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Hurricane Earl sideswipes NC’s Outer Banks, then takes aim at New England; Cape Cod threatened

CHATHAM, Mass. (AP) — A weakening but still dangerous Hurricane Earl steamed toward the gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages of Cape Cod on Friday, disrupting people’s vacations on the unofficial final weekend of the short New England summer….

It’s time to end Democratic control of Congress

Democrats are buying votes with taxpayer dollars, plain and simple. They offer gifts for every conceivable voting bloc. As your children, grandchildren and generations beyond pay for the unbelievable spending of our current government, remember that you…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — El presidente Barack Obama expresó…

Former President Clinton campaigns for New York Democrat, chides GOP for economic “mess”

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton slammed Republicans Friday for their stewardship of the economy during their years in power in Washington, and said the party’s campaign message heading into the 2010 midterm elections is: “Put us in…

Anxiety in the Gulf: Latest fire leaves oil industry wondering when it can get back to work

WASHINGTON (AP) — What now for the Gulf?

News of another oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico, so soon after the BP oil spill, has set off a wave of anxiety along the Gulf Coast and prompted calls for the government to extend its six-month ban on…

Obama, NATO Secretary-General Fogh Rasmussen to meet at White House next Tuesday

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to meet at the White House next week with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (AHN’-derz FOHG RAHS’-moo-sihn).

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says the visit is part of Obama’s ongoing…

Connecticut prepares for Hurricane Earl

The brunt of Hurricane Earl is not expected to hit Connecticut until late Friday evening, according to state emergency officials.

Scott DeVico, spokesman for the state Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, said the storm’s heaviest…

Franklin man charged in James City with threats to ‘blow up government’

JAMES CITY — Threats to blow up Barack Obama’s Norfolk presidential campaign headquarters in 2008 landed a Franklin man in Eastern State Hospital.

Charges of threatening to “blow up the government” sent the same man back in jail, said District…