Earl weakens to Category 1, heads for Northeast (AP)

Utilities workers try to support power lines that were blown sideways from winds produced by Hurricane Earl in Nags Head, N.C., Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

AP - Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation i...

Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises (AP)

In this Aug. 25, 2010 photograph, job seekers including Lindsey Wright, of Detroit, center, attend a job fair in Southfield, Mich. On Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. EDT, the Labor Department issues the August unemployment report. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

AP - Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimme...

Officials say second US missile strike kills 2 (AP)

People who were injured by an explosion lie down on road during a Shiite procession in Quetta, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Police say a blast at a Shiite procession has killed a score of people in southwestern Pakistan in the third deadly attack this week on the country's religious minorities.(AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

AP - Pakistani officials say the second suspected U.S. missile strike of the day has killed two p...

Police question scientist in Miami airport scare (AP)

Passengers sleep and sit on the curbside at concourse J after being evacuated from the terminal at Miami International Airport in Miami, early Friday morning, Sept. 3, 2010. A spokesman for Miami International Airport says four of its six concourses have been evacuated as a police bomb squad investigates a report of a suspicious item. Several flights were diverted to other parts of the terminal.(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

AP - A scientist has been detained at the Miami International Airport after screeners spotted a m...

Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone (AP)

U.S. Marines in the background provide security as a Marine and a U.S. Army Task Force Shadow flight medic, right, rush a Marine wounded in an explosive attack across a field to a medevac helicopter, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Aeromedical teams with the 101st Airborne's Task Force Destiny provide the fast medical evacuation of those wounded throughout southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. coun...

Small signal, big meaning? Castro in military duds (AP)

Cuba's leader Fidel Castro delivers a speech to students outside Havana's University in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Castro dusted off his military fatigues for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a Communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance.(AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

AP - Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as ...

Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash (AP)

Villagers stand outside their homes as they prepare to evacuate their homes following a fresh eruption of Mount Sinabung in Tanah Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. The volcano sent the new, powerful burst of hot ash high into the air early Friday, violently shaking homes and trees along the slopes and sending panicked villagers scurrying back to safety. (AP Photo/Roy Pohan)

AP - An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot as...

Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill (AP)

Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

AP - Unlike the blast that led to the massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in the Gulf ...

Brooks & Dunn end 20-year career at Nashville show (AP)

AP - The first song Brooks & Dunn ever sang together has become their last.

Roethlisberger suspension reduced to 4 games (AP)

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger stands on the sidelines at the end of the first quarter against the Carolina Panthers during NFL preseason football game action in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Roethlisberger played for most of the first quarter in the Steelers' 19-3 win. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

AP - Ben Roethlisberger's suspension has been cut from six games to four by NFL Commissioner Roge...

U.S. and Israel spying behind BlackBerry woe: Dubai police (Reuters)

A family walks past a display of a BlackBerry smart phone at a shopping mall in Dubai August 1, 2010. REUTERS/Mosab Omar

Reuters - Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the Unite...

Private hiring surprises with 67,000 new jobs (Reuters)

A home for sale is seen in Great Falls, Virginia August 23, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Reuters - U.S. employment fell for a third straight month in August, but the drop was far less th...

No sign of oil after Gulf platform fire: Coast Guard (Reuters)

In this image courtesy of KATC3 news channel in Lafayette, Louisiana, 13 workers from an offshore oil platform that caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of the Louisiana coast, wait for rescue after they jumped to the sea.(AFP/KATC3)

Reuters - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mex...

Hurricane Earl swipes U.S. east but no big hit (Reuters)

Dianna Lesiewicz (L) watches her twin boys Paul and Bode play in a pool of water in front of the Atlantic Ocean as the area awaits Hurricane Earl in Nags Head, North Carolina September 2, 2010. REUTERS/Richard Clement

Reuters - Hurricane Earl slapped North Carolina's coast with rain, winds and heavy surf on Friday...

BP oil spill costs hit $8 billion as ends rig probe (Reuters)
Reuters - BP Plc said the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $...