Nothing like the full-throated hurricane that was feared, Earl moved past the New York and Massachusetts coasts early Saturday as little more than a routine storm.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=954209b9dbe5b453f6649f3afaada5c5p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=954209b9dbe5b453f6649f3afaada5c5p=1//a img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=BusinesspartnerID=167key=segment/img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.Business.18272,cat.Business.rss/

With Labor Day approaching, President Obama and the G.O.P. used their weekly addresses to argue over whose policies are best for the American worker.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=de1c0eac6ecc0ee7b32aad16d7742947p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=de1c0eac6ecc0ee7b32aad16d7742947p=1//a img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=CulturePolpartnerID=167key=segment/img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.CulturePol.18658,cat.CulturePol.rss/

A remote-controlled bomb detonated atop a parked motorcycle on Saturday, killing seven Afghans, according to local government and hospital officials.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=bfa30b8f26215e425ad9bc19ad688ae0p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=bfa30b8f26215e425ad9bc19ad688ae0p=1//a img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=BusinesspartnerID=167key=segment/img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.Business.18272,cat.Business.rss/

Michelle Obama, who arrived at the White House as the self-described “mom-in-chief,” is extending her policy agenda and stepping up visibility.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=2171e84d826fa63a328fd744b55c8c2cp=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=2171e84d826fa63a328fd744b55c8c2cp=1//a img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=BusinesspartnerID=167key=segment/img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.Business.18272,cat.Business.rss/

Joe Miller, who won the Republican primary, has devoted his life to institutions and isolation.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=2f5549979651bf36ecb9dd30ccd617bap=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=2f5549979651bf36ecb9dd30ccd617bap=1//a img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=CulturePolpartnerID=167key=segment/img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.CulturePol.18658,cat.CulturePol.rss/

Joe Miller, who won the Republican primary, has devoted his life to institutions and isolation.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=aedb26fd40448de8efb3a66ad4207bc3p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=aedb26fd40448de8efb3a66ad4207bc3p=1//a img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=BusinesspartnerID=167key=segment/img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.Business.18272,cat.Business.rss/

After two days of meetings and talks led by President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton, Israeli and Palestinian leaders leave Washington deadlocked over the contentious issue of Israeli settlements.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Dd6Dk_Mcxfg:ElQdKxOFLiU:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Dd6Dk_Mcxfg:ElQdKxOFLiU:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Dd6Dk_Mcxfg:ElQdKxOFLiU:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=Dd6Dk_Mcxfg:ElQdKxOFLiU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Dd6Dk_Mcxfg:ElQdKxOFLiU:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Dd6Dk_Mcxfg:ElQdKxOFLiU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=Dd6Dk_Mcxfg:ElQdKxOFLiU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/Dd6Dk_Mcxfg" height="1" width="1"/

A platform fire this week brings new scrutiny to the more than 3,000 shallow-water platforms operating in the gulf.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=63bf835ea596687dc8d48c6f841d48c1p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=63bf835ea596687dc8d48c6f841d48c1p=1//a img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=BusinesspartnerID=167key=segment/img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.Business.18272,cat.Business.rss/

Cha Sa-soon, 69, has become a national symbol for perseverance in South Korea — and she can legally hit the road.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=90f07e5f3e1f91b6303d4208fbc0fb20p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=90f07e5f3e1f91b6303d4208fbc0fb20p=1//a img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=BusinesspartnerID=167key=segment/img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.Business.18272,cat.Business.rss/

While environmentalists wanted four dams in Oregon removed, they are not happy with the influx of people dredging the newly opened riverbed for gold.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8a0ba9a1be8d357a368c97048fd07c9ep=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=8a0ba9a1be8d357a368c97048fd07c9ep=1//a img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=BusinesspartnerID=167key=segment/img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.Business.18272,cat.Business.rss/

The bands’ new mission matches current military doctrine: the creation of small, self-contained forces.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=538d43668e75e3c0788eea5ae6e04112p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=538d43668e75e3c0788eea5ae6e04112p=1//a img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=BusinesspartnerID=167key=segment/img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.Business.18272,cat.Business.rss/

The country, which had sought to allow religious figures a greater role in public life, has reversed course.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=a19a6375a0dcac86bf51ec07bf019c8ap=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=a19a6375a0dcac86bf51ec07bf019c8ap=1//a img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=BusinesspartnerID=167key=segment/img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.Business.18272,cat.Business.rss/

The smoke signals being sent up locally going into the 2010 midterms all point to systematic failure on the part of the governing party. And yet, when has a party ever been returned to power so soon after destroying the lives of so many people? Joseph A. Palermo http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/

Despite the advantage a 2000 law gives to religious institutions, disputes over mosque construction spread.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=7a996107b0e1c84212d1ee7767802a61p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=7a996107b0e1c84212d1ee7767802a61p=1//a img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=BusinesspartnerID=167key=segment/img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.Business.18272,cat.Business.rss/

American businesses added more jobs in the last three months than originally estimated, calming fears of a double-dip recession.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=df85ec261a55bc2347aea8bf724f5e3bp=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=df85ec261a55bc2347aea8bf724f5e3bp=1//a img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=CulturePolpartnerID=167key=segment/img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.CulturePol.18658,cat.CulturePol.rss/

Arizona's unelected governor Jan Brewer is taking a page right out of Sarah Palin's playbook: Attack your opponent with questionable claims and outright lies, scare... Luis Heredia http://www.huffingtonpost.com/luis-heredia/

Rafael Nadal, the United States Open’s No. 1 seed, beat Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan, 6-2, 7-6 (5), 7-5, in a tough second-round match.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=baab5c89ccdf74b771b515a84128f840p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=baab5c89ccdf74b771b515a84128f840p=1//a img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=BusinesspartnerID=167key=segment/img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.Business.18272,cat.Business.rss/

The five Democrats running for attorney general in New York State are planning an 11th-hour blitz before the Sept. 14 primary.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=40a344d513a3f9f7dd06163105aea61cp=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=40a344d513a3f9f7dd06163105aea61cp=1//a img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=CulturePolpartnerID=167key=segment/img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.CulturePol.18658,cat.CulturePol.rss/

I went to the Beck Rally last weekend for about five hours... words escape me so allow me just to say, I report, you decide...... Sam Seder http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-seder/

Thomas Butler, 70, detained because of a suspicious item in his luggage, had once been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=590cb9f7864398c13cebdd97941c776cp=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=590cb9f7864398c13cebdd97941c776cp=1//a img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=CulturePolpartnerID=167key=segment/img alt= height=0 width=0 border=0 style=display:none src=http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-8bUhLiluj0fAw.gif?labels=pub.29518.rss.CulturePol.18658,cat.CulturePol.rss/