September 5th 2010, U.S. News

BP: Crews lifting device from Gulf face delay (AP)

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:21:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100905/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100905/capt.b34e8d2306824670bedc1614e2504ed3-b34e8d2306824670bedc1614e2504ed3-0.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=Q8_xj0Tt2NqBMD1S5iICHg--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Workers secure the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer onto the deck of the Helix Q4000 after lifting it from the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)" border="0" /></a>AP - Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship.</p><br clear="all"/>

Craigslist strikes adult services under pressure (AP)

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:51:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100905/ap_on_hi_te/us_craigslist_adult_services"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100904/capt.photo_1283628652939-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=SVywnAqSA3M11kaBdDTxkQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Craigslist founder Craig Newmark stands in front of the Craigslist office in San Francisco, California in 2006. Online classifieds website Craigslist has blocked US access to its "adult services" listings, replacing the section tab with a "censored" label after criticism it was facilitating prostitution.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored."</p><br clear="all"/>

JetBlue: Flight attendant's big exit was for good (AP)

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:51:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100905/ap_on_re_us/us_flight_attendant"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100905/capt.4f675a3af1f0437a8f463f54c40b1c42-4f675a3af1f0437a8f463f54c40b1c42-0.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=IYtsxFTLRMS59KKnas7BVQ--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2010 file photo, JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater leaves a correctional facility in the Bronx after posting bail in New York. JetBlue Airways says that there will be no second exits for Slater, who captured the nation's imagination with his profanity-laced loudspeaker tirade and jump down a plane's emergency chute, beer in hand. Spokeswoman Jenny Dervin said Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010 that Slater is no longer employed by the airline. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sometimes there's no going back.</p><br clear="all"/>

For US Muslims, a 9/11 anniversary like no other (AP)

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:17:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100905/ap_on_re_us/us_sept11_muslim_fear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100904/capt.d4c838a078064383b0afde51b55327bf-3604e970b4ea417c92f562a16d318225-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=gmdE00eg8snSFIR5pX8UgQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2010 file photo, demonstrators hold up signs during a news conference on the step of New York's City Hall. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - American Muslims are boosting security at mosques, seeking help from leaders of other faiths and airing ads underscoring their loyalty to the United States &mdash; all ahead of a 9/11 anniversary they fear could bring more trouble for their communities.</p><br clear="all"/>

Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad dies at 86 (AP)

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:41:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100905/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obit_conrad"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100904/capt.6d4cb5541ab8440fb0ed871c9505926e-6d4cb5541ab8440fb0ed871c9505926e-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=UoQ5ePXnPmEYyEaFqjACgQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Huntington Library/Independent Television Service shows cartoonist Paul Conrad at his drawing board. Conrad, the political cartoonist who won three Pulitzer Prizes and used his pencil to poke at politicians for more than 50 years, died Saturday Sept. 4, 2010 of natural causes at his home in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (AP Photo/Huntington Library/Independent Television Service, File) NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - For more than half a century, Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Paul Conrad poked fun at politicians, taking on presidents from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush.</p><br clear="all"/>

AP Interview: Author leaving home next to Palins (AP)

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:20:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100904/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_author"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100904/capt.763983b824de4bf6b3ffa5a0630fe18c-763983b824de4bf6b3ffa5a0630fe18c-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=BaaHex2M8XrePl5LfCuh0A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this Sept. 3, 2010 photo, Joe McGinniss, who is working on a book on former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, poses for a photograph at the home he's renting next to Palin's home in Wasilla, Alaska. Palin's neighbor of three months on Wasilla's Lake Lucille, is packing his bags and notebooks and leaving Sunday for his home in Massachusetts to write the book he has been researching on the former governor and GOP vice presidential candidate. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sarah Palin can take down the fence. Palin's neighbor of three months on Wasilla's Lake Lucille, author Joe McGinniss, is packing his bags and notebooks and leaving Sunday for his home in Massachusetts to write the book he has been researching on the former governor and GOP vice presidential candidate.</p><br clear="all"/>

Race complicates reservation crime fight (AP)

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:47:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100905/ap_on_re_us/us_who_is_an_indian"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100904/capt.fd092ec8266349449e0fbe8fa82e9822-fd092ec8266349449e0fbe8fa82e9822-0.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=kXBMJMTqEIo4mRf.bYrY2A--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="In this Sept. 3, 2010 photo, Swift Sanchez, a sergeant with the Suquamish Tribal Police, returns to her vehicle while on patrol on the Suquamish Reservation in Washington state. Across the country, police, prosecutors and judges have been wrestling with the vexing question for decades: Who qualifies as an Indian when it comes to meting out justice for crimes on reservations? (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)" border="0" /></a>AP - For more than two hours on the night of May 16, 2007, Shane Maggi terrorized a Native American couple at their home on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana, pistol whipping them and firing bullets above the husband's head.</p><br clear="all"/>

2 babies killed after semi hits vehicles in Ariz. (AP)

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:57:33 GMT AP - Two babies have been killed in a three-vehicle collision involving a gas tanker in Phoenix.

Suspect in consulate deaths appears in Texas court (AP)

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:26:54 GMT AP - A man who told Mexican authorities he ordered the March killing of a U.S. Consulate worker in Mexico has been extradited to the U.S. and appeared in a federal court in Texas, the San Antonio Express-News reported.

Muslims take to Minn. State Fair to repair image (AP)

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:11:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100904/ap_on_re_us/us_muslims_at_the_fair"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100903/capt.54ee3c9bb9084319a848f108abf29e3f-54ee3c9bb9084319a848f108abf29e3f-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=f9Qy6Sdk1fScz2RXQh_81g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this Sept. 1, 2010 photo, Zuleyha Ozonder, left, hands out cards explaining Islam to fair-goers as they exit of the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in Falcon Heights, Minn. 'You just want people to take the card, spend a minute reading it and say, 'Oh. They're not terrorists,'' said 27-year-old Zuleyha who volunteered with her husband Salim for The Islamic Circle of North America's Minnesota chapter's outreach effort. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella)" border="0" /></a>AP - Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the people who were leaving, not the food or festivities beckoning from across the street.</p><br clear="all"/>

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