AP 2009-09-08

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1.The White House says environmental adviser¹ Van Jones quit because of the controversy² over his past inflammatory statements. Spokesman Robert Gibbs says Jones didn't want to get in the way of the president's agenda. Jones said opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear³ campaign against him.

2.Afghan President Hamid Karzai has 48.6% of the votes counted so far in last month's election. Top challenger Abdullah Abdullah has 30.1%. Karzai needs more than 50% to the final vote count to avoid a second round. Election officials say they've thrown out the results from 447 polling sites because of fraud allegations.

3.Seven of the eight people killed in a Brunswick, Georgia mobile home have been laid to rest. The brother of the man charged in the killings⁴ insists he did not commit the crimes.

4.A 747 may have the horsepower advantage but it wasn't enough to win the battle against a Porsche race car. The two faced off on the tarmac at Singapore's airport. The event kicked off a series of races in Singapore.