There’s a 50-50 chance Earl will still be a hurricane when it slams into Nova Scotia tomorrow night or Saturday morning. 2 September

There’s no question about it: hurricane Earl will impact Nova Scotia — it’s just a matter of how hard. 1 September

A sheepish smile rolled over Martin Frk’s face as the topic of his excessive penalty-minute totals came up. 2 September

Peter Delmas turned in a solid game in goal and two rookies provided the offence as the Halifax Mooseheads picked up a QMJHL exhibition victory in Saint John, N.B., last night. 2 September

HALIFAX - A hurricane watch has been issued for southern Nova Scotia as hurricane Earl storms towards Atlantic Canada. 2 September 14:00

To claps and cheers of “Go Peter!” Mayor Peter Kelly splashed into the harbour waters at Black Rock Beach yesterday. 2 September

The unseasonably high temperatures inflicted on Nova Scotians over the last few days prompted the province’s chief public health officer to issue a warning about heat-related health issues. 2 September

The Halifax Mooseheads cut 18-year-old winger Bradley MacDonald yesterday. at least 2 September

FLEURY-MEROGIS, France - The bacon is gone from the bacon burgers, replaced by smoked turkey. At a fast-food restaurant outside Paris, a new certificate on the wall proclaims that its beef comes from cows slaughtered in line with Islamic law. 1 September ⁽²⁾

Sorry kids, there’s no getting out of the first day of school because of this heat and humidity. 2 September

Halifax Regional Police have issued a countrywide warrant for a 20-year-old wanted in connection with a Clayton Park assault last month. 2 September

Randy Knapp was a teenager when he spent 13 nights trapped in a whiteout on Oregon's Mount Hood. Thirty-three years later, he's still climbing. 1 September

BEAVERTON, Ore. - A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland, Oregon home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug. 2 September

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Los Angeles police have identified the owner of a trunk in which the mummified remains of a baby and a fetus were found. 2 September 15:20

DENVER - The U.S. military says a chaplain who died in Afghanistan is the first Army clergyman killed in action since the Vietnam War. 2 September 15:17

MADRID, Spain - Spanish highway patrol officers who are issuing fewer speeding fines to protest a pay cut have heard the magic word from their boss: Please, cut it out. 2 September 15:16

OTTAWA - First Nations in British Columbia are warning the federal government that they will stop at nothing to prevent a mining company from destroying a fishing lake to process copper and gold. 2 September 15:15

TIRANA, Albania - Albania says the United States has given it three coast guard patrol boats to help in its fight against terrorism, organized crime and illegal trafficking. 2 September 15:14

PHOENIX - The U.S. Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics. 2 September 15:14

To relaunch Middle East peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their American mediators quietly agreed to push aside the question of Hamas — the Islamic militant group that controls one of the two Palestinian territories and rejects negotiations. 2 September 15:12

WASHINGTON - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed Thursday to keep talking and produce a framework for a permanent peace deal, modest achievements reached amid deep skepticism about success at their first such session in two years. 2 September 15:06

KABUL - U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that while the fight against corruption must be led by Afghans, the U.S. is working on new ways to prevent millions of American dollars flowing into the nation from underwriting bribery and graft. 2 September 15:00

TUCSON, Ariz. - A federal appeals court in San Francisco has tossed out the conviction of an Arizona man who left water jugs in the desert for migrants passing through. 2 September 14:51

BUXTON, N.C. - Hurricane Earl packed winds near 125 mph (200 kph) as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard all the way to Canada on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain. 2 September 14:50

KABUL - NATO said an airstrike in northern Afghanistan on Thursday killed about a dozen insurgents, but President Hamid Karzai said the victims were campaign workers seeking votes in this month's parliamentary elections. 2 September 14:43

NEW ORLEANS - A mile-long oil sheen spread Thursday from an offshore petroleum platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico off Lousiana, west of the site of BP's massive spill. 2 September 14:43