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Joy in Chile: 33 miners trapped 17 days are alive

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 9:21pm EDT by By FEDERICO QUILODRAN

By FEDERICO QUILODRAN 2010-08-23T01:21:40Z SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Chile's president euphorically waved the note, written deep inside a collapsed mine, that his country waited 17 agonizing days to see: "All 33 of us are fine in the shelter," one of the trapped miners wrote in red letters....
Rallies over mosque near ground zero get heated

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 8:09pm EDT by By VERENA DOBNIK

By VERENA DOBNIK 2010-08-23T00:09:00Z NEW YORK (AP) -- The proposed mosque near ground zero drew hundreds of fever-pitch demonstrators Sunday, with opponents carrying signs associating Islam with blood, supporters shouting, "Say no to racist fear!" and American flags waving on both sides....
Financial records show Pirates win while losing

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 8:05pm EDT by By ALAN ROBINSON

By ALAN ROBINSON 2010-08-23T00:05:37Z PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Don't feel too sorry for the cellar-dwelling Pittsburgh Pirates. Losing has been profitable....
Calif. GOP hopes statewide slate lifts others, too

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 7:15pm EDT by By JULIET WILLIAMS

By JULIET WILLIAMS 2010-08-22T23:15:59Z SAN DIEGO (AP) -- For the first time in memory, California Republicans have a diverse statewide slate of candidates to field this fall, a lineup their state party chairman calls "an inspirational ticket." Coupled with national momentum for conservatives, the California GOP is hoping this might be their breakthrough year....
Iran inaugurates nation's first unmanned bomber

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 7:14pm EDT by By NASSER KARIMI

By NASSER KARIMI 2010-08-22T23:14:23Z TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday inaugurated the country's first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an "ambassador of death" to Iran's enemies....
Farms recalling eggs share suppliers, other ties

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 7:14pm EDT by By MARY CLARE JALONICK

By MARY CLARE JALONICK 2010-08-22T23:14:13Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two Iowa farms that recalled more than a half-billion eggs linked to as many as 1,300 cases of salmonella poisoning share suppliers of chickens and feed as well as ties to an Iowa business routinely cited for violating state and federal law....
LA unveils $578M school, costliest in the nation

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 6:02pm EDT by By CHRISTINA HOAG

By CHRISTINA HOAG 2010-08-22T22:02:42Z LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Next month's opening of the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools will be auspicious for a reason other than its both storied and infamous history as the former Ambassador Hotel, where the Democratic presidential contender was assassinated in 1968. With an eye-popping price tag of $578 million, it will mark the inauguration of the nation's most expensive public school ever....
Watch out for Yellowstone bears _ they're hungry

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 6:02pm EDT by By MATTHEW BROWN

By MATTHEW BROWN 2010-08-22T22:02:48Z BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Yellowstone's grizzlies are going to be particularly hungry this fall, and that means more dangerous meetings with humans in a year that is already the area's deadliest on record....
'True Blood' stars Paquin, Moyer tie the knot

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 6:02pm EDT

By 2010-08-22T22:02:53Z LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "True Blood" co-stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer have taken their true love to the altar. The couple's publicists said in a statement the 28-year-old Paquin and 40-year-old Moyer were married Saturday night at a ceremony in Malibu, Calif., "surrounded by their family and friends."...
Canada: Tamil migrants in good condition

Posted: August 15th, 2010, 2:09am EDT by By JEREMY HAINSWORTH and ROB GILLIES

By JEREMY HAINSWORTH and ROB GILLIES 2010-08-15T06:09:06Z VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers from war-ravaged Sri Lanka spent a grueling three months at sea in a cramped, ramshackle cargo ship but arrived in fairly good condition, Canadian officials said Saturday....

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Next target: The Taliban's birthplace

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 9:03pm EDT

As Lt. Col. Peter N. Benchoff prepares for an assault next month into the birthplace of the Taliban, he doesn't sugarcoat the hurdles his troops face in this crucial swath of southern Afghanistan.

Afghanistan - War in Afghanistan - Taliban - Asia - Politics
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Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 9:03pm EDT
Credit card rules will help consumers, but ...

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 7:13pm EDT

Help is on the way for cardholders this weekend. Newly purchased gift cards won't expire as quickly, and late fees on credit card payments won't be as punishing.

Credit card - Gift card - Business - Late fee - Financial Services
Muslim center dispute sparks New York rallies

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 7:08pm EDT

Supporters and opponents of a proposed Muslim cultural center and mosque near the World Trade Center site staged competing rallies in downtown Manhattan on Sunday, kept apart by police and barricades.

World Trade Center - Manhattan - Muslim - Lower Manhattan - New York
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Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 7:08pm EDT
Piniella, 66, retires after 23 years in baseball

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 5:41pm EDT

Saying his mom needs him to come home, Cubs manager Lou Piniella has decided to step down after Sunday's game against the Atlanta Braves.

Chicago Cubs - Atlanta Braves - Lou Piniella - Baseball - sport
33 trapped Chilean miners alive after 17 days

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 4:58pm EDT

Thirty-three miners trapped underground for more than two weeks after a cave-in said they are all alive in a message tied to a drill, Chilean authorities said on Sunday.

Chile - Rescue - Public Health and Safety - Health - Emergency Services
‘I just did not want to leave,’ Scully says

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 4:45pm EDT

Vin Scully said Sunday he'll return to the broadcast booth to call Los Angeles Dodgers games next year for his 62nd season because "when push came to shove, I just did not want to leave."

Los Angeles Dodgers - Vin Scully - Sport - Baseball - Teams
Small plane with 4 on board missing in Alaska

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 4:37pm EDT

A small plane carrying four people including three park rangers is missing in southwest Alaska.

Alaska - United States - Ted Stevens - People - Transportation
Spooked stock investors may cause bond bubble

Posted: August 22nd, 2010, 4:11pm EDT

Maybe bonds aren't so dull after all.

Stock - Investing - Business - Bond - Stocks and Bonds