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Today's Front Page News: Key oil spill evidence raised to Gulf's surface Craigslist strikes adult services under pressure JetBlue: Flight attendant's big exit was for good French bid to ban veils worries allies, tourists NZ cleans up after quake that tore new fault line Dems' prospects threatened by economic woes Earl's biggest damage in Northeast: business Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad dies at 86 Kanye West: 'I bled hard' over Swift debacle LSU holds on against short-handed Tar Heels 30-24 Obama says his economic policies halted "bleeding" Earl fizzles as it sweeps through Maritime Canada Taxpayers likely to face initial loss on GM IPO: sources Thousands protest French clampdown against Roma Gales, aftershocks shake quake hit New Zealand city Venezuela OKs payment for French retailer Casino Minister says Pakistani militants stoking sectarian rift Mexican judge orders drug lord held 40 more days N.Zealand braces for more destruction after quake 5 killed, 39 injured in Dagestan suicide bombing Key oil spill evidence raised to Gulf's surface Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:11 pm PDT AP - A crane hoisted a key piece of oil spill evidence to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, giving investigators their first chance to personally scrutinize the blowout preventer, the massive piece of equipment that failed to stop the gusher four months ago. Full Story Top Craigslist strikes adult services under pressure Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:12 pm PDT AP - Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored." Full Story Top JetBlue: Flight attendant's big exit was for good Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:12 pm PDT AP - Sometimes there's no going back. Full Story Top French bid to ban veils worries allies, tourists Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:57 pm PDT AP - Protests in Pakistan, al-Qaida warnings, skittish Muslim tourists: France's plan to do away with burqa-style veils is already reverberating far beyond its borders. Full Story Top NZ cleans up after quake that tore new fault line Sat, 4 Sep 2010 10:46 pm PDT AP - The powerful earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around the New Zealand city of Christchurch also ripped a new 11-foot (3.5 meter) wide fault line in the earth's surface, a geologist said Sunday. Full Story Top Dems' prospects threatened by economic woes Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:16 pm PDT AP - Frustrated, discouraged and just plain mad, a lot of people who have lost jobs — or know someone who has — now want to see the names of Democrats on pink slips. And that's jeopardizing the party's chances in Ohio and all across the country in November's elections. Full Story Top Earl's biggest damage in Northeast: business Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:17 pm PDT AP - In the end, Earl's worst damage in New England was to seasonal businesses hoping to end their summer on a high note. Full Story Top Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad dies at 86 Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:18 pm PDT AP - Paul Conrad used his pencil like a weapon. His long lines and jagged angles seemed to point directly at the leaders he deemed charlatans and fools in need of deflating. Full Story Top Kanye West: 'I bled hard' over Swift debacle Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:18 pm PDT AP - Hip-hop star Kanye West is still feeling the pain over his ambush of Taylor Swift last year — and he's expressing his pain all over Twitter. Full Story Top LSU holds on against short-handed Tar Heels 30-24 Sat, 4 Sep 2010 10:43 pm PDT AP - With the NCAA lurking around Chapel Hill and some of its best players sitting in the stands, North Carolina found itself in a most improbable position. Full Story Top Obama says his economic policies halted "bleeding" Sat, 4 Sep 2010 07:12 pm PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama, previewing a big push on the U.S. economy next week, on Saturday defended policies that he said "have stopped the bleeding" and put the middle class on the road to recovery. Full Story Top Earl fizzles as it sweeps through Maritime Canada Sat, 4 Sep 2010 05:50 pm PDT Reuters - Hurricane Earl made landfall in Canada on Saturday and fizzled after a series of scares along the U.S. East Coast, flooding roads, felling trees and cutting power to tens of thousands in the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia. Full Story Top Taxpayers likely to face initial loss on GM IPO: sources Fri, 3 Sep 2010 04:33 pm PDT Reuters - The U.S. government is likely to take a loss on General Motors Co in the first offering of the automaker's stock, six people familiar with preparations for the landmark IPO said. Full Story Top Thousands protest French clampdown against Roma Sat, 4 Sep 2010 04:19 pm PDT Reuters - Tens of thousands protested across France on Saturday against a clampdown on immigrants, launching a week of action over policies on which President Nicolas Sarkozy has staked his political reputation. Full Story Top Gales, aftershocks shake quake hit New Zealand city Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:29 pm PDT Reuters - Strong aftershocks and gale-force winds buffeted a clean-up of New Zealand's second biggest city on Sunday following the country's most damaging earthquake in 80 years. Full Story Top Venezuela OKs payment for French retailer Casino Sat, 4 Sep 2010 02:09 pm PDT Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has approved a $690 million payment to French retailer Casino and other owners of a supermarket chain nationalized earlier this year, state media said on Saturday. Full Story Top Minister says Pakistani militants stoking sectarian rift Sat, 4 Sep 2010 10:18 am PDT Reuters - Pro-Taliban Pakistani militants are trying to create a sectarian rift, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday, as a new wave of violence piled pressure on a government already struggling with a flood crisis. Full Story Top Mexican judge orders drug lord held 40 more days Sat, 4 Sep 2010 11:09 am PDT Reuters - A Mexican judge ordered Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez, believed to be one of the country's top drug bosses, held for 40 more days of investigation, the federal prosecutor's office said on Saturday. Full Story Top N.Zealand braces for more destruction after quake Sat, 4 Sep 2010 08:40 pm PDT AFP - New Zealand braced for more destruction Sunday as aftershocks and an approaching storm threatened an area of the country hit by the most devastating earthquake in decades. Full Story Top 5 killed, 39 injured in Dagestan suicide bombing Sat, 4 Sep 2010 08:09 pm PDT AFP - A suicide bombing at a military installation in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan killed five people Sunday and wounded 39, Ria Novosti news agency said, citing a top security source. Full Story Top

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