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09/03/2010 11:40 AM
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Earl weakens to Category 1, heads for Northeast
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AP - Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and little damage, then chugged up the Eastern Seaboard toward Cape Cod, a weaker but still dangerous storm.
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09/03/2010 11:24 AM
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Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises
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AP - Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose because not enough jobs were created to absorb the growing number of people looking for work.
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09/03/2010 11:51 AM
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Officials say second US missile strike kills 2
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AP - Pakistani officials say the second suspected U.S. missile strike of the day has killed two people in the country's restive tribal region.
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09/03/2010 12:28 PM
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Police release professor held in airport scare
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AP - A senior law enforcement official says investigators have released a scientist detained at Miami International Airport after screeners spotted a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb, prompting an evacuation.
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09/03/2010 11:07 AM
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Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone
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AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province.
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09/03/2010 11:06 AM
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Small signal, big meaning? Castro in military duds
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AP - Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance.
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09/03/2010 10:15 AM
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Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash
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AP - An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet (three kilometers) in the air Friday, sending frightened residents fleeing to safety for the second time this week.
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09/03/2010 10:44 AM
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Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill
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AP - Unlike the blast that led to the massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico killed no one and sent no crude gushing into the water.
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09/03/2010 11:25 AM
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Brooks & Dunn end 20-year career at Nashville show
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AP - The first song Brooks & Dunn ever sang together has become their last.
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09/03/2010 11:50 AM
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Roethlisberger suspension reduced to 4 games
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AP - Ben Roethlisberger's suspension has been cut from six games to four by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The Pittsburgh Steelers' star quarterback met with Goodell early Friday and was told he could return on Oct. 17 against Cleveland.
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09/03/2010 12:17 PM
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Plane crashes on Dubai highway, causes fires:TV
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Reuters - A cargo plane crashed on a busy highway in Dubai on Friday, setting some cars on fire, Al Arabiya television reported.
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09/03/2010 12:22 PM
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Obama says to address new economic ideas next week
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Reuters - President Barack Obama will outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy after August data on Friday showed again that jobs -- the central issue in November elections -- were being created too slowly.
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09/03/2010 10:30 AM
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U.S. and Israel spying behind BlackBerry woe: Dubai police
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Reuters - Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the United States to spy on the United Arab Emirates are behind the Gulf state's moves to curb the smartphone, Dubai's police chief said.
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09/03/2010 11:10 AM
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Private hiring surprises with 67,000 new jobs
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Reuters - U.S. employment fell for a third straight month in August, but the drop was far less than expected and private hiring surprised on the upside, easing pressure on the Federal Reserve to prop up economic growth.
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09/02/2010 11:18 PM
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No sign of oil after Gulf platform fire: Coast Guard
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Reuters - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, but the crew of 13 escaped and there were no signs of an oil spill, the Coast Guard said.
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09/03/2010 11:43 AM
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Hurricane Earl swipes U.S. east but no big hit
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Reuters - Hurricane Earl slapped North Carolina's coast with rain, winds and heavy surf on Friday and swirled up the U.S. eastern seaboard toward New England and Canada as a much tamer storm than feared.
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09/03/2010 11:09 AM
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BP oil spill costs hit $8 billion as ends rig probe
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Reuters - BP Plc said the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion as the oil giant prepared to release the findings of an internal probe into the causes of the disaster.
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09/03/2010 08:09 AM
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Special Report: Outgunned FDA tries to get tough with drug ads
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Reuters - It wasn't what you would call a casual get-together.
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09/03/2010 07:54 AM
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Mideast leaders to hold bimonthly peace talks
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AFP - Israeli and Palestinian leaders have cleared the first hurdle in what promises to be difficult negotiations, vowing to try to settle core differences within a year and meet every two weeks.
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09/03/2010 12:11 PM
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Police quiz Pakistan bowlers in probe
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AFP - British police questioned Pakistan bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif on Friday as cricket's governing body insisted the case was not the tip of a corruption iceberg in the game.
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09/03/2010 08:30 AM
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Paper workers union promises to be more active
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Union workers at Glatfelter might have a stronger force behind them as USW paper division leaders agreed to play a more proactive role in bargaining.
The union this week announced a commitment to increase participation among union members and between unions and management at each site.
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09/03/2010 08:21 AM
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Committee eyes tweaks to city bow hunting law
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In an effort to make Chillicothe's deer bow hunt more effective, a few tweaks to the current ordinance will be proposed for the 2009-10 hunt.
At a parks and recreation committee meeting Thursday, Chairman Tom Trutschel, R-1st Ward, took some advice from those in attendance concerning ways to improve the hunt, which was authorized by an act of city council in 2008.
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09/03/2010 01:00 AM
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Some unions won't back Space in House race
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Political fallout from their vote on overhauling health care has jeopardized the electoral prospects of some congressional Democrats in Ohio, including Rep. Zack Space. What sets the two-term congressman apart from the others is that it's his "no" vote that has people angry.
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09/03/2010 01:00 AM
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Strickland spares killer who claimed innocence
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COLUMBUS -- A condemned inmate had his life spared Thursday when Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland cited "legitimate questions" about evidence used to convict the inmate, even though the governor thinks the prisoner committed the crimes.
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09/03/2010 01:00 AM
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First $75M of centrifuge deal closes
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PIKETON -- The first phase of a strategic investment tied to the American Centrifuge Plant has closed successfully.
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09/03/2010 01:00 AM
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Housing grant contest goes to Internet voting
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A quarter-million grant application from a local transitional housing program has been named a finalist to compete for a Pepsi Refresh Grant, and now it's up to Internet and text-message voters to push it over the top.
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09/03/2010 01:00 AM
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State agencies promote safe, sensible holiday weekend
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The Ohio Highway Patrol and Ohio Department of Transportation issued advisories Thursday hoping to make Labor Day traffic flow both more smoothly and safely.
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09/03/2010 01:00 AM
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HOT DAY ON THE PLAYGROUND
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09/03/2010 01:00 AM
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CORRECTION
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The 40 Et 8 Voiture 43 fish stand has closed for the year and won't be serving food today through Saturday. Incorrect information appeared on Page 2D of Thursday's Gazette.
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09/03/2010 01:00 AM
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CHILLICOTHE FIRE DEPARTMENT CHILLICOTHE POLICE DEPARTMENT
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10:59 a.m. -- Delano Avenue; medic.
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