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Ben Roethlisberger got time added for good behavior from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell yesterday. Impressed by the change in attitude and apparent change in ways by the Steelers quarterback, Goodell reduced Roethlisberger’s suspension to four games after a morning meeting at the league’s Park …

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on New Zealand’s South Island early Saturday, but there were so far no deaths and only two injuries reported. Panicked residents in their pajamas ran into the …

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The remnants of Hurricane Earl headed for Nova Scotia early Saturday after a brush with the Northeast that was far less intense than feared, dumping wind-driven rain on Cape Cod’s gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages. Officials planned to survey the damage from the storm at daybreak, but …

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A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on New Zealand’s South Island early Saturday, but there were so far no deaths and only two injuries reported. Panicked residents in their pajamas ran into the streets of the southern city of …

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NEW ORLEANS — BP PLC was on Saturday slowly raising the 300-ton blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, careful not to damage or drop a key piece of evidence in the spill investigation. When the blowout preventer reaches the surface after its mile-long …

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CHATHAM, Mass.— The remnants of Hurricane Earl dumped wind-driven rain on Cape Cod’s gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages Friday night, but its close brush with the Northeast was less intense than feared only hours earlier. Earl swooped into New England waters as a tropical storm with winds …

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WASHINGTON — Private employers hired more workers during the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose because not enough jobs were created to absorb the growing number of people looking for work …

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CHATHAM, Mass.—The remnants of Hurricane Earl dumped wind-driven rain on Cape Cod’s gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages Friday night, but its close brush with the Northeast was less intense than feared only hours earlier. Earl swooped into New England waters as a tropical storm with winds …

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on New Zealand’s South Island early Saturday, but there were so far no deaths and only two injuries reported. Panicked residents in their pajamas ran into the …

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A day after a Mariner Energy oil platform burst into flames and forced 13 workers into the Gulf of Mexico, the Houston oil and gas company that owns it focused on possible causes, while regulators and lawmakers began demanding answers. The nation’s top offshore drilling regulator — the Bureau of …

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