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Despite hiring, US unemployment rate seems frozen (AP) Roethlisberger suspension reduced to 4 games (AP)

In this Aug. 25, 2010 photograph, job seekers including Lindsey Wright, of Detroit, center, attend a job fair in Southfield, Mich. On Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. EDT, the Labor Department issues the August unemployment report. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Unemployment is stuck at high levels even though some companies are hiring. The problem, government data show, is that too few jobs are being created for the growing number of people looking for work.


Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger stands on the sidelines at the end of the first quarter against the Carolina Panthers during NFL preseason football game action in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Roethlisberger played for most of the first quarter in the Steelers' 19-3 win. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)AP - Ben Roethlisberger is getting time off for good behavior.


Earl threatens Mass. with wind, rain, surf (AP) Isner, Querrey reach 3rd round, Harrison doesn't (AP)

The Chatham Lighthouse, situated at a working U.S. Coast Guard Station, casts its beam into a foggy evening, in Chatham, Mass., on Cape Cod, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Hurricane Earl is expected to arrive at Cape Cod late Friday. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - A weakening but still dangerous Hurricane Earl steamed toward the gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages of Cape Cod on Friday night, disrupting people's vacations on the unofficial final weekend of the short New England summer.


Fans take out umbrellas during a rain delay during a match between Ryan Harrison of the United States and Sergiy Stakhovsky of the Ukraine at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul J. Bereswill)AP - "Let's go, Ryan!" Clap-clap-clap-clap-clap.


Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island (AP) Kovalchuk's new $100M Devils deal approved by NHL (AP)

A police officer is seen on a street blocked by rubble from a damaged building following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in central Christchurch, New Zealand, early Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of injuries, but looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said. (AP Photo/NZPA, David Alexander) ** NEW ZEALAND OUT **AP - A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on New Zealand's South Island early Saturday, but there were so far no deaths and only two injuries reported.


FILE - In this April 6, 2010, file photo, New Jersey Devils left wing Ilya Kovalchuk skates against the Atlanta Thrashers during the first period of an NHL hockey game at Philips Arena in Atlanta. Five weeks after rejecting the Russian's landmark 17-year, $102 million contract with the Devils, the league approved a revised 15-year, $100 million deal on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, after reaching an agreement with the NHL Players Association on an amendment covering long-term contracts. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, File)AP - The NHL has signed off on Ilya Kovalchuk's latest contract with the New Jersey Devils.


Clinton: Time is now for Mideast peace (AP) Hat-trick hero Defoe relishing Rooney partnership (AFP)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks on as she hosted the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington\. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time" to reach an agreement.


England's Jermain Defoe (C) celebrates scoring a goal against Bulgaria during the Euro 2012 qualifying match at Wembley Stadium, in London. Defoe believes his partnership with Wayne Rooney has put England back on track after the strike duo tormented Bulgaria in a 4-0 victory.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - Jermain Defoe believes his partnership with Wayne Rooney has put England back on track after the strike duo tormented Bulgaria in Friday's 4-0 victory at Wembley.


Backer of NYC mosque gave to Hamas-linked charity (AP) Morgan gets 8 games for Nats-Marlins brawl (AP)

VIDEO: The proposed construction of a 100-million-dollar, 13-story mosque and Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York City, has stirred raw emotions in the United States as the country prepares to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Duration: 01:00(afp.com)AP - One of the investors in a proposed Islamic center near ground zero is a Long Island medical clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a donation to a charity later shut down for links to Hamas.


FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2010, file photo, Washington Nationals' Nyjer Morgan poses for a portrait in Viera, Fla. Morgan's wild week has landed him an eight-game suspension, one of nine punishments handed out Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, by Major League Baseball following a brawl between Nationals and Florida Marlins. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)AP - Nyjer Morgan's wild week has landed him an eight-game suspension, one of nine punishments handed out Friday by Major League Baseball following a brawl between Washington Nationals and Florida Marlins.