At least five people were killed and 35 wounded Sunday when a suicide bomber attacked troops at a firing range in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan, sources said.

Russia - Dagestan - Suicide attack - Suicide - Death

Andy Dalton ran for two touchdowns and threw for another score to make up for his two interceptions and No. 6 TCU opened the season with a 30-21 victory over No. 24 Oregon State on Saturday night.

Andy Dalton - Oregon State - NCAA Division I - sport - College and University

NYT: As Democrats brace for a November wave that threatens their control of the House, party leaders are preparing a brutal triage of their own members.



Democratic - House - United States - New York Times - Politics

After jumping out ahead of Purdue, 20-3, in the first game of the Brian Kelly era, Notre Dame's lead began to slip away as the Boilermakers notched a safety followed by a touchdown to close the gap to eight. But the Irish defense clamped down and David Ruffer notched his third field goal as Notre Dame held on for the 23-12 win Saturday in South Bend.

briankelly - Notre Dame Fighting Irish football - Notre Dame - Purdue Boilermakers - South Bend Indiana

After disrupting Labor Day weekend plans  millions, Earl makes a blustery landfall Saturday morning in Canada's Nova Scotia province, where one man died.

Nova Scotia - Canada - Hurricane Earl - Business and Economy - Recreation and Sports

Trent Richardson ran for two touchdowns and Greg McElroy passed for 218 yards to help No. 1 Alabama beat San Jose State 48-3 on Saturday night.  The defending national champs shrugged off the absence of injured Heisman winner Mark Ingram and suspended defensive end Marcell Dareus in the opening mismatch.

Mark Ingram - Greg McElroy - Trent Richardson - San Jose State University - Alabama

Steven Slater won't be popping any more emergency chutes ... at least not for JetBlue.



Flight attendant - JetBlue Airways - United States - Recreation - Roads and Highways

American upstart Beatrice Capra got blown away Saturday — by the excellence of Maria Sharapova and the bad, blustery conditions caused by the remnants of Hurricane Earl.  Treating the wind and an opponent with nothing to lose as mere annoyances, Sharapova put a 6-0, 6-0 thumping on Capra at the U.S. Open.

Kaia Kanepi - US Open - Jelena Janković - sport - Wimbledon Championships

Hip-hop star Kanye West is still feeling the pain over his ambush of Taylor Swift last year — and he's expressing his pain all over Twitter.

Kanye West - Taylor Swift - Hip hop - MTV Video Music Awards - Music

A crane hoists a key piece of oil spill evidence from the Gulf of Mexico, giving investigators their first chance to personally scrutinize the blowout preventer.

BP - Blowout preventer - Oil spill - Business - Gulf of Mexico

At least 18 people were killed in Guatemala on Saturday, including a dozen on a bus that was buried in a landslide, as heavy rains lashed the Central American nation and southern Mexico.



Guatemala - Central America - Mexico - United States - Travel and Tourism

Denard Robinson accounted for 383 yards and two touchdowns in his first game as Michigan's starting quarterback, leading the Wolverines to a 30-10 win over Connecticut on Saturday at the bigger than ever Big House.

University of Connecticut - Rich Rodriguez - Michigan - Quarterback - Michigan Wolverine

The powerful earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around Christchurch, New Zealand, also ripped an 11-foot wide fault line in earth surface.

New Zealand - South Island - Earthquake - Oceania - Christchurch

Police in El Salvador have found two buried oil drums stuffed with millions of dollars in cash possibly linked to the illegal drug trade, authorities said Saturday.

El Salvador - Central America - Illegal drug trade - Police - Government

Jason Day and Brandt Snedeker played in far different conditions Saturday and wound up with a share of the lead halfway through the Deutsche Bank Championship. Tiger Woods, meanwhile, rebounded and shot up the leaderboard with a 6-under 65.

Tiger Woods - Deutsche Bank Championship - Phil Mickelson - Golf - Hurricane Earl

Anti-war protesters hurled shoes and eggs at Tony Blair on Saturday as he arrived for the first public signing of his fast-selling memoir.



Tony Blair - Prime Minister - History - Parliament - Northern Ireland

A strong economy needs bustling Main Streets and a thriving middle class, not just a healthy stock market, President Barack Obama said in paying tribute to the American worker.

Barack Obama - United States - Middle class - Stock market - President