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  • Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill (AP)
    Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:05:23 GMT

     

    Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Stark differences exist between the oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico and the blast that led to the massive BP spill. Mostly notably, no one was killed and no crude was gushing into the water, but the distinctions don't end there.


  • Jobs report may show rise in unemployment rate (AP)
    Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:38:12 GMT

     

    In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, job seekers look for work on a bank of computers set up at Workforce One in Hollywood, Fla. The number of people requesting unemployment benefits declined for the second straight week, suggesting that the slowing economy isn't prompting widespread job cuts. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP - The unemployment rate may be about to rise again.


  • Gates says US making progress in Afghan war (AP)
    Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:31:58 GMT

     

    U.S. Marines in the background provide security as a Marine and a U.S. Army Task Force Shadow flight medic, right, rush a Marine wounded in an explosive attack across a field to a medevac helicopter, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Aeromedical teams with the 101st Airborne's Task Force Destiny provide the fast medical evacuation of those wounded throughout southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he saw and heard evidence the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province.


  • Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored (AP)
    Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:22:13 GMT

     

    Robert Arnold looks on as his wife Deanna holds a rooster on their farm, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in Garrison, Iowa. The two former workers at Wright County Egg facilities said they reported problems such as leaking manure and dead chickens to USDA employees, but were ignored. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site.


  • 'Crocodile Dundee' to return to US amid tax fray (AP)
    Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:38:51 GMT

     

    ** FILE ** In this April 18, 2001 file photo, Australian actor Paul Hogan, star of the 'Crocodile Dundee' movie trilogy, poses in front of a movie poster for 'Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles,' at a screening of the movie, at the Paramount studios in Los Angeles, Calif. Hogan has been cleared to return home to the United States after he was barred last month from leaving Australia because of a disputed tax bill, his lawyer said Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Rene Macura, File)AP - Actor Paul Hogan, star of the \"Crocodile Dundee\" movie trilogy, has been cleared to return home to the United States after he was barred last month from leaving Australia because of a disputed tax bill, his lawyer said Friday.


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