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Evangelist preacher anti-Islamist sentiments from near 9/11 siteEvangelist preacher anti-Islamist sentiments from near 9/11 site
An internet evangelist has been preaching against Muslim radicalism at a location near the 9/11 site in New...


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Another tropical storm warning issued for USAnother tropical storm warning issued for US
Another tropical storm is forming close to the US...
Brooklyn brothers make hit music from interview about attempted rape
Three Brooklyn brothers have made a hit record on YouTube based on an Alabama man's interview about an assault on his younger...
Samantha Stosur through to the US Open quarter-finals
Australian Samantha Stosur defeated 12th seed Russian Elena Dementieva to advance to the US Open quarter-finals early on...
Meet the US 'black widow' who gobbles 180 chicken wings in 12 minutes
An American woman, who calls herself the Black Widow, has broken the national championship record by gobbling up 180 chicken wings in 12 minutes in an eating...
New York's famed Rubin Museum celebrating Lord Ganesh in September
Prestigious Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in New York (USA) is celebrating Lord Ganesh during September in view of Ganesh-Chaturthi falling this...
Republican 'Young Guns' critical of Bush to offer real change to voters
A new generation of Republican congressmen are bidding to convince voters that the Right can offer real change, and criticized former president George W Bush and the party hierarchy for betraying conservative...
Venus Williams' dresses making 'fireworks' at US open
Tennis star Venus Williams, infamous for her dressing sense, appeared in a red sequined tennis dress that resembles New York fireworks in her match against Shahar Peer at the U.S....
Florida pastor blasts Muslims, Mormons, Hindus, pro-choice supporters gays
A Florida pastor, Bill Keller, has come to New York and criticized Muslims, Mormons, Hindus, pro-choice supporters...
Tiger Woods heading to 'Infidelity Analyst' Sarah Symonds' lair
Disgraced golfer Tiger Woods could leave for Newport, Wales-hometown of 'Infidelity Analyst' Sarah Symonds-if he competes for the US in the Ryder Cup this...
Justin Bieber on high with album sale and movie
Teenage heartthrob Justin Bieber is on cloud nine these days as his 4 million albums have been sold worldwide in less than a...
White House correspondent livetweets his heart attack saga
A White House correspondent is so addicted to Twitter that he even tweeted about having a heart attack and posted updates when the doctors were attending to...
NYDN endorses Indian American politico's challenge to incumbent NY Congresswoman
Indian American Reshma Saujani, the Democratic primary challenger to Representative Carolyn Maloney in New York's 14th District, has received a strong endorsement from the New York Daily...
Bopanna-Qureshi, Paes-Black in US Open quarter-finals
India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam Ul-Haq-Qureshi stunned second-seeded Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia 6-3, 6-4 in the US Open tennis third round to enter their second successive Grand Slam...
Nadal sends new father Simon home; Stan slams Murray
Rafael Nadal solved the travel plan dilemma of Gilles Simon, sending the distracted Frenchman home to see his newborn son with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 defeat in the third round of the US Open...
The art of making antibiotics is 2000 years old
Ancient Nubians were regularly consuming antibiotic tetracycline, most likely in their beer, according to a chemical analysis of their...
Iran paying Taliban 1,000 dollar bounty for each US soldier's head in Afghanistan
Iran is reportedly paying bonuses of 1,000 dollars to the Taliban for killing an American soldier in Afghanistan and 6,000 dollars for destroying a U.S. military...
Oz voters favour fresh polls even as Independents dither over support
In the midst of uncertainty as to who would form the minority government in Australia, with the three key Independent MPs are yet to take a decision, a majority of the citizens are now fed up with the posturing and dithering of the trio and are in favour of fresh polls, according to a national poll conducted to assess the future of the...
Clooney's 'The American' tops US box-office
Hollywood star George Clooney starrer 'The American' has topped the US box office with an estimated earning of $12.9 million in the...
When Condoleeza Rice hung up on Bush to keep him away from DC following 9/11 attacks
Former US Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice, has revealed that she ordered the then President George W Bush not to return to Washington after the 9/11 attacks before hanging up the phone on...
White House blunder over Oval Office rug quote
The White House has committed an embarrassing blunder over an Oval Office carpet quotation, which they thought belonged to Martin Luther King but in fact,...
Johnson is a wonderful man, says Jessica Simpson
Singer Jessica Simpson is quite happy with her new beau, footballer Eric Johnson, and describes him as a wonderful...
Ex-Colombian spy seduced cop to implicate judges
A former Colombian detective, who received orders from her superiors to infiltrate the Supreme Court in 2007, had seduced a national police captain to be able to carry out her mission, media reports...
US honours Mother Teresa with a stamp
The United States has issued a postal stamp honouring Mother Teresa 'the diminutive Roman Catholic nun and honorary US citizen who served the sick and destitute of India for nearly 50...
42 dead in mudslides in Guatemala
At least 42 people have died in mudslides that followed heavy rains in Guatemala, local media reported...
Farmlands hacked out of tropical forests, finds study
More than half a million square miles of new farmland - an area as big as Alaska - was created in the developing world between 1980 and...
Blair cagey about Bill Clinton's 'potentially sexual element'
Former British prime minister Tony Blair is reluctant to explain a passage from his new book that referenced a 'potentially sexual element' to former US president Bill Clinton's 'curiosity about...
Paris Hilton knife wielder in court Paris Hilton knife wielder in court
A man who has been accused of entering Paris Hilton’s property and wielding two knives outside her window has pleaded not guilty to attempted felony...
Fish fried: Djokovic fillets American at US Open
Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns the ball to Mardy Fish of the United States in the fourth round of play at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. Djokovic won the match...
St. Lucia soccer team honors slain scorer in NY
NEW YORK — Members of a St. Lucian soccer team played in remembrance of a slain teammate as they took the field for a final match in a New York City tournament. Isidore Phillip Tisson was...
Kuznetsova ousted in New York
Cibulkova has beaten former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5, 7-6 and says she struggled to close the match out. She says she got nervous when she was 5-3 up in the second set and had match...
Counselors monitoring prison officers with PTSD
CANON CITY, Colo. -- John Brownfield Jr. became a corrections officer following deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq.Brownfield was later charged with accepting bribes from inmates seeking tobacco at...
Colo fire destroys buildings; no injuries reported
DENVER -- A wildfire in the rugged Colorado foothills destroyed some structures and triggered evacuations on Monday, but no injuries were reported.The fire broke out in the Four Mile Canyon...
Hitman Clooney's 'American' wins weekend box office
LOS ANGELES — George Clooney's hitman tale "The American" has captured the top spot at the box office with a $16.4 million debut over the long Labor Day weekend. Since opening Wednesday, the...
Djokovic dominates Fish; one American left standing - Update
New York last eight for the first time in his career. He becomes the first French quarter-finalist here since Arnaud Clement in 2000.Djokovic insured the further erosion of home's hopes at the Grand...
'The American' reigns U.S. Canadian at weekend box offices
LOS ANGELES -- Spy thriller “The American” rocketed to the top of the North American box office to beat out crime action flick “Takers,” preliminary figures showed...
Former soldier takes Ga. hospital workers hostage
SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP) — A former Army soldier demanding behavioral treatment at a Georgia military hospital took three workers hostage at gunpoint Monday before authorities persuaded the gunman...
Sharron Angle: 'I'll be a mainstream senator'
A staunch conservative with a history of making bold and sometimes controversial comments, Angle insists her comments have been taken out of context in her campaign to oust Senate Majority Leader...
Ready, set, go! Campaign season under way
With less than two months until Election Day, candidates are packing their schedules with campaign events designed to convince voters that they're the best ones for the...
'Little Rock Nine' member Jefferson Thomas dead at 67
(CNN) -- Jefferson Thomas, one of the so-called "Little Rock Nine," the nine students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957, has died, according to Carlotta...
New economic push: Too little, too late?
(CNN) -- President Barack Obama is rushing to roll out a new economic plan this week, but his fellow Democrats are confronting a difficult question: Is it too little, too...
‘The American’ Is Top Film With $16 Million in Sales
Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) -- “The American,” a spy thriller from Universal Pictures’ Focus Features, was the top movie in U.S. and Canadian theaters over the Labor Day weekend with $16.4...
Americans Breeze Into Quarterfinals Against Overmatched Angola
cheap-shot elbow to the skinniest Angola player in a 116-48 rout that included a 46-1 run. The basketball world has gotten to know Angola better since the Dream Team blasted it in Barcelona. And the...
Video: GOP Strategist: Americans At Odds with Democrats
A new CBS News poll finds that 48 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama's handling of the economy. Democratic strategist Tanya Acker and Republican strategist Kevin Madden discussed with...
Analysts: White House Panicking Over Elections
Will Democrats Lose The House? With election season just two months away, incumbent Democrats are scrambling to hold their seats in the house. Harry Smith spoke with Jim Vandehei of Politico and...
Obama Assails GOP, Promotes New Jobs Program
President Obama makes remarks on the economy at the Milwaukee Laborfest on Sept. 6, 2010 in Milwaukee, Wis. Obama unveiled plans to spend at least $ 50 billion to expand and renew U.S. roads,...
One coach a constant in Kevin Kolb's football development
WACO, Texas - If he could have, Kevin Kolb would have followed Art Briles to this south Texas town, home of Baylor University. Twice before in the life and football times of Kolb, he trailed after...
Sending message to those targeting Asians, federal judge gives 9-year term to robber
In sentencing a Southwest Philly man to nine years in prison yesterday, a federal judge said that he was taking into account the need to deter others who would target and rob Asian business owners. ...