http://edition.cnn.com/?eref=edition CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. en-us © 2010 Cable News Network LP, LLLP. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:24:23 EDT 10 http://edition.cnn.com/?eref=edition http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif 144 33 CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/09/02/mideast.peace.talks/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/09/02/mideast.peace.talks/index.html?eref=edition Direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders kicked off again with pledges of support for a peace process leading to a comprehensive settlement within one year. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:21:10 EDT http://edition.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/09/02/obama.economy/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/09/02/obama.economy/index.html?eref=edition After a week mostly focused on Iraq and Mideast diplomacy, it's back to the economy for President Barack Obama, who will deliver remarks Friday on the August unemployment numbers. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:28:07 EDT http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/02/gulf.oil.disaster/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/02/gulf.oil.disaster/index.html?eref=edition Crews removed the cap from BP's ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well late Thursday afternoon, a company spokeswoman said, an important step toward permanently sealing the well. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:31:31 EDT http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/02/louisiana.oil.platform.explosion/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/02/louisiana.oil.platform.explosion/index.html?eref=edition An oil and gas production platform has exploded 80 miles off the central coast of Louisiana, with 13 people overboard, including one injured, the Coast Guard said Thursday morning. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:55:17 EDT http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/09/02/congo.rape/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/09/02/congo.rape/index.html?eref=edition The United Nations appears to have been aware of rape by rebels in eastern Congo earlier than it originally said it was, according to an internal e-mail and a humanitarian bulletin. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:37:27 EDT http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/02/tropical.weather/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/02/tropical.weather/index.html?eref=edition Hurricane Earl took aim on the Outer Banks of North Carolina early Thursday as the powerful storm prepared to take a swipe at the Eastern Seaboard. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:17:36 EDT http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/02/spain.fire.arrests/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/02/spain.fire.arrests/index.html?eref=edition Investigators have arrested a suspect from Russia in connection with a fire that killed 156 people in a nightclub in Russia in 2009, the Spanish National Police said Thursday. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:59:00 EDT http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/02/greece.smoking.ban/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/02/greece.smoking.ban/index.html?eref=edition Greece has imposed a nationwide ban on smoking in enclosed public and private workplaces under a new slogan "cut smoking, gain life." Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:35:31 EDT http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/02/tropical.storms/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/02/tropical.storms/index.html?eref=edition As Hurricane Earl approached the U.S. East Coast on Thursday, two other tropical storms were churning in the Atlantic Ocean, with one prompting a tropical storm watch for Bermuda. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:12:47 EDT http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/02/hawking.god.universe/index.html?eref=edition http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/02/hawking.god.universe/index.html?eref=edition God did not create the universe, world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book that aims to banish a divine creator from physics. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:41:05 EDT