Sep 04, 2010 08:14AM

US says goodbye to Earl as storm spins into Canada (AP)

AP - In the end, Hurricane Earl wasn't even as bad as some of the no-name nor'easters that pound New England from time to time.

Sep 04, 2010 05:33AM

BP raises blowout preventer, key evidence in probe (AP)

AP - BP crews worked Saturday to slowly raise the 300-ton blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, careful not to damage or drop a key piece of evidence in the spill investigation.

Sep 04, 2010 07:12AM

Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful NZ quake (AP)

AP - Chimneys and walls crumbled to the ground, roads cracked in half and residents were knocked off their feet as a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. The prime minister said it was a miracle no one was killed.

Sep 04, 2010 09:09AM

Shoes, eggs hurled at ex-Brit PM Blair in Dublin (AP)

AP - Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday at Tony Blair who held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in Ireland's capital. Hundreds more people lined up to have their books autographed — evidence that the divisions left by Blair's decade as British leader have yet to heal.

Sep 04, 2010 08:17AM

Many Pakistanis still waiting for flood aid (AP)

AP - Abdul Rehman and his family live under a tree next to a pile of rubble on a newly created island where his house used to be.