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This image provided by NASA shows Hurricane Earl taken at 12:45 a.m. EDT Thursday Sept. 2, 2010. As of Wednesday night, Earl was a powerful Category 4 hurricane centered more than 520 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., with winds of 140 mph. (AP Photo/NASA)

Earl continues track toward Atlantic Canada

The Canadian Press - 1 hour, 56 minutes ago

HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre has issued a tropical storm watch for areas of southern Nova Scotia.

  • A police car stands next to a market square in eastern Germany. Two lawyers who repeatedly appealed minor traffic violations were fined and handed two-month bans by Germany's highest court for making 'absurd and abusive accusations' in their defence. Photo:Jens Schlueter/AFP
    German court fines lawyers for "absurd" appeal AFP - 2 hours, 49 minutes ago

    BERLIN (AFP) - Two lawyers who repeatedly appealed minor traffic violations were fined and handed two-month bans by Germany's highest court on Thursday for making "absurd and abusive accusations" in their defence.

  • Vehicles grind through Beijing's central business district. A huge traffic jam stretching at least 120 kilometres (75 miles) has reappeared in northern China, with thousands of cargo trucks stuck in a bottleneck, state media said. Photo:Liu Jin/AFP
    Bumper-to-bumper as epic China traffic jam returns AFP - Thu Sep 2, 7:41 AM

    BEIJING (AFP) - A huge traffic jam stretching at least 120 kilometres (75 miles) reappeared in northern China Thursday, with thousands of cargo trucks stuck in a bottleneck, state media said.

  • Two-year-old Indonesian boy Ardi Rizal puffs on a cigarette in the yard of his family home in Sumatra. A two-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked about 40 cigarettes a day has kicked the habit after receiving intensive specialist care, a child welfare official has said. Photo:Ahmad Naafi/SRIWIJAYA POST/File/AFP
    Indonesia's smoking toddler kicks habit AFP - Thu Sep 2, 6:06 AM

    JAKARTA (AFP) - A two-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked about 40 cigarettes a day has kicked the habit after receiving intensive specialist care, a child welfare official said Thursday.

  • Man calls 911 from hot tub; seeks hug, towels The Canadian Press - Thu Sep 2, 4:44 AM

    BEAVERTON, Ore. - A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland, Oregon home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug.

  • A retired Chinese coal miner has found an underground solution to the country's sky-high housing costs, by carving out a new home beneath the shack he lives in, state media reported. Needing more room for his family but priced out of a soaring market, Chen Xinnian, 64, has spent four years digging out the subterranean chamber under his tiny house in the city of Zhengzhou. Photo:RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP
    China coal miner digs down to dodge housing costs AFP - Thu Sep 2, 2:16 AM

    BEIJING (AFP) - A retired Chinese coal miner has found an underground solution to the country's sky-high housing costs, by carving out a new home beneath the shack he lives in, state media reported on Thursday.


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