Future hiring will mainly benefit the high-skilled (AP)

Congo: 70 dead, 200 missing in 2 boat capsizes (AP)

Key oil spill evidence raised to Gulf's surface (AP)

Despite formal combat end, US joins Baghdad battle (AP)

Tea party or establishment, GOP looks for gains (AP)

9 years gone, everyone's a ground zero stakeholder (AP)

Guatemala mudslides kill at least 38; 2 buses hit (AP)

Chile mine disaster exposes old family feuds (AP)

Taiwan's HTC: iPhone's `quiet' challenger (AP)

Venus wins but never finds comfort at US Open (AP)

Obama to propose permanent research tax credit (Reuters)

Basque ETA call to halt attacks met with caution (Reuters)

Twelve killed in suicide assault on Iraq army base (Reuters)

Gales, aftershocks shake quake hit New Zealand city (Reuters)

Oracle offered job to ex-HP CEO Hurd says source (Reuters)

Taxpayers may face initial loss on GM IPO: sources (Reuters)

Minister says Pakistani militants stoking sectarian rift (Reuters)

Earl fizzles as it sweeps through Maritime Canada (Reuters)

ETA declares ceasefire in Basque independence battle (AFP)

US troops fire back as suicide bombers kill 12 in Baghdad (AFP)