Church rebuffs military concerns on Quran burning
<div class="hnews hentry item"> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">MITCH STACY </span></span> <span class="updated" title="2010-09-07T16:10:25Z">2010-09-07T16:10:25Z</span> <div class="entry-content">GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- A Christian minister said Tuesday that he will go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Quran this weekend to protest the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks despite a warning from the top U.S. general in Afghanistan that doing so would endanger American troops....</div> </div>

Boston Dawna, the Batman of Venice Beach, retires
<div class="hnews hentry item"> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">JOHN ROGERS </span></span> <span class="updated" title="2010-09-07T09:42:57Z">2010-09-07T09:42:57Z</span> <div class="entry-content">LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hipsters, hustlers, celebrities, thieves, dope peddlers and just about everyone else in gritty, quirky Venice Beach know Boston Dawna. You can't miss the one-woman crime fighter....</div> </div>

Kansas man charged with murdering burned teen
<div class="hnews hentry item"> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">BILL DRAPER </span></span> <span class="updated" title="2010-09-07T16:30:51Z">2010-09-07T16:30:51Z</span> <div class="entry-content">GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) -- A 36-year-old man who spent much of his adult life in prison was charged Tuesday with murdering a 14-year-old girl whose badly burned body was found behind an asphalt plant where he worked....</div> </div>

Flight attendant in passenger tiff to be evaluated
<div class="hnews hentry item"> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">COLLEEN LONG </span></span> <span class="updated" title="2010-09-07T16:20:46Z">2010-09-07T16:20:46Z</span> <div class="entry-content">NEW YORK (AP) -- The flight attendant accused of onboard antics that captured the nation's attention when he told off a passenger and slid down the plane's emergency chute with a beer will undergo a mental health evaluation with the aim of avoiding jail time in a possible plea deal....</div> </div>

CO firefighters to step up attack on Boulder blaze
<div class="hnews hentry item"> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">DAN ELLIOTT and P. SOLOMON BANDA </span></span> <span class="updated" title="2010-09-07T16:24:23Z">2010-09-07T16:24:23Z</span> <div class="entry-content">BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Firefighters ramped up their fight Tuesday against a 3,500-acre wildfire that has forced about 3,000 people to evacuate and destroyed dozens of homes near Boulder, including some that belonged to firefighters....</div> </div>

Imam behind NYC mosque back in US after Gulf trip
<div class="hnews hentry item"> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">CRISTIAN SALAZAR </span></span> <span class="updated" title="2010-09-07T12:51:10Z">2010-09-07T12:51:10Z</span> <div class="entry-content">NEW YORK (AP) -- An imam who has become the public face of a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero has returned to the United States following a taxpayer-funded tour of the Middle East, his wife said Monday....</div> </div>

Haiti quake survivor returns home after 6 months
<div class="hnews hentry item"> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">LINDSEY TANNER </span></span> <span class="updated" title="2010-09-07T13:21:41Z">2010-09-07T13:21:41Z</span> <div class="entry-content">Half-buried in rubble, Bazelais Suy struggled to breathe - a dead woman lay on his chest. He knew he had to get her off, fast. Because he could still move his arms, he somehow managed to remove his belt, loop it around the woman's own belt and drag her off. But his legs were still pinned....</div> </div>

Wrigley rooftops hurting as Cubs, economy struggle
<div class="hnews hentry item"> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">DON BABWIN </span></span> <span class="updated" title="2010-09-07T10:47:48Z">2010-09-07T10:47:48Z</span> <div class="entry-content">CHICAGO (AP) -- The crowded rooftop bleachers overlooking Wrigley Field stand as proof that no matter how bad the Chicago Cubs played, the ballpark was simply not big enough to hold everyone who wanted to see them play....</div> </div>

Non-word 'refudiate' gets most online searches
<div class="hnews hentry item"> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">STEPHANIE REITZ </span></span> <span class="updated" title="2010-09-07T16:16:12Z">2010-09-07T16:16:12Z</span> <div class="entry-content">SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- Maybe the language lovers who looked up "refudiate" this summer wanted to refute or repudiate its existence as a real word....</div> </div>

Baby dies as vehicle plunges into S. Calif. river
<div class="hnews hentry item"> By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"></span></span> <span class="updated" title="2010-09-07T16:37:43Z">2010-09-07T16:37:43Z</span> <div class="entry-content">APPLE VALLEY, Calif. (AP) -- The California Highway Patrol says a 1-year-old boy has drowned after his drunken father drove an off-road vehicle into a river in the San Bernardino County desert....</div> </div>