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Harris Co. under flash flood watch because of Hermine

Houston Chronicle - Dale Lezon - ‎1 hour ago‎
Heavy thunderstorms and possible flooding are likely today and much of the week as Tropical Storm Hermine marches north through the region, dumping up to 10 inches of rain in the hardest-hit areas.

Firefighters' Homes Among Those Destroyed in Colorado Blaze

ABC News - Lee Ferran, Sabrina Parise - ‎58 minutes ago‎
Powered by high winds, a raging wildfire is ripping through a Colorado canyon, forcing the evacuation of 1000 homes, including those of firefighters who are actively fighting the blaze.

Obama Pushes New Stimulus Package

The Washington Independent - Annie Lowrey - ‎15 minutes ago‎
Speaking at a Labor Day event in Milwaukee, Wis., President Barack Obama unveiled a new stimulus package designed to jump-start the economy before the November elections, as polls show Democrats lagging.

A new poll gives the GOP an edge over Democrats on the economy

CNN - Paul Steinhauser - ‎51 minutes ago‎
Washington (CNN) -- Republicans have a slight edge over Democrats on the economy, according to a new national poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday indicates that 46 percent of Americans say that Republicans in Congress would ...

Jefferson Thomas, 67, member of Little Rock Nine, dies

Washington Post - Adam Bernstein - ‎5 hours ago‎
Jefferson Thomas, one of the "Little Rock Nine" who provoked a major civil rights battle when they integrated Arkansas' largest public high school in 1957 over the opposition of Gov.

WEATHER: Temperatures back into the 90s

Asbury Park Press - ‎1 hour ago‎
The National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch for Monmouth and Ocean counties for Wednesday. There is an elevated risk of fire danger this afternoon but the greater fire danger will be between 2 and 7 pm Wednesday.
Showers possible this afternoon Springfield News Sun

Poll Finds Support for Shorter Term Limits

New York Times (blog) - Daniel E. Slotnik - ‎24 minutes ago‎
Two years after Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg extended the limit on New York City's elected officials from two terms to three, paving the way for his re-election and prompting public outcry, nearly three-fourths of city voters favor ...

Man scales SF tower to publicize his message

San Francisco Chronicle - Bob Egelko - ‎6 hours ago‎
The San Francisco Fire Department helps Dan Goodwin, aka SpiderDan, as he hangs an American flag at the top of the Millennium Tower on Mission Street on Monday.

Imam behind NYC mosque back in US after Gulf trip

The Associated Press - Cristian Salazar - ‎21 minutes ago‎
NEW YORK - An imam who has become the public face of a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero has returned to the United States following a taxpayer-funded tour of the Middle East, his wife said Monday.
In His Gut The Atlantic (blog)

Tea party seeks another upset in Delaware's Senate primary

MiamiHerald.com - David Lightman - ‎1 hour ago‎
WILMINGTON, Del. -- Thanks to the tea party, Rep. Mike Castle's once smooth path to Delaware's Republican Senate nomination suddenly has become less predictable - and is providing a fresh reason for already staggering moderate ...

Army Investigating Ex-Soldier Who Held Nurses Hostage

AHN | All Headline News - ‎2 hours ago‎
Fort Stewart, GA, United States (AHN) - The Army is working with the FBI on its investigation of a former soldier's hostage-taking of three workers in a military hospital at Fort Stewart.

Labor Day news grim, but gloom may lift soon

San Francisco Chronicle - Tom Abate - ‎Sep 5, 2010‎
A woman waits outside a beauty salon with a "Help Wanted" sign in East Los Angeles. A better-than-expected report on employment Friday was the latest piece of improving news on the economy.

Malden police investigate two fatal shootings

Boston Globe - Michele Richinick, Matt Byrne - ‎28 minutes ago‎
About 48 hours after a fatal shooting in Malden shortly after midnight Saturday, Malden police responded to what appeared to be a shootout that left another man dead and two injured early this ...

Wall Street is backing Whitman in California's gubernatorial race

MiamiHerald.com - Jack Chang - ‎2 hours ago‎
Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman was leading a triumphant rally at the state GOP convention last month when she announced that New Yorkers were excited about the California governor's race.

Protest over fatal shooting by LAPD turns violent

The Associated Press - ‎5 hours ago‎
LOS ANGELES - A protest over the fatal police shooting of a Guatemalan immigrant turned violent when some demonstrators threw bottles at officers, set trash cans on fire and refused to disperse.

No Labor Day break for DC mayor candidates; almost 8000 have voted so far

Washington Post - Nikita Stewart - ‎11 hours ago‎
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and DC Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray are battling for votes in the city's Democratic primary on Sept.

Minus Murkowski, Alaska's Senate candidates hit campaign trail

MiamiHerald.com - Kyle Hopkins - ‎2 hours ago‎
Alaska candidates for US Senate spent Labor Day weekend meeting voters and trading insults in what's promising to be a point-blank battle as each paints himself as the sensible alternative to the other guy's radical views or failed ...

Paul's lead

Politico (blog) - ‎34 minutes ago‎
Rand Paul's huge lead in the new SurveyUSA poll suggests that concerns about his Libertarian views aren't really sticking in Kentucky.

Obama's turf: Beck to invade Chicago with Right Nation

Washington Times - ‎7 hours ago‎
Glenn Beck has outwitted the mainstream media and is speaking directly to the American people. What will happen when he invades Barack Obama's home turf, Chicago?

SF Bay Dumbarton Bridge wetlands area restored

San Jose Mercury News - ‎56 minutes ago‎
AP MENLO PARK, Calif.—Tens of thousands of birds are expected to flock to a restored salt marsh along the Dumbarton Bridge in the San Francisco Bay.
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