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• Earl weakens but still powerful as it passes NC (AP)
• Oil platform catches fire in Gulf; workers OK (AP)
• Comfort Inn a hurricane hostel in NC (AP)
• Police: Discovery Channel hostages planned escape (AP)
• LA police ID owner of trunk containing baby bodies (AP)
• Arizona governor stumbles during debate (AP)
• Pearl Harbor marks 65th anniversary of WWII's end (AP)
• FBI: 6 accused in forced labor of 400 Thai workers (AP)
• Phoenix airport worker arrested in luggage thefts (AP)
• Embattled Illinois prisons chief resigns (AP)
• Wash. woman in acid attack recounts agonizing pain (AP)
• Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe (AP)
• Can home cooking be hazardous to your health? (AP)
• Hamas among intractable issues in Mideast talks (AP)
• Builders of NYC mosque face financial hurdles (AP)
• Chicago gangs to top cop: You're not playing fair (AP)
• Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from NY jail (AP)
• Judge punishes Michigan juror for Facebook post (AP)
• Temporary cap that stopped oil gusher removed (AP)
• Army: Chaplain is 1st killed in action since '70 (AP)