US says goodbye to Earl as storm spins into Canada (AP)

BP raises blowout preventer, key evidence in probe (AP)

Buildings collapse, 2 injured in powerful NZ quake (AP)

Obama says he's committed to helping middle class (AP)

Report: Blackwater created shell companies (AP)

Karzai to name panel for talks with insurgents (AP)

Shoe, eggs hurled at ex-Brit PM Blair in Dublin (AP)

Muslims take to Minn. State Fair to repair image (AP)

Fox: Kara DioGuardi departs 'American Idol' (AP)

Nadal, Venus move on at US Open (AP)

Curfew declared after 7.1 quake hits New Zealand (Reuters)

Taxpayers likely to face initial loss on GM IPO: sources (Reuters)

Obama to address new economic ideas next Wednesday (Reuters)

Crime adds to misery for Pakistan's flood victims (Reuters)

Weakened storm Earl bears down on Atlantic Canada (Reuters)

Mexican judge orders drug lord held 40 more days (Reuters)

German held by U.S. troops planned Europe attacks: report (Reuters)

Bomb kills 54 in Pakistan, Taliban threatens U.S. (Reuters)

Widespread devastation after 7.0 quake in New Zealand (AFP)

Police on alert as Pakistan suicide attack victims buried (AFP)