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  • Obama admonishes pastor to call off Quran 'stunt' (AP)   - 

    Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center makes comments to reporters prior to a service at his church in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11.(AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - President Barack Obama sternly admonished a Florida pastor Thursday and appealed to him to call off plans to torch the Quran, saying Saturday's planned protest on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks was a dangerous "stunt" that could imperil U.S. troops abroad and incite suicide bombers on American soil.


  • Appeals court allows stem cell funding for now (AP)   - 

    Post-doctoral fellow Huajung Choi differentiates the stem cells of mice at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at the University of California San Francisco in San Francisco March 10, 2009. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithAP - A federal appeals court on Thursday permitted federal funding of stem cell research to proceed for now, while it considers a judge's ruling that had temporarily shut off the funds.


  • Iran to free female American for holiday clemency (AP)   - 

    FILE - In this May 20, 2010 file photo, American hikers Shane Bauer, left, Sarah Shourd, center, and Josh Fattal, sit at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran, Iran. Iran announced Thursday that one of the three Americans jailed for more than a year will be released Saturday to mark the end of Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)AP - Iran said Thursday it will free Sarah Shourd, one of three Americans jailed for more than 13 months, as an act of clemency to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.


  • Fears of a second recession ease, at least for now (AP)   - 

    In this photo taken Aug. 24, 2010, a job recruiter, center, speaks to job applicants during the Brooklyn Job Fair sponsored by the Orthodox Union Job Board in New York. Even though the economy is growing more slowly, companies in recent weeks are resisting making even deeper cuts to their work forces. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - No, the economy isn't roaring ahead. And no, companies aren't making lots of job offers. But a fresh batch of economic data Thursday at least eased summertime fears that the economy might be on the brink of another recession.


  • Errant drone near DC almost met by fighter jets (AP)   - AP - The U.S. military almost launched fighter jets and discussed a possible shoot-down when an errant Navy drone briefly veered into restricted airspace near the nation's capital last month, a senior military official said Thursday.
  • Apple publishes guidelines for app approval (AP)   - 

    FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010 file photo, the iPad is shown after it was unveiled at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Apple Inc. said Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, that it will publish the guidelines it uses to determine which programs can be sold in its App Store. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, FILE)AP - Apple Inc. on Thursday gave software developers the guidelines it uses to determine which programs can be sold in its App Store, yet it reserved for itself broad leeway in deciding what makes the cut.


  • Study: Flamboyant male dancing attracts women best (AP)   - 

    FILE- This is a file photo of John Travolta and Karen Gorney dance in a nightclub scene to disco music in Paramount Pictures 1977 film 'Saturday Night Fever', which explores the restless generation growing up in the 70's. John Travolta was onto something. Women are most attracted to male dancers who have big, flamboyant moves similar to the actor's trademark style, British scientists say in a new study. (AP Photo/HO, File)AP - John Travolta was onto something. Women are most attracted to male dancers who have big, flamboyant moves similar to the actor's trademark style, British scientists say in a new study.


  • Suspect caught in theft of Seattle patrol car (AP)   - AP - A police officer had his patrol car stolen Thursday by a handcuffed burglary suspect who had been put in the back seat.
  • Britney Spears denies bodyguard harassment claims (AP)   - 

    FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2009 file photo, Britney Spears arrives at the Teen Choice Awards in Universal City, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - Britney Spears denied a bodyguard's accusations that she sexually harassed him and abused her children, saying Thursday in a statement on her website that authorities looked into his claims but found no reason to act.


  • US beats Russia, 89-79, moves into semis at worlds (AP)   - 

    USA's Kevin Love, left, challenges Russia's Andrey Vorontsevich during the quarterfinal round at the World Basketball Championship, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, in Istanbul, Turkey. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)AP - Chauncey Billups made the promise. Kevin Durant made sure it was kept.


  • Data shows economic recovery still on track (Reuters)   - 

    London shares ended in positive territory Thursday on US jobs and home sales data after falling in early deals.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)Reuters - New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week to a two-month low, while the trade deficit narrowed sharply in July, hopeful signs for the stuttering economic recovery.


  • Obama: Koran-burning could lead to suicide bombings (Reuters)   - 

    Pakistani protesters shout slogans as they burn the U.S. flag during a protest in Multan on September 9, 2010. About hundred activists gathered on Thursday to protest against plans by Pastor Terry Jones, an obscure U.S. Protestant church leader, to burn the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. REUTERS/Asim Tanveer )Reuters - President Barack Obama warned on Thursday that an obscure Christian pastor's plan to burn the Koran could provoke al Qaeda suicide bombings, as foreign leaders urged Washington to intervene.


  • U.S. Marines seize ship from pirates in the Gulf of Aden (Reuters)   - 

    In this Sept. 9, 2010 photo released by the U.S. Navy, the amphibious transport dock ship USS Dubuque, left, is on station with the Turkish frigate TCG Gokceada, during a board and seizure operation by the U.S. Marine Corps 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Maritime Raid Force, after the motor vessel Magellan Star was attacked and boarded by pirates on Sept. 8, 2010 off the coast of Somalia. The U.S. Navy says Marine commandos have reclaimed control of the pirate-held vessel Magellan Star off the Somalia coast, and taken nine prisoners. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Cryptologic Technician 2nd Class William Farmerie)Reuters - U.S. Marines boarded and seized a commercial German vessel in the Gulf of Aden that had been attacked and boarded by pirates a day earlier, the U.S. Fifth Fleet said in a statement on Thursday.


  • Health reforms trigger spending shift (Reuters)   - Reuters - New U.S. reforms are poised to dramatically shift the nation's healthcare spending, not only curbing Medicare costs but also pumping more money toward the private sector as roughly 32 million people gain coverage.
  • New York finally sees progress at Ground Zero site (Reuters)   - Reuters - Nine years after the September 11 attacks, visible progress is finally being made toward rebuilding the World Trade Center site known as Ground Zero.
  • Gunmen behead, set alight Sunni cleric in Iraq (Reuters)   - 

    An Iraqi police officer walks in Diyala province in 2008. The imam of a Sunni mosque and a policeman's wife were both beheaded in separate incidents in the central Iraqi province of Diyala on Thursday, police said.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)Reuters - Gunmen stormed the house of a Sunni cleric Thursday and cut his head off before setting him alight in an attack that bore the hallmark of insurgents, a police spokesman said.


  • U.S. appeals court puts on hold stem cell funding ban (Reuters)   - Reuters - A U.S. appeals court granted on Thursday an Obama administration request for a temporary stay that lifts a judge's ban on federal funding of research involving human embryonic stem cells.
  • Iran says to free one American detainee (Reuters)   - 

    Shane Bauer (2nd L), Sarah Shourd (3rd L) and Josh Fattal (2nd R) sit with their mothers during a news conference in Tehran May 20, 2010. The mothers of the three Americans jailed in Iran since last July were allowed to see them and called on the government to set them free. REUTERS/Raheb HomavandiReuters - Iran will release Saturday one of three detained American citizens accused of espionage, an official told Reuters Thursday.


  • White House weighs direct plea to halt Koran burning (AFP)   - 

    Pakistani lawyers carry a burning US flag during a protest in Multan to denounce the plans to burn the Koran by a US church. US President Barack Obama warned Thursday that a Florida church's plan to burn Korans would swell the ranks of Al-Qaeda militants amid gobal outrage and mounting protests at the ceremony.(AFP)AFP - The White House Thursday weighed whether to appeal directly to a Florida pastor to call off a planned Koran burning ceremony amid mounting fears it will unleash a wave of violence.


  • US hiker Shourd to be released 'very soon': Iran diplomat (AFP)   - 

    A picture obtained from Iran's state-run English-language Press TV shows detained US hikers Shane Bauer (L), Sarah Shourd (C) and Josh Fattal in Tehran in May 2010. Iran will release Shourd AFP - Iran will release American hiker Sarah Shourd "very soon," an Iranian diplomat at the United Nations announced Thursday.
 
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