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AP - All that was left of some houses Friday were chimneys, rising from still smoldering ruins. Burned-out cars sat along ash-covered streets. And a rescue worker with a dog searched door to door for missing people.

AP - A federal appeals court has sided with the computer software industry in its effort to squelch sales of second-hand programs covered by widely used licensing agreements.

AP - A Canadian company is inviting U.S. oil producers to bid on rights to use a proposed pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, easing worries that domestic crude could get left out of the project.

AP - No foot-fault calls, no controversy. Instead, simply quite a comeback for Kim Clijsters, and another victory over a Williams sister in the U.S. Open semifinals.

AP - They will read the names, of course, the names of every victim who died in the Sept. 11 attacks. The bells will ring. And then that moment of unity will give way to division as activists hoist signs and march, some for and some against a planned mosque two blocks from ground zero.

AP - Gunmen killed 25 people in a series of drug-gang attacks in Ciudad Juarez, marking the deadliest day in more than two years for the Mexican border city, authorities said Friday.

The Upshot - Here is our roster of stories that managed to evade full-on blog treatment today: • Salvatore Giunta, a 22-year-old paratrooper, has become the first living soldier since Vietnam to be awarded the Medal of Honor. He rescued three fellow soldiers by running into a Taliban ambush. (Washington Post) • The Justice Department will not seek [...]

AP - Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was jailed briefly Friday on a felony charge after his ex-girlfriend alleged he beat her and stole her cell phone during an argument in front of their three children.

Reuters - The International Monetary Fund said on Friday that downside risks to global recovery have intensified due to recent turbulence in sovereign debt markets and continued weakness in the financial sector.

AP - The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday ordered Enbridge Energy Partners to stop the flow of oil from its leaking pipeline outside of Chicago by noon Monday.

AFP - More than 450 Chrysler bosses including ex-chairman Lee Iacocca sued Daimler AG and Cerberus Friday claiming they lost 100 million dollars in pensions in the automaker's bankruptcy.

AP - Flying over Alaska on his way to Asia, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger couldn't help but take a lighthearted jab at the state's former governor.

AP - Two Seattle-area men pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges stemming from an illegal tax shelter that enabled wealthy clients — including philanthropist Robert Wood Johnson IV and Hollywood mogul Haim Saban — to avoid paying taxes on $1.3 billion in capital gains.

Reuters - All of the candidates running to be the next New York state attorney general support some form of moratorium on natural gas drilling and put the burden on industry to prove such drilling can be done without endangering drinking water.

Reuters - Internet domain name registry GoDaddy.com has put itself up for sale, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Reuters - Investors are using options to brace for big swings next week as Wall Street enters the peak of the most volatile month for stocks historically.

AFP - High levels of national debt and a still shaky financial sector threaten to derail the global economic recovery, the IMF warned on Friday.

AP - A federal judge on Friday allowed the holder of a movie copyright to subpoena the names of people accused of illegally downloading and distributing a film over the Internet.

AP - Chile is sparing no expense to rescue its 33 trapped miners, mounting three separate drilling efforts to carve escape tunnels through nearly a half-mile of solid rock and collapsed mine shafts. The latest — an oil-well drill so big it takes 40 trucks to carry it — began arriving Friday.

Reuters - The Dow and S&P 500 closed the week with their seventh gain in eight sessions in a turnaround period for stocks that has seen investors' worst fears about the economy start to dissipate.