Top Stories![]() Earl bears downBoston Globe - - 44 minutes ago Hurricane Earl swelled yesterday into a massive storm almost the size of New England, swirling north up the Eastern Seaboard on a track expected to take it perilously close to Nantucket around midnight. Video: Earl gathers strength Hurricane Earl Bears Down on Carolina Coast New York Times Oil platform explodes off La. coast; crew rescuedThe Associated Press - - 18 minutes ago NEW ORLEANS - An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. BP Says Limits on Drilling Imperil Oil Spill Payouts New York Times Israel, Palestine to continue peace talksThe Hindu - 1 hour ago PTI AP Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (left) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the Middle East peace negotiations in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday. Talk of Mideast peace emerges from Obama-brokered meeting Globe and Mail |



