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AP Top International News At 2:24 a...AP Top International News At 2:24 a.m. EDT SKorean foreign minister in scandal offers to quit
By2010-09-04T06:07:35Z SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan has offered to resign amid accusations of nepotism, an official said Saturday.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:07:35 GMT Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island
By2010-09-04T03:11:52Z WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on New Zealand's South Island early Saturday, but there were so far no deaths and only two injuries reported.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:11:52 GMT New Zealand skydiving plane crashes; 9 die
By2010-09-04T05:33:16Z WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Nine people died when a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed and burst into flames Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, police said.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:33:16 GMT Will heir be unveiled at North Korean convention?
By2010-09-03T15:58:47Z SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea is preparing its largest political meeting in 30 years, and leader Kim Jong Il is expected to appoint a son to a key Workers Party position in what would be the strongest sign yet of a succession movement in the secretive communist country.... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:58:47 GMT Sea lion mauls 11-year-old boy at Australian zoo
By2010-09-04T06:24:37Z SYDNEY (AP) -- An 11-year-old boy was recovering Saturday after a sea lion mauled him at a popular Sydney zoo's aquarium show as horrified visitors looked on.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:24:37 GMT Pakistan Taliban say their bomber kills 43 Shiites
By2010-09-04T02:12:36Z QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least 43 Shiite Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan. The assault sharply drove up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country battered by massive flooding.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:12:36 GMT Official: Honduran helped massacre survivor flee
By2010-09-04T01:31:42Z TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- A Honduran who survived the massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico helped untie the only other survivor - a wounded Ecuadorean - and the two fled together, an official said Friday.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:31:42 GMT Government: Mozambique lost $3M because of riots
By2010-09-03T19:23:52Z MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) -- Mozambique's economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media reported new protests in two other towns.... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:23:52 GMT 7 defendants convicted in Portugal sex abuse trial
By2010-09-03T19:05:06Z LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Seven people were convicted of child sex abuse in Portugal on Friday in a major trial that lasted nearly six years and shocked the country.... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:05:06 GMT Mobs attack home of Iranian opposition leader
By2010-09-03T19:43:23Z TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Pro-government crowds swarmed outside the battered home of a key Iranian opposition leader Friday after militiamen attacked with firebombs and beat a bodyguard unconscious in a brazen message of intimidation and pinpoint pressure on dissent.... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:43:23 GMT |
AP Top U.S. News At 2:30 a.m. EDTAP Top U.S. News At 2:30 a.m. EDT Weakened Earl hits Mass. with wind, rain, surf
By2010-09-04T06:13:40Z CHATHAM, Mass. (AP) -- The remnants of Hurricane Earl dumped wind-driven rain on Cape Cod's gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages Friday night, but its close brush with the Northeast was less intense than feared only hours earlier.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:13:40 GMT BP: Failed blowout preventer removed from well
By2010-09-04T05:06:37Z NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- BP PLC said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from the company's well on Friday afternoon.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:06:37 GMT Prof in '03 plague scare sets off airport shutdown
By2010-09-04T00:12:45Z MIAMI (AP) -- The suspicions airport security officials had when they saw the metal canister grew when they learned about the man who brought it in from the Middle East: a scientist who sparked a bioterrorism scare after he reported missing vials of plague samples seven years ago.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:12:45 GMT Body of son of boxing promoter found in Cascades
By2010-09-04T04:45:15Z SEATTLE (AP) -- Searchers spotted the body of the son of Hall of Fame boxing promoter Bob Arum on a rugged Washington state mountainside Friday afternoon, five days after they began looking for him in North Cascades National Park, authorities said.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:45:15 GMT 911 calls describe Discovery Channel gunman, IED
By2010-09-04T05:00:15Z BALTIMORE (AP) -- A security guard who called 911 after a gunman entered Discovery Channel's headquarters calmly told the operator: "You're probably going to need a sniper."... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:00:15 GMT Ariz. governor says she was wrong about beheadings
By2010-09-04T03:25:54Z PHOENIX (AP) -- Gov. Jan Brewer rose to national fame defending the state's immigration law and warning of rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border, including a claim that headless bodies were turning up in the Arizona desert.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:25:54 GMT Head of alleged trafficking scheme arrested
By2010-09-04T04:32:57Z HONOLULU (AP) -- The head of a labor recruiting company accused of exploiting 400 workers from Thailand and forcing them to work on U.S. farms pleaded not guilty Friday, part of what the FBI calls the largest human-trafficking case charged in U.S. history... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:32:57 GMT Backer of NYC mosque gave to Hamas-linked charity
By2010-09-04T03:20:34Z NEW YORK (AP) -- One of the investors in a proposed Islamic center near ground zero is a Long Island medical clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a donation to a charity later shut down for links to Hamas.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:20:34 GMT 2 abortion Drs. ordered to stop after Md. injury
By2010-09-04T04:27:37Z BALTIMORE (AP) -- Maryland health officials have ordered two doctors to stop performing abortions after a woman was critically injured during a procedure last month.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:27:37 GMT Commercial pilot sentenced for drug-masking powder
By2010-09-04T03:21:41Z PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A former US Airways Express pilot will spend nine months in prison for selling a powdered drink mix over the Internet that he claimed was "100 percent" effective in helping drug-using truck drivers, pilots and train engineers pass federally mandated drug tests.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:21:41 GMT Yahoo! Weather - Springfield, ILYahoo! Weather for Springfield, IL Yahoo! WeatherConditions for Springfield, IL at 12:52 am CDTSat, 04 Sep 2010 12:52 am CDT |
AP Top Sports News At 12:45 a.m. EDTAP Top Sports News At 12:45 a.m. EDT Roethlisberger suspension reduced to 4 games
By2010-09-03T19:00:56Z NEW YORK (AP) -- Ben Roethlisberger is getting time off for good behavior.... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:00:56 GMT Body of son of boxing promoter found in Cascades
By2010-09-04T04:45:15Z SEATTLE (AP) -- Searchers spotted the body of the son of Hall of Fame boxing promoter Bob Arum on a rugged Washington state mountainside Friday afternoon, five days after they began looking for him in North Cascades National Park, authorities said.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:45:15 GMT Isner, Querrey reach 3rd round, Harrison doesn't
By2010-09-04T03:59:35Z NEW YORK (AP) -- "Let's go, Ryan!" Clap-clap-clap-clap-clap.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:59:35 GMT Kovalchuk's new $100M Devils deal approved by NHL
By2010-09-03T23:41:37Z NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The NHL has signed off on Ilya Kovalchuk's latest contract with the New Jersey Devils.... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:41:37 GMT Morgan gets 8 games for Nats-Marlins brawl
By2010-09-04T00:04:26Z Nyjer Morgan's wild week has landed him an eight-game suspension, one of nine punishments handed out Friday by Major League Baseball following a brawl between Washington Nationals and Florida Marlins.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:04:26 GMT AP source: Investigators subpoena UNC's Austin
By2010-09-04T01:48:52Z Investigators from the North Carolina Secretary of State's office have subpoenaed Tar Heels defensive tackle Marvin Austin, a person familiar with the situation said Friday.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:48:52 GMT Dumervil confirms his season is over
By2010-09-04T04:00:06Z DENVER (AP) -- Elvis Dumervil's season is officially sacked.... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:00:06 GMT Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia has surgery on foot
By2010-09-03T21:47:00Z BOSTON (AP) -- Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has undergone season-ending surgery for a broken bone in his left foot.... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:47:00 GMT Pacquiao focuses on Margarito, not Mayweather rant
By2010-09-03T21:30:04Z ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao dismissed a derogatory online video posted by Floyd Mayweather Jr., calling it an "uneducated message" and choosing to instead focus on his upcoming fight with Antonio Margarito.... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:30:04 GMT Granderson, Gardner lead Yanks to 7th straight win
By2010-09-03T23:32:52Z NEW YORK (AP) -- Curtis Granderson drove in three runs with a pair of doubles, Brett Gardner sparked the offense from his leadoff spot and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 on Friday to match a season high with their seventh straight victory.... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:32:52 GMT ![]() The State Journal-Register Home RSSOur Opinion: A look back at our views on Blagojevich |