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Earl brushes Northeast, bears down on Canada - The remnants of Hurricane Earl took aim at Nova Scotia early Saturday after a brush with the Northeast that was far less intense than feared.

New Zealand quake sparks state of emergency - Authorities declared an overnight curfew for Saturday after a major earthquake hit New Zealand's second-biggest city.

Protesters hurl eggs, shoes at Tony Blair
Calif. nuke meltdown site finally set for cleanup
Cosmic Log: Is the grand design within our grasp?
Family of copper heiress asks court to protect her
Tourists killed in New Zealand plane crash
NYT: GOP poised to control 30 governor seats
Zoo attack: Sea lion mauls 11-year-old boy
Arizona governor says beheadings claim 'an error'
Road trip! Great escapes for Labor Day
Judge Kara DioGuardi leaves 'American Idol'
Babes, bullets, bombs! Duke Nukem makes a comeback
Nadal overcomes great shot to advance at Open
Key evidence pulled from BP spill site
Puzzling over Florida's three-way Senate math
Venus sparkles to reach fourth round at Open
911 callers describe Discovery Channel gunman
Cards snap 5-game skid, beat rival Reds
NASA advises Chile on trapped, isolated miners
NYC mosque backer gave to Hamas-linked charity
Mexico arrests 6 in deadly Cancun bar blaze

Amazon may be headed for another bad drought
Strasburg has Tommy John surgery

Head of alleged trafficking scheme arrested
Authorities: Fire at Tenn. mosque site was arson
2 lawmakers among 6 dead in Mexico plane crash

Google settles Buzz privacy lawsuit
Mexican drug kingpin gets 27 years in Ariz. prison
Tiger struggles to stay in FedEx Cup hunt
Man in '03 bomb scare sets off airport shutdown

US NEWS

Earl brushes Northeast, bears down on Canada
Family of copper heiress asks court to protect her
NYC mosque backer gave to Hamas-linked charity
911 callers describe Discovery Channel gunman
Key evidence pulled from BP spill site
Mexican drug kingpin gets 27 years in Ariz. prison
Arizona governor says beheadings claim 'an error'
Body of boxing promoter's son found on Wash. peak
Head of alleged trafficking scheme arrested
Calif. nuke meltdown site finally set for cleanup
Calif. wildfire sparked by migrants' signal blaze
Authorities: Fire at Tenn. mosque site was arson
Man in '03 bomb scare sets off airport shutdown
Teen accidentally texts sheriff to buy pot

WORLD NEWS

New Zealand quake sparks state of emergency
We were all screaming we got the animals and ran
Earl brushes Northeast, bears down on Canada
Protesters hurl eggs, shoes at Tony Blair
Tourists killed in New Zealand plane crash
Mexico arrests 6 in deadly Cancun bar blaze
Zoo attack: Sea lion mauls 11-year-old boy
NASA advises Chile on trapped, isolated miners
Newsweek: Did the World Cup wreck South Africa?
Amazon may be headed for another bad drought
Mexican drug kingpin gets 27 years in Ariz. prison
Deadly bomb blast rocks rally in Pakistan
2 lawmakers among 6 dead in Mexico plane crash
Chinese satellites bump during secret maneuvers
UPS 747 cargo plane crashes in Dubai
Ancient Nubians drank antibiotic-laced beer

BUSINESS

Wall Street completes solid week of gains
Employers hire more workers than expected
Life Inc.: Government cuts weigh on job market
Flirting your way to the corner office
Experts see trouble ahead for developed world
Great Recession was emotional roller coaster
Strength in temporary jobs a welcome sign
Kodak settles race-based lawsuit
Kia moves to change its image, hamsters and all
Kia recalls 56.000 Souls, Sorentos
Continental recalling furloughed pilots
UN calls meeting on rising food prices
Service sector grows for eighth straight month
Funk band War tells Pepsi they're not friends
Oh snap! Carrot campaign mimics junk food
ConsumerMan: Beware of acai berry offers

ENTERTAINMENT

Judge Kara DioGuardi leaves 'American Idol'
Bristol Palin's sexy 'Dancing' costume
'Machete' serves relentless, bloody action
'Going the Distance' is a failed romance
Suspect in Hilton burglary pleads not guilty
5 most favorite 'American' movies
Howard Stern 'pretty sure' he's leaving Sirius
Hit 'Hoarders' returns for third season
'Runway' contestants still hatin' on Michael C.
Chris Klein pleads no contest to drunk driving
Kat Von D very happy with Jesse James
Lennon still helping me, Yoko Ono says
'Crocodile Dundee' to return to US amid tax fray
theGrio: Trouble has a way of finding T.I.
Ne-Yo on T.I.: 'He makes a lot of poor decisions'
Zsa Zsa Gabor leaves hospital
'The American' is a bleak, haunting thriller
Slideshow: Slideshow: The week in celebrity sightings
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SPORTS

UF turns to Brantley as post-Tebow era begins
Notre Dame's Kelly makes debut vs Purdue
Nadal overcomes great shot to advance at Open
Venus sparkles to reach fourth round at Open
Cards snap 5-game skid, beat rival Reds
Rockies send Padres to 8th straight loss
Hamels works 7 scoreless as Phils top Brewers 1-0
Manny blames himself for sour ending in Boston
Body of Arum s son found in Cascades
NCAA rules Masoli eligible, can play immediately
AP source: Investigators subpoena UNC's Austin
Predictions 101: Va. Tech to derail Boise's title bid
Tiger struggles to stay in FedEx Cup hunt
Roethlisberger suspension reduced to 4 games
Steelers' Leftwich likely to miss start of season
Giants acquire QB Sage Rosenfels
Cowboys send Crayton to San Diego, McQuistan to Miami
Dumervil confirms his season is over
Strasburg has Tommy John surgery
Granderson, Gardner lead Yanks to 7th straight win
Garza wins 14th as Rays defeat Orioles 4-1
Rangers ailing Lee returns, team signs Prior
Morgan gets 8 games for Nats-Marlins brawl
A-Rod confirms split with agent Scott Boras
Kovalchuk's new $100M Devils deal approved by NHL
Knee injury ends season for Browns Hardesty
LenDale White out for season
Texans releasing last original player in PK Brown
20 NFL players on the rise and on the decline
Targeting NFL s underpaid, overpaid players
NBCSports.com's Preseason Top 25
Odds blog: Who will cover?
Live odds
Matchups/injuries

HEALTH

E. coli outbreak puts focus on meat oversight
Drugmakers script social media to push meds
7 natural strategies to detox your body
Your hair knows when you're going to keel over
Hit 'Hoarders' returns for third season
Antidepressant patch doesn't help smokers quit
LA sheriff says almost all pot clinics criminal
Ex-egg farm workers say complaints ignored
1 in 7 home kitchens would flunk inspection
Biotech salmon safe for eating: FDA
When animal rescuers become animal hoarders
Osteoporosis drugs may raise throat cancer risk
Health care credit cards may add to your pain
No Pampers link to rash cases, safety groups say
Odds of getting new kidney uneven
Text messages little help in remembering the Pill

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

10 products for a relaxing Labor Day weekend
Cosmic Log: Why the N.Z. quake is no Haiti
Is the grand design within our grasp?
Cheers to 'Dance Central' the cure for two left feet
Babes, bullets, bombs! Duke Nukem makes a comeback
Chinese satellites bump during secret maneuvers
Want to play with Kinect? Bring a sweat rag!
Texas opens inquiry into Google search results
Puppy-tossing girl tracked down by cops
Google settles Buzz privacy lawsuit
Top 10 summer sky objects to see before fall
NASA advises Chile on trapped, isolated miners
Video: Bullets fly in 'Mafia II'
Mystery of the floating octopus solved
Amazon may be headed for another bad drought
Google gets bedbugs
Digg trying to avoid getting dug into obscurity
Some ancient galaxies had wild youth
Tether maneuvers spacecraft without fuel
72 percent of adults are text-messaging now
Ancient Nubians drank antibiotic-laced beer
New cables tie West Africa closer to Internet
Plant and spiders compete for food
Labor Day weekend for astronauts: Space toilet cleaning
Stephen Hawking says God's not needed. So?
Facebook stalker continues to harass 12-year-old girl

TRAVEL

It's A Snap!
Road trip! Great escapes for Labor Day
Labor Day travelers contend with Hurricane Earl
A trip can survive tropical storm-strength winds
Tourists killed in New Zealand plane crash
Commercial pilot sentenced for drug-masking powder
At Mesa Verde, ancient history is cool
Happy trails for Colorado's Buckskin Joe
Airlines waive change fees due to hurricane
Qantas flight had hole in engine, damaged flaps
Toilet tours a new movement in Berlin
Troubleshooter: Who pays for rental-car scratch?
Travelers on board for paperless boarding
More travelers turning to smartphones
Man in '03 bomb scare sets off airport shutdown
Phoenix airport worker arrested in luggage thefts
Delta plans to cut premium seats on planes
Newsweek: How airlines are ratcheting up fees

WEATHER

Earl downgraded as it smacks New England
Newsweek: The truth and lies about hurricanes
Video: View 3-day U.S. forecast
Eight die as wildfires consume Russian villages
Typhoon kills 5 South Koreans