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Highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1950 (AP)
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Defiant Florida church says Koran burning to go ahead (AFP)
'); document.write('A trailer with a sign announcing the Koran burning sits outside the entrance to the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida. A small Florida church shrugged off a wave of global outrage and vowed to go ahead with a Koran burning ceremony, as local officials drew up plans to tamp down the protest.(AFP/Phelan M. Ebenhack)AFP - A small Florida church 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.
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BP report blames itself, others for oil spill (AP)
'); document.write('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.
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Seven Mexican gunmen arrested in migrant massacre (Reuters)
'); document.write('Soldiers wheel one of 11 coffins of Salvadoran migrant workers murdered in Mexico after they were flown home at an army base in Comalapa, 45 km (28 miles) south of San Salvador September 5, 2010. REUTERS/Luis GaldamezReuters - Mexican authorities arrested seven suspected drug cartel members believed to have killed 72 migrants heading to the United States, in what is said to be the worst massacre in the country\'s escalating drug war, the government said on Wednesday.
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Karzai aims to limit foreign role in probes: report (Reuters)
'); document.write('Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a meeting with U.S. senator John Kerry at the Presidential Palace in Kabul August 20, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri Cortez/PoolReuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai intends to impose rules restricting international involvement in anti-corruption investigations, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.
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Economists cut U.S. growth forecast again (Reuters)
'); document.write('Reuters - Projected U.S. economic growth for the rest of this year and next was revised down for a third month in a row by a panel of about 50 economists.'); document.write('
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Federer tops Soderling, reaches US Open semifinals (AP)
'); document.write('Roger Federer, of Switzerland, serves to Robin Soderling, of Sweden, during a quarterfinal at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - On this evening, certainly, Roger Federer was back to his old self.
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Health reforms trigger spending shift (Reuters)
'); document.write('Reuters - New U.S. reforms are poised to dramatically shift the nation\'s healthcare spending, not only curbing Medicare costs but also pumping more money toward the private sector as roughly 32 million people gain coverage.'); document.write('
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US losing war in Afghanistan: Taliban leader (AFP)
'); document.write('File photo shows a pro-Taliban supporter standing in front of a graffiti reading 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.
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Fla. minister determined to hold 9/11 Quran burn (AP)
'); document.write('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 - 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.
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Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning (Reuters)
'); document.write('Afghan protesters shout slogans during a protest in Kabul September 6, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammad IshaqReuters - 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.
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Appeals court lets government halt torture lawsuit (AP)
'); document.write('FILE - A woman waits to get into the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals building in San Francisco, in this Sept. 22, 2003 file photo. A sharply divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday Sept. 8, 2010 threw out a lawsuit that challenged Boeing Co.\'s role flying terrorism suspects to secret prisons and raised questions about the government\'s ability to quash lawsuits when state secrets are involved. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)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.
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BP points fingers in oil spill blame game (Reuters)
'); document.write('Reuters - BP Plc and its Gulf of Mexico oil well partners traded blame on Wednesday after an internal BP investigation tried to downplay the company\'s role in the world\'s biggest offshore spill.'); document.write('
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Colorado wildfire destroys more than 130 homes (AP)
'); document.write('A tanker flies through smoke as a wildfire burns outside of Boulder, Colo. on Wednesday Sept. 8, 2010. Firefighters encountered a tangle of rattlesnakes, downed power lines and combustible propane tanks Wednesday as they struggled to get an upper hand on a wildfire that has destroyed dozens of homes.(AP Photo/Matt McClain)AP - A wildfire burning in the canyons and steep mountainsides near Boulder became one of the most destructive blazes in Colorado history Wednesday as authorities determined it had destroyed at least 135 homes in just three days.
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AP Exclusive: Backers of NYC mosque appear divided (AP)
'); document.write('Moving a Muslim community center and place of worship from its planned location near the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York could fuel extremist violence, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who is behind the project, said late Wednesday.(AFP/Pool/File/Hasan Jamali)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.
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