2010-09-01: AFP - The Obama administration geared up for a bold bid to relaunch direct Palestinian-Israeli peace talks and clinch a peace deal within a year as Middle East leaders gathered in Washington.

2010-09-01: AP - California lawmakers on Tuesday rejected a bill seeking to ban plastic shopping bags, after a contentious debate over whether the state was going too far in trying to regulate personal choice.

2010-09-01: AP - In an election year of the angry electorate, former governors in five states are hoping that a deja vu appeal sells better than the anti-establishment pitch.

2010-09-01: Mashable - Electronic Arts' wildly successful Madden NFL franchise has made the leap from the Xbox to Facebook.

2010-09-01: The growth is propelled by products whose prices have skyrocketed as drought and heat decimated Russian crops.

2010-09-01: AP - Asian stock markets gained Wednesday after Australia's economy expanded at its fastest pace in three years and Chinese manufacturing growth picked up for the first time in four months.

2010-09-01: AP - Not even skinny jeans for $20 are pulling Americans into stores.

2010-09-02: AP - The European Central Bank is raising its growth forecast for this year and next after a healthy second-quarter performance from the eurozone.

2010-09-01: AP - Mortgage applications rose 2.7 percent last week as more borrowers took advantage of the lowest rates in decades to reduce their monthly loan payments.

2010-09-02: On Lake Waramaug, a converted boathouse has a stone foundation, a wraparound deck and direct access to the water.

2010-09-01: Activity in the manufacturing sector expanded at a slower pace in August due largely to significantly slower growth in production and new orders, a survey says.