6M7w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) logo is displayed in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. A US court dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Boeing subsidiary for allegedly flying terror suspects to secret CIA sites for interrogation, saying the case could have exposed state secrets.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AP - A sharply divided federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit challenging a controversial post-Sept. 11 CIA program that flew terrorism suspects to secret prisons.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_boeing_cia_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100908/capt.photo_1283985247038-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=sDrvg0C_SJqyKuLcNi6M7w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) logo is displayed in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. A US court dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Boeing subsidiary for allegedly flying terror suspects to secret CIA sites for interrogation, saying the case could have exposed state secrets.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Remnants of Hermine flood Texas; buffet Oklahoma (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_severe_flooding ap/20100909/us_severe_flooding AP us Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:41:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_severe_flooding"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.93eef7dafc834ce9ae25c8ec98ece2e4-93eef7dafc834ce9ae25c8ec98ece2e4-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=gek_RMJPx0aSoyH02eZ96A--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Visitors to Salado, Texas snap photos of a submerged truck under the main street bridge on Wednesday morning, Sept. 8, 2010 as waters begin to receed from excessive rainfall caused by Tropical Storm Hermine. (AP Photo/Temple Daily Telegram, Rusty Schramm) MANDATORY CREDIT; TV OUT" border="0" /></a>AP - The remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine swept northward through Texas and into Oklahoma on Wednesday, forcing more than 100 high-water rescues, swamping city neighborhoods, spawning tornadoes and killing at least two people.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_severe_flooding"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.93eef7dafc834ce9ae25c8ec98ece2e4-93eef7dafc834ce9ae25c8ec98ece2e4-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=gek_RMJPx0aSoyH02eZ96A--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Visitors to Salado, Texas snap photos of a submerged truck under the main street bridge on Wednesday morning, Sept. 8, 2010 as waters begin to receed from excessive rainfall caused by Tropical Storm Hermine. (AP Photo/Temple Daily Telegram, Rusty Schramm) MANDATORY CREDIT; TV OUT" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) AP Exclusive: Backers of NYC mosque appear divided (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_nyc_mosque ap/20100909/us_nyc_mosque AP us Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:55:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_nyc_mosque"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.583e61b2eb77414388f7df583c2f71cc-583e61b2eb77414388f7df583c2f71cc-0.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=Qxc.WPcOQzhKEpdd1oqr9A--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Map shows location of proposed mosque located two blocks from ground zero" border="0" /></a>AP - The group of Muslims planning to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque near ground zero appears plagued by divisions that raise questions about the future of the project, with one major investor saying he is prepared to sell some or all of the site if the price is right.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_nyc_mosque"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.583e61b2eb77414388f7df583c2f71cc-583e61b2eb77414388f7df583c2f71cc-0.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=Qxc.WPcOQzhKEpdd1oqr9A--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="Map shows location of proposed mosque located two blocks from ground zero" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Colorado wildfire destroys more than 130 homes (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_colorado_wildfires ap/20100909/us_colorado_wildfires AP us Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:27:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_colorado_wildfires"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.3802c7556a3a4d4786fb0ed37003320d-3802c7556a3a4d4786fb0ed37003320d-0.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=SQftc08gmWjSlqxLyvCQWw--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="William Bradshaw, a home owner, hugs his girlfriend Alex Rivera at a briefing on the wildfire burning west of Boulder, Colo., on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Authorities announced at the briefing that 8 people are unaccounted for at the wildfire. It's unclear whether the remaining eight were in some of the 53 homes that have been reported destroyed. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)" border="0" /></a>AP - Authorities say at least 135 homes have been destroyed by a wildfire burning in canyons and foothills west of Boulder.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_colorado_wildfires"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.3802c7556a3a4d4786fb0ed37003320d-3802c7556a3a4d4786fb0ed37003320d-0.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=SQftc08gmWjSlqxLyvCQWw--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="photo" title="William Bradshaw, a home owner, hugs his girlfriend Alex Rivera at a briefing on the wildfire burning west of Boulder, Colo., on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Authorities announced at the briefing that 8 people are unaccounted for at the wildfire. It's unclear whether the remaining eight were in some of the 53 homes that have been reported destroyed. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Fla. minister determined to hold 9/11 Quran burn (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/quran_burning ap/20100909/quran_burning AP us Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:43:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/quran_burning"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.602eae4340bd474d8b6ee8f05d35f4d7-602eae4340bd474d8b6ee8f05d35f4d7-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wT.VAZ5QdUk9d9W53VyJUw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Pastor Terry Jones, center, of the Dove World Outreach Center speaks at a new conference in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)" border="0" /></a>AP - A top general, the secretary of state, the White House and political and religious leaders from around the world have decried a plan by the leader of a small Florida church to burn copies of Islam's holiest text to mark the 9/11 attacks. The Rev. Terry Jones is not backing down.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/quran_burning"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.602eae4340bd474d8b6ee8f05d35f4d7-602eae4340bd474d8b6ee8f05d35f4d7-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wT.VAZ5QdUk9d9W53VyJUw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pastor Terry Jones, center, of the Dove World Outreach Center speaks at a new conference in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) BP report blames itself, others for oil spill (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill ap/20100908/us_gulf_oil_spill AP science Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:35:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100908/i/ra711247306.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=exGGVytR3xw_EsPIw12UYA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A British Petroleum (BP) logo is seen at a petrol station in south London April 27, 2010. BP deflected much of the blame for a rig blast that led to the United States' worst-ever oil spill, releasing an internal report on Wednesday which said that drilling contractor Transocean had missed danger signs. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Files" border="0" /></a>AP - BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report issued Wednesday, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well. But in a possible preview of its legal strategy, it also pointed the finger at its partners on the doomed rig.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100908/i/ra711247306.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=exGGVytR3xw_EsPIw12UYA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A British Petroleum (BP) logo is seen at a petrol station in south London April 27, 2010. BP deflected much of the blame for a rig blast that led to the United States' worst-ever oil spill, releasing an internal report on Wednesday which said that drilling contractor Transocean had missed danger signs. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Chicago mulls future without Daley power at helm (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_chicago_without_daley ap/20100909/us_chicago_without_daley AP us Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:12:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_chicago_without_daley"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.42563036da034b77b2abeecebd4c4ac4-42563036da034b77b2abeecebd4c4ac4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=dOWT.NaFIH1LVj69ien3oA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley laughs as he meets with the media after a city council meeting, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Daley, who announced Tuesday, that he would not seek re-election in 2011 said he will not endorse anyone to replace him as leader of the nation's third-largest city as speculation grew about who would emerge as a front-runner from a long list of potential contenders. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" border="0" /></a>AP - The last time Chicago was left without a Daley at the helm, the next mayor was thrown out of office by voters angry because he couldn't keep snow off the streets.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_us/us_chicago_without_daley"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.42563036da034b77b2abeecebd4c4ac4-42563036da034b77b2abeecebd4c4ac4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=dOWT.NaFIH1LVj69ien3oA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley laughs as he meets with the media after a city council meeting, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Daley, who announced Tuesday, that he would not seek re-election in 2011 said he will not endorse anyone to replace him as leader of the nation's third-largest city as speculation grew about who would emerge as a front-runner from a long list of potential contenders. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Ind. activist to head federal anti-carp campaign (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_asian_carp_great_lakes ap/20100908/us_asian_carp_great_lakes AP us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:41:32 GMT AP - John Goss, an environmental activist and former state official from Indiana, was appointed Wednesday as the Obama administration's point man in the fight to prevent Asian carp from gaining a foothold in the Great Lakes. CHP: Murder suspect strangled woman during pursuit (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_trail_of_bodies ap/20100908/us_trail_of_bodies AP us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:54:33 GMT AP - A murder suspect linked to four deaths in Northern California strangled his girlfriend while being pursued by police at speeds of around 100 mph on a blown-out tire last week before being shot and killed by officers, authorities said Wednesday. Wind-whipped fires add to Detroit's economic woes (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_detroit_fires_high_winds ap/20100908/us_detroit_fires_high_winds AP business Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:14:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_detroit_fires_high_winds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.743dd2560c7c49909fbfb1edb70af374-743dd2560c7c49909fbfb1edb70af374-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=mP.It.4OE_Ae4gcJqV4gug--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="A burned home is seen through a remaining entryway of another home on Detroit's east side, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Wind-whipped flames swept through at least three Detroit neighborhoods, destroying dozens of homes, including many that were vacant, officials said. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)" border="0" /></a>AP - For a city already struggling with high unemployment, widespread foreclosures and deep budget cuts, here was another crisis: Wind-whipped fires tearing through row after row of homes, some of them abandoned.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_detroit_fires_high_winds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.743dd2560c7c49909fbfb1edb70af374-743dd2560c7c49909fbfb1edb70af374-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=mP.It.4OE_Ae4gcJqV4gug--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="A burned home is seen through a remaining entryway of another home on Detroit's east side, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Wind-whipped flames swept through at least three Detroit neighborhoods, destroying dozens of homes, including many that were vacant, officials said. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Official: 2nd killed in flooding swamping Texas (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_tropical_weather ap/20100908/us_tropical_weather AP us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:30:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_tropical_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.0c8f02d9c8904f98aa839729faafd65e-0c8f02d9c8904f98aa839729faafd65e-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=vVJkM6QSuIC9QeAqD.Qq_Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Caretaker Frankie Donison follows Florence Dobrey, in wheelchair, as Arlington firefighters Dale Alexander and Caleb Caballero rescue them from their flooded home in Woodland Park neighborhood in Arlington, Texas Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Rain spawned by Tropical Storm Hermine caused flooding in Arlington. (AP Photo/Star-Telegram/Joyce Marshall)" border="0" /></a>AP - Authorities say flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine has killed a second person who was swept away from his pickup truck.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_tropical_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.0c8f02d9c8904f98aa839729faafd65e-0c8f02d9c8904f98aa839729faafd65e-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=vVJkM6QSuIC9QeAqD.Qq_Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Caretaker Frankie Donison follows Florence Dobrey, in wheelchair, as Arlington firefighters Dale Alexander and Caleb Caballero rescue them from their flooded home in Woodland Park neighborhood in Arlington, Texas Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Rain spawned by Tropical Storm Hermine caused flooding in Arlington. (AP Photo/Star-Telegram/Joyce Marshall)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) LA police move to quell more shooting protests (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_fatal_police_shooting ap/20100908/us_fatal_police_shooting AP us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:14:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_fatal_police_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.67f30d0907b640aabaaac30d64c9a830-67f30d0907b640aabaaac30d64c9a830-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=KcDrS_xWhEVJqYGIln0heA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Los Angeles police officers respond by firing nonlethal foam projectiles toward apartment buildings rooftops, as protesters climbed atop and threw objects at officers below, after they had protested the death of a Guatemalan immigrant by Los Angeles Police officers on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0" /></a>AP - Police mobilized Wednesday to avoid more mayhem on the streets after being taken by surprise at consecutive nights of violent protests sparked by the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding man.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_fatal_police_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.67f30d0907b640aabaaac30d64c9a830-67f30d0907b640aabaaac30d64c9a830-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=KcDrS_xWhEVJqYGIln0heA--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="photo" title="Los Angeles police officers respond by firing nonlethal foam projectiles toward apartment buildings rooftops, as protesters climbed atop and threw objects at officers below, after they had protested the death of a Guatemalan immigrant by Los Angeles Police officers on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Chicago mayor race wide open as Daley steps aside (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_chicago_mayor ap/20100908/us_chicago_mayor AP us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:04:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_chicago_mayor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100907/capt.20512700d7e442aa83aea880927a6701-20512700d7e442aa83aea880927a6701-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=2wmSWFnApj_D.iLXPkpjwQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2009 file photo, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley speaks before the city council in Chicago. Daley announced Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, that he is not running for re-election. Daley became mayor in 1989. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Months of political jockeying began in earnest Wednesday as speculation grew about who would try to succeed Mayor Richard M. Daley as leader of the nation's third-largest city, including one-time aide and current White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_chicago_mayor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100907/capt.20512700d7e442aa83aea880927a6701-20512700d7e442aa83aea880927a6701-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=2wmSWFnApj_D.iLXPkpjwQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2009 file photo, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley speaks before the city council in Chicago. Daley announced Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, that he is not running for re-election. Daley became mayor in 1989. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) FBI: Bomb threat on Thai Airways plane was hoax (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_los_angeles_plane_threat ap/20100908/us_los_angeles_plane_threat AP us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:41:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_los_angeles_plane_threat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100908/capt.photo_1283932832202-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=XT8LQlgrLohLGlP40EcmSg--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="A KTLA-TV grab shows passengers leaving a Thai Airways Airbus A-300 following a bomb scare at Los Angeles International Airport.(AFP/KTLA-TV)" border="0" /></a>AP - The threatening note found in the restroom of a Thai Airways plane was a hoax, FBI officials said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/us_los_angeles_plane_threat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100908/capt.photo_1283932832202-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=XT8LQlgrLohLGlP40EcmSg--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="photo" title="A KTLA-TV grab shows passengers leaving a Thai Airways Airbus A-300 following a bomb scare at Los Angeles International Airport.(AFP/KTLA-TV)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Hack attack hits home for AP writer (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_hi_te/us_twitter_hacking ap/20100908/us_twitter_hacking AP technology Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:53:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_hi_te/us_twitter_hacking"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.7b49393ec81a4fd9ba7c3c995fafbd37-7b49393ec81a4fd9ba7c3c995fafbd37-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=4zYTu02lDz3.YW0WeK8K3w--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Associated Press movie critic Christy Lemire works on her Twitter page at her computer at the Associated Press bureau in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Twitterverse is full of far more mysterious forces than indecipherable trending topics and Lady Gaga.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_hi_te/us_twitter_hacking"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.7b49393ec81a4fd9ba7c3c995fafbd37-7b49393ec81a4fd9ba7c3c995fafbd37-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=4zYTu02lDz3.YW0WeK8K3w--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Associated Press movie critic Christy Lemire works on her Twitter page at her computer at the Associated Press bureau in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Tropical Storm Igor strengthens in the Atlantic (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/tropical_weather_igor ap/20100908/tropical_weather_igor AP us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:51:55 GMT AP - Tropical Storm Igor is growing a bit stronger in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa near the Cape Verde Islands. Turtle egg rescue at space center billed success (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_sc/us_sci_space_turtles ap/20100908/us_sci_space_turtles AP science Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:03:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_sc/us_sci_space_turtles"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.8fc902e17c55406f94748d6f854b0ed7-8fc902e17c55406f94748d6f854b0ed7-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Ne_.0ZMvpQlMwhJ.7dbjQA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this July 10, 2010 file photo released by NASA, the first group of hatchlings from endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle eggs brought from beaches along the Gulf Coast are released into the Atlantic Ocean off NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The turtle rescue effort at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is winding down. Nearly 300 sea turtle nests were trucked to the space center from the Gulf Coast in July and August. Wildlife officials organized the relocation because of fears the oil spill might endanger the hatchlings. (AP Photo/NASA, Kim Shiflett, File) EDS NOTE: PHOTOS TAKEN WITH A RED FILTER ON LIGHT AND CAMERA TO PROTECT THE HATCHLINGS; EDITORIAL USE ONLY" border="0" /></a>AP - The unprecedented turtle rescue effort at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is winding down.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_sc/us_sci_space_turtles"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.8fc902e17c55406f94748d6f854b0ed7-8fc902e17c55406f94748d6f854b0ed7-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Ne_.0ZMvpQlMwhJ.7dbjQA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this July 10, 2010 file photo released by NASA, the first group of hatchlings from endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle eggs brought from beaches along the Gulf Coast are released into the Atlantic Ocean off NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The turtle rescue effort at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is winding down. Nearly 300 sea turtle nests were trucked to the space center from the Gulf Coast in July and August. Wildlife officials organized the relocation because of fears the oil spill might endanger the hatchlings. (AP Photo/NASA, Kim Shiflett, File) EDS NOTE: PHOTOS TAKEN WITH A RED FILTER ON LIGHT AND CAMERA TO PROTECT THE HATCHLINGS; EDITORIAL USE ONLY" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Xbox blocks W.Va. gamer over town's name: Fort Gay (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_fort_gay_gamer ap/20100908/us_odd_fort_gay_gamer AP odd Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:46:53 GMT AP - Microsoft Corp. and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live are apologizing to a small West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct by publicly declaring he's from Fort Gay &mdash; a name the company considered offensive. 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Fla. pastor on fringe of US Christian life (AP)

Pastor Terry Jones, right,  of the Dove World Outreach Center arrives at a news conference with an armed escort in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11.  (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - The Florida pastor who plans to burn the Quran on the anniversary of 9/11 is rooted in Pentecostal tradition that believes Christians are engaged in a modern-day spiritual battle with evil.



Appeals court lets government halt torture lawsuit (AP)

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) logo is displayed in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. A US court dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Boeing subsidiary for allegedly flying terror suspects to secret CIA sites for interrogation, saying the case could have exposed state secrets.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AP - A sharply divided federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit challenging a controversial post-Sept. 11 CIA program that flew terrorism suspects to secret prisons.



Remnants of Hermine flood Texas; buffet Oklahoma (AP)

Visitors to Salado, Texas snap photos of a submerged truck under the main street bridge on Wednesday morning, Sept. 8, 2010 as waters begin to receed from excessive rainfall caused by Tropical Storm Hermine. (AP Photo/Temple Daily Telegram, Rusty Schramm) MANDATORY CREDIT; TV OUTAP - The remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine swept northward through Texas and into Oklahoma on Wednesday, forcing more than 100 high-water rescues, swamping city neighborhoods, spawning tornadoes and killing at least two people.



AP Exclusive: Backers of NYC mosque appear divided (AP)

Map shows location of proposed mosque located two blocks from ground zeroAP - The group of Muslims planning to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque near ground zero appears plagued by divisions that raise questions about the future of the project, with one major investor saying he is prepared to sell some or all of the site if the price is right.



Colorado wildfire destroys more than 130 homes (AP)

William Bradshaw, a home owner, hugs his girlfriend Alex Rivera at a briefing on the wildfire burning west of Boulder, Colo., on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Authorities announced at the briefing that 8 people are unaccounted for at the wildfire.  It's unclear whether the remaining eight were in some of the 53 homes that have been reported destroyed.  (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - Authorities say at least 135 homes have been destroyed by a wildfire burning in canyons and foothills west of Boulder.



Fla. minister determined to hold 9/11 Quran burn (AP)

Pastor Terry Jones, center, of the Dove World Outreach Center speaks at a new conference in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - A top general, the secretary of state, the White House and political and religious leaders from around the world have decried a plan by the leader of a small Florida church to burn copies of Islam's holiest text to mark the 9/11 attacks. The Rev. Terry Jones is not backing down.



BP report blames itself, others for oil spill (AP)

A British Petroleum (BP) logo is seen  at a petrol station in south London April 27, 2010. BP deflected much of the blame for a rig blast that led to the United States' worst-ever oil spill, releasing an internal report on Wednesday which said that drilling contractor Transocean had missed danger signs. REUTERS/Toby Melville/FilesAP - BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report issued Wednesday, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well. But in a possible preview of its legal strategy, it also pointed the finger at its partners on the doomed rig.



Chicago mulls future without Daley power at helm (AP)

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley laughs as he meets with the media after a city council meeting, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Daley, who announced Tuesday, that he would not seek re-election in 2011 said he will not endorse anyone to replace him as leader of the nation's third-largest city as speculation grew about who would emerge as a front-runner from a long list of potential contenders. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - The last time Chicago was left without a Daley at the helm, the next mayor was thrown out of office by voters angry because he couldn't keep snow off the streets.



Ind. activist to head federal anti-carp campaign (AP)

AP - John Goss, an environmental activist and former state official from Indiana, was appointed Wednesday as the Obama administration's point man in the fight to prevent Asian carp from gaining a foothold in the Great Lakes.

CHP: Murder suspect strangled woman during pursuit (AP)

AP - A murder suspect linked to four deaths in Northern California strangled his girlfriend while being pursued by police at speeds of around 100 mph on a blown-out tire last week before being shot and killed by officers, authorities said Wednesday.

 
 

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