AP – Drew Brees and the Saints extended New Orleans’ post-Super Bowl euphoria for at least another week and handed Brett Favre a second straight loss in the Louisiana Superdome.
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Reuters – The U.S. military rule banning openly gay people from serving in the armed forces violates constitutional rights to free speech and due process, a federal judge in southern California ruled Thursday.
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AP – A federal jury on Thursday convicted the co-founder of an Islamic charity chapter who was accused of helping smuggle $150,000 to Muslim fighters in Chechnya.
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AP – A woman who had just been suspended from her job and escorted from a Kraft Foods Inc. facility in the city’s northeast section on Thursday returned with a handgun and opened fire, killing two people and critically injuring a third, police said.
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AP – China’s trade surplus hit its second-highest level this year in August, likely fueling U.S. demands for Beijing to ease currency controls.
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AP – After one early miss, Rafael Nadal slapped himself on the right thigh. After another, he put his hands on his hips and stared at the spot where his shot went awry.
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AP – U.S. Web surfers are spending more time socializing on Facebook than searching with Google, according to new data from researchers at comScore Inc.
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AP – A local fire chief says a gas line explosion likely caused the massive fire burning homes in a residential neighborhood south of San Francisco.
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AP – A Colorado wildfire that has destroyed 170 homes showed no signs of relenting Thursday as wind gusts of more than 40 mph fueled fears that the flames would move east from the Rocky Mountain foothills and into the heart of Boulder, where some residents were warned to be ready to flee.
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The 33 miners trapped inside a Chilean mine have shown their families a glimpse of what their routines are like, thanks to a video they made.
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AP – President Barack Obama’s top health official on Thursday warned the insurance industry that the administration won’t tolerate blaming premium hikes on the new health overhaul law.
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AP – The government may resume funding of embryonic stem cell research for now, an appeals court said Thursday, but the short-term approval may be of little help to research scientists caught in a legal battle that has just begun.
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AP – Iran said Thursday it will free Sarah Shourd, one of three Americans jailed for more than 13 months, as an act of clemency to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
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AP – An anti-Islamic preacher backed off and then threatened to reconsider burning the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, angrily accusing a Muslim leader of lying to him Thursday with a promise to move an Islamic center and mosque away from New York’s ground zero. The imam planning the center denied there was ever such a deal.
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A U.S. pastor who called off a Quran burning said he would “rethink our position” after a Muslim leader said the minister incorrectly announced that the proposed Islamic center near New York’s ground zero would be moved as part of a deal.
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A U.S. pastor said he would “rethink” the decision to call off a Quran burning after a Muslim leader rejected his assertion that a deal was made over the Islamic center in New York.
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AP – Gospel singer Marvin Sapp is mourning the death of his wife and manager, MaLinda Sapp.
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AP – A federal judge on Thursday declared the U.S. military’s ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional and said she will issue an order to stop the government from enforcing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy nationwide.
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AP – Asian stock markets gained in early trading Friday as sentiment improved after gains on Wall Street.
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AP – Donald Trump offered Thursday to buy out a major investor in the real estate partnership that controls the site near ground zero where a Muslim group wants to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque.
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AFP – A Florida pastor put on hold plans to burn hundreds of Korans and said he would cancel the event if a controversial mosque project near Ground Zero in New York is relocated.
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Reuters – Essentially the first feature-length YouTube video, “The Virginity Hit” updates the horny-teenager movie to the Internet era.
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AP – One hundred sixty-three couples in Taiwan were married in a mass ceremony at 9:09 a.m. on the ninth day of the ninth month of the 99th year since the founding of their republic.
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