Earl eyes Eastern Seaboard Discovery Gunma ... well ... Armed Claims Down

BUXTON, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Earl is Heading toward the eastern seaboard and wish you had hit the U.S. main land around midnight tonight. The Category 4 storm has winds of Currently around 145 miles an hour. Many Tourists not have left North Carolina's Outer Banks and the Red Cross is ready to open dozens of Shelters on Long Island, New York.

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - Police outside Washington, DC, say a Man Who Took hostages at the Discovery Channel's headquarters was Carrying a Handgun, propane tanks and pipe Bombs. Police shot and killed him on storming the building in Silver Spring, Md., And rescued the three hostages. The Gunma Said they hated Discovery bothered like "Kate Plus 8" and "19 Kids and Counting" Because Crap think the promote population growth.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The leaders of Israel and the Palestinians sit down and talk face-to-face at the State Department later this morning. U.S. Officials are Hoping the direct peace Negotiations will soon lead Thurs an Agreement on the creation of a Palestinian state. President Barack Obama yesterday met separately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people requesting Unemployment Benefits is down for the second straight week, suggesting the slowing economy That isn't prompting widespread job cuts. The Labor Department says New Claims for Unemployment Aid Fell last week by 6.000 to a seasonally Adjusted 472.000.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rapper T.I. is in trouble with the law again. He & His wife Have Been Arrested in Los Angeles has drug charges. Police Say They smelled marijuana in Their car last night. T.I. recently served seven months in a federal prison and three months in a halfway house is a weapons charges.