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Fla. minister determined to hold 9/11 Quran burn (AP)

September 9, 2010

AP - A top general, the secretary of state, the White House and political and religious leaders from around the world have decried a plan by the leader of a small Florida church to burn copies of Islam's holiest text to mark the 9/11 attacks. The Rev. Terry Jones is not backing down.

AP Exclusive: Backers of NYC mosque appear divided (AP)

September 9, 2010

AP - 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.

Wind-whipped fires add to Detroit's economic woes (AP)

September 9, 2010

AP - For a city already struggling with high unemployment, widespread foreclosures and deep budget cuts, here was another crisis: Wind-whipped fires tearing through row after row of homes, some of them abandoned.

LA police chief booed at community meeting (AP)

September 9, 2010

AP - Police Chief Charlie Beck was greeted with boos, whistles and chants of "justicia" by an angry crowd at a community meeting Wednesday intended to quell violence that erupted over the past two nights after police fatally shot a knife-wielding man.

Highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1950 (AP)

September 9, 2010

AP - The number of people dying on the nation's roads has fallen to its lowest level in six decades, helped by a combination of seat belts, safer cars and tougher enforcement of drunken driving laws.

Appeals court lets government halt torture lawsuit (AP)

September 9, 2010

AP - 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.

Fla. pastor on fringe of US Christian life (AP)

September 9, 2010

AP - The Florida pastor who plans to burn the Quran on the anniversary of 9/11 is rooted in Pentecostal tradition that believes Christians are engaged in a modern-day spiritual battle with evil.

Colorado wildfire destroys more than 130 homes (AP)

September 9, 2010

AP - A wildfire burning in the canyons and steep mountainsides near Boulder became one of the most destructive blazes in Colorado history Wednesday as authorities determined it had destroyed at least 135 homes in just three days.

Remnants of Hermine flood Texas; buffet Oklahoma (AP)

September 9, 2010

AP - The remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine swept northward through Texas and into Oklahoma on Wednesday, forcing more than 100 high-water rescues, swamping city neighborhoods, spawning tornadoes and killing at least two people.

BP report blames itself, others for oil spill (AP)

September 9, 2010

AP - BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report issued Wednesday, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well. But in a possible preview of its legal strategy, it also pointed the finger at its partners on the doomed rig.