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Petraeus: Quran-burning could endanger troops - The U.S. commander in Afghanistan criticized a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, warning that it could endanger American troops.

Obama economic push: Too little, late? - President Obama is rushing to roll out a new economic plan this week, but his fellow Democrats are confronting a difficult question: Is it too little, too late?

Hurricane watch issued for TX, Mexico - A tropical depression in southwestern Gulf of Mexico strengthened into a tropical storm Monday morning, forecasters said.

Paper: Van der Sloot admits extortion - Joran van der Sloot admitted in an interview with a Dutch newspaper that he extorted money from the family of Natalee Holloway, but his attorney in a Peruvian murder case suggested Monday that his client's comments may have been mistranslated.

Google mulling iTunes-like service? - Apple may get a nasty surprise this holiday season; rumors are swirling that Google's Andy Rubin is planning on a holiday-season launch for the search behemoth's new music download service.

'Little Rock Nine' member dies - As a 15-year-old, Jefferson Thomas was one of nine African-American students who braved mobs to integrate an all-white school. Thomas died Sunday of cancer at age 67.

'Plan B' on hold at Chilean mine - Rescue officials reported Monday they had to temporarily stop one of two drilling operations to reach 33 men trapped for more than a month inside a Chilean mine.

Help sought after spy found dead in bag - Metropolitan police in London, England, appealed Monday for further information about last month's death of a man who worked for a British intelligence agency and whose naked body was found in a padlocked duffel bag in his bathroom.

Ex-ELO member killed in freak accident - A former cellist with the rock group Electric Light Orchestra was killed in southwestern England on Monday in a car crash involving a large bale of hay, local police said.

'Vicious thugs' kill pizza delivery man - Boston police have arrested three suspects who they say stabbed a Domino's pizza delivery man and drove off in his car.