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AP - 17 minutes ago
The minister of a Florida church said he has canceled plans to burn copies of the Quran because the leader of a much-opposed plan to build an Islamic Center near ground zero has agreed to move its location. The agreement couldn't be immediately confirmed.
 
  • Iran to free female American for holiday clemency
    AP - 31 minutes ago
    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.
  • Appeals court allows stem cell funding for now
    AP - 1 hour , 24 minutes ago
    A federal appeals court on Thursday permitted federal funding of embryonic stem cell research to proceed for now, while it considers a judge's ruling that had temporarily shut off the funds.
  • Fears of a second recession ease, at least for now
    AP - 1 hour , 42 minutes ago
    No, the economy isn't roaring ahead. And no, companies aren't making lots of job offers. But a fresh batch of economic data Thursday at least eased summertime fears that the economy might be on the brink of another recession.
  • High winds mean Colo. fire evacuees can't return
    AP - 1 hour , 15 minutes ago
    Winds expected to reach 60 mph Thursday are forcing authorities to call off plans for residents to return to their homes after they fled a wildfire that has destroyed at least 169 houses near Boulder.
  • Apple publishes guidelines for app approval
    AP - 3 hours , 27 minutes ago
    Apple Inc. on Thursday gave software developers the guidelines it uses to determine which programs can be sold in its App Store, yet it reserved for itself broad leeway in deciding what makes the cut.
  • Study: Flamboyant male dancing attracts women best
    AP - 5 hours , 50 minutes ago
    John Travolta was onto something. Women are most attracted to male dancers who have big, flamboyant moves similar to the actor's trademark style, British scientists say in a new study.
  • Britney Spears denies bodyguard harassment claims
    AP - 2 hours , 16 minutes ago
    Britney Spears denied a bodyguard's accusations that she sexually harassed him and abused her children, saying Thursday in a statement on her website that authorities looked into his claims but found no reason to act.
  • Errant drone near DC almost met by fighter jets
    AP - 2 hours , 6 minutes ago
    The U.S. military almost launched fighter jets and discussed a possible shoot-down when an errant Navy drone briefly veered into restricted airspace near the nation's capital last month, a senior military official said Thursday.
  • Texas authorities seek 4 missing after floods
    AP - 4 hours , 24 minutes ago
    Authorities in the San Antonio area searched Thursday for a man who drove into a flooded road, making him the fourth person swept away by floodwaters from the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine.
  • Dynasty speculation on North Korea's founding day
    AP - 10 hours , 54 minutes ago
    North Korea celebrated its 62nd anniversary Thursday with odes to supreme leader Kim Jong Il and pilgrimages to his late father's statue amid hints that a political meeting believed aimed at promoting his son as successor is imminent.
  • Regret, apology not part of BP's oil spill report
    AP - 12 hours , 2 minutes ago
    BP's long-awaited internal report on what it believes went wrong when a rig exploded and started the massive Gulf oil spill never mentions the words blame, regret, apology, mistake or pollution. The word fault shows up 20 times, but only once in the same sentence as the company's name.
  • AP Exclusive: Backers of NYC mosque appear divided
    AP - 16 hours , 16 minutes ago
    The group of Muslims planning to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque near ground zero appears plagued by divisions that raise questions about the future of the project, with one major investor saying he is prepared to sell some or all of the site if the price is right.
  • Appeals court lets government halt torture lawsuit
    AP - 16 hours , 17 minutes ago
    A sharply divided federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit challenging a controversial post-Sept. 11 CIA program that flew terrorism suspects to secret prisons.
  • Obama firm, won't yield on tax hike for wealthiest
    AP - 16 hours , 18 minutes ago
    Politically weakened but refusing to bend, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that Bush-era tax cuts be cut off for the wealthiest Americans, joining battle with Republicans -- and some fellow Democrats -- just two months before bruising midterm elections.
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