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Today's Top Stories: Snapshot of economy about to get a lot bleaker NKorea releases American imprisoned since January New video gives tour of trapped miners' refuge U.N.: 1 million more displaced in Pakistan floods AP ENTERPRISE: Oil cleanup both bonanza and bust Tires of plane catch fire during landing in Calif. Salmonella find links 2 Iowa farms to egg recall AIDS activists file complaint against Larry Flynt Woman to stand trial on charge of slicing DiCaprio Cardinals' Pujols hits 400th career home run North Korea tells Carter wants to resume nuclear talks Mexican troops hunt killers of 72 migrants Toyota to recall 1.3 million cars in U.S., Canada China silent on North Korea's Kim visit Pakistan orders evacuation of town as flood spreads FDA ties chicken feed to salmonella in egg recall CIA pays many in Karzai administration: report Wounded NY cabbie says religion had role in attack Carter exits N.Korea with freed US man, nuke vow Pakistan orders evacuation of southern town Snapshot of economy about to get a lot bleaker Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:18 pm PDT AP - The government is about to confirm what many people have felt for some time: The economy barely has a pulse. Full Story Top NKorea releases American imprisoned since January Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:58 pm PDT AP - Looking gaunt but relieved, an American freed after nearly seven months jailed in North Korea left Pyongyang on Friday in the company of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Full Story Top New video gives tour of trapped miners' refuge Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:58 pm PDT AP - The first video released of the 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean cooper mine shows the men stripped to the waist and appearing slim but healthy, arm-in-arm, singing the national anthem and yelling "long live Chile, and long live the miners!" Full Story Top U.N.: 1 million more displaced in Pakistan floods Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:27 pm PDT AP - Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis were fleeing a southern district Friday after the bloated Indus River crushed a levee and flooded news areas, officials said. The U.N. said as many as 1 million people have been displaced in the south since mid-week. Full Story Top AP ENTERPRISE: Oil cleanup both bonanza and bust Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:50 pm PDT AP - The Gulf oil spill is a bonanza for some and a bust for others. Full Story Top Tires of plane catch fire during landing in Calif. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:49 pm PDT AP - The tires of a JetBlue airplane caught fire Thursday during a hard landing in Sacramento that left 15 people with minor injuries and sent passengers down emergency slides to escape the aircraft. Full Story Top Salmonella find links 2 Iowa farms to egg recall Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:50 pm PDT AP - Food and Drug Administration officials say they have found positive samples of salmonella that link two Iowa farms to a massive egg recall. Full Story Top AIDS activists file complaint against Larry Flynt Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:50 pm PDT AP - An AIDS activist group filed a workplace safety complaint against Larry Flynt on Thursday, accusing the porn king of creating an unsafe environment for his stable of sex stars by not requiring they use condoms. Full Story Top Woman to stand trial on charge of slicing DiCaprio Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:50 pm PDT AP - A judge ordered a woman to stand trial on a charge of slashing Leonardo DiCaprio's face with glass during a 2005 party. Full Story Top Cardinals' Pujols hits 400th career home run Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:52 pm PDT AP - It was hardly ideal timing for a 400th home run. For Albert Pujols, it happened in the fourth inning of a 13-inning loss to a last-place team — and in a game in which he twisted his ankle trying to climb a rolled-up tarp. Full Story Top North Korea tells Carter wants to resume nuclear talks Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:08 pm PDT Reuters - North Korea's number two leader has told former President Jimmy Carter that the reclusive state is committed to denuclearizing the peninsula and resuming six-way talks, the North's state news agency said on Friday. Full Story Top Mexican troops hunt killers of 72 migrants Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:57 pm PDT Reuters - Mexican troops fanned out in the remote countryside near the Texas border on Thursday as they hunted the perpetrators of the worst massacre in the country's escalating drug war. Full Story Top Toyota to recall 1.3 million cars in U.S., Canada Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:21 pm PDT Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it would recall 1.3 million Corolla and Matrix cars in the United States and Canada because of defective engine control modules that could cause the vehicles to stall. Full Story Top China silent on North Korea's Kim visit Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:59 pm PDT Reuters - China kept silent on Friday about a reported visit by North Korea's secretive leader Kim Jong-il that analysts say is to line up Beijing behind his dynastic succession plans. Full Story Top Pakistan orders evacuation of town as flood spreads Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:38 pm PDT Reuters - Pakistan has ordered the evacuation of a southern town after the swollen Indus river broke its banks, nearly a month after devastating floods first struck, an official said on Friday. Full Story Top FDA ties chicken feed to salmonella in egg recall Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:24 pm PDT Reuters - Bacteria found in chicken feed used at two Iowa farms has been linked to a salmonella outbreak that prompted the recall of more than a half billion contaminated eggs, U.S. regulators said on Thursday. Full Story Top CIA pays many in Karzai administration: report Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:03 pm PDT Reuters - The CIA is making payments to a significant number of officials in Afghan President Hamid Karzai's administration, The Washington Post reported on Friday. Full Story Top Wounded NY cabbie says religion had role in attack Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:41 pm PDT Reuters - A Muslim taxi driver wounded in a stabbing said Thursday he believed he was attacked because of his religion but did not blame the public furor over a proposed Islamic center and mosque near the World Trade Center site. Full Story Top Carter exits N.Korea with freed US man, nuke vow Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:55 pm PDT AFP - Former US president Jimmy Carter flew out of North Korea Friday after securing the release of an American citizen and a pledge from Pyongyang that it wants to resume nuclear disarmament talks. Full Story Top Pakistan orders evacuation of southern town Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:22 pm PDT AFP - Pakistan ordered the evacuation of 300,000 people from a southern city after waters breached its defences as the United Nations warned Friday the country's worst ever humanitarian crisis was deepening. Full Story Top

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