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• Unsettled nation marks 9/11 with rituals of sorrow (AP)
• Record gains for US poverty with elections looming (AP)
• APNewsBreak: Calif. gas pipe ranked high risk (AP)
• Relative: Spat began Ky. rampage that killed 6 (AP)
• Fire retardant drops come under scrutiny in West (AP)
• Michelle Obama: Flight 93 crash site shows healing (AP)
• Palin-Beck 9/11 event draws fans, foes (AP)
• Obama commemorates 9/11 with appeal for tolerance (AP)
• US woman caught in middle of Iran's power struggle (AP)
• Fire managers confident Colo wildfire won't spread (AP)
• Officials: Bus crashes near Syracuse, NY; 4 dead (AP)
• LA protests underscore frustration of immigrants (AP)
• NTSB: Duck boat calls unanswered before collision (AP)
• Disruptive passenger taken off Mich.-Fla. flight (AP)
• Officials: Body found is that of missing Calif man (AP)
• Ron Walters, expert on race, politics, dies at 72 (AP)
• Tropical Storm Igor nears hurricane strength (AP)
• Daley dynasty: 1 family rule of Chicago nears end (AP)

Unsettled nation marks 9/11 with rituals of sorrow (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2010 06:11 PM PDT AP - Rites of remembrance and loss marked the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, familiar in their sorrow but observed for the first time Saturday in a nation torn over the prospect of a mosque near ground zero and the role of Islam in society.

Record gains for US poverty with elections looming (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2010 05:40 PM PDT AP - The number of people in the U.S. who are in poverty is on track for a record increase on President Barack Obama's watch, with the ranks of working-age poor approaching 1960s levels that led to the national war on poverty.

APNewsBreak: Calif. gas pipe ranked high risk (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2010 06:11 PM PDT AP - The section of gas pipeline that ruptured and exploded in a suburban San Francisco neighborhood, killing four and injuring nearly 60 others, was ranked as high risk because it ran through a highly populated area, state and federal authorities said Saturday.

Relative: Spat began Ky. rampage that killed 6 (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2010 05:19 PM PDT AP - A man enraged over how his wife cooked his eggs in rural eastern Kentucky shot and killed her, his stepdaughter and three witnesses with a shotgun before killing himself on Saturday, a relative of two of the victims said.

Fire retardant drops come under scrutiny in West (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2010 12:41 PM PDT AP - Lost in the images of aircraft dropping giant red plumes of retardant on a Colorado wildfire this week is the fact that the practice may not be legal under federal environmental laws.

Michelle Obama: Flight 93 crash site shows healing (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2010 03:04 PM PDT AP - The victims of Flight 93 are an inspiration and all who visit the rural field where they died on Sept. 11, 2001, will now "see how a scar in the earth has healed," first lady Michelle Obama said Saturday at a memorial service at the crash site honoring the 40 passengers and crew.

Palin-Beck 9/11 event draws fans, foes (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:21 PM PDT AP - An event featuring former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and conservative commentator Glenn Beck on Saturday night is likely to bring out two very different crowds.

Obama commemorates 9/11 with appeal for tolerance (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2010 11:13 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama appealed to an unsettled nation Saturday to honor the memory of the Sept. 11 attacks by hewing to the values of diversity and tolerance. "We will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker down behind walls of suspicion and mistrust," the president declared.

US woman caught in middle of Iran's power struggle (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2010 11:13 AM PDT AP - Iran's start-and-stop announcements over the release of one of three detained Americans add up to a distinct message: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his allies still have a fight on their hands within the ruling ranks.

Fire managers confident Colo wildfire won't spread (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2010 12:47 PM PDT AP - Fire managers are confident they've stopped a wildfire burning in the Colorado foothills from spreading, but people who live in the blaze's path still didn't know Saturday when they would be able to return to their homes — or what remains of them.

Officials: Bus crashes near Syracuse, NY; 4 dead (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2010 05:36 PM PDT AP - Authorities say a double-decker bus heading to Toronto hit a railroad bridge in central New York, killing four people and injuring 25 others.

LA protests underscore frustration of immigrants (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2010 07:05 AM PDT AP - The smell of corn roasting on sidewalk grills, the oompah beat of Latin music blasting from mom-and-pop stores, colorful signs touting tongue-twisting names like Atitlan and Quetzaltenango.

NTSB: Duck boat calls unanswered before collision (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 08:12 PM PDT AP - An idled tour boat and other vessels made repeated, unanswered calls to the tugboat guiding the massive barge that struck the smaller craft in the Delaware River, killing two Hungarian students, according to a federal report released Friday.

Disruptive passenger taken off Mich.-Fla. flight (AP) Posted: 10 Sep 2010 10:23 PM PDT AP - Authorities say a Delta flight to Tampa, Fla., returned to Detroit Metropolitan Airport about an hour after departing and a disruptive passenger was removed from the plane.

Officials: Body found is that of missing Calif man (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2010 05:08 PM PDT AP - Authorities confirmed Saturday that a body found in a northern California home is that of a 35-year-old man who had been missing since his father was found bludgeoned to death two weeks ago.

Ron Walters, expert on race, politics, dies at 72 (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2010 03:55 PM PDT AP - Ronald W. Walters, a longtime political analyst and scholar at Howard University and the University of Maryland who was a leading expert on race and politics, has died. He was 72.

Tropical Storm Igor nears hurricane strength (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:48 PM PDT AP - Tropical Storm Igor is nearing hurricane strength as it swirls over the open Atlantic Ocean.

Daley dynasty: 1 family rule of Chicago nears end (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2010 02:44 PM PDT AP - It seemed almost inevitable, even back in high school when his nickname was "the Mayor."

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