Obama firm, won't yield on tax hike for wealthiest (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:58:08 GMT
AP - Politically weakened but refusing to bend, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that Bush-era tax cuts be cut off for the wealthiest Americans, joining battle with Republicans — and some fellow Democrats — just two months before bruising midterm elections.

Clinton, Gates denounce planned Quran burning (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:18:25 GMT
AP - The top two national security advisers in President Barack Obama's Cabinet on Wednesday denounced plans by a small church in Florida to burn the Muslim holy book to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, saying it would inflame tensions and put Americans abroad at risk.

BP report blames itself, others for oil spill (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:35:16 GMT
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.

Wind-whipped fires add to Detroit's economic woes (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:14:18 GMT
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.

Backers of NYC Islamic center appear divided (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:16:50 GMT
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.

Google search accelerates with 'instant' results (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:42:04 GMT
AP - Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests.

Doctors see eye hazard in powerful laser pointers (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:12:31 GMT
AP - Doctors are warning about eye hazards from high-powered laser pointers that can be bought online.

MTV's 'Snooki' fined $500 for annoying beachgoers (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:15:26 GMT
AP - Calling her "a Lindsay Lohan wannabe," a judge fined "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi $500 on Wednesday and ordered her to perform community service after she pleaded guilty to disturbing others on a beach in July.

'Get Money' haircut identifies Seattle suspect (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:09:41 GMT
AP - A woman who was robbed of $310 while sitting at a Seattle traffic light gave police a detailed description of the man who stuck a gun in her open window.

NFL season tickets decline for 3rd straight season (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:10:49 GMT
AP - Third down has a new meaning in the NFL this season.