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Fla. pastor, imam at odds over Quran-burning deal
By ANTONIO GONZALEZ 2010-09-10T09:38:16Z GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Will he or won't he? Negotiations between a local Muslim cleric and the leader of a tiny Florida church who had threaten...

1 dead, 53 homes destroyed in California fire
By TREVOR HUNNICUTT 2010-09-10T09:21:35Z SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) -- Firefighters poured water on flaming and smoldering wreckage early Friday after a massive explosion sent blazes roaring ...

Obama to take GOP to task on economy, tax cuts
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE 2010-09-10T08:51:42Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- Striving to gain the upper hand on a crucial political issue, President Barack Obama is faulting Republicans for refusing to ...

Woman held after 2 shot dead at Pa. cookie plant
By PATRICK WALTERS 2010-09-10T08:40:03Z PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Minutes after a woman was suspended from her job at a Kraft Foods Inc. plant and was escorted out, she returned with a handgun...

Calif judge to stop 'don't ask, don't tell' policy
By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON 2010-09-10T08:38:39Z LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A federal judge said she will issue an order to halt the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, after she declared the ...



World Headlines
Activists in Africa seek gov't funds to fight AIDS
By 2010-09-10T09:52:02Z JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- African doctors and rights activists are pressing their governments to spend more on health as part of a campaign to stop children from getting AIDS.....

Day of mourning for Russian car bomb victims
By SERGEY PONOMAREV 2010-09-10T09:48:15Z VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia (AP) -- Flags flew at half-staff in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz on Friday and stunned residents laid flowers in a...

Fla. pastor, imam at odds over Quran-burning deal
By ANTONIO GONZALEZ 2010-09-10T09:38:16Z GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Will he or won't he? Negotiations between a local Muslim cleric and the leader of a tiny Florida church who had threaten...

Machel: Mozambique must tackle broad food crisis
By 2010-09-10T09:37:21Z JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- The widow of independent Mozambique's first president says the debate over food in her impoverished homeland does not end with the gover...

Decision to suspend Quran-burning met with relief
By AYI JUFRIDAR 2010-09-10T07:41:02Z LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia (AP) -- Religious and political leaders across the Muslim world welcomed a decision by a small American church to suspend its p...

US Headlines
1 dead, 53 homes destroyed in California fire
By TREVOR HUNNICUTT 2010-09-10T09:21:35Z SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) -- Firefighters poured water on flaming and smoldering wreckage early Friday after a massive explosion sent blazes roaring ...

Fla. pastor, imam at odds over Quran-burning deal
By ANTONIO GONZALEZ 2010-09-10T09:38:16Z GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Will he or won't he? Negotiations between a local Muslim cleric and the leader of a tiny Florida church who had threaten...

Woman held after 2 shot dead at Pa. cookie plant
By PATRICK WALTERS 2010-09-10T08:40:03Z PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Minutes after a woman was suspended from her job at a Kraft Foods Inc. plant and was escorted out, she returned with a handgun...

Calif judge to stop 'don't ask, don't tell' policy
By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON 2010-09-10T08:38:39Z LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A federal judge said she will issue an order to halt the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, after she declared the ...

Wash. executes man convicted of woman's murder
By SHANNON DININNY and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS 2010-09-10T09:43:24Z WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) -- Convicted killer Cal Coburn Brown was executed early Friday by lethal injection for the rape, t...



Sports
Saints grind out 14-9 win over Vikings in opener
By BRETT MARTEL 2010-09-10T08:32:37Z NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The New Orleans Saints opened their title defense by winning with defense....

Brady's day starts with crash, ends with contract
By HOWARD ULMAN 2010-09-10T07:47:45Z FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- A loud crash. A crumpled front end. A brief stay in an ambulance....

Verdasco loses, then picks a winner: It's Roger
By EDDIE PELLS 2010-09-10T07:50:13Z NEW YORK (AP) -- Most signs point toward Rafa vs. Roger in the U.S. Open final. If that does come to pass, Fernando Verdasco knows who he'd pick....

Huff, Posey lead Giants' homer barrage vs Pads
By BERNIE WILSON 2010-09-10T04:59:13Z SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Aubrey Huff and Buster Posey each hit a two-run homer and Pat Burrell and Juan Uribe also went yard as the San Francisco Giants bea...

Not even Cog Hill can spare Tiger a bad start
By DOUG FERGUSON 2010-09-10T07:50:36Z LEMONT, Ill. (AP) -- At this point in a strange season, slow starts should be nothing new to Tiger Woods....