Federer fights off wind to reach US Open semis (AP) 9 Sep 2010, 5:42 am

AP - On a wind-swept day at the U.S. Open that had everyone complaining about the conditions, Roger Federer simply embraced them.

Regret, apology not part of BP's oil spill report (AP) 9 Sep 2010, 5:40 am

AP - BP's long-awaited internal report on what it believes went wrong when a rig exploded and started the massive Gulf oil spill never mentions the words blame, regret, apology, mistake or pollution. The word fault shows up 20 times, but only once in the same sentence as the company's name.

Fidel latest to say Cuba's communism doesn't work (AP) 9 Sep 2010, 5:40 am

AP - Cuba's communist economic model has come in for criticism from an unlikely source: Fidel Castro.

Crews contain 10 percent of Colorado wildfire (AP) 9 Sep 2010, 5:40 am

AP - As thousands of people waited to learn if their homes survived a raging Colorado wildfire, Dan Hackett hiked a second time behind roadblocks to make sure his house near boulder was still standing.

Highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1950 (AP) 9 Sep 2010, 5:39 am

AP - The number of people dying on the nation's roads has fallen to its lowest level in six decades, helped by a combination of seat belts, safer cars and tougher enforcement of drunken driving laws.

Laura Bush to speak at 9/11 memorial fundraiser (AP) 9 Sep 2010, 5:39 am

AP - Former first lady Laura Bush will speak at a National Park Service fundraiser in Pittsburgh on Friday, a day before joining Michelle Obama in rural Pennsylvania to remember the victims of Flight 93, which crashed there in the Sept. 11 attacks.

PROMISES, PROMISES: FAA fatigue rules finally near (AP) 9 Sep 2010, 5:39 am

AP - After a regional airliner crashed in western New York a year and a half ago, killing 50 people, the Obama administration promised swift action to prevent similar tragedies. High on the list: new rules governing the number of hours pilots may work, to prevent tired flight crews from making fatal errors.

A whole different Playboy channel — for the blind (AP) 9 Sep 2010, 5:35 am

Safety concern for Fla. gov. over 9/11 Quran burn (AP) 9 Sep 2010, 5:35 am

AP - Florida's governor is concerned about safety at home and around the world, a feeling shared by national and world leaders, over a plan by the head of a small church to burn copies of Islam's holiest text to mark the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Afghanistan seeks to dilute foreign anti-graft role (Reuters) 9 Sep 2010, 5:26 am

Reuters - Afghanistan will limit foreign involvement in two major anti-crime units in a move likely to worry its Western backers and stoke fears about President Hamid Karzai's commitment to fighting endemic graft.

Dynasty speculation on North Korea's founding day (AP) 9 Sep 2010, 5:26 am

AP - North Korea celebrated its 62nd anniversary Thursday with odes to supreme leader Kim Jong Il and pilgrimages to his late father's statue amid hints that a political meeting believed aimed at promoting his son as successor is imminent.

U.S. slips in WEF's competitiveness rankings (Reuters) 9 Sep 2010, 5:22 am

Reuters - Switzerland remains the world's most competitive economy, while the United States has fallen from second to fourth after losing the top spot last year, according to the World Economic Forum's annual rankings issued on Thursday.

Mysterious N.Korea keeps world guessing on rare meeting (Reuters) 9 Sep 2010, 5:21 am

Reuters - North Korea's capital is ready for its biggest political event in decades: giant billboards proclaim an event to make the country's "history shine forever," the dress rehearsals are complete and the army is ready.

US losing war in Afghanistan: Taliban leader (AFP) 9 Sep 2010, 4:53 am

AFP - Taliban leader Mullah Omar said the NATO-led coalition is losing the war in Afghanistan, calling on Afghans to redouble their struggle and pressing the United States to withdraw.

Defiant Florida church says Koran burning to go ahead (AFP) 9 Sep 2010, 3:30 am

AFP - A small Florida church has shrugged off global outrage and vowed to go ahead with a Koran burning ceremony amid growing fears it will ignite a wave of Islamic rage.

Health reforms trigger spending shift (Reuters) 9 Sep 2010, 3:08 am

Economists cut U.S. growth forecast again (Reuters) 9 Sep 2010, 12:17 am

BP points fingers in oil spill blame game (Reuters) 8 Sep 2010, 9:10 pm

Obama: U.S. can't afford to extend tax cuts for rich (Reuters) 8 Sep 2010, 8:33 pm

Reuters - President Barack Obama, fighting to keep Democrats in charge of Congress, said on Wednesday the United States could not afford to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the rich and accused Republicans of being fiscally irresponsible.

Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning (Reuters) 8 Sep 2010, 7:58 pm

Reuters - An obscure U.S. Christian pastor whose plan to burn copies of the Koran on September 11 has sparked an international outcry said on Wednesday he would go ahead with the event despite warnings it would endanger American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.