For US Muslims, a 9/11 anniversary like no other (AP)

AP - American Muslims are boosting security at mosques, seeking help from leaders of other faiths and airing ads underscoring their loyalty to the United States — all ahead of a 9/11 anniversary they fear could bring more trouble for their communities.

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NYC sanitation pier, trash trailers catch fire (AP)

AP - The New York City Fire Department says a Manhattan sanitation pier that was the site of a smoky fire will need to be checked for stability.

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2 babies killed after semi hits vehicles in Ariz. (AP)

AP - Two babies have been killed in a three-vehicle collision involving a gas tanker in Phoenix.
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Earl socks Canada's Nova Scotia, weakens (AFP)

AFP - Resilient Tropical Storm Earl raked over eastern Canada, leaving nearly one million people without power, the last gasp of what was once a monster storm that menaced the US East Coast but left it largely undamaged.

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Earl fizzles as it sweeps through Maritime Canada (Reuters)

Reuters - Hurricane Earl made landfall in Canada on Saturday and fizzled after a series of scares along the U.S. East Coast, flooding roads, felling trees and cutting power to tens of thousands in the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia.

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Las Vegas casino evacuated after bomb threat (AP)

AP - A man claiming to have a bomb around his chest prompted an evacuation of a Las Vegas casino for several hours.
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AP Interview: Author leaving home next to Palins (AP)

AP - Sarah Palin can take down the fence. Palin's neighbor of three months on Wasilla's Lake Lucille, author Joe McGinniss, is packing his bags and notebooks and leaving Sunday for his home in Massachusetts to write the book he has been researching on the former governor and GOP vice presidential candidate.

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Mexican suspect in US consulate killings in Texas court (AFP)

AFP - A Mexican suspect in the March drive-by shooting of a US consulate worker in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez appeared at a closed-door hearing in a Texas court, the San Antonio News said Saturday.

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UPS identifies American crew killed in Dubai crash (AP)

AP - Crew members from Kentucky and Florida were identified Saturday as the two people killed when a UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff outside Dubai.
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Fired, rehired teachers back at troubled RI school (AP)

AP - Teachers who were fired and ultimately rehired in a dispute that focused national debate over education reform have returned to their classrooms amid hopes that changes they agreed to will help improve student performance at their persistently troubled high school.

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Busted BP well no longer 'threat' to Gulf: US official (AFP)

AFP - The Macondo well, which spilled an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has been secured and no longer constitutes a threat, a senior US official said Saturday.

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Video shows calm scene after Denver plane accident (AP)

AP - Newly released video shows firefighters arriving at the scene of a blazing plane accident at Denver International Airport and finding a calm scene.
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Over one million join Apple's music social network Ping (AFP)

AFP - More than one million users joined Apple's new music-focused social network Ping in the 48 hours following its launch, the company said.

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Tropical Storm Gaston may reform over Atlantic (Reuters)

Reuters - Tropical Storm Gaston could soon come swirling back to life over the central Atlantic Ocean, U.S. forecasters said on Saturday.
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Lethal drug supply dries up, postponing US executions (AFP)

AFP - Lacking enough of the anesthetic essential to the cocktail of lethal drugs administered during executions, several US states are being forced to postpone the procedure until early next year.

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Suspect in consulate deaths appears in Texas court (AP)

AP - A man who told Mexican authorities he ordered the March killing of a U.S. Consulate worker in Mexico has been extradited to the U.S. and appeared in a federal court in Texas, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
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Texas probing Google over search results (AFP)

AFP - The attorney general of the US state of Texas has opened an inquiry into whether Internet giant Google manipulates search results.

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Muslims take to Minn. State Fair to repair image (AP)

AP - Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the people who were leaving, not the food or festivities beckoning from across the street.

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How Weather Reporters Stay Safe While Covering Hurricanes (Time.com)

Time.com - Hurricane Earl swept through the Eastern seaboard on Sept. 2, swirling up the North Carolina coast with winds well over 100 m.p.h. but never making landfall. TIME wants to know: How do reporters work in the middle of a hurricane?
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Obama Unpopular Ahead of Midterms: Will the GOP Benefit? (Time.com)

Time.com - Nine weeks before the midterm elections, Barack Obama finds himself on the wrong side of the polls. Where did all that adoration go -- and is a Republican sweep next?

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