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Obama gets mixed report card on transparency (The Upshot)
The Upshot - Barack Obama took office with a pledge of "unprecedented level of openness" in government -- a pledge that his critics on both the left and right have accused him of abandoning. His decision to oppose the release of photos of Iraqi and Afghan detainees being abused by American troops, his insistence that White House visitor [...]

US pastor defiant as Clinton slams Koran-burning (AFP)
Demonstrators rally outside the US embassy in Jakarta on September 4 to protest threats by a US Christian group to burn a Koran to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. An evangelical pastor insisted his plans for the mass torching of the Koran would go ahead after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the

Non-word `refudiate' gets most online searches (AP)
FILE - In this June 29, 2010 file photo, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to the crowd at the P.U.R.E. Ministries in Duluth, Ga. It's not a real word, but that hasn't stopped 'refudiate' from becoming Merriam-Webster's 2010 'Word of the Summer.' The publishing company says Sarah Palin's pseudo-word was the most-often searched by users of its online dictionary, The Associated Press reports on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The former Alaska governor used it twice in July: once on a news show and later on Twitter, in place of refute or repudiate. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser, File)

South Florida Transplant Finds Too Many Implants (Dear Abby)
Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I am a 46-year-old man who has been divorced for six months. I recently moved down to South Florida for a new job. I am trying out the dating scene, but it has been difficult because I was married for 10 years.

New NJ bumper stickers spur anti-visitor nickname (AP)
This Aug. 27, 2010 photo taken in Brigantine, N.J., shows a bumper sticker saying 'I Ain't No FOOT,' which according to a Facebook page is an acronym for 'Out of Towners' preceded by an obscenity. First it was Bennies, then Shoobies. Now there's another derogatory nickname for summer tourists who visit the Jersey shore: FOOTs. (AP Photo/The Press of Atlantic City, Steve Lemongelo)

Climate: New study slashes estimate of icecap loss (AFP)
An aerial view of the Ice glacier of Ilulissat, Greenland in 2009. Estimates of the rate of ice loss from Greenland and West Antarctica, one of the most worrying questions in the global warming debate, should be halved, according to Dutch and US scientists.(AFP/File/Slim Allagui)

For Google TV, a Sharp Turn Away From Apple TV (PC World)
PC World - As part of recent a demonstration of Google TV, Eric Schmidt said something that would probably make Steve Jobs cringe.

Syrian influence in Lebanon on the rise again (AP)
FILE- In this Dec. 13, 2010 file picture, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri, at Tishrin presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria. Hariri said in an interview published Monday, he was wrong to accuse Syria of involvement in the 2005 assassination of his father, a major turnaround for a politician who has long blamed Damascus for the Beirut truck bombing that killed Rafik Hariri and 22 others. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)

Imam: NYC Islamic center to include other faiths (AP)
VIDEO: The proposed construction of a 100-million-dollar, 13-story mosque and Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York City, has stirred raw emotions in the United States as the country prepares to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Duration: 01:00(afp.com)

Mont. tea party removes leader after anti-gay post (AP)
AP - The president of a Montana tea party group has been kicked out of the organization for an exchange on his Facebook page that appeared to condone violence against homosexuals.

Colo. wildfire's toll of destroyed homes rises (AP)
In this photo provided by Eric Peter Abramson, a line of buses are destroyed after a wild fire passed through Gold Hill, Colo. on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Gov. Bill Ritter declared a state of emergency Tuesday as officials nearly doubled the fire's estimated size to more than 7,100 acres, or 11 square miles. At one point the plume from the fire could be seen in Wyoming, 90 miles to the north. (AP Photo/Eric Peter Abramson) NO SALES MANDATORY CREDIT

Former NM gov is little known but has big ideas (AP)
In this photo taken Sept. 1, 2010, Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico and Honorary Chairman of the OUR America Initiative, talks with John Green, of Davenport, Iowa, left, after meeting with local residents in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Beijing protests as Japan arrests China boat captain (Reuters)
Reuters - Japan has arrested the captain of a Chinese fishing boat that collided with two Japanese coast guard boats near disputed islets in the East China Sea, causing anger in Beijing and reigniting territorial tensions.

Hermine lashes south Texas (Reuters)
Tropical Storm Hermine in a satellite image taken September 7, 2010. REUTERS/NOAA

PROMISES, PROMISES: Few black Coast Guard cadets (AP)
FILE - In this May 21, 2008, file photo Vice President Dick Cheney congratulates graduating U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet DeCarol Davis of Dumfries, Va., and hands her her commission as an ensign in the U.S. Coast Guard, Wednesday, May 21, 2008, during commencement ceremonies at the academy in New London, Conn. At left is U.S. Coast Commandant Adm. Thad Allen. In a year when the academy proclaims the Class of 2014 as its most diverse ever, the share of blacks enrolled is even more modest than the picture would suggest. Only nine of the 289 students sworn in last June identified themselves as blacks or African Americans — or 15 when mixed-race blacks are included. (AP Photo/Bob Child, File)


 
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