Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick has declared a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Earl's arrival. He says the declaration will allow the state to respond quickly to the storm, which is expected to skirt Nantucket and Cape Cod. (Sept. 2)
Librarian Brita Flynn at the Bogue Banks Public Library is taking precautions to make sure their books are not damaged again by approaching Hurricane Earl. The library suffered major damage during a previous storm. (Sept. 2)
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal says an oil sheen a mile long and a hundred feet wide has already been spotted spreading from the site of a Gulf of Mexico oil platform that caught fire Thursday. (Sept. 2)
Hurricane Earl is packing winds near 140 mph as it blows its way toward North Carolina on Thursday. The Eastern Seaboard up to Maine is on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain. (Sept. 2)
A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland home and initially said he was a sheriff before going on to ask for towels, hot chocolate and a hug has been arrested for trespassing. (Sept. 2)
The White House says no one was killed in an explosion on a petroleum platform in the Gulf of Mexico. He also says it was not in as deep of water as the BP well. (Sept. 2)
Remarkable surveillance video shows an SUV plowing into a convenience store in western Massachusetts. Police say the driver had fallen asleep at the wheel. Luckily the store owner and his wife had just closed for the night. (Sept. 2)
Remarkable surveillance video shows an SUV plowing into a convenience store in western Massachusetts. Police say the driver had fallen asleep at the wheel. Luckily the store owner and his wife had just closed for the night. (Sept. 2)
The capital of Mozambique remained tense Thursday, the day after several people died in violent confrontations with police. Protesters are angry over high prices of food, fuel and water. (Sept. 2)
Remarkable surveillance video shows an SUV plowing into a convenience store in western Massachusetts. Police say the driver had fallen asleep at the wheel. Luckily the store owner and his wife had just closed for the night. (Sept. 2)
Two American Muslims from New York are visiting 30 mosques across the country during Ramadan. The pair says the controversy over the mosque near the World Trade Center site has ramifications for Muslims across the United States. (Sept. 2, 2010)
A gunman shot to death by police after he took hostages at Discovery Channel headquarters said he hated the company's television shows because he claimed they promoted population growth and environmental destruction. (Sept. 2)
North Carolina Governor Bev Purdeu declared the state ready for Hurricane Earl which is expected to side-swipe the state's coastline late tonight or early tomorrow. (Sept. 2)
Hurricane Earl remains a category four storm, with winds near 145 miles per hour. The storm is centered about 400 miles off Cape Hatteras, NC. Hurricane watches extend as far north as Massachusetts. (Sept. 2)
Typhoon Kompasu roared ashore in South Korea Thursday, killing at least three people. The storm damaged buildings and cars, knocked down trees and power lines, shut down some Seoul subway service and caused chaos at airports. (Sept. 2)
Typhoon Kompasu slammed into South Korea, killing three people in what officials said was the strongest tropical storm to hit the Seoul area in 15 years. The storm knocked over trees and power lines, cutting off power to 60-thousand homes. (Sept. 2)
Paris Hilton was banned Wednesday from two Wynn resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, and her boyfriend was dismissed as a nightclub partner following their arrests in a vehicle that police said reeked of marijuana. (Sept. 2)
Republican challenger Carly Fiorina took aim at the nation's troubled economy during her first debate with Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer. The recession and California's unemployment rate loomed large in the debate. (Sept. 1)
A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's programming burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body Wednesday and took three people hostage before police shot him to death, officials said. (Sept. 1)
A powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe much of the East Coast just ahead of Labor Day, worrying countless vacationers who planned to spend the traditional last week of summer at the beach. (Sept. 1)
University of Iowa football player Josh Koeppel walked away with only a few bumps and bruises after a pickup truck hit his motorcycle, tossing him into the street. The accident was captured by a police dashboard camera. (Sept. 1)
A Facebook page has become an emotional centerpoint for relatives of those lost in Haiti's Hotel Montana, during the devastating earthquake earlier this year. (Sept. 2)
The mood appeared cordial as Mideast leaders commenced the talks aimed at creating a sovereign Palestinian state beside a secure Israel. The Obama administration has spent its first 20 months in office coaxing both parties back to the table. (Sept. 1)
New video released by the Chilean government shows improvements in the living quarters for the 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground in northern Chile. It shows them wearing clean clothes and receiving bottled water and other goods. (Sept. 1)
As Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard, vacationers along North Carolina's Outer Banks began packing their cars and moving inland, cutting short their summer just before Labor Day weekend. (Sept. 1)
Powerful Hurricane Earl spun toward the East Coast on Wednesday, driving tourists from North Carolina's vacation islands and threatening to bring damaging winds and waves all along the Atlantic seaboard through Labor Day weekend. (Sept. 1)
Pres. Barack Obama convened the first direct Israeli-Palestinian talks in two years Wednesday, challenging Mideast leaders to seize a fleeting opportunity to settle their differences and deliver peace to a region haunted by decades of hostility. (Sept. 1)
A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's programming burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body Wednesday and took three people hostage before police shot him to death, officials said. (Sept. 1)
It is "unethical, insensitive and inhumane" to oppose the planned mosque near ground zero, more than 50 leading Muslim organizations said Wednesday as they cast the intense debate as a symptom of religious intolerance in America. (Sept. 1)
Police say the gunman who took three people hostage at the Discovery Channel network's programming has died after they shot him. All three hostages escaped safely. (Sept. 1)
Seeking to break decades of hostility, President Barack Obama convened a new round of ambitious Middle East peace talks Wednesday and told Israeli and Palestinian leaders they faced a fleeting chance to settle deep differences. (Sept. 1)
A man upset with the Discovery Channel's environmental programming took several people hostage at gunpoint at the company's headquarters Wednesday while wearing canisters strapped to his body, officials said. (Sept. 1)
A gunman with what police described as "concerns" with the Discovery Channel networks took at least one person hostage in the company's suburban Washington headquarters Wednesday. (Sept. 1)
Three bombs ripped through a Shiite Muslim religious procession in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing 25 people and wounding at least 150 others, officials said. (Sept 1)
Police in Maryland say a gunman has entered the Discovery Communications headquarters in Silver Springs and has taken at least one person hostage.(Sept. 1)
Multiple explosions have been reported at a welding supply company in suburban Philadelphia and police are evacuating residents of the surrounding area. No injuries were immediately reported. (Sept. 1)
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's memoir hit the bookstores Wednesday. In it, Blair said he cried for Iraq war victims, but didn't regret fighting to topple Saddam Hussein. (Sept. 1)
President Barack Obama says the killing of four Israelis in the West Bank was a "senseless slaughter" that won't stop the U.S. from seeking peace in the Middle East. (Sept. 1)
Powerful Hurricane Earl wheeled toward the East Coast, driving the first tourists Wednesday from North Carolina vacation islands and threatening damaging winds and waves up the Atlantic seaboard over Labor Day weekend. (Sept. 1)
The U.S. moved into the final phase of its military involvement in Iraq, with administration officials saying the war was ending even as the new commander of the remaining 50,000 troops warned of the ongoing threat from "hostile elements." (Sept. 1)
A man wanted on a drug trafficking warrant led Ohio police on a three-county chase that ended with the suspect being shot in the backside. Police say Scott Sprague lost control of a van and crashed into a tree. (Sept. 1)
