AP Top U.S. News At 1:08 p.m. EDT
AP Top U.S. News At 1:08 p.m. EDT
last updated: Sep 02 2010 1:14 PM
- Gulf oil platform explodes, burning off La. coast
By 2010-09-02T17:00:59ZNEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) -- An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion....
- Earl threatens East Coast with weekend pounding
By 2010-09-02T17:06:40ZBUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- Hurricane Earl packed winds near 140 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard up to Maine on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain....
- Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe
By 2010-09-02T17:08:27ZPHOENIX (AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics....
- Gunman shot as Discovery hostages planned escape
By 2010-09-02T16:21:09ZSILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) -- As the three hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters appeared ready to make a run for it, police said Thursday that a SWAT team officer quickly shot and killed the increasingly agitated gunman who had explosives strapped to himself, ending the four-hour standoff....
- Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from NY jail
By 2010-09-02T13:35:49ZNEW YORK (AP) -- The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman over the comedian's office affairs was freed from jail Thursday, city Correction Department records show....
- Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off
By 2010-09-02T13:57:10ZNEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The cap that ended BP's three-month oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico was set to come off Thursday as a prelude to raising a massive, failed piece of equipment and preparing for a final seal on the broken seafloor well....
- Chicago police chief criticized for 'gang summit'
By 2010-09-02T15:05:40ZCHICAGO (AP) -- The idea seemed simple though bold: Call reputed gang leaders to a meeting with top police and federal prosecutors and deliver an ultimatum to end killings in the nation's third-largest city....
- Fired aide to ex-Mo. gov runs for gov's dad's seat
By 2010-09-02T15:57:24ZSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- It's been three years since Scott Eckersley was fired after asserting that his then-boss, former Gov. Matt Blunt, and others in Blunt's administration should not be deleting certain e-mails because they belonged to the public record....
- Senate upset erases Alaska seniority
By 2010-09-02T08:43:04ZANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The defeat of Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski by an upstart fiscal conservative in Alaska's GOP primary could mark a significant shift for a state that has so long relied on federal pork to survive. The outcome was also an unexpected blow to the seniority Alaska has enjoyed in the Senate....
- Embattled Illinois prisons chief resigns
By 2010-09-02T16:50:12ZCHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois' prison chief, who became a political liability to Gov. Pat Quinn during an election year because of a secret prisoner release program he oversaw, is stepping down, the governor said Thursday....
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