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09/01/2010 - Updated 10:36 PM ET

'Relentless' Earl targets East Coast

Cars drive north on Highway 12 in Avon, N.C., on Wednesday as Hurricane Earl moves closer to the East Coast.
Cars drive north on Highway 12 in Avon, N.C., on Wednesday as Hurricane Earl moves closer to the East Coast.
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By Gerry Broome, AP

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    Delta Air Lines plans to park half of the regional jets in the fleet of its Comair subsidiary over the next two years and cut workers in Cincinnati.

  • Energy giant BP spent more than 93 million dollars on advertising in the three months after the Gulf oil spill.

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    Oil giant tells House committee it spent $93 million on advertising from April to the end of July to inform Gulf Coast residents.

  • New Kindles show improvement

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Nation & World

US President George W. Bush (2nd L), Virginia Governor Tim Kaine(L), retired Supreme Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (2nd R) and First Lady Laura Bush (R) listen to an explanation of sail-making during a walking tour 13 May 2007 of Jamestown Settlement in Jamestown, Virginia. Bush is visiting the historical Jamestown settlement in Virginia where the New World's first permanent English settlement was founded 400 years ago

Climate change threatens historic Jamestown, Va.

Human-caused climate change threatens to completely flood Jamestown, says a report.

Money

Consumers still cautious about spending in August

Nervous about jobs, shoppers spent, at best, only slightly more this August than last.

Sports

Big Ten unveils new football alignments

Ohio State, Penn State and Purdue are in one division. Michigan, Nebraska and Iowa are in the the other.

Life

Doctors: Douglas' cancer therapy is grueling

Experts say the Oscar winner with Stage IV throat cancer is in for a tough haul.

Travel

Has the time come for travel to Cuba?

A recent Congressional vote is a harbinger of a new era in travel between the United States and its Communist neighbor.

Your Life

Michael Douglas' cancer therapy is grueling

But experts say the Oscar winner's Stage IV throat cancer treatment is effective long-term.

Tech

The new iPod Touch running Apple's 4.1 operating system.

Apple's Game Center debuts next week

Apple will release the iPhone/iPod equivalent of Xbox Live next week.

Opinion

Is Steven Slater, of JetBlue fame, a criminal?

Column: He may have flown off the handle, but must society criminalize every bad act?

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