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| Despite hiring, US unemployment rate seems frozen
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| Roethlisberger suspension reduced to 4 games
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AP - Unemployment is stuck at high levels even though some companies are hiring. The problem, government data show, is that too few jobs are being created for the growing number of people looking for work.
| AP - Ben Roethlisberger is getting time off for good behavior.
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| Earl threatens Mass. with wind, rain, surf
(AP)
| Isner, Querrey reach 3rd round, Harrison doesn't
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AP - A weakening but still dangerous Hurricane Earl steamed toward the gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages of Cape Cod on Friday night, disrupting people's vacations on the unofficial final weekend of the short New England summer.
| AP - "Let's go, Ryan!" Clap-clap-clap-clap-clap.
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| Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island
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| Kovalchuk's new $100M Devils deal approved by NHL
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AP - A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday and caused widespread damage, but there were just two reports of serious injuries. Looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said.
| AP - The NHL has signed off on Ilya Kovalchuk's latest contract with the New Jersey Devils.
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| Clinton: Time is now for Mideast peace
(AP)
| Hat-trick hero Defoe relishing Rooney partnership
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AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time" to reach an agreement.
| AFP - Jermain Defoe believes his partnership with Wayne Rooney has put England back on track after the strike duo tormented Bulgaria in Friday's 4-0 victory at Wembley.
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| Backer of NYC mosque gave to Hamas-linked charity
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| Morgan gets 8 games for Nats-Marlins brawl
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AP - One of the investors in a proposed Islamic center near ground zero is a Long Island medical clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a donation to a charity later shut down for links to Hamas.
| AP - Nyjer Morgan's wild week has landed him an eight-game suspension, one of nine punishments handed out Friday by Major League Baseball following a brawl between Washington Nationals and Florida Marlins.
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