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People all along the Eastern Seaboard brace for major disruptions and significant damage as the massive storm sweeps up the coastline.


Outer Banks - Hurricane Earl - North Carolina - United States - Coastal

Blaze aboard oil platform in Gulf of Mexico adds to political debate over safety of offshore wells.


Deepwater Horizon - United States Coast Guard - United States - Transocean - BP

White House advisers mull package of business tax breaks to spur hiring, combat GOP charges.


White House - Business - President - United States - Government

U.S. evangelicals partner with Chinese officials on sex education curriculum in country.


Sex education - Education - Abstinence-Only - Sexuality - Opposing Views

Those who were unemployed during recession are more likely to see selves as overqualified for jobs.


Employment - Recession - Business - Job Search - Business and Economy

US Weekly's Jill Martin and hairstylist Louis Licari make over two women — a mom with unruly hair and a woman who desperately needs a new 'do.

Despite his mistrust of the so-called mainstream media, radio host Alex Jones sat down with ABC News' Nightline. Jones' critics say that by floating his highly-charged ideas at a time when the nation is already very angry and anxious, he's upping the odds for unbalanced people to do stupid things.



Alex Jones - United States - Television - Arts - American Broadcasting Company

In an exclusive interview with "This Week's" Christiane Amanpour, former UK prime minister Tony Blair said he was worried about Princess Diana after her marriage with Prince Charles ended.



Tony Blair - Diana Princess of Wales - Christiane Amanpour - Charles Prince of Wales - Prime minister

In an exclusive interview with "This Week's" Christiane Amanpour, former UK prime minister Tony Blair said he was worried about Princess Diana after her marriage with Prince Charles ended.



Tony Blair - Diana Princess of Wales - Christiane Amanpour - Charles Prince of Wales - Royal family

In new book, scientist Stephen Hawking asserts that God not needed to create the universe.



Stephen Hawking - God - Religion and Spirituality - Christianity - Times

Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of an Iranian opposition leader with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending a key rally on Friday.

Iran - Middle East - Mir-Hossein Mousavi - Mehdi Karroubi - Basij

As President Obama pushes a new round of Mideast peac talks, opinions are split on whether Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has skills to necessary for negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis.



Middle East - Hillary Rodham Clinton - President - President of the United States - United States

Another off shoreshore oil rig has exploded off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico.



Oil spill - Environment - Energy - Business - Petroleum in the Environment

East Coast residents are cautiously anxious about the strengthening hurricane.



Long Island - Cape Cod - United States - Massachusetts - Counties

Study: young women's median full-time salaries are 8 percent higher than those of men in their peer group.



People - Salary - Women - Men - Science and Technology

61-year-old former Olympic swimmer Diana Nyad plans to swim from Cuba to Key West, Fla.



Diana Nyad - Key West - Cuba - United States - sport