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By ANTONIO GONZALEZ 2010-09-10T09:38:16Z GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Will he or won’t he? Negotiations between a local Muslim cleric and the leader of a tiny Florida church who had threatened to publicly burn copies of Islam’s holy text left the heated debate in a state of confusion with the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist [Continue]

By TREVOR HUNNICUTT 2010-09-10T09:21:35Z SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters poured water on flaming and smoldering wreckage early Friday after a massive explosion sent blazes roaring through a neighborhood in the hills south of San Francisco, killing at least one person, destroying more than 50 homes and damaging dozens of others…. [Continue]

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE 2010-09-10T08:51:42Z WASHINGTON (AP) — Striving to gain the upper hand on a crucial political issue, President Barack Obama is faulting Republicans for refusing to help him turn around the sluggish economy or support some proposed new tax breaks for businesses that the GOP has backed in the past…. Bookmark It Hide [Continue]

By PATRICK WALTERS 2010-09-10T08:40:03Z PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Minutes after a woman was suspended from her job at a Kraft Foods Inc. plant and was escorted out, she returned with a handgun and opened fire, killing two people and critically injuring a third before being taken into custody, police said…. Bookmark It Hide Sites Bookmark It [Continue]

By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON 2010-09-10T08:38:39Z LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge said she will issue an order to halt the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, after she declared the ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional…. Bookmark It Hide Sites Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d1250').each( [Continue]

By LOLITA C. BALDOR 2010-09-10T08:51:57Z WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. was slow to take seriously the threat posed by homegrown radicals and the government has failed to put systems in place to deal with the growing phenomenon, according to a new report compiled by the former heads of the Sept. 11 Commission…. Bookmark It Hide [Continue]

By DAN ELLIOTT and P. SOLOMON BANDA 2010-09-10T08:36:17Z BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Weary firefighters hoped the worst was over from a wildfire that destroyed nearly 170 homes in the Rocky Mountains foothills, but crews monitored were monitoring hot spots early Friday amid concerns that erratic winds could fan the flames and send them into [Continue]

By JEFF BAENEN and PATRICK CONDON 2010-09-10T08:52:25Z PINE CITY, Minn. (AP) — Three U.S. mothers who have pleaded with Iranian authorities for more than a year to free their sons and daughter from a Tehran prison finally received a piece of the news they’ve been longing for…. Bookmark It Hide Sites Bookmark It Hide Sites [Continue]

By SHANNON DININNY and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS 2010-09-10T09:43:24Z WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) — Convicted killer Cal Coburn Brown was executed early Friday by lethal injection for the rape, torture and murder of a Seattle-area woman, after delivering a statement complaining he was treated unfairly by the legal system…. Bookmark It Hide [Continue]

The New Orleans Saints — the top offense in the league last year — had just enough in Thursday’s opener against the Minnesota Vikings to take a 14-9 lead after three quarters. Bookmark It Hide Sites Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d1245').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) }); [Continue]