Blowout preventer placed on Gulf well
Posted on 5 September 2010 | 2:00 pm
A new blowout preventer was installed atop BP's plugged well and its failed predecessor was being hauled to the surface, officials said Saturday.
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Rain, landslides kill 28 in Guatemala
Posted on 5 September 2010 | 12:36 pm
At least a dozen people were killed when a mudslide buried a bus on a Guatemalan highway Saturday, authorities said.
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Obama to lay out new economic plan
Posted on 5 September 2010 | 10:52 am
With less than two months to go until a critical midterm election likely to turn on the economy, President Obama this week will lay out a new economic plan.
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Cops: Man imprisoned family for year
Posted on 5 September 2010 | 10:46 am
Police in Ohio say a father cut his family off from the outside world, sexually abused at least one of his daughters and locked one child in a closet-sized room for a year.
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Basque separatists announce ceasefire
Posted on 5 September 2010 | 8:53 am
The Basque separatist group ETA released a ceasefire statement Sunday to various media, including the Basque newspaper Gara, which typically publishes information from the group.
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Man arrested after in-flight incident
Posted on 5 September 2010 | 6:09 am
A 48-year-old man faces several charges stemming from a flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Portland, Oregon, authorities said.
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Peace Corps volunteer killed in Africa
Posted on 5 September 2010 | 5:50 am
Thomas Maresco, 24, an aid worker from Florida, died Saturday from a gunshot wound in Lesotho, the Peace Corps said. Police believe he was the target of a robbery.
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Steven Slater, JetBlue part ways
Posted on 5 September 2010 | 5:34 am
A JetBlue flight attendant whose fame took off after his dramatic exit down an emergency chute is is no longer employed by the airline.
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'Alive' survivors back trapped miners
Posted on 5 September 2010 | 4:58 am
Four members of an Uruguayan rugby team who survived a plane crash and inspired the book and movie "Alive" offer their support to trapped miners in Chile.
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U.S., South Korea delay joint exercises
Posted on 5 September 2010 | 4:17 am
South Korea and the United States postponed joint anti-submarine military exercises due to an approaching tropical storm, U.S. Forces Korea said.
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