Clashes in Guinea ahead of poll

Clashes in Guinea ahead of poll
EPA to hold NY hearing, last of 4, on gas drilling (AP)
Boehner says he'd support a middle-class tax cut (AP)
Another wildfire bedevils Colorado
Mosque retreat will feed extremism, warns NY imam (AFP)
Igor now Category 4 hurricane
Iran Willing to Release American Hiker on Bail
Coast to Coast, Tea Partiers Promote Their Cause
Six dead after US breakfast row
Back for good cause: Gary and Robbie sing for heroes

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 02:49 PM PDT

One person is killed and 50 are injured during clashes in Guinea's capital, Conakry, a week ahead of a presidential run-off election.

EPA to hold NY hearing, last of 4, on gas drilling (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 02:48 PM PDT

AP - The oil and gas industry is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to keep a narrow focus in its study of how a drilling technique that involves blasting chemical-laced water into the ground may affect drinking water — while environmental groups want the study to cover everything from road-building to waste disposal.

Boehner says he'd support a middle-class tax cut (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 02:42 PM PDT

AP - House Minority Leader John Boehner says he would vote for President Obama's plan to extend tax cuts only for middle-class earners, not the wealthy, if that were the only option available to House Republicans.

Another wildfire bedevils Colorado

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 02:34 PM PDT

Residents displaced by a giant wildfire near Boulder, Colorado, began returning home Sunday while, 40 miles to the north, another fire forced evacuations west of Loveland.

Mosque retreat will feed extremism, warns NY imam (AFP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 02:33 PM PDT

AFP - The Islamic cleric behind plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero in New York warned on Sunday that retreating on the project would only strengthen the hand of the Muslim extremists.

Igor now Category 4 hurricane

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 02:20 PM PDT

The hurricane known as Igor is getting brawnier, packing winds of up to 80 mph (130 kph) as it continued moving across the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, said Sunday morning.

Iran Willing to Release American Hiker on Bail

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 02:20 PM PDT

A prosecutor said that an American woman held with two friends on espionage charges for more than a year would be freed, state news agencies reported.

Coast to Coast, Tea Partiers Promote Their Cause

Posted: 12 Sep 2010 02:19 PM PDT

Tea party activists gathered to spread their message of smaller government and focus their political movement on the pivotal congressional elections in November.