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Future hiring will mainly benefit the high-skilled (AP)

September 6, 2010

AP - Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job-seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities. Others will face a choice: Take a job with low pay — or none at all.

Vatican: stoning in Iran adultery case 'brutal' (AP)

September 6, 2010

AP - The Vatican raised the possibility Sunday of using behind-the-scenes diplomacy to try to save the life of an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned for adultery.

Top 10 Summer Sky Objects to See Before Fall (SPACE.com)

September 6, 2010

SPACE.com - As the summer night sky draws near its close, there are still some cosmic objects that may beckon skywatchers equipped with a small telescope, binoculars or their own two eyes.

NZ troops provide security in earthquake-hit city (AP)

September 6, 2010

AP - Army troops took control of the center of the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Monday, two days after a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake smashed buildings and homes, wrecked roads and rail lines — but caused no loss of life.

Backyard volunteers helping track firefly numbers (AP)

September 6, 2010

AP - The yellow-green streaks of fireflies that bring a magical air to summer nights, inspire camp songs and often end up in jars in children's bedrooms may be flickering out in the nation's backyards as suburban sprawl encroaches on their habitats.

Va. woman devours 181 chicken wings in NY contest (AP)

September 6, 2010

AP - The Black Widow of eating contests gobbled up nearly 181 chicken wings in 12 minutes, devouring the national championship record in Buffalo on Sunday.

Want cheapskates to spend? Hawk gizmos that save (AP)

September 6, 2010

AP - How do you get penny pinchers to spend these days? Pitch products that promise to save them money.

More Parents 'Redshirting' Kindergartners (LiveScience.com)

September 6, 2010

LiveScience.com - As schools start back into session around the country, some parents of young children face a difficult question: Send their little ones to kindergarten as soon as they become age-eligible, or hold them back in hopes that an additional year of maturity will give them an academic boost?

Despite formal combat end, US joins Baghdad battle (AP)

September 6, 2010

AP - Days after the U.S. officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq's ability to defend itself, American troops found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the center of Baghdad on Sunday. The fighting killed 12 people and wounded dozens.

Guatemala mudslides kill at least 38; 2 buses hit (AP)

September 6, 2010

AP - Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala — some of them rescuers trying to save people already buried under a wall of mud.