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    Earl's winds at 85 mph

    CNN - 13 min 29 sec ago
    Hurricane Earl weakened to a Category 1 storm Friday with winds of 85 mph, but the Northeast was still preparing to feel its fury.

    Feds bust huge human-trafficking ring

    CNN - 22 min 8 sec ago
    Six job recruiters have been indicted in federal court in what the FBI has called the largest human-trafficking operation ever to result in charges in the United States.

    Mich. man kills 3-foot gator while picking corn

    Boston Globe - 31 min 43 sec ago
    A man gathering sweet corn in southern Michigan is the latest to have an unexpected encounter with an alligator.



    Alligator - Maize - Corn - Michigan - Agriculture

    State report urges Mexico to improve human rights

    Boston Globe - 42 min 15 sec ago
    The Obama administration says Mexico has met enough human rights requirements to release $36 million in previously withheld funds that were part of the $1.4 billion Merida Initiative.



    Mexico - Human rights - Human Rights and Liberties - Advocacy Organizations - Africa

    New LA trial for man who skipped court to see son

    Boston Globe - 1 hour 2 min ago
    A federal appeals court has overturned a businessman's tax fraud conviction because the Los Angeles judge didn't postpone the case so the man could be at his son's deathbed.



    Los Angeles - United States - Tax avoidance and tax evasion - United States courts of appeals - Trial

    Police search landfill for slain man's missing son

    Boston Globe - 1 hour 2 min ago
    Authorities are searching a Northern California landfill for signs of a missing man whose father was killed last week.



    California - Police - Northern California - United States - Landfill

    Commercial pilot sentenced for drug-masking powder

    Boston Globe - 1 hour 2 min ago
    A federal judge in Pittsburgh says a former airline pilot will spend nine months in prison for selling a powdered drink mix meant to help truck drivers, pilots and train engineers pass federal drug tests.



    Aviator - DrugTest - Business - Truck driver - Recreation

    Airport official: plane crashes outside Dubai

    Boston Globe - 1 hour 12 min ago
    An aircraft believed to be a cargo plane crashed Friday outside Dubai, an airport official said. There was no immediate word on casualties.



    Dubai - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - Aircraft - Aviation

    Storm sends some fleeing Isle of Shoals

    Boston Globe - 1 hour 14 min ago
    Some people who live on islands off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire have decided to play it safe and return to the mainland before the seas are churned up by Hurricane Earl.



    Hurricane Earl - New Hampshire - Maine - United States - North Carolina

    Storm sends some fleeing Isle of Shoals

    Boston Globe - 1 hour 14 min ago
    Some people who live on islands off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire have decided to play it safe and return to the mainland before the seas are churned up by Hurricane Earl.



    Hurricane Earl - New Hampshire - Maine - United States - North Carolina

    Obama promises new jobs initiatives

    CNN - 1 hour 16 min ago
    President Obama promised to lay out a broad package of ideas for job creation next week and slamming Senate Republicans for blocking his small business aid legislation.

    Balloon boy family moves to Florida from Colorado

    Boston Globe - 1 hour 21 min ago
    The family at the center of the balloon boy hoax has moved out of the house where the fateful trip began, leaving Colorado for Florida.



    Colorado - Balloon boy hoax - Florida - United States - Crafts

    Guinea candidates commit to peaceful runoff vote

    Boston Globe - 1 hour 21 min ago
    The two candidates facing off in Guinea's historic runoff election later this month say they'll respect its outcome.



    Guinea - Two-round system - Africa - Politics - Campaigns and Elections

    Maine organic milk company to stay open

    Boston Globe - 1 hour 34 min ago
    A Maine farmer-owned organic milk company is going to keep processing milk after all. David Bright, of Maine's Own Organic Milk, or MOOMilk, says a number of individuals and foundations have provided enough money to enable the company to sell its product to two Maine food banks.



    Maine - Milk - United States - Food - Dairy

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    Boston Globe - 1 hour 34 min ago

    Bosnian police track down suspected puppy killer

    Boston Globe - 1 hour 41 min ago
    Police in Bosnia say they believe they have located a young woman shown in a video throwing puppies into a river.



    Bosnia-Herzegovina - Police - YouTube - Law - Bosnia

    Mich. man gathering corn confronted by alligator

    Boston Globe - 1 hour 41 min ago
    A southern Michigan man simply wanted to gather some sweet corn for the family freezer. He didn't expect to have to deal with a 34-inch alligator rushing at him. Jeff Adamski of St. Joseph County was in a corn field near the Michigan-Indiana border when two women came running from a few rows over, screaming that they had seen an ...



    Michigan - Sweet corn - Corn - Field Crops - Cereals

    Silver lining in jobs report

    CNN - 1 hour 43 min ago
    Business hiring is picking up, but not enough to make up for the massive losses of temporary government jobs.

    Earl weakening; may bring hurricane gusts to Mass.

    Boston Globe - 1 hour 44 min ago
    Hurricane Earl is weakening but the National Hurricane Center says gusts of more than 70 mph are still possible on Cape Cod and Nantucket Island in Massachusetts as the storm moves northeast.



    Massachusetts - Cape Cod - National Hurricane Center - Nantucket Massachusetts - Earth Sciences

    Earl weakening; may bring hurricane gusts to Mass.

    Boston Globe - 1 hour 44 min ago
    Hurricane Earl is weakening but the National Hurricane Center says gusts of more than 70 mph are still possible on Cape Cod and Nantucket Island in Massachusetts as the storm moves northeast.



    Massachusetts - Cape Cod - National Hurricane Center - Nantucket Massachusetts - Earth Sciences
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