today's top news stories

top news

• Weakened Earl packs less force than feared  (0)
• BP raises blowout preventer, key evidence in probe  (0)
• Report: Blackwater created shell companies  (1)
• Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful NZ quake  (0)
• Body of boxing promoter's son found on Wash. peak  (0)

entertainment headlines

• Bristol Palin tells Leno 'Dancing' choice was easy  (0)
• Fox: Kara DioGuardi departs 'American Idol'  (0)
• Taylor Lautner settles suit over RV for movie set  (0)
• Appeals court rules for Eminem in royalty lawsuit  (0)
• Lennon still helping me, Yoko Ono says  (0)

sports headlines

• Nadal, Venus move on at US Open  (2)
• Roethlisberger suspension reduced to 4 games  (1)
• Tiger has to rally to keep playing  (0)
• Morgan gets 8 games for Nats-Marlins brawl  (0)
• AP source: Investigators subpoena UNC's Austin  (0)

national headlines

• Weakened Earl packs less force than feared  (0)
• BP raises blowout preventer, key evidence in probe  (0)
• Muslims take to Minn. State Fair to repair image  (0)
• 911 calls describe Discovery Channel gunman, IED  (0)
• Body of boxing promoter's son found on Wash. peak  (0)

world headlines

• Top US commander discusses Iraq with Turkey  (0)
• Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful NZ quake  (0)
• 9 killed in New Zealand skydiving plane crash  (1)
• Toll from attack on Pakistani Shiites jumps to 65  (0)
• NATO says 6 Afghan insurgents killed in clash  (0)

business headlines

• Burger King to stop buying oil from Indonesian co.  (0)
• Texas opens inquiry into Google search rankings  (1)
• Despite hiring, US unemployment rate seems frozen  (8)
• BP raises blowout preventer, key evidence in probe  (0)
• Court throws out $926 million Rocky Flats award  (0)

technology headlines

• Texas opens inquiry into Google search rankings  (1)
• Review: mTrip iPhone app uses augmented reality  (0)
• Dubai police chief calls BlackBerry a spy tool  (1)
• Dell's enterprise challenge remains after 3Par  (0)
• German court rules against YouTube over copyright  (0)

political headlines

• Ariz. governor says she was wrong about beheadings  (1)
• POLITICAL INSIDER: Christie backs Castle  (0)
• Report: Blackwater created shell companies  (1)
• Clinton: Time is now for Mideast peace  (2)
• What now for Gulf? Fire complicates drill debate  (0)

science headlines

• Clams befouling Tahoe invade Adirondack lake in NY  (0)
• Earl's path along northeast is not well-worn  (0)
• UN: Climate funds shouldn't divert poverty aid  (1)
• Famed Tasmanian devil euthanized after tumor found  (1)
• Thanks to high-tech, storm track easier to predict  (1)

health headlines

• Can home cooking be hazardous to your health?  (5)
• Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation  (3)
• New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB  (1)
• Journal editors question sale of diet pill Meridia  (1)
• Benefits seen for high-risk women in ovary removal  (1)