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New BP chief called to testify in US Congress (AFP)

Hot news 07:04 am | WASHINGTON (AFP) – US lawmakers asked new BP chief Bob Dudley, who officially took up his post Friday, to testify in Congress over the aftermath of the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began more than five months ago. “BP is responsible for the worst environmental disaster in US…
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Mexican pirates shoot US jet skier near border on Falcon Lake, Texas (The Christian Science Monitor)

Hot news 01:04 am | Atlanta – US authorities and outraged Texans are pondering a plan of action to deal with Mexican pirates after a US jet skier was shot Thursday and his fleeing wife chased onto the US side of a border lake. The shooting on Falcon Lake, part of the Rio Grande watershed…
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532 National Guard troops now at Arizona border (AP)

Hot news 10:04 pm | PHOENIX – The National Guard says 532 troops are now stationed at the Arizona-Mexico border under President Obama’s plan to boost security along the border. The first of the troops began being deployed on Aug. 30. The National Guard said Friday that all 532 troops allocated to Arizona under Obama’s…
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20 Mexican tourists missing after Acapulco kidnap (AFP)

Hot news 07:04 pm | MEXICO CITY (AFP) – A heavily armed gang kidnapped about 20 Mexican tourists in the beach resort city of Acapulco earlier this week and their whereabouts are still unknown, police said Saturday. The tourists from Morelia in neighboring Michoacan state were “deprived of their liberty” Thursday when they were overtaken…
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Mexico probing Acapulco tourist kidnapping report (Reuters)

Hot news 04:04 pm | ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) – Authorities are investigating the reported kidnapping of 20 Mexican tourists in the Pacific Coast resort city of Acapulco, a state official said on Saturday. If confirmed, the incident would be another blow to a renowned beach resort where drug cartel violence has been on the rise…
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Mexico drug violence claims 34 lives in two days (AFP)

Hot news 01:04 pm | ACAPULCO, Mexico (AFP) – Yet another wave of killing blamed on drug rings in Mexico has claimed 34 lives in two days, authorities have said. The killings took place between Friday and Saturday overwhelmingly in Mexico’s north, close to the lucrative US drug market. In the town of San Jose…
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Official known for criticizing BP, feds re-elected (AP)

Hot news 10:04 am | POINTE A LA HACHE, La. – A local official who emerged as a leading critic of efforts to clean up the oil spilled from BP’s well in the Gulf of Mexico has easily won re-election as president of his coastal Louisiana parish. With all precincts reporting, Republican Billy Nungesser had…
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Pa. men face 2nd trial in immigrant beating death (AP)

Hot news 04:04 am | ALLENTOWN, Pa. – One night two summers ago, an illegal immigrant from Mexico brawled with a gang of white teens from Shenandoah, an old mining town in the coal fields of northeastern Pennsylvania. The fight’s outcome is not in dispute: 25-year-old Luis Ramirez wound up dead. The question for a…
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Mexico roiled by grenades, bombings in bloody weekend (AFP)

Hot news 01:04 am | MEXICO CITY (AFP) – Northern Mexico was shaken by a weekend of violence, with 47 deaths blamed on drug cartels and a series of grenade attacks that injured a dozen people, officials said Sunday. Twelve people, including six children, were hurt in a late night grenade attack at a busy…
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NY Times to pay back Carlos Slim loan early (AFP)

Hot news 10:04 pm | NEW YORK (AFP) – The New York Times Co. plans to pay back a 250-million-dollar loan from Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim three years ahead of its due date, a move that will save the company some 100 million dollars, The New York Times reported Monday. The newspaper said the Times.…
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Business

VIDEO: CMU Creative Business Initiative

Hot news 02:13 am | By RYAN BERLINSun Staff Writer Click to enlarge Central Michigan University entrepreneurship students Daniel Pearson and Tyler Gostinger won $30,000…
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The trials of Kaplan Higher Ed and the education of The Washington Post Co.

Hot news 02:12 am | Eleven years ago, one of Washington’s most tradition-bound companies placed a bet that would transform its fortunes. Loading… Comments Tweet…
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Personal finance: Put your money where your heart is

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Opinion split over screening kits

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Sports

Sports at 7:10 p.m.

Hot news 02:13 am | The supervisor is John Nicholson. The supervisor can be reached at 800 845-8450. For sports photos, call 800 845-8450, ext.…
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Interview: Phillip Darnton, former chairman of Cycling England

Hot news 02:12 am | Do you like this? Share Buzz Tweet The end of Cycling England hasn’t meant the end for Bikeability (Cycling England)…
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Indian hockey team likely to tour Pak at 2011 end: Report

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Radnor’s Gavin Studner is the Main Line Athlete of the Week

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