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Safety concern for Fla. gov. over 9/11 Quran burn (AP)

Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center speaks at a news conference in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones said that he is going forward with a plan to burn copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Florida's governor is concerned about safety at home and around the world, a feeling shared by national and world leaders, over a plan by the head of a small church to burn copies of Islam's holiest text to mark the 9/11 terrorist attacks.


Regret, apology not part of BP's oil spill report (AP)

A British Petroleum (BP) logo is seen  at a petrol station in south London April 27, 2010. BP deflected much of the blame for a rig blast that led to the United States' worst-ever oil spill, releasing an internal report on Wednesday which said that drilling contractor Transocean had missed danger signs. REUTERS/Toby Melville/FilesAP - BP's long-awaited internal report on what it believes went wrong when a rig exploded and started the massive Gulf oil spill never mentions the words blame, regret, apology, mistake or pollution. The word fault shows up 20 times, but only once in the same sentence as the company's name.


Soldier's father: Army was warned of murder plot (AP)

AP - The father of a U.S. soldier serving in Afghanistan says he tried nearly a half dozen times to pass an urgent message from his son to the Army: Troops in his unit had murdered an Afghan civilian, planned more killings and threatened him to keep quiet about it.

Crews contain 10 percent of Colorado wildfire (AP)

A tanker flies through smoke as a wildfire burns outside of Boulder, Colo. on Wednesday Sept. 8, 2010. Firefighters encountered a tangle of rattlesnakes, downed power lines and combustible propane tanks Wednesday as they struggled to get an upper hand on a wildfire that has destroyed dozens of homes.(AP Photo/Matt McClain)AP - As thousands of people waited to learn if their homes survived a raging Colorado wildfire, Dan Hackett hiked a second time behind roadblocks to make sure his house near boulder was still standing.


New Muslim college welcomes freshmen in California (AP)

AP - Amid the uproar over the proposed mosque near ground zero in New York, a new Islamic college recently opened its doors in California with plans to educate a new generation of Muslim-American leaders.

Report: officer involved in previous shootings (AP)

A man yells as he listens to Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck during a community meeting in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Los Angeles police  Chief Charlie Beck has been greeted by boos, whistles and chants of 'justicia!' by an angry crowd at a community meeting intended to calm residents after the fatal police shooting of a knife-wielding man. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - The police officer who shot and killed a knife-wielding man whose death has sparked three days of violent protests in Los Angeles had been involved in two previous shootings while on duty, according to a media report.


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