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Paper: Van der Sloot admits to Holloway extortion
September 7, 2010Joran van der Sloot admitted to a Dutch newspaper that he extorted money from the family of Natalee Holloway, the Alabama teen who disappeared in Aruba.
Help sought after spy found dead in bag
September 7, 2010Police asked for help in last month's death of a man who worked for British intelligence and whose naked body was found in a padlocked duffel bag in his bathroom.
Obama's economic push too little, late?
September 7, 2010President Obama rolls out an economic plan this week, but his fellow Democrats are confronting a difficult question: Is it too little, too late?
Petraeus warns against burning Qurans
September 7, 2010The U.S. commander in Afghanistan criticized a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, warning that it could endanger American troops.
Mexico: Gunmen behind massacre ID'd
September 7, 2010Six of the suspected gunmen responsible for the killings of 72 migrants in Mexico have been identified, Mexican authorities said Monday, the state-run Notimex news agency reported.
Winds fuel Colo., Okla., fires
September 7, 2010High winds helped fuel fast-moving wildfires in Colorado and Oklahoma on Monday, prompting evacuations in both states, officials said.
'Little Rock Nine' member dies
September 7, 2010Jefferson Thomas was risking his well-being by leaving an African-American school for Little Rock's all-white Central High School with eight other students in 1957.
Magic shrooms may help dying patients
September 7, 2010Terminally ill cancer patients struggling with anxiety may get some relief from a guided "trip" on the hallucinogenic drug psilocybin, a new study suggests.
Ex-ELO cellist dies in hay-bale collision
September 7, 2010A former cellist with the rock group Electric Light Orchestra was killed in southwestern England on Monday in a car crash involving a large bale of hay, local police said.
'Vicious thugs' kill pizza delivery man
September 7, 2010Boston police have arrested three suspects who they say stabbed a Domino's pizza delivery man and drove off in his car.
