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• Earl strengthens, heads toward East Coast
• Police: Human smugglers kidnap 16 migrants in Mexico
• Transportation chaos hits Seoul as Typhoon Kompasu strikes
• U.S. launches job program as giving slows for Pakistan flood relief
• Sri Lankan officials await response in maid torture case
• Talking points for teen mom Bristol Palin
• Shakedown by Jamaica's radical sheik
• In mine's confines, survival instincts prevail
• Pakistan military group cancels U.S. visit after airport questioning
• Israeli-Palestinian conflict takes center stage in Washington
• West Bank shooting wounds 2 Israelis
• U.S. offers $5 million reward for Pakistani Taliban leaders
• Irish cardinal will not resign after scandals, he says
• Federal agents visit Iowa farms that recalled eggs
• Gunman at Discovery Channel HQ shot dead, hostages rescued
• Judge blocks motion to dismiss lawsuit against deepwater drilling ban

Earl strengthens, heads toward East Coast Posted: 01 Sep 2010 10:32 PM PDT Hurricane Earl took aim on the Outer Banks of North Carolina early Thursday as the powerful storm prepared to take a swipe at the Eastern Seaboard.

Police: Human smugglers kidnap 16 migrants in Mexico Posted: 01 Sep 2010 10:05 PM PDT At least 16 migrants, including a woman, were being held for ransom by human smugglers in Tijuana, Mexico, according to a migrant who was freed, authorities said late Wednesday.

Transportation chaos hits Seoul as Typhoon Kompasu strikes Posted: 01 Sep 2010 10:03 PM PDT Typhoon Kompasu hit central South Korea Thursday morning, causing much of the metropolitan area's subway service to halt, toppling trees and resulting in widespread power outages along the west coast, Yonhap News Agency reported.

U.S. launches job program as giving slows for Pakistan flood relief Posted: 01 Sep 2010 09:43 PM PDT The United States is launching a new program to provide jobs for thousands of people in flood-ravaged Pakistan, it said Wednesday.

Sri Lankan officials await response in maid torture case Posted: 01 Sep 2010 09:07 PM PDT Despite reports that a Saudi couple accused of torturing a Sri Lankan housemaid was arrested, Saudi authorities have not verified the action, a Sri Lankan official told CNN.

Talking points for teen mom Bristol Palin Posted: 01 Sep 2010 08:47 PM PDT Bristol Palin remains the nation's most famous teen mother. From her GOP convention outing in 2008 to the formal announcement that she will be a glittery hoofer on the popular TV show "Dancing with the Stars," Bristol remains a pop culture tour de force.

Shakedown by Jamaica's radical sheik Posted: 01 Sep 2010 08:01 PM PDT He has influenced convicted terrorists such as Richard Reid, the so-called shoe-bomber. His sermons were found in the apartment of suicide bombers who struck London, England, in 2005. Even one of the 9/11 plotters is said to have been a follower of Sheik Abdullah El-Faisal.

In mine's confines, survival instincts prevail Posted: 01 Sep 2010 07:42 PM PDT The health of 33 trapped Chilean miners is authorities' top priority, as crews this week began drilling in an effort to free them.

Pakistan military group cancels U.S. visit after airport questioning Posted: 01 Sep 2010 07:39 PM PDT A delegation of Pakistani military officials decided to cancel a meeting this week with U.S. military officials in protest after they were taken off a plane and questioned at Washington's Dulles International Airport, according to a Pakistani official.

Israeli-Palestinian conflict takes center stage in Washington Posted: 01 Sep 2010 07:25 PM PDT Ahead of direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians on Thursday, President Barack Obama said Wednesday night that he was "hopeful -- cautiously hopeful" that the talks could achieve a two-state solution to the long running Mideast conflict.

West Bank shooting wounds 2 Israelis Posted: 01 Sep 2010 07:21 PM PDT Two Israelis were wounded Wednesday night in a shooting at Rimonim Junction, east of the West Bank city of Ramallah, the Israel Defense Forces said.

U.S. offers $5 million reward for Pakistani Taliban leaders Posted: 01 Sep 2010 07:04 PM PDT Hakimullah Mehsud, a key leader of the Pakistani Taliban, has been charged for his alleged involvement in the killings of seven U.S. citizens at an American military base in Afghanistan in 2009, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday.

Irish cardinal will not resign after scandals, he says Posted: 01 Sep 2010 06:57 PM PDT Months after the revelation that he helped cover up for one of Ireland's most notoriously abusive priests, the country's top Catholic churchman, Cardinal Sean Brady, says he has "moved on" and will not resign.

Federal agents visit Iowa farms that recalled eggs Posted: 01 Sep 2010 06:50 PM PDT Federal agents visited Hillandale Farms and Wright County Egg, which have recalled more than half a billion eggs in the wake of the salmonella outbreak, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Gunman at Discovery Channel HQ shot dead, hostages rescued Posted: 01 Sep 2010 06:42 PM PDT Three hostages were rescued from the headquarters of the Discovery Channel in Silver Spring, Maryland, Wednesday afternoon after police shot and killed the man who was holding them, officials said.

Judge blocks motion to dismiss lawsuit against deepwater drilling ban Posted: 01 Sep 2010 06:16 PM PDT A federal judge on Wednesday denied a motion by the Obama administration to dismiss a lawsuit that aims to block a government-imposed moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

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