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By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and MICHAEL LIEDTKE 2010-09-05T17:54:53Z Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job-seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities. Others will face a choice: Take a job with low pay - or none at all....

By JOE McDONALD 2010-09-05T17:37:35Z BEIJING (AP) -- East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone....

By HARRY R. WEBER 2010-09-05T17:25:16Z ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) -- Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship....

By SAMANTHA GROSS 2010-09-05T16:27:44Z NEW YORK (AP) -- It is a place of sacrifice. A place of mourning. A place people pass by on their way to grab lunch. It's a place where tourists crane their necks to snatch a glimpse around barriers walling off an enormous construction site - which is also what it is....

By 2010-09-05T16:09:15Z MISANO ADRIATICO, Italy (AP) -- Japanese teenager Shoya Tomizawa died after he crashed and was hit by two other riders during Sunday's Moto2 race at the San Marino Grand Prix in the sport's second fatality in eight days....

By FRANCES D'EMILIO 2010-09-05T14:08:28Z VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican raised the possibility Sunday of using behind-the-scenes diplomacy to try to save the life of an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned for adultery....

By DAVID ESPO 2010-09-05T13:56:46Z WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- In the turbulent year of the tea party, Republican Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware set out to jangle no nerves as he ran for a Senate seat long held by Vice President Joseph Biden. It's the way Republican strategists originally envisioned 2010, a roster of seasoned politicians pointing the party toward significant gains in the Senate....

By MIN LEE 2010-09-05T13:10:52Z HONG KONG (AP) -- A leading virus expert urged health authorities around the world Sunday to stay vigilant even though the recent swine flu pandemic was less deadly than expected, warning that bird flu could spark the next global outbreak....

By CHARLES BABINGTON 2010-09-05T13:02:49Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- John Boehner could walk down most American streets without turning a head....

By HAROLD HECKLE 2010-09-05T12:58:45Z MADRID (AP) -- The Basque separatist militant group ETA declared a cease-fire in a video statement issued on Sunday, suggesting it might turn to a political process in its quest for independence....

By PAUL NEWBERRY 2010-09-05T10:51:57Z ATLANTA (AP) -- With the NCAA lurking around Chapel Hill and some of its best players sitting in the stands, North Carolina found itself in a most improbable position....

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY 2010-09-05T10:51:36Z NEW YORK (AP) -- Hip-hop star Kanye West is still feeling the pain over his ambush of Taylor Swift last year - and he's expressing his pain all over Twitter....

By ARSEN MOLLAYEV 2010-09-05T10:40:02Z MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) -- A suicide car-bomber killed three soldiers and wounded 32 others in an attack on a military base in Russia's violence-plagued republic of Dagestan on Sunday, officials said....

By ELAINE GANLEY 2010-09-05T08:38:57Z PARIS (AP) -- Protests in Pakistan, al-Qaida warnings, skittish Muslim tourists: France's plan to do away with burqa-style veils is already reverberating far beyond its borders....

By ANDREW DALTON 2010-09-05T06:18:12Z LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Paul Conrad used his pencil like a weapon. His long lines and jagged angles seemed to point directly at the leaders he deemed charlatans and fools in need of deflating....

By RACHEL ZOLL 2010-09-05T06:17:45Z NEW YORK (AP) -- American Muslims are boosting security at mosques, seeking help from leaders of other faiths and airing ads underscoring their loyalty to the United States - all ahead of a 9/11 anniversary they fear could bring more trouble for their communities....

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS 2010-09-05T06:17:14Z YARMOUTH, Mass. (AP) -- In the end, Earl's worst damage in New England was to seasonal businesses hoping to end their summer on a high note....

By LIZ SIDOTI 2010-09-05T06:16:48Z COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Frustrated, discouraged and just plain mad, a lot of people who have lost jobs - or know someone who has - now want to see the names of Democrats on pink slips. And that's jeopardizing the party's chances in Ohio and all across the country in November's elections....

By KIMBERLY DOZIER 2010-09-05T03:52:15Z KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- NATO commanders were overly optimistic when they predicted quick success taking the key Taliban-held town of Marjah last winter, the outgoing deputy commander said....

By STEPHEN HAWKINS 2010-09-05T03:40:13Z ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Andy Dalton ran for two touchdowns and threw for another score to make up for his two interceptions and No. 6 TCU opened the season with a 30-21 victory over No. 24 Oregon State on Saturday night....