NATIONAL NEWS
     
      WASHINGTON (AP) - The unemployment rate is inching up for the first time in four months.   Weak hiring by private employers last month wasn't enough to keep pace with a large increase in the number of people looking for work.   The Labor Department says companies added a net total 67,000 new jobs last month, down from July's upwardly revised total of 107,000.   The jobless rate went from 9.  5 percent to 9.  6.  
     
      BUXTON, N.  C.   (AP) - There's debris and some flooding reported as officials head out in North Carolina's Outer Banks to check for damage from Hurricane Earl.   No injuries have been reported.   Earl remains on track for the Northeast coast as a Category 2 storm with 105 mile-an-hour winds.  
     
      WASHINGTON (AP) - A government official says a 70-year-old scientist is in custody in Miami after an incident that forced the evacuation of four councourses out of six at the airport.   Officials say screeners found a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb.   No explosives have been found.  
     
      LONDON (AP) - BP says more than 28,000 people and 4,000 vessels are still engaged in responding to the Gulf oil spill.   The oil company says the pricetag so far, including $399 million in claims, is $8 billion.  
     
      HAVANA (AP) - Fidel Castro has dusted off his military fatigues for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago.   It's just a symbolic act, but it comes in a Communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance.   The revolutionary leader wore the cap and uniform at a speech today to students at the University of Havana.   It could bring speculation that Castro wants a larger role in Cuban politics.  
     
     
     
      SEATTLE (AP) - Triple-A says drivers hitting the road this Labor Day weekend in Washington will find gasoline prices 14 cents a gallon higher than they were this time last year.   Prices in Washington yesterday averaged $3.  06 a gallon, compared to $2.  92 a year ago.   It's 39 cents higher than the national average, $2.  67, but down two cents in the past month in Washington.  
     
      SEATTLE (AP) - A federal court judge in Washington, D.  C.  , has ruled the U.  S.   Fish and Wildlife Service must revise a Bush administration recovery plan for the northern spotted owl.   The judge on Wednesday ordered a new plan for the threatened bird, which has been at the center of a long battle over logging in the Northwest.  
     
      CHEYENNE, Wyo.   (AP) - Yellowstone National Park officials are reminding visitors that the park is closed to hunting.   Hunting seasons are starting in lands surrounding Yellowstone.   Park officials say most of the boundary is well marked, but they also say it's hunters' responsibility to know where they are and make sure they don't enter the park.   Federal laws prohibit the killing or removal of any animals from Yellowstone.  
     
      PORTLAND, Ore.   (AP) - Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley has unveiled his education plan, which includes full-ride scholarships to state universities for Oregon high school students who earn a 3.  5 grade point average or better.   Dudley told The Oregonian yesterday that his approach "is about transforming Oregon's educational system.  " Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber released an education plan in February.  
     
      Weather: Mostly sunny.   High near 92.