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- Tropical Storm Earl rakes Nova Scotia - 5 p.m. update:
Tropical Storm Earl has been moving toward the north-northeast at 40 mph, producing sustained tropical force winds over much of the Canadian maritimes.
- War is hell on approval ratings - Like previous presidents, Obama is suffering opinion-poll fallout from unpopular conflicts.
No wonder President Obama used only his second Oval Office address to get the Iraq war so publicly off the domestic debate table just nine weeks before his first midterm elections.
- Craigslist removes adult services section after attorneys general urge shutdown - Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored."
- Arizona colleges accused of immigrant discrimination - Before this year, Phoenix-area community colleges asked legal immigrants to show a green card before hiring them. The Justice Department calls the policy 'document abuse' and seeks damages.
Employers who hire illegal immigrants can be fined, but the Obama administration warned this week that they also can be fined for asking legal immigrants to show their green cards before hiring them.
- Weaker Hurricane Earl heads for New England - Despite losing some punch, the storm still packs dangerous winds, officials warn
Hurricane Earl weakened Friday as it sped north toward New England, lashing coastal communities with heavy winds and rain while disrupting travel on the eve of a three-day weekend.
- Scientist detained after Miami airport evacuation - A metal canister in his luggage looked like a pipe bomb and prompted an evacuation. Concourses were emptied and roadways closed until just after 4 a.m., when the airport reopened ahead of holiday departures.
A scientist has been detained at the Miami International Airport after screeners spotted a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb, prompting an evacuation, a government official said.
- Failed blowout preventer removed from BP well - Investigators will study the device to find out why it didn't block what became a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Crews successfully removed the failed blowout preventer from BP's broken oil well Friday, an important step toward killing the well for good and a hopeful development for federal investigators who view the device as key evidence that will be inspected to determine why it did not shut off the disastrous undersea gusher.
- Oil platform fire a disaster mainly for PR - Thursday's fire caused no leak or injuries; its cause is still being investigated. But the incident resounds through the oil-dependent region, and on Capitol Hill.
Louisianans expressed relief Friday that another offshore tragedy had been averted: A second oil facility that caught fire this week did not cause a leak, and no one was hurt.
- Genetically modified salmon safe to eat, FDA report says - AquAdvantage salmon would be the first gene-altered animal grown commercially for food. The agency says cross-breeding between the new fish and wild populations is 'unlikely,' but some are wary.
The effort to win federal approval of genetically engineered salmon received a major boost Friday when the Food and Drug Administration released an analysis that deemed the fish safe to eat and unlikely to harm the environment.
- Earl takes swipe at North Carolina, heads up coast - The hurricane is expected to weaken and stay out to sea before grazing the Massachusetts coast Saturday.
A weakened Hurricane Earl brushed North Carolina's fragile Outer Banks with stiff winds and high waves Thursday night, striking a glancing blow before spinning offshore up the Eastern Seaboard.
