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Asteroid buzzes Earth; another coming

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:56:10 GMT

A small asteroid passed within the moon's distance from the Earth on Wednesday morning, and another will do likewise later in the day, space watchers say.

Iran: Woman's stoning sentence on hold

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:56:10 GMT

Iran has put the stoning sentence of a woman convicted of adultery and murder "on hold,"Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told state-run Press TV on Wednesday.

BP points fingers in rig blast

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:56:10 GMT

An internal investigation puts some responsibility for the Gulf oil disaster on BP but assigns much of the blame to contractors Halliburton and Transocean.

Obama slams GOP leadership, economic policies

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:56:10 GMT

President Obama opened the post-Labor Day stretch of the midterm campaign by blasting the GOP and pushing a new $350 billion plan to lift the sagging economy.

8 missing, 54 homes burned in Colorado

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:56:10 GMT

At least 54 homes have been destroyed by a wildfire burning west of Boulder, Colorado, and eight people are unaccounted for, officials say.

Trapped miners get soccer treat

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:56:10 GMT

The 33 workers trapped in a Chilean mine got a rare treat Tuesday night: they got to watch their national soccer team compete against Ukraine in the European Cup live via a small projector wired down to their safety chamber on a fiber optic cable.

Who might replace Rahm?

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:56:10 GMT

The smart money in Washington and Chicago, Illinois, says it's all but a certainty that within weeks Rahm Emanuel will throw his hat into the ring to replace retiring Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. So the parlor game over who will replace Emanuel as White House chief of staff has already kicked into high gear.

New storm forms in Atlantic

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:56:10 GMT

Tropical Depression Hermine is expected to dump an onslaught of rain in parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri over the next few days.

Clinton condemns Quran-burning plan

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:56:10 GMT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has condemned the planned burning of Qurans on the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United States as criticism mounts from Muslims around the world.

Google starts instant search

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:56:10 GMT

Another day, another animated Google logo -- and with it, a big question: What will Google announce Wednesday to improve the way people use its engine to search the Web?