Pressure rises on pastor who wants to burn Quran (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:18:42 GMT
AP - The government turned up the pressure Tuesday on the head of a small Florida church who plans to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, warning him that doing so could endanger U.S. troops and Americans everywhere.

Grim outlook for Democrats puts House up for grabs (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:01:38 GMT
AP - Their control of the House in peril, Democrats are scratching to survive in races all across the country. Disgruntled voters, a sluggish economy and vanishing enthusiasm for President Barack Obama have put 75 seats or more — the vast majority held by Democrats — at risk of changing hands.

Authorities: 92 structures destroyed in Colo. fire (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:59:49 GMT
AP - David Myers knew it was time to leave when he looked out into the forest and spotted bright red flames towering skyward. Then came a blinding cloud of smoke and a deafening roar as the fire ripped through the wilderness.

Floods leave tens of thousands homeless in Mexico (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:01:52 GMT
AP - Weeks of torrential rains have unleashed flooding in huge swaths of southern Mexico, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes.

UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:01:48 GMT
AP - The United Nations reported Tuesday that more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants in eastern Congo since late July — more than double the number previously reported — and accepted partial responsibility for not protecting citizens.

WTC steel column installed at ground zero (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:12:08 GMT
AP - Officials hoisted a 70-foot piece of World Trade Center steel at ground zero Tuesday and vowed to open the Sept. 11 memorial by next year, although they acknowledged that the ongoing construction at the site would limit where and how the public could visit.

Report: Castro blasts Ahmadinejad as anti-Semitic (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:01:59 GMT
AP - Fidel Castro criticized Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for what he called his anti-Semitic attitudes and questioned his own actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 during interviews with an American journalist he summoned to Havana to discuss fears of global nuclear war.

Sect leader Jeffs fights extradition to Texas (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:02:04 GMT
AP - Polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs on Tuesday refused to sign a waiver that would have allowed his extradition to Texas, where he faces bigamy, aggravated sexual assault and assault charges over alleged incidents with underage girls at a church ranch.

Iraq displays hundreds of recovered artifacts (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:02:05 GMT
AP - Iraq displayed hundreds of recovered artifacts Tuesday that were among the country's looted heritage and span the ages from a 4,400-year-old statue of a Sumerian king to a chrome-plated AK-47 bearing Saddam Hussein's image.

Orioles deny CC Sabathia his 20th victory (AP)
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:20:07 GMT
AP - Jake Arrieta pitched efficiently into the seventh inning, Adam Jones had a two-run single in a three-run first and the Baltimore Orioles denied their nemesis, CC Sabathia, his 20th victory with a 6-2 win Tuesday night over the New York Yankees.