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Powerful, enormous Earl bearing down on East Coast

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:32:48 EDT

Hurricane Earl will take a swipe at the U.S. East Coast later today. Residents from North Carolina to Massachusetts are scrambling to get ready for the massive storm.

Discovery Channel 'all clear' after sweep

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:27:50 EDT

Authorities gave an "all clear" early Thursday after sweeping the headquarters of the Discovery Channel in Silver Spring, Maryland, where police shot and killed a man who was holding three hostages.

3 babies found buried at Dutch home

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:54:47 EDT

Dutch investigators were trying to determine Thursday whether the bodies of three babies found at a home in the Netherlands belong to the woman who lived there.

Typhoon Kompasu hits South Korea

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:20:59 EDT

Three people died after Typhoon Kompasu hit central South Korea Thursday morning, the Yonhap News Agency reported.

Rapper T.I. and wife arrested in L.A.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:42:47 EDT

Police arrested rapper T.I. and his wife in California after they were allegedly found in possession of a controlled substance.

BP to try again to remove well cap

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:27:41 EDT

Thad Allen, the government's point man on the oil disaster, said crews are expected to begin efforts Thursday to remove the blowout preventer on BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico.

She drops 100 pounds, gains new life

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:26:25 EDT

I come from a small-ish town in Oklahoma where we've never met a vegetable we couldn't fry and the only things more super-sized than our portions are the huge church complexes that alternate with fast-food restaurants along our roads.

Injury on the set of 'Transformers 3'

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:28:54 EDT

An extra in "Transformers 3" was seriously injured in Indiana on Wednesday evening during the filming of a scene for the upcoming movie, authorities said