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Goats rescued after 2 days on 6-inch ledge in Mont
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| <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 critic blasts 'job-killing' policies
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/useconomyunemploymentpoliticsboehner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100903/capt.photo_1283525663073-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=XJS2C9VJLBgcHoiG8T76Nw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="House Minority Leader John Boehner, seen here in May 2010, said President Barack Obama should fire his top economic advisers and quit his "job-killing" policies after US unemployment jumped to 9.6 percent in August.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President Barack Obama should fire his top economic advisers and quit his "job-killing" policies, the top House Republican said after US unemployment jumped to 9.6 percent in August.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Japan whale meat case echoes apartheid: Greenpeace chief
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/japanjusticeenvironmentwhalinggreenpeace"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100903/capt.photo_1283499669073-1-0.jpg?x=116&y=130&q=85&sig=.9Oi3Uxg5B4J44yH.rO1vA--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo speaks to the press with Greenpeace Japan member Junichi Sato beside him, in Tokyo, on September 3. Two japanese activists, includung Sato, are to face possible jail terms for stealing a box of whale meat in a trial the environmental group says will test the country's limits on political activism.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Greenpeace chief Kumi Naidoo on Friday likened Japan's treatment of two of its anti-whaling activists to the tactics of the former apartheid regime he once campaigned against in his native South Africa.</p><br clear="all"/>
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NFL fines Ndamukong Suh $7,500
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/fbn_suh_fined"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100828/capt.5b1aae2fc1214a268831d7e535955e0e-5b1aae2fc1214a268831d7e535955e0e-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=7TcGc50zkZtx6C61WUrH8A--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh (90) chasesx Cleveland Browns quarterback Jake Delhomme (17) in the first quarter of an NFL preseason football game Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, in Detroit. (AP Photo/David Richard)" border="0" /></a>AP - Detroit Lions rookie defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was fined $7,500 by the NFL on Friday for his roughing-the-passer penalty on quarterback Jake Delhomme in an exhibition game against the Browns.</p><br clear="all"/>
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'Birth tourism' a tiny portion of immigrant babies
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| AP - When Ruth Garcia's twins are born in two months, they'll have all the rights of U.S. citizens. They and their six brothers and sisters will be able to vote, apply for federal student loans and even run for president.
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Dubai police chief calls BlackBerry a spy tool
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_emirates_blackberry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100902/capt.be8c032de8a344f3abe993eee0082151-be8c032de8a344f3abe993eee0082151-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=59bxdrwkWnRvAxlGEwHO7g--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="** FILE ** In this Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 file photo, a dummy BlackBerry handset stands at a shop in Hyderabad, India. India has widened its security crackdown, asking all service providers, and not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion, to install servers in the country, a move analysts say will bolster national security, possibly at the expense of privacy. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A., File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Worries about spying by the U.S. and Israel spurred plans to sharply limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai's police chief said in comments that suggest a tough line in talks with the smart phone maker.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Despite hiring, US unemployment rate seems frozen
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100903/capt.7b2b19d8d8424bef8b7223445e99e6c0-7b2b19d8d8424bef8b7223445e99e6c0-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=FS8zNz3QDC15oHrFO03c4g--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="In this Aug. 25, 2010 photograph, job seekers including Pat Mosher, third from left, fill out registration forms to attend a job fair in Southfield, Mich. On Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. EDT, the Labor Department issues the August unemployment report. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)" border="0" /></a>AP - Unemployment is stuck at high levels even though some companies are hiring. The problem, government data show, is that too few jobs are being created for the growing number of people looking for work.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Analysis: Special-ops on show to woo war skeptics
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghan_spec_ops_success_analysis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100901/capt.photo_1283318447359-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=kbaTW1kYC3mkSyoJFrhd8Q--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander and the head of NATO in Afghanistan General David Petraeus speaks to the media at his office in Kabul on August 31. The number of US soldiers killed in the Afghan war in 2010 is the highest annual toll since the conflict began almost nine years ago, according to an AFP count Wednesday.(AFP/Shah Marai)" border="0" /></a>AP - The new top commander in Afghanistan is talking up a weapon that has been kept in the shadows for years — special operations missions to kill or capture key insurgents — to try to convince skeptics the war can be won.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Obama promises more stimulus as unemployment edges up
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/useconomyunemployment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100903/capt.photo_1283530380024-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=7ITdKye8CGHdgZVqDucXiQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="US President Barack Obama speaks on the economy in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama said better-than-expected jobs data released Friday was positive, but said it was not good enough as the economy struggles out of the deepest slump in decades.(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President Barack Obama promised a fresh slew of measures to boost the ailing US economy Friday after fresh data showed unemployment was again on the rise.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Ne-Yo on T.I.: 'He makes a lot of poor decisions'
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_people_ne_yo_ti"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100903/capt.f37d35950a5e4913b125c7dd162aefb4-f37d35950a5e4913b125c7dd162aefb4-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=m5l9Ahw6Kexrm6WVBpOcVg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="FILE - In this July 21, 2010 file photo, musician Ne-Yo dances while filming a music video for his upcoming single 'One in a Million' on the Universal Studios lot in Los Angeles. In an interview with The Associated Press, released on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, Ne-Yo says T.I. has had many chances, and it's time he gets his act together. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ne-Yo says T.I. has had many chances — and it's time he gets his act together.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_new_zealand_earthquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100903/capt.8a737a83035440f48fdc4f8430c342c0-8a737a83035440f48fdc4f8430c342c0-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=SREd9.dc7pLOqmSeMqL4Ng--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="A police officer is seen on a street blocked by rubble from a damaged building following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in central Christchurch, New Zealand, early Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of injuries, but looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said. (AP Photo/NZPA, David Alexander) ** NEW ZEALAND OUT **" border="0" /></a>AP - A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on New Zealand's South Island early Saturday, but there were so far no deaths and only two injuries reported.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Labor Day Weekend for Astronauts: Space Toilet Cleaning and Exercise
(SPACE.com)
| SPACE.com - Astronautsaboard the International Space Station won't be throwing any burgerson the grill this Labor Day weekend, but at least they'll get theU.S. holiday off — after they clean the space toilet.
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Firm can't fire man for 1.8 cent theft
(Reuters)
| Reuters - A German company that fired a man for the theft of 1.8 euro cents (two U.S. cents) worth of electricity had no grounds for sacking him, a court ruled, dismissing the firm's appeal against his reinstatement.
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Obama launches political offensive on economy
(AFP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/useconomypoliticsobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100903/capt.photo_1283520990154-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=jkMp93nf3r06phrp5YSCpA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="US President Barack Obama, seen here on Sep 1, will next week make a new bid to stem ebbing political support over the slowing economic recovery, with visits to the struggling Midwest and a formal White House news conference.(AFP/File/Chris Kleponis)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President Barack Obama will next week make a new bid to stem ebbing political support over the slowing economic recovery, with visits to the struggling Midwest and a formal White House news conference.</p><br clear="all"/>
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What now for Gulf? Fire complicates drill debate
(AP)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill_what_now"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100902/capt.fa5d01ace88d457faa150800ab5562fe-fa5d01ace88d457faa150800ab5562fe-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=KGHhzJVmwASX66KkGpFmQQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" border="0" /></a>AP - What now for the Gulf? News of another oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico, so soon after the BP oil spill, has set off a wave of anxiety along the Gulf Coast and prompted calls for the government to extend its six-month ban on deepwater drilling.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Italy escape with narrow Estonia victory
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/fbleuro2012gpcestita"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100903/capt.photo_1283545883801-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=CxirxBPKXn7NRPXbOkkesw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Italy's Antonio Cassano(R) celebrates after scoring against Estonia during their Euro 2012 Group C qualifying football match in Tallinn. Italy won 2-1.(AFP/Raigo Pajula)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Italy survived a scare as they came back from a goal down to escape from Tallinn with a 2-1 victory over Estonia in Euro 2012 qualifying Group C on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Emergency declared as 7.1 quake hits New Zealand
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_quake_newzealand"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100903/i/r929212620.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=sXvqkFvYFm2mSiWMw6nlIg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="A car is seen under debris after a major earthquake in Christchurch September 4, 2010. A major earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit New Zealand, 30 km (20 miles) west of Christchurch early on Saturday morning, causing no immediate reports of casualties but widespread damage, authorities said. REUTERS/Daniel McQueen" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Authorities declared a state of emergency after a major earthquake hit New Zealand's second biggest city early on Saturday, bringing down power lines, ripping up roads and wrecking building facades, but authorities reported no deaths.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Rounding up the new iPod touch and iPod nano cases
(Macworld.com)
| Macworld.com - As you all know, it’s never a proper aftermath of an iPod event without some new cases, and we here at Macworld are more than happy to present some of the first options available for that iPod Touch or Nano in your pre-order basket. From protective covers to eighties-inspired wrist straps, we’ve got a little something for every kind of case lover—except maybe a wrist-watch adapter for the Nano (and if someone wants to get on that before Halloween, I would be much obliged).
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Heavy in dollars, China warns of depreciation
(Reuters)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_china_economy_reserves"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100903/i/r2859987658.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=N4pAXddPpdoicz4DJ7A3_w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An employee counts Yuan banknotes at a branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Huaibei, Anhui August 3, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer" border="0" /></a>Reuters - China on Friday offered a rare glimpse into its foreign exchange reserves, confirming that they are overwhelmingly allocated in dollars, while a central banker said the mountain of cash could face depreciation risks.</p><br clear="all"/>
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A bank bailout for Afghanistan?
(The Week)
| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/theweek/206760"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100902/i/r1481310060.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=lVkunbxDTS6qXZzGRMzXhQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a joint news conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul September 2, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Watson/Pool (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)" border="0" /></a>The Week - A run on Kabul Bank — the nation's largest — is triggering fears of an Afghan financial meltdown. Should the U.S. step in?</p><br clear="all"/>
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