Recently released court documents provide details of the brutal stabbing deaths of a pregnant woman and her husband at their Southern California beach house last year. (www.newsvine.com)

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The Colorado Avalanche remain committed to their youth movement, signing forward Chris Stewart to a two-year deal. (www.newsvine.com)

President Felipe Calderon tried to rally frustrated Mexicans behind his increasingly bloody drug war Thursday, saying he knows violence has surged under his watch, but arguing that it is the price of confronting powerful and brutal cartels. (www.newsvine.com)

World War II veterans, their families and officials marked the 65th anniversary of the end of that war on board the same ship where Japan formally surrendered in 1945. World War II - Japan - History - Twentieth Century - Wars and Conflicts (feeds.boston.com)

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Gardeners are being warned about the risk of Legionnaire's disease from compost after a pensioner developed the disease after handling compost. (www.bbc.co.uk)

Disney reached a long-term agreement with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. (feeds.wsjonline.com)

Time Warner Cable customers will finally get access to the sports website ESPN3.com, even if they are not subscribers to the company's Internet plan. (www.newsvine.com)

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Tony Steward grew up rooting for Florida State and idolizing linebacker Ernie Sims, two reasons he has the Seminoles at the top of his short list of college choices. (www.newsvine.com)

Members of the original funk band War say they can't be friends with PepsiCo. (www.newsvine.com)

Iceland's government began considering on Thursday a bid by a private military training company to base a fleet of fighter jets at an ex-U.S. air base for hired war game exercises. (www.newsvine.com)

In this age of cable TV and the Internet, it makes no sense to obsess over what appears on a few broadcast television stations (feedproxy.google.com)

Delaware Republicans call Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell a liar who "could not be elected dog catcher" in a fierce attack that underscores GOP fears of the tea party-backed candidate knocking off top recruit Rep. Mike Castle and winning the nomination. (www.newsvine.com)

Lady Antebellum guitarist Dave Haywood still needs a plus-one for the CMA Awards. (www.newsvine.com)

Parts of eastern Long Island and New Jersey's shoreline are bracing for a massive storm this Labor Day weekend as Hurricane Earl continues to pack 125 mph winds as it makes its way up the East Coast. The National Weather Service issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the Long... (www.nypost.com)

NEWARK, N.J. — Two transportation agencies have launched a campaign to encourage travelers to take the train to Newark’s airport. Officials of NJ Transit and the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey announced new promotional discounts and outreach programs on Thursday. Beginning Friday, passengers traveling between the rail... (www.nypost.com)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A last-minute change in the fall course schedule of Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren has fueled speculation the White House might soon nominate her to head the newly created U.S. consumer financial agency. (feeds.reuters.com)

Mexican authorities have had significant successes against drug traffickers, President Felipe Calderon said in his fourth annual state-of-the-nation speech Thursday, noting that three major kingpins have been captured or killed in the past year. (rss.cnn.com)

Several schools have banned rubber bracelets that have a cancer-awareness message some say is in poor taste: "I love boobies." (rssfeeds.usatoday.com)

Two groups of 44 states will use the $330 million in federal money to design better annual reading and math tests. (feeds.nytimes.com)

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Census takers counting China's more than 1.3 billion people already face a daunting task, and it's getting harder for the latest once-a-decade update. (www.newsvine.com)

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Sept. 2: Sixty-five years ago, on the deck of the USS Missouri, a Japanese delegation signed the Instrument of Surrender, formally ending World War Two. It was September 2, 1945 -- less than four years after Pearl Harbor.  Brian Williams recounts the remarkable story, with rare, long-unseen footage, and tells what happened to "Mighty... (nightly.newsvine.com)

MIAMI (AP) — A hurricane warning is out for part of the Massachusetts coast including Nantucket as Earl bears down on the Eastern Seaboard. (feeds.chicagotribune.com)

Dell on Thursday withdrew from the bidding for 3Par, which agreed to be acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $33 per share. (feeds.nytimes.com)

Four months before Southern Sudan is scheduled to hold an independence referendum, tensions are already rising in this oil-rich region that sits on the expected future border, with allegations the central government is using violence and ethnic cleansing to sway the vote. (www.newsvine.com)

SARATOV, Russia (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev ordered law enforcement agencies on Thursday to prevent speculators driving up food prices after the worst harvest in years and pledged help to ensure affordable food staples. (feeds.reuters.com)

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Although firms are replacing employees who have left, they are not creating new jobs, the UK's largest recruitment company warns. (www.bbc.co.uk)

Analysis: Even as the U.S. remains the supreme military power in Iraq, Iran has more influence over Iraqi politics (feedproxy.google.com)

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The International Monetary Fund, which has been warning that U.S. and European debt levels are rising dangerously, downplayed the likelihood that Greece would default. (feeds.wsjonline.com)

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Gov. Paterson is a wanted man. Dozens of Native Americans -- including one brandishing a sign showing Paterson, a handgun and the words "I'm Hunting Indians. You See Any?" -- rallied on the side of the Thruway yesterday to protest the governor's plan to tax cigarettes on Indian... (www.nypost.com)

Hurricane Earl swept toward the Outer Banks of North Carolina early Thursday as hurricane warnings and watches stretched to Delaware and parts of Massachusetts. (rss.cnn.com)

As Middle East peace talks begin anew in Washington, President Obama warns, "This moment of opportunity may not soon come again." (rssfeeds.usatoday.com)