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Al-Qaida claims attack that injured Saudi prince

By The Associated Press
August 29, 2009

CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaida claimed responsibility Sunday for a suicide attack that injured a Saudi prince and said the bomber arrived on a royal jet after convincing the ruling family he wanted to surrender.----Contact...

Friends, minister mourn 2 slain Va. Tech students

By The Associated Press
August 29, 2009

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Authorities stepped up patrols Friday near an area of Jefferson National Forest where a Virginia Tech couple described by their minister as "godly young people" were found slain....

Baton Rouge has most dog parks of any La. city

By The Associated Press
August 29, 2009

(AP) — This city has gone to the dogs — or at least its parks have. It's on its way to having six parks dedicated for dogs. When East Baton Rouge Parish recreation officials surveyed residents...

Obama: No turf wars, red tape in Katrina recovery

By The Associated Press
August 29, 2009

OAK BLUFFS, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama marked the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Saturday by pledging to make sure that turf wars and red tape don't slow the pace of the continuing...

Gov. Jindal’s Sunday travel on La. aircraft costly

By The Associated Press
August 29, 2009

(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal's use of a state helicopter to visit churches across Louisiana has run up a taxpayer tab of several thousand dollars, according to a newspaper report.----Contact The Daily...

Pakistan: Border blast sets NATO fuel trucks afire

By The Associated Press
August 29, 2009

CHAMAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say an explosion has set several NATO fuel tankers on fire at a Afghan border crossing.----Contact The Daily Reveille's news staff at [email protected]

Hatoyama not likely to change US- Japan alliance

By The Associated Press
August 29, 2009

TOKYO (AP) — As Japan's opposition leader, Yukio Hatoyama was a strong critic of what he called Tokyo's subservient position to Washington. But with his party now expected to take power, he is not...

Danny wets East Coast; Pacific storm strengthens

By The Associated Press
August 29, 2009

BOSTON (AP) — Heavy rain and dangerous rip currents from a weak tropical system emptied East Coast beaches for a second straight late-summer weekend, while a hurricane that could clip Mexico's coast...

The Kennedy family gathers around the grave site as an Honor Guard carries the casket of Sen. Ted Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va. on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009. Kennedy's remains will be buried alongside his slain brothers, John and Robert.

Kennedy laid to rest at Arlington, beside brothers

By The Associated Press
August 29, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was laid to rest Saturday night alongside slain brothers John and Robert on hallowed ground at Arlington National Cemetery, celebrated for "the dream he kept...

Experts: NASA budget not enough for another moon landing

By The Associated Press
August 26, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA will test the powerful first stage of its new Ares moon rocket Thursday, a milestone in a program that has already spent $7 billion for a rocket that astronauts may never use....

Louisiana down 9,500 non-farm jobs over year

By The Associated Press
August 26, 2009

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's non-farm work force fell by 9,500 jobs from July 2008 to July 2009 — a drop slowed by more government jobs — as the state's overall job picture remained...

Shirtless man hijacks, crashes Atlanta public school bus

By The Associated Press
August 26, 2009

ATLANTA (AP) — A shirtless man hijacked an Atlanta public school bus with about a dozen students aboard Thursday and then jumped out of the driver's seat as the bus careened down a steep hill, a...