Craigslist closed the adult services section of its website, a week after a group of state attorneys general complained about illegal ads promoting prostitution.

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 17:03:05 GMT

After toying with tens of millions of coastal residents and tourists along the East Coast, Earl finally made landfall Saturday morning — but in Canada's Nova Scotia province.

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 20:17:35 GMT

French trade unions protested on Saturday against a clampdown on immigrants, launching a week of action against tightening security and pension reforms on which President Nicolas Sarkozy has staked his political reputation.



Nicolas Sarkozy - French people - Trade union - Paris - President Nicolas Sarkozy

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 17:46:58 GMT

A pier on Manhattan's West Side caught on fire on Saturday, sending plumes of smoke billowing into the air above the Hudson River and the West Side Highway. The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear.



Manhattan - West Side Highway - Hudson River - West Side - Hudson Valley

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 20:41:05 GMT

Jeff Demps had a long scoring run, John Brantley added a fluky touchdown pass late and No. 4 Florida overcame an error-filled game to beat Miami (Ohio) 34-12 Saturday.

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 19:51:36 GMT

American upstart Beatrice Capra got blown away Saturday — by the excellence of Maria Sharapova and the bad, blustery conditions caused by the remnants of Hurricane Earl.  Treating the wind and an opponent with nothing to lose as mere annoyances, Sharapova put a 6-0, 6-0 thumping on Capra at the U.S. Open.

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 21:06:49 GMT

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 21:06:49 GMT

Matt Leinart - Shopping - Greeting Cards - Stationery - Gifts

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:18:56 GMT

Oil billionaires David and Charles Koch have jumped on board an effort to suspend California's global warming law by making a million-dollar contribution this week.



California - Charles G. Koch - Environment - Global warming - Climate change

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:34:59 GMT

Paul Conrad, the political cartoonist who won three Pulitzer Prizes and used his pencil to poke at politicians for more than 50 years, died Saturday, his son said. He was 86.

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 20:20:02 GMT

Crime and the sale of donated aid supplies are undermining the aid effort for Pakistan's flood victims.



Pakistan - Asia - Government - Flood - Business and Economy

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:54:20 GMT

The death toll from a Pakistani Taliban suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose to 65 Saturday as critically wounded people died in hospitals, while a suspected U.S. missile strike killed seven insurgents in a restive tribal area.

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:09:34 GMT

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:09:34 GMT

Authorities searched a Northern California landfill Friday for signs of a missing man authorities said might be a fifth murder victim linked to a suspect who was shot and killed by police after a high-speed chase on Aug. 31.

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:29:57 GMT

It was a bittersweet and unlikely reunion.



Reunion - Family - Home - Parenting - Africa

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 17:52:31 GMT

Brandt Snedeker is the leader at the Deutsche Bank Championship, a spot he didn't imagine when he saw that his tee times coincided with the expected arrival of rain and wind from Hurricane Earl. Turns out Snedeker, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and others might have wound up on the good side of the draw.

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:55:25 GMT

Authorities declared an overnight curfew for Saturday after a major earthquake hit New Zealand's second-biggest city.

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 15:55:12 GMT

Anti-war protesters hurled shoes and eggs at Tony Blair on Saturday as he arrived for the first public signing of his fast-selling memoir.

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 13:36:33 GMT

Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the people who were leaving, not the food or festivities beckoning from across the street.

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 16:45:42 GMT

Police in southern Switzerland say a teenage member of the Russian national snowboard team has died at a training camp in the Alps.



Russia - Switzerland - Recreation - Alps - Camps

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 13:50:34 GMT

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 13:50:34 GMT

Several relatives of 104-year-old reclusive heiress Huguette Clark went to court Friday, asking for a guardian to protect her. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports.

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 02:07:19 GMT

"The American" is a ho-hum name for a thriller starring one of Hollywood's most powerful leading men -- George Clooney -- but it also makes you realize just how many movies have the word "American" in their title.

Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 19:48:39 GMT

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 13:45:07 GMT

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: More than a decade ago, British physicist Stephen Hawking said there was a 50-50 chance that a unified "theory of everything" would be discovered within 20 years. Now he explains why he thinks the theory has been found.

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:48:30 GMT

Sport - Business - Clothing - Consumer Goods and Services - Apparel

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 15:10:54 GMT

Nine people were killed after a light aircraft used for skydiving crashed in New Zealand's South Island, police said Saturday.

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 10:11:49 GMT

You can't avoid all environmental toxins, but you can make it easier for your body to cleanse them.

Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 20:12:10 GMT

More than five decades after a partial nuclear meltdown just outside Los Angeles, state and federal officials Friday announced agreements to remove all contamination.

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 08:32:06 GMT