World - Seattle Post I. - 2010-09-03 07:42:06.
Japan approves economic sanctions against Iran
TOKYO -- Japan approved fresh economic sanctions against Iran on Friday after the United Nations asked Tokyo to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear enrichment program, an official said.
World - Seattle Post I. - 2010-09-03 07:42:05.
Suicide blast at Tajik police office injures 25
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan -- A suicide car bomb blast on Friday tore through police offices in Tajikistan's second-largest city, injuring 25 people, local officials said.
Sports - Houston Chronicle.
Astros outright Sampson to Class AAA Round Rock
The reliever has three days to accept the outright assignment or become an unrestricted free agent.
Sports - Houston Chronicle.
Pryor, who led OU to 1947 NCAA title game, dies at 85
Former University of Oklahoma basketball player Ken Pryor, whose basket lifted the Sooners into the 1947 NCAA championship game, has died.
U.S. - Los Angeles Times.
Oil platform explodes off Louisiana
The crew is rescued and there are no signs of a leak, but the accident sparks new debate about wells in the gulf.
The opening scene was all too familiar. Black smoke rising from a burning oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico and workers plucked from the sea. But Thursday's fire on an oil production facility 100 miles off the Louisiana coast appears to have ended without disaster.
U.S. - Los Angeles Times.
Earl takes swipe at North Carolina, heads up coast
The hurricane is expected to weaken and stay out to sea before grazing the Massachusetts coast Saturday.
A weakened Hurricane Earl brushed North Carolina's fragile Outer Banks with stiff winds and high waves Thursday night, striking a glancing blow before spinning offshore up the Eastern Seaboard.
