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  • Hurricane watch issued for coasts of Mexico, Texas
    By JORGE VARGAS 2010-09-07T00:11:12Z NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) -- Mexican authorities urged people to move to shelters while officials in Texas distributed sandbags and warned of flash floods as Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened and headed toward the northwestern Gulf coast on Monday....
  • Air Products boosts Airgas acquisition offer
    By 2010-09-06T22:42:15Z NEW YORK (AP) -- Air Products and Chemicals Inc. said Monday it has boosted its offer to buy rival Airgas Inc. to $65.50 per share, but said it will walk away if Airgas shareholders don't elect its board slate and approve its bylaw proposals....
  • Obama assails GOP, promotes new jobs program
    By DARLENE SUPERVILLE 2010-09-06T20:56:48Z MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A combative President Barack Obama rolled out a long-term jobs program Monday that would exceed $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and runways, and coupled it with a blunt campaign-season assault on Republicans for causing Americans' hard economic times....
  • US won't say if blowout preventer on way to shore
    By HARRY R. WEBER 2010-09-06T20:24:41Z NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The Justice Department won't say if the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from gushing from BP's undersea well into the Gulf of Mexico is on its way to shore....
  • Argentines risking all to carry huge wads of cash
    By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and MICHAEL WARREN 2010-09-06T20:02:01Z BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- The "marker" lurks inside the bank, looking for people pulling large amounts of cash from a safe deposit box or bank account. The gunmen linger outside, usually on motorcyles, waiting to make their move....
  • French unions launch strike over pension overhaul
    By JEAN-MARIE GODARD 2010-09-06T18:52:02Z PARIS (AP) -- French train traffic began tapering off Monday at the start of what promises to be a major strike over unpopular conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62....
  • Unions suspend South African civil service strike
    By DONNA BRYSON 2010-09-06T18:34:49Z CENTURION, South Africa (AP) -- South African civil servants unions are suspending a nationwide strike for higher wages to give members time to consider the government's latest offer, labor leaders said Monday....
  • NY cigarette tax plans raise reservation tensions
    By CAROLYN THOMPSON 2010-09-06T18:00:25Z CATTARAUGUS INDIAN RESERVATION, N.Y. (AP) -- As New York Indian Nation leaders battle in courtrooms to preserve their tax-free cigarette market, tensions are rising on reservations, where the state's renewed efforts to tax sales to non-Native customers is viewed as yet another attack on Native American rights....
  • EU finance ministers to discuss new bank levy
    By PAN PYLAS 2010-09-06T16:48:41Z BRUSSELS (AP) -- European Union finance ministers are set to discuss the possibility of introducing a levy on banks and whether a tax on financial transactions can deal with another banking crisis, as they gather Tuesday in an atmosphere more benign than when they last met in July....
  • UK police may probe alleged tabloid phone hacking
    By DAVID STRINGER and JILL LAWLESS 2010-09-06T16:13:42Z LONDON (AP) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron's communications director, a former tabloid editor, offered Monday to meet with police as they consider reopening an investigation into claims his newspaper's reporters illegally eavesdropped on scores of politicians and celebrities....
  • Massive earthquake sets back NZ economic recovery
    By ROB GRIFFITH 2010-09-06T10:04:44Z CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand's prime minister warned Monday that the country's economic recovery will be hurt by the weekend's powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake that smashed buildings and wrecked roads and rail lines in the city of Christchurch....
  • World markets rise as double-dip fears ease
    By CARLO PIOVANO 2010-09-06T09:32:29Z LONDON (AP) -- World stock markets advanced modestly Monday as investors rode momentum from Friday, when an upbeat U.S. jobs report eased fears that the global economy could slip back into recession....