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US church to go ahead with Sept. 11 Quran burning (AP)

September 7, 2010

AP - A Christian minister said Tuesday that he will go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Quran to protest the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks despite warnings from the top U.S. general in Afghanistan and the White House that doing so would endanger U.S. troops.

Hermine gives south Texas another tropical lashing (AP)

September 7, 2010

AP - Tropical Storm Hermine gave a wet and windy punch to Texas on Tuesday but left only minor scrapes in the storm-weary Rio Grande Valley, which is proving resilient this hurricane season after taking a third tropical system on the chin.

Microbes munch oil, haven't robbed Gulf of oxygen (AP)

September 7, 2010

AP - A new federal report says microbes that are gobbling up oil from the BP spill haven't caused problems with oxygen loss in the Gulf of Mexico.

Pharmacy heists are up amid popularity of Rx drugs (AP)

September 7, 2010

AP - Less than a couple months after Nick Curtin opened a pharmacy in suburban Tulsa in 2008, the store was burglarized twice in one week. And just last year a masked man robbed him at gunpoint, making off with 1,800 pills.

US smoking rate still stuck at 1 in 5 adults (AP)

September 7, 2010

AP - Frustrated health officials say that U.S. smoking rates continue to hold steady, at about one in five adults lighting up regularly.

Boston Dawna, the Batman of Venice Beach, retires (AP)

September 7, 2010

AP - Hipsters, hustlers, celebrities, thieves, dope peddlers and just about everyone else in gritty, quirky Venice Beach know Boston Dawna. You can't miss the one-woman crime fighter.

Kansas man charged with murdering burned teen (AP)

September 7, 2010

AP - A 36-year-old man who spent much of his adult life in prison was charged Tuesday with murdering a 14-year-old girl whose badly burned body was found behind an asphalt plant where he worked.

Flight attendant in passenger tiff to be evaluated (AP)

September 7, 2010

AP - The flight attendant accused of onboard antics that captured the nation's attention when he told off a passenger and slid down the plane's emergency chute with a beer will undergo a mental health evaluation with the aim of avoiding jail time in a possible plea deal.

Imam behind NYC mosque back in US after Gulf trip (AP)

September 7, 2010

AP - An imam who has become the public face of a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero has returned to the United States following a taxpayer-funded tour of the Middle East, his wife said Monday.

Haiti quake survivor returns home after 6 months (AP)

September 7, 2010

AP - Half-buried in rubble, Bazelais Suy struggled to breathe — a dead woman lay on his chest. He knew he had to get her off, fast. Because he could still move his arms, he somehow managed to remove his belt, loop it around the woman's own belt and drag her off. But his legs were still pinned.