Obama to outline $50-billion plan to jumpstart economy
Los Angeles Times
The White House says the president will outline transportation spending proposals in his Labor Day speech in Minnesota. The package is front-loaded with a cash surge to boost jobs in the short term, officials say. By Kathleen Hennessey, Tribune ...
Obama Campaigns for Democrats on New Infrastructure Investment PlanFOXNews
Obama enters mid-terms campaign with $50bn infrastructure planThe Guardian
Obama Says Infrastructure Programs Won't Widen US DeficitBusinessWeek
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Iran Remains Defiant, Nuclear Agency Says
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Three months after the United Nations Security Council enacted its harshest sanctions yet against Iran, global nuclear inspectors reported Monday that the country has dug in its heels, ...
Iran reported on brink of nuclear weaponTelegraph.co.uk
IAEA: Iran still enriching uraniumCNN
IAEA: Iran boosts nuclear workAljazeera.net
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Kansas City Star
'Little Rock Nine' member Jefferson Thomas dead at 67
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff Jefferson Thomas is one of nine students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. (CNN) -- Jefferson Thomas, one of the so-called "Little Rock Nine," the nine students who integrated Central High ...
Little Rock 9 member Jefferson Thomas dies in OhioThe Associated Press
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CBS News
Former Soldier Holds 3 Hostage at Winn Army Hospital
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According to Fort Stewart Officials a little after four this morning an unidentified male entered the emergency room at Winn Community Army Hospital heavily armed. Brigadier General Jeffrey Phillips says the suspect had 38 caliber ...
Hostage situation at Fort Stewart ends without casualtiesCNN
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KTLA
Plane crash on NV street kills 1, injures 3
The Associated Press
HENDERSON, Nev. — Authorities say a small airplane has crashed on a street in a residential neighborhood south of Las Vegas, killing one person and critically injuring three others. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sgt. John Sheahan says two males and two ...
Plane Crash On NV Street Kills 1, Injures 3NPR
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South African Public Workers' Strike Suspended
Voice of America
Photo: AP South African public service unions say they are suspending a nationwide strike that has disrupted schools and hospitals. Union officials made the announcement after meetings on Monday. However, the unions cautioned that they have not ...
S. African strike ends, public services to resume TuesdayCNN International
South African unions suspend public sector strikeThe Guardian
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msnbc.com
Hermine Strengthens in Gulf; Valero Readies Refinery
BusinessWeek
Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened in the western end of the Gulf of Mexico as a Texas refinery prepared for the storm's landfall. The weather system is the eighth named storm of the Atlantic ...
Hurricane watch issued for coasts of Mexico, TexasThe Associated Press
Tropical Storm Gaston may be revived, Hermine is born in the GulfMiamiHerald.com
Hermine prompts hurricane watches in Mexico, TexasAFP
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The Hindu
Compromise boosts energy groups
Financial Times
The deal to extend the life of Germany's 17 nuclear plants is true to the power companies' original proposal to the government – more operating time in return for a chunk of the resulting profit. Nuclear-power sceptics in ...
Merkel confident on nuclear plan despite oppositionReuters
German Stocks Climb; E.ON, RWE Shares Lead Gains After Nuclear Power DealBloomberg
Germany extends nuclear plant lifeCNN International
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Sydney Morning Herald
French minister Kouchner pledges to help save Ashtiani
BBC News
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has said he is willing "to do anything" to save an Iranian woman facing a death sentence for adultery. "If I must go to Tehran to save her, I'll go to Tehran," Mr Kouchner said of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, ...
Son: Iran woman who faced stoning to be lashedThe Associated Press
Iran stoning woman's son fears execution after RamadanAFP
Lawyer: Photo error led Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, sentenced to death, to ...New York Daily News
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The Guardian
French unions launch strike over pension overhaul
Washington Post
AP PARIS -- French train traffic began tapering off Monday at the start of what promises to be a major strike over unpopular conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. ...
Two million French people to strike over Sarkozy's pensions reformTelegraph.co.uk
Sarkozy to press ahead with controversial immigration lawThe Guardian
Sarkozy faces protest against raising retirement ageAFP
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msnbc.com
It's the same old Rex Ryan, mouth and all
Boston Herald
BALTIMORE — In the world of New York Jets [team stats] coach Rex Ryan, hardly anyone is untouchable. Take former Ravens coach Brian Billick. Ryan worked for Billick as a defensive assistant/coordinator for nine years ...
Revis, Jets agree to new deal; Cutdown weekend awardsSI.com
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All-Pro Revis, New York Jets Agree to Contract Before Start of NFL SeasonBloomberg
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Kansas City Star
Phone hacking: Andy Coulson offers to talk to police
The Guardian
Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson told police today that he would be happy to meet them voluntarily to discuss fresh phone-hacking allegations, as Scotland Yard said it was considering whether to reopen the investigation. ...
Coulson prepared to face policeBBC News
London police could reopen celebrity hacking probeCNN
Phone-Hack: Coulson 'Happy' To Talk To CopsSky News
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Kansas City Star
Labor secretary: Obama doing good job on economy
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is defending President Barack Obama's efforts to combat the recession and unemployment, saying his focus has been on helping the jobless and underemployed. In a Labor Day appearance on ABC News' "Good Morning ...
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Los Angeles Times
In Baghdad, police chief explains why there's so little rule of law
MiamiHerald.com
BAGHDAD -- Abu Abbas oversees one of Baghdad's overstretched police stations whose employees have increasingly been targeted by insurgents. He says Iraqi rule of law has been neglected. At a police station in the middle of Baghdad, ...
Attack Shows Lasting Threat to US in IraqNew York Times
Bombing at an Iraqi army base in Baghdad kills 12, injures at least 20Washington Post
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Times LIVE
Spain's government says separatists' cease-fire statement insufficient
CNN International
ETA is blamed for more than 800 deaths in its long fight for Basque independence in northern Spain. Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- The Basque separatist group ETA's cease-fire statement is insufficient, Spain's interior minister said Monday. ...
Spain dismisses Eta ceasefire offerFinancial Times
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Eta too weak to attack, says SpainThe Guardian
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Moneycontrol.com
Obama Said to Announce Transport-Investment Program to Spur Economy, Jobs
Bloomberg
President Barack Obama will propose a six-year national infrastructure plan today as part of a series of measures to boost jobs and spur the economy ahead of the congressional midterm elections in ...
President Obama to Talk Jobs, Economy in MilwaukeeWTAQ
President to unveil new economic plan this weekThe Money Times
White House Faces Political Headaches Over Jobs Ahead of Labor DayABC News
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FOXNews
CNN Poll: GOP's midterm advantage is growing
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff "Independents and voters who dislike both parties are starting to break toward the GOP," says CNN's Keating Holland. (CNN) -- With November's midterm elections less than two months away, a new national poll indicates that the ...
Republican hopes high for gains in Iowa LegislatureDesMoinesRegister.com
Republican wave building toward November's electionsKansas City Star
In year of angry voter, momentum returns to GOP favorHouston Chronicle
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Town Hall
Stiff challenges ahead for governor, Senate contenders
San Jose Mercury News
Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, left, shakes hands with Republican challenger Carly Fiorina after a debate at St. Mary's College in Moraga, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Labor Day typically marks the unofficial ...
Tight California races head into final frenzySan Francisco Chronicle
Fiorina comes out ahead on TVLos Angeles Times
Time for politicians to take off the glovesFresno Bee
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Reuters
Obama to call for business tax credit
Washington Post
Under mounting pressure to intensify his focus on the economy ahead of the midterm elections, President Obama will call for a $100 billion business tax credit this week, using a speech in Cleveland on Wednesday ...
Obama launches big week on economyReuters
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Obama to Ask Congress to Pass $100 Billion Research Tax CreditBloomberg
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The Guardian
Pakistan police station hit by fatal suicide car-bomb attack
The Guardian
A suicide car-bombing today struck a police station in north-west Pakistan, killing at least 17 police and civilians. About 40 people were wounded in the attack in Lakki Marwat, which sits on the main road and rail link between Punjab province, ...
Suicide car bomber kills 14 in northwest PakistanAFP
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