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At Minnesota State Fair, Muslims hand out information in effort to repair tattered image

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the people who were leaving, not the food or festivities becko...


Weakening Earl now a tropical storm

Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Hurricane Earl continued to take aim on southeastern New England on Friday evening, but the storm was "losing its punch," according to the National ...


911 calls describe Discovery Channel gunman

Friday, September 3rd, 2010
A security guard who called 911 after a gunman entered Discovery Channel's headquarters calmly told the operator: "You're probably going to need ...


Authorities: Arson Caused Fire at Tennessee Mosque Site

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Federal investigators said Friday that a suspicious fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a future mosque in Tennessee was arson and offered a $20,000 reward for information le...


Summer jobs hit all-time low for youths

Friday, September 3rd, 2010
The worst summer on record for young people who wanted a job is staggering to an end this Labor Day weekend.


Crews remove wreckage of small plane that crashed into shallow lagoon off San Francisco Bay

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

The wreckage of small plane that crashed in a lagoon off San Francisco Bay and killed the three people on board was recovered Friday. The founder of a local steel company was believed to be amon...


Officials say Calif. wildfire sparked by signal blaze set by illegal immigrants

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Authorities say a wildfire burning in rural San Diego County was sparked by two illegal immigrants who set a signal fire after they got lost.


FBI arrests head of Calif. company accused of trafficking Thai workers to US farms

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

The head of a labor recruiting company accused of exploiting 400 workers from Thailand and forcing them to work on U.S. farms pleaded not guilty Friday, part of what the FBI calls the largest hu...


Mother of slain Oklahoma camper files $10 million claim in Arizona

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

The mother of an Oklahoma man believed to have been killed by an Arizona prison escapee has filed a $10 million claim against Arizona and a wrongful death lawsuit against the private company tha...


Pharmacy worker killed in chaotic gun battle during robbery at suburban Sacramento drug store

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

A shootout in the Sacramento suburbs has left a pharmacy worker dead and police hunting for two drugstore robbers.


Mistrial declared in Los Angeles marriage fraud case involving Mexican-born actress

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

A federal judge declared a mistrial Friday after jurors told him deliberations had grown hostile in the marriage fraud case of Mexican-born actress Fernanda Romero and her husband. ...


911 caller during Discovery Channel hostage taking says: ‘You’re going to need a sniper’

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

A security guard who called 911 after a gunman entered Discovery Channel's headquarters calmly told the operator: "You're probably going to need a sniper."


Mexican drug kingpin who led Sinaloa cartel sentenced to 27 years in Arizona prison

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

A Mexican man who prosecutors say headed a major drug-smuggling ring that shipped tons of marijuana into the U.S. was sentenced Friday to 27 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $4 million to ...


Captain sentenced to more than 14 years for Haitian smuggling trip that killed at least 9

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

The captain of an overcrowded Haitian boat that capsized in 2009, killing at least nine people, has been sentenced to 14 years and four months in prison.


Post-Earl weekend will be calm and dry for most

Friday, September 3rd, 2010
After Hurricane Earl blows through eastern New England Saturday morning, the remainder of the weekend should be relatively calm and dry for most ...