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  • Product Recalls: egg noodles, eggs, dog treats
    By The Associated Press 2010-09-04T05:08:45Z The following recalls have been announced:...
  • BP: Failed blowout preventer removed from well
    By HARRY R. WEBER 2010-09-04T05:06:37Z NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- BP PLC said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from the company's well on Friday afternoon....
  • Appeals court rules for Eminem in royalty lawsuit
    By 2010-09-04T03:53:34Z SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal appeals court has found Eminem's former production company is entitled to more money from downloads of the rapper's songs and ringtones....
  • What now for Gulf? Fire complicates drill debate
    By MATTHEW DALY 2010-09-04T03:24:18Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- What now for the Gulf? News of another oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico, so soon after the BP oil spill, has set off a wave of anxiety along the Gulf Coast and prompted calls for the government to extend its six-month ban on deepwater drilling....
  • Despite hiring, US unemployment rate seems frozen
    By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER 2010-09-04T03:18:20Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- Unemployment is stuck at high levels even though some companies are hiring. The problem, government data show, is that too few jobs are being created for the growing number of people looking for work....
  • Report: Blackwater created shell companies
    By 2010-09-04T03:07:46Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- The security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to try to get millions of dollars in government business after the company faced strong criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq, The New York Times reported Friday....
  • Weakened Earl hits Mass. with wind, rain, surf
    By BOB SALSBERG 2010-09-04T03:02:19Z CHATHAM, Mass. (AP) -- The remnants of Hurricane Earl dumped wind-driven rain on Cape Cod's gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages Friday night, disrupting people's vacations on the unofficial final weekend of the short New England summer....
  • Texas opens inquiry into Google search rankings
    By MICHAEL LIEDTKE 2010-09-04T02:54:37Z SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc.'s methods for recommending websites are being reviewed by Texas' attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet's dominant search engine....
  • Court throws out $926 million Rocky Flats award
    By P. SOLOMON BANDA 2010-09-04T02:44:01Z DENVER (AP) -- A $926 million award to thousands of Colorado homeowners in a lawsuit involving plutonium contamination from a now-defunct nuclear weapons plant was thrown out Friday by a federal appeals court....
  • Deal to clean up LA-area nuclear accident site
    By NOAKI SCHWARTZ 2010-09-04T00:30:52Z LOS ANGELES (AP) -- More than five decades after a partial nuclear meltdown just outside Los Angeles, state and federal officials Friday announced agreements to remove all contamination and return the atomic energy and rocket engine test site to its natural state....
  • Critics: Ill. lottery contract cloaked in secrecy
    By TAMMY WEBBER 2010-09-03T22:10:43Z CHICAGO (AP) -- With less than two weeks before Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn awards a lucrative, first-of-its-kind contract for the private management of the state's $2 billion-a-year lottery, some are criticizing the selection process as too secretive and questioning whether it favors one powerful bidder....
  • Stocks extend September rally after jobs report
    By STEPHEN BERNARD 2010-09-03T21:37:50Z NEW YORK (AP) -- The stock market had its first winning week in a month thanks to better news on the economy....