Stocks extend September rally after jobs report (AP)

AP - The stock market had its first winning week in a month thanks to better news on the economy.

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Palestinian kills 4 Israelis on eve of peace talks (AP)

AP - A Palestinian gunman opened fire on an Israeli vehicle traveling in the West Bank on Tuesday, killing four passengers, authorities said, in a deadly attack that cast a long shadow over Mideast peace talks set to start this week.

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AP source: Unlikely that 2 men plotting terror (AP)

AP - The FBI probe of two men arrested in Amsterdam after suspicious items turned up in one of the men’s luggage is finding they were probably not on a test run for a future terror attack, a U.S. official said Tuesday, casting doubt on earlier suggestions even as Dutch authorities held the pair on suspicion of conspiring to commit a terrorist act.

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Consumer confidence inches up in August (AP)

AP - Americans’ confidence in the economy improved slightly in August, but the mood is still gloomy amid job worries, according to a monthly survey.

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Obama: GOP should let small business bill through (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama exhorted Congress on Monday to make passage of a long-languishing small business aid package its first order of business when it returns next month from its summer break.

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Obama says economy coming back in backyard chat (AP)

AP - Admittedly wary of losing touch, President Barack Obama returned to the comfort of backyard politics on Wednesday, assuring a polite gathering of middle-class neighbors that the economy is coming around “slowly but surely.”

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Obama stresses no discord with Petraeus on board (AP)

AP - No more discord in the Afghanistan war command, President Barack Obama vows. With Gen.

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US childlessness is up, but racial gaps narrowing (AP)

AP - Nearly 1 in 5 American women beyond childbearing years never gave birth as fewer couples, particularly higher-educated whites, view having children as necessary to a good marriage.

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Latest blunder feeds frustration in the Gulf (AP)

AP - Earlier this month, BP boldly predicted the oil gushing from the bottom of the sea would be reduced to a “relative trickle” within days, and President Barack Obama told the nation last week that as much as 90 percent would soon be captured.

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Lawmakers seek a deal for Wall Street bill (AP)

AP - Working into early Friday, lawmakers drafting an overhaul of bank regulations sought to soften a contentious Wall Street restriction that would force large bank holding companies to spin off their lucrative derivatives business.

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