AP Interview: Maine man says NY bomber was partyer (AP)

AP - A Pakistani man detained during an investigation of a botched car bombing in New York City’s Times Square says he knew the plotter years ago as a partying college student — not as the radical Muslim who later said he received explosives training from the Pakistani Taliban.

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Earl could force US evacuations ahead of Labor Day (AP)

AP - A powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe much of the East Coast just ahead of Labor Day, worrying countless vacationers who planned to spend the traditional last week of summer at the beach.

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FACT CHECK: Is Iraq combat really over for U.S.? (AP)

AP - Despite President Barack Obama’s declaration Tuesday of an end to the combat mission in Iraq, combat almost certainly lies ahead.

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Gates plans to retire next year (AP)

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to leave his job next year.

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White House: politics no role in mosque remarks (AP)

AP - A White House spokesman says politics wasn’t a factor in President Barack Obama’s remarks about building a mosque near the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York City.

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Historic financial overhaul signed to law by Obama (AP)

AP - Reveling over a new milestone in his presidency, a triumphant Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of lending and high-finance rules since the Great Depression, adding safeguards for millions of consumers and aiming to restrain Wall Street excesses that could set off a new recession.

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National intelligence director resigning (AP)

AP - National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair is resigning under pressure from the White House, ending a tumultuous 16-month tenure marked by intelligence failures and spy agency turf wars.

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Syrupy oil washes into La. marshes for first time (AP)

AP - The spectacle many had feared for a month finally began unfolding as gooey, rust-colored oil washed into the marshes at the mouth of the Mississippi for the first time, stoking public anger and frustration with both BP and the government.

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Nobel-winning Obama defends war in call for peace (AP)

AP - Newly enshrined among the world’s great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war.

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Pakistani police: 5 detained US men sought jihad (AP)

AP - Five young American Muslims arrested in Pakistan met with representatives of an al-Qaida-linked group and asked for training but were turned down because they lacked references from trusted militants, a Pakistani law enforcement official said Thursday.

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