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Goats rescued after 2 days on 6-inch ledge in Mont
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd_goat_rescue"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100902/capt.2e6dc5bf46254bd5804e316a0fe78862-2e6dc5bf46254bd5804e316a0fe78862-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=pwv1vyO2E4P6iOG5QBjicA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="In this Sept. 1, 2010 photo, two goats are stranded on a railroad bridge south of Roundup, Mont. The goats were rescued after nearly two days and are in good condition. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Sandy Church of the Rimrock Humane Society) NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - Two young goats wandered onto the thin ledge of a railroad bridge and spent nearly two days high above the ground until rescuers in a towering cherry picker plucked them from their perch, hungry but safe.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Top Obama ally: Democrats will hold the US Congress
(AFP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/uspoliticsdemocrats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100902/capt.photo_1283451063267-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=skFkr5t5Jc7ka0xBFt7KAA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="House Democratic House Chairman Rep. John Larson (D-CT), seen here in 2009, said opinion polls showing Republicans poised for big gains as the sour US economy struggles with stubbornly high unemployment reflect that "times are difficult."(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President Barack Obama's Democratic allies will defy glum forecasts of a rout in November elections and keep control of the House and Senate, one of the party's congressional leaders said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Mass Extinction Threat: Earth on Verge of Huge Reset Button?
(LiveScience.com)
| LiveScience.com - Mass extinctions have served as huge reset buttons that dramaticallychanged the diversity of species found in oceans all over the world, accordingto a comprehensive study of fossil records. The findings suggest humans willlive in a very different future if they drive animals to extinction, becausethe loss of each species can alter entire ecosystems.
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Federer beats Beck to move into Open's 3rd round
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ten_us_open_federer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100902/capt.b4dd9288a860450a8da19d03f65aa6c9-b4dd9288a860450a8da19d03f65aa6c9-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=DaLgM0V8l3g4icYou9_rlA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="The shoes of Roger Federer of Switzerland are decorated with his initials and the New York City skyline as he plays Andreas Beck of Germany at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul J. Bereswill)" border="0" /></a>AP - Five-time champion Roger Federer has breezed into the third round at the U.S. Open, serving 15 aces in beating 104th-ranked Andreas Beck of Germany 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Weakening Hurricane Earl swipes U.S. east, no big hit
(Reuters)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_weather_storm_earl"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100902/i/r653022877.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ZNpCy1x3P6fAeWYUMGptkw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Dianna Lesiewicz (L) watches her twin boys Paul and Bode play in a pool of water in front of the Atlantic Ocean as the area awaits Hurricane Earl in Nags Head, North Carolina September 2, 2010. REUTERS/Richard Clement" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Hurricane Earl slapped North Carolina's coast with heavy wind and surf on Friday and then weakened as it swirled up the U.S. eastern seaboard toward New England and Canada as a much tamer storm than feared.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Verizon to sell smart phones for prepaid service
(AP)
| AP - Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced it's opening up access to smart phones for customers who prepay for service, such as people with poor credit and those who don't want to be tied down by long-term contracts.
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More Dems buck plan to let taxes increase for rich
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tax_cuts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100902/capt.53a8b2b161a149d8b3ec4db707042346-53a8b2b161a149d8b3ec4db707042346-0.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=ZYxOpDgB.t_rdehrjOZGhw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2009 file photo, Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., conducts a town hall event in Springfield, Va. Chances are fading that Congress will allow taxes to rise, even for the nation's top earners. Worried about the fragile economy and their own upcoming election, a growing number of Democrats are joining the rock-solid Republican opposition to President Barack Obama's plans to let some of the Bush administration's tax cuts expire. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Congress seems increasingly reluctant to let taxes go up, even on wealthier Americans.</p><br clear="all"/>
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OBAMA IS NOT A MUSLIM
(Ann Coulter)
| Ann Coulter - The nonsense about President Obama being a Muslim has got to stop. I rise to defend him from this absurd accusation by pointing out that he is obviously an atheist.
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Wash. woman in acid attack recounts agonizing pain
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_thrown_in_face"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100902/capt.d152d5a6adc8418ca0ececee4ba0a967-d152d5a6adc8418ca0ececee4ba0a967-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=FJVyauC4n7mHXIheRFB1Og--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="This image provided by the Legacy Emanuel Medical Center shows Bethany Storro prior to surgery. Storro has undergone surgery at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center according to hospital spokeswoman Amber Shoebridge Wednesday night Sept. 1, 2010. An unidentified woman threw acid in her face in downtown Vancouver Monday evening. (AP Photo/Legacy Emanuel Medical Center)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bethany Storro had just bought a pair of sunglasses and was celebrating a new job when a woman walked up to her with a cup and said: "Hey pretty girl, do you want to drink this?"</p><br clear="all"/>
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Axl Rose tries Dublin's patience, sends crowd home
(AP)
| AP - Axl Rose, it seems, needs a little more patience - and a much louder alarm clock.
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Mexico: Soldiers kill 30 in troubled border state
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lt_drug_war_mexico_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100903/capt.3f8506d2d31440fb887b14956d333ff8-3f8506d2d31440fb887b14956d333ff8-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=TVxcs2yXEVvgRx5TR2D5iw--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="In this photo released by Mexico's Secretary of Defense (SEDENA), a soldier walks past a pick-up truck and seized weapons near the town of Ciudad Mier in northern Mexico, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010. According to the Secretary of Defense, gunmen opened fire on soldiers after an airborne patrol detected armed men guarding a home near this town. At least 25 gunmen were killed, two soldiers were injured and three people held captive were freed. (AP Photo/SEDENA)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mexican soldiers killed at least 30 suspected cartel members in two shootouts near the U.S. border in a region that has become one of biggest battlegrounds in the country's drug war, authorities said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Can home cooking be hazardous to your health?
(AP)
| AP - Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection?
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Canadian parents more lenient than Italians and French
(Reuters)
| Reuters - Canadian parents are more lenient with their children than mothers and fathers in France and Italy, according to a new study.
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Gibbs Defends Obama's Efforts to Help House Democrats
(CQPolitics.com)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/politics000003728442"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100902/i/r2215902004.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=mTFPgdyr33quOuIH6o25lA--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="White House press secretary Robert Gibbs delivers his daily briefing at the White House in Washington September 2, 2010. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)" border="0" /></a>CQPolitics.com - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on Thursday defended President Barack Obama's track record of campaigning for House Democrats as new polling shows their party taking a nose dive.</p><br clear="all"/>
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No sign of oil leak after Gulf of Mexico rig blast: company
(AFP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usblastoilenvironmentpollution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100902/capt.photo_1283445641994-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=xDdWn20y24pFQrBnKTmACA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A Coast Guard cutter patrols in the Gulf of Mexico in August 2010. An explosion ripped through an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday forcing 13 people into the water, one of whom was injured, the US Coast Guard said.(AFP/USCG/File/David R. Marin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - There is no sign of an oil spill after a rig caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico, a spokesman for rig operator Mariner Energy said.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Appeals court rules against Ravens in logo dispute
(AP)
| AP - A federal appeals court has ruled against the Baltimore Ravens and the National Football league in a copyright dispute over the team's original logo.
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Drug shootout with army kills 25 in Mexico
(Reuters)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_mexico_drugs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100903/i/r1960384128.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=0QsBqiJamtRbKZO6W7ltNQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A soldier stands guard on a military vehicle after a gunfight with gang members at a ranch approximately 90 mi (140 km) from Monterrey September 2, 2010. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo" border="0" /></a>Reuters - At least 25 suspected drug gang members were killed in an army raid in rural northeastern Mexico on Thursday, the army said in a press release.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Summary Box: Burger King agrees to $3.26B buyout
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_burger_king_buyout_summary_box"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100902/capt.761c44e8cc0e4557877e1a79f0055292-761c44e8cc0e4557877e1a79f0055292-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=RGq1j4v0tqYGdCxTPmkhdw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2010 file photo, Burger King crowns are on display at Burger King in Mountain View, Calif. Burger King Holdings Inc. said Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, that it is selling itself to private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26 billion. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - THE DEAL: Burger King Holdings Inc. is selling itself to investment firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26 billion.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/earl"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100903/capt.6728e80a231c497aa4174feecb935a9b-6728e80a231c497aa4174feecb935a9b-0.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=a.6DpHQMI8avVfvm9IHJvw--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="A vehicle moves through a flooded a street in Buxton, N.C. Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Hurricane Earl kicked up dangerous waves and rip currents along the East Coast as it blew over open water Friday toward Cape Cod after brushing North Carolina's Outer Banks, leaving flooding but no injuries on the narrow vacation islands. (AP Photo/Mike Baker)" border="0" /></a>AP - A weakening Hurricane Earl swiped past North Carolina on Friday on its way to New England, where officials warned residents that it still packed dangerous winds that could topple trees or damage the area's picturesque gray-shingled cottages.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Guns, drugs, and La Barbie: Why America is responsible for Mexican drug cartels
(The Christian Science Monitor)
| The Christian Science Monitor - After the arrest this week of one of Mexicoâs most ruthless drug lords, âLa Barbie,â media coverage has highlighted his American-born, football star origins.
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