Report: Blackwater created shell companies (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:38:47 GMT
AP - The New York Times is reporting that the security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to get government business after the company faced strong criticism for its conduct in Iraq.

Despite hiring, US unemployment rate seems frozen (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:09:30 GMT
AP - Unemployment is stuck at high levels even though some companies are hiring. The problem, government data show, is that too few jobs are being created for the growing number of people looking for work.

Earl becomes tropical storm on way to New England (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:49:00 GMT
AP - Earl is weakening on its way toward New England, and the once powerful hurricane is now a tropical storm.

Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:37:56 GMT
AP - A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on New Zealand's South Island early Saturday, but there were so far no deaths and only two injuries reported.

Clinton: Time is now for Mideast peace (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:07:37 GMT
AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time" to reach an agreement.

Backer of NYC mosque gave to Hamas-linked charity (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:05:12 GMT
AP - One of the investors in a proposed Islamic center near ground zero is a Long Island medical clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a donation to a charity later shut down for links to Hamas.

AP Interview: Wikipedia founder bullish on news (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:09:20 GMT
AP - Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales believes relief may be in sight for the beleaguered news media industry.

Commercial pilot sentenced for drug-masking powder (AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:10:16 GMT
AP - A former US Airways Express pilot will spend nine months in prison for selling a powdered drink mix over the Internet that he claimed was "100 percent" effective in helping drug-using truck drivers, pilots and train engineers pass federally mandated drug tests.

Fox: Kara DioGuardi departs 'American Idol' (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:25:32 GMT
AP - Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol."

Isner, Querrey reach 3rd round, Harrison doesn't (AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:41:51 GMT
AP - On his way to victory at Louis Armstrong Stadium on Friday, the highest-seeded American man left in the U.S. Open, No. 18 John Isner, could hear the wild cheering and chanting going on at the adjacent Grandstand in support of another American man, Ryan Harrison, a qualifier who was the lowest-ranked (220) and youngest (18) player still in the tournament.