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• Plane crashes on Dubai highway, causes fires:TV
  3 Sep 2010 at 12:17pm
  DUBAI (Reuters) - A cargo plane crashed on a busy highway in Dubai on Friday, setting some cars on fire, Al Arabiya television reported.

  
  

  
  
• Obama says to address new economic ideas next week
  3 Sep 2010 at 12:22pm
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy after August data on Friday showed again that jobs -- the central issue in November elections -- were being created too slowly.

  
  

  
  
• U.S. and Israel spying behind BlackBerry woe: Dubai police
  3 Sep 2010 at 10:30am
  DUBAI (Reuters) - Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the United States to spy on the United Arab Emirates are behind the Gulf state's moves to curb the smartphone, Dubai's police chief said.

  
  

  
  
• Private hiring surprises with 67,000 new jobs
  3 Sep 2010 at 11:10am
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment fell for a third straight month in August, but the drop was far less than expected and private hiring surprised on the upside, easing pressure on the Federal Reserve to prop up economic growth.

  
  

  
  
• No sign of oil after Gulf platform fire: Coast Guard
  3 Sep 2010 at 10:14am
  NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, but the crew of 13 escaped and there were no signs of an oil spill, the Coast Guard said.

  
  

  
  
• Hurricane Earl swipes U.S. east but no big hit
  3 Sep 2010 at 11:43am
  MANTEO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl slapped North Carolina's coast with rain, winds and heavy surf on Friday and swirled up the U.S. eastern seaboard toward New England and Canada as a much tamer storm than feared.

  
  

  
  
• BP oil spill costs hit $8 billion as ends rig probe
  3 Sep 2010 at 11:09am
  LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc said the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion as the oil giant prepared to release the findings of an internal probe into the causes of the disaster.

  
  

  
  
• Special Report: Outgunned FDA tries to get tough with drug ads
  3 Sep 2010 at 8:55am
  SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - It wasn't what you would call a casual get-together.

  
  

  
  
• Suicide blast rips through Pakistan city, 43 dead
  3 Sep 2010 at 11:31am
  QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber struck a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta Friday, killing up to 43 people in the second major attack this week, piling pressure on a government struggling with a flood crisis.

  
  

  
  
• Israel and Palestinians agree to more peace meetings
  3 Sep 2010 at 8:28am
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks on Thursday, seeking to forge the framework for a U.S.-backed peace deal within a year and end a conflict that has boiled for six decades.