NEW ORLEANS, La. - An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion.
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Book says Nazi hunter Wiesenthal worked for Mossad
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JERUSALEM - Renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal worked for Israel's Mossad spy agency, providing information on war criminals and Germans working in Arab countries, according to a new book released Thursday.
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Economy tops 1st Boxer, Fiorina Senate debate
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MORAGA, Calif. - Sen. Barbara Boxer and Republican challenger Carly Fiorina exchanged feisty jabs on taxes, the economy and their records in Congress and corporate America during the first debate in their Senate race.
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LeBron still has some Ohio in him
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. - LeBron James didn't change all his teams this summer.
BUXTON, N.C. - Hurricane Earl packed winds near 140 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard all the way to Maine on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain.
