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Xbox blocks W.Va. gamer over town's name: Fort Gay
AP – 2 hrs 50 mins ago

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Microsoft Corp. and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live are apologizing to a small West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct by publicly declaring he's from Fort Gay — a name the company considered offensive. Full Story »
Clinton: It's time to seize an `American Moment'
AP – Wed Sep 8, 8:22 am ET

AFP/File

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton asserted Wednesday that the Obama administration's approach to foreign policy is beginning to pay important dividends. Full Story »
BP report blames itself, others for oil spill
AP – 25 mins ago

Reuters

NEW ORLEANS - 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. Full Story »
Reggie Bush: Heisman matter 'out of my hands'
AP – 2 hrs 47 mins ago

AP

METAIRIE, La. - Reggie Bush says whether he is stripped of his Heisman trophy is out of his hands and that his play on the field in college speaks for itself. Full Story »
Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning
Reuters – 6 mins ago

Reuters

GAINESVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - An obscure Christian pastor whose plan to burn copies of the Koran on September 11 has sparked an international outcry said on Wednesday he will go ahead with the event despite warnings it will endanger American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Full Story »
China blacks out towns to meet energy goal
AP – Wed Sep 8, 6:36 am ET

BEIJING - Chinese steel mills and mobile phone factories are being idled and thousands of homes in one area are doing without electricity as local governments order power cuts to meet energy-saving targets set by Beijing. Full Story »
Obama firm: Don't extend tax breaks for wealthiest
AP – 1 hr 46 mins ago

AP

CLEVELAND - President Barack Obama strongly defended his opposition to extending Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans on Wednesday and delivered a searing attack on Republicans and their House leader for advocating "the same philosophy that led to this mess in the first place." Full Story »
BURN THE QURAN? IT'S UN-CHRISTIAN
Maggie Gallagher – Tue Sep 7, 6:01 pm ET

I have a message for Pastor Terry Jones, who has promised to publicly burn a Quran on Sept. 11: Full Story »
LA police quell 2nd protest over fatal shooting
AP – 2 hrs 18 mins ago

AP

LOS ANGELES - Demonstrators pelted police for a second night in a poor immigrant neighborhood following the fatal shooting of a Guatemalan day laborer who allegedly threatened people with a knife and then turned the weapon on a responding officer. Full Story »
Angelina Jolie condemns planned Quran burning
AP – Wed Sep 8, 8:17 am ET

AP

ISLAMABAD - Angelina Jolie on Wednesday condemned a Florida church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Full Story »
Report: Castro says Cuban model doesn't work
AP – 1 hr 2 mins ago

AFP/File

HAVANA - Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that Cuba's communist economic model doesn't work, a rare comment on domestic affairs from a man who has conspicuously steered clear of local issues since stepping down four years ago. Full Story »
Global cash support to fight AIDS is falling: UN
AFP – Thu Sep 2, 5:27 am ET

AFP/File

TOKYO (AFP) - The chief of the UNAIDS agency said Thursday that global contributions to fighting the disease are dropping off for the first time in 15 years amid tough economic times. Full Story »
A hoax? Joaquin Phoenix film gets viewers guessing
Reuters – Tue Sep 7, 3:20 pm ET

VENICE (Reuters) - Whether a hoax or not, a new documentary about Joaquin Phoenix and his transition from acclaimed, brooding actor to bearded, shambolic hip-hop wannabe has captivated viewers at the Venice film festival. Full Story »
US welcomes South Korean sanctions against Iran
AFP – 1 hr 51 mins ago

AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday hailed new sanctions imposed by South Korea against Iran as increasing pressure on Tehran to return to the negotiating table to address concerns about its nuclear aims. Full Story »
2 Asteroids to Zoom Between Earth and the Moon's Orbit
SPACE.com – Wed Sep 8, 2:30 am ET

Two asteroids will zip close by the Earth Wednesday and may be visible in telescopes as they zip between our planet and the orbit of the moon. Full Story »
Nadal rolls on at US Open
AFP – Wed Sep 8, 8:01 am ET

AFP

NEW YORK (AFP) - Rafael Nadal kept his perfect record intact at the US Open as he powered past Spanish compatriot Feliciano Lopez into the quarter-finals. Full Story »
China-U.S. ties improving, Hu tells White House team
Reuters – Wed Sep 8, 7:28 am ET

AP

BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States said on Wednesday that their sometimes rocky relationship is sounder after talks in Beijing, with both putting an optimistic face on ties that have been jolted by economic and security tensions. Full Story »
Oracle plans to give Hurd $950,000 annual salary
AP – Wed Sep 8, 12:55 pm ET

AP

NEW YORK - Oracle Corp. plans to pay newly appointed co-President Mark Hurd a base salary of $950,000 annually and said the ousted Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO is eligible for a target bonus of $5 million in the current fiscal year. Full Story »