Today's Headlines -- Thursday

• Infrastructure bank could be part of jobs package (AP)
• As water recedes, cleanup begins across Northeast (AP)
• US counterterror chief: Al-Qaida now on the ropes (AP)
• Timing clash settled, Obama sets sights on speech (AP)
• WikiLeaks: Breach has exposed unredacted US cables (AP)
• A Gadhafi son vows no surrender to Libyan rebels (AP)
• Government sues to block AT&T, T-Mobile merger (AP)
• Court case reveals details of secret flights (AP)
• AP IMPACT: Pakistani fertilizer fuels Afghan bombs (AP)
• NYPD monitored where Muslims ate, shopped, prayed (AP)
• Gaddafi sons broadcast confusion as battle looms (Reuters)
• Waters recede but storm victims suffer in East (Reuters)
• Cheney book renews post-9/11 U.S. policy fights (Reuters)
• U.S. moves to block AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile (Reuters)
• Katia strenthens into hurricane over Atlantic (Reuters)
• Obama to address Congress on September 8 (Reuters)
• Analysis: Lagarde shows independence from Europe as IMF chief (Reuters)
• WikiLeaks denies charges it put lives in danger (Reuters)
• Clegg visits London riot site (AFP)
• Debt crisis resists assault by ECB and global leaders (AFP)