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Friday, September 3, 2010

Prof in Miami scare once accused of hauling plague

By Associated Press

MIAMI - Officials decided to shut down much of Miami International Airport after a database showed a scientist with a suspicious item in his luggage had once...

Brawl erupts at US Open, stopping play

A fight breaks out between fans during a match between Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, and Philipp Petzschner, of Germany, at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.

By Associated Press

NEW YORK - At the U.S. Open, the action went beyond the tennis court. A brawl...

Arizona governor stumbles during debate

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, Republican, looks away as democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry Goddard gestures prior to a televised Arizona gubernatorial debate Wednesday.

By Associated Press

PHOENIX — It will go down as one of the most painful openings to a political...

Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill

Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday.

By Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — Stark differences exist between the oil platform fire in the...

Earl weakens to a Category 1, winds near 85 mph

A television news reporter struggles in the surf as Hurricane Earl brings wind and rain in Nags Head, N.C., Friday.

By Associated Press

MIAMI — Hurricane Earl has weakened to a Category 1 storm as it heads for the...

Police identify owner of trunk in L.A. basement babies case

This undated image released at a Los Angeles Police Department news conference shows a photo of Janet M. Barrie during a news conference on Thursday.

By Kate Linthicum / Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — The woman poses in front of a shining Dodge roadster, squinting into the sun. She wears a snow-white...

Police question scientist in Miami airport scare

Miami-Dade Police and Fire Rescue vehicles are shown at the arrival level at Miami International Airport in Miami, early morning Friday.

By Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A government official says a scientist has been detained in Miami after screeners found a metal canister...

Ground Zero mosque backed by Farrakhan

By Herald wire services

WASHINGTON - Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan yesterday backed the controversial Islamic community center and mosque...

Accommodating burglar sought

By Herald wire services

CHICAGO - Skokie cops yesterday were looking for a polite burglar who broke into a home with a crowbar and apologized to...

Commercial pilot sentenced for drug-masking powder

By Associated Press

PITTSBURGH - A former US Airways Express pilot will spend nine months in prison for selling a powdered drink mix over the...

9/11 groups split on mosque rallies on anniversary

By Associated Press

NEW YORK - Both supporters and opponents of a proposed Islamic cultural center should stand against rallies planned for the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks,...

UFO festival landing Saturday in New Hamsphire

By Roni Reino / Foster’s Daily Democrat

EXETER -- Forty-five years after the famed "Incident at Exeter," where Norman Muscarello reported seeing an 80 to 90-foot disk with pulsating red lights descend...

Mich. man kills 3-foot gator while picking corn

By Associated Press

BURR OAK, Mich. - A man gathering sweet corn in southern Michigan is the latest to have an unexpected encounter with an alligator. The animals have been...