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  • Microbes are eating BP oil without using up oxygen

    By SETH BORENSTEIN 2010-09-07T22:15:23Z
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government scientists studying the BP disaster are reporting the best possible outcome: Microbes are consuming the oil in the Gulf without depleting the oxygen in the water and creating "dead zones" where fish cannot survive....

  • Colorado fire forced residents to make mad dash

    By DAN ELLIOTT and P. SOLOMON BANDA 2010-09-07T23:22:30Z
    BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- David Myers knew it was time to leave when he looked out into the forest and spotted bright red flames towering skyward. Then came a blinding cloud of smoke and a deafening roar as the fire ripped through the wilderness....

  • Pressure rises on pastor who wants to burn Quran

    By MITCH STACY 2010-09-07T23:50:24Z
    GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- The government turned up the pressure Tuesday on the head of a small Florida church who plans to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, warning him that doing so could endanger U.S. troops and Americans everywhere....

  • Non-word `refudiate' gets most online searches

    By STEPHANIE REITZ 2010-09-07T23:18:22Z
    SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- Merriam-Webster's "Word of the Summer" is not even a word. That's something no one can "refudiate."...

  • George Soros gives $100M to Human Rights Watch

    By JENNIFER PELTZ 2010-09-07T23:29:39Z
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Billionaire philanthropist George Soros is putting up $100 million, one of the largest donations of its kind, to expand Human Rights Watch and help it court more international support....