Yahoo headlines, 11.28 am eastern time
Top stories
--Obama to honor troops as Iraq combat mission ends (AP)
AP - As President Barack Obama prepares to officially end the lengthy and divisive U.S. combat operation in Iraq, he'll personally thank some of the soldiers who fought there for their service to a mission he forcefully opposed from the start.
--Iraqis approach end of US combat role with worry (AP)
--Earl threatens US Coast after hitting Caribbean (AP)
--Consumer Confidence inches up in August (AP)
--Abbas seeks active US mediation in Mideast talks (AP)
--AP source: Unlikely 2 men were plotting terror (AP)
Buzz
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--Imam of Ground Zero mosque say opposition is for benefit of elections | 0 Votes
-- Robert Pattinson parties at the Emmy's without Kristen Stewart - SEE VIDEO (IrishCentral) | 0 Votes
--The Next “Oxford English Dictionary” Could Be Online-Only | 0 Votes
--RV dealer challenges 'Twilight' star to push-ups (AP) | 0 Votes
Local (Phoenix, AZ)
--Arizona's DUI fatality rate is cut in half over 15 years (The Arizona Republic)
-- Catholic church ordains woman as priest (The Arizona Republic)
--1 killed, 7, including children, hurt in serious rollover; WB I-10 restricted at Queen Creek (KTVK 3TV Phoenix)
-- Reward offered to help find 3 suspects who shot man at Phoenix home (KTVK 3TV Phoenix)
Entertainment
--AP Exclusive: Secret testimony reveals stars' loss (AP)
AP - Roughly two weeks before a judge would sentence her to jail, Lindsay Lohan sat in a downtown courtroom and recounted to a grand jury how a burglar's black fingerprints on her wall left her so unnerved that she had to move.
--Lohan talks trial, talent, drug use in Vanity Fair (AP)
--Venice film festival focuses on film innovation (AP)
--Rescue Me Goes Out in a Blaze of Glory (omg!)
--JK Rowling donates $15.4 million for MS center (AP)
--Bollywood comes to Holy Land for film about Jesus (AP)
Sports
--Clemens pleads not guilty to lying (AP)
--Federer, Venus, Roddick win at US Open (AP)
--US survives test from Brazil, wins 70-68 (AP
--White Sox acquire Ramirez off waivers (AP)
--Assault charge for Mizzou RB Washington (AP)
--WAC demands $5M from Fresno St., Nevada (AP)
World news
--AP source: Unlikely 2 men were plotting terror (AP)
AP - A U.S. government official says the FBI's investigation of two men detained in Amsterdam is finding that it's unlikely they were on a test run for a future terror attack, even as Dutch authorities continued to hold the pair on suspicion of conspiring to commit a terrorist act.
--Mexico captures reported drug lord 'The Barbie' (AP)
--Denmark alleges Kurdish TV station promoted terror (AP)
--Greenpeace blocks Greenland drilling (AP)
--German bishops expand sex abuse guidelines (AP)
--The Amsterdam Arrests: Would-Be Terror or Badly-Wrapped Gifts? (Time.com
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