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Hanna dumps rain on mid-Atlantic, heads north
Tropical Storm Hanna accelerated toward New England on Saturday after the storm's whipping winds and rain didn't linger long enough over the Southeast to cause much more than some isolated flooding and power outages.
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Kentucky works to keep embattled institution open
Physically, Deron Dickerson was a 38-year-old man. Mentally, he was a toddler who needed constant supervision.
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4th Pa. teen charged in killing of immigrant
Authorities in Pennsylvania say a fourth teenager has been charged in the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant.
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FBI's civil rights initiative: no trials yet
Flanked by officials from the NAACP and the Southern Poverty Law Center, FBI Director Robert Mueller last year announced with considerable fanfare a new partnership between his agency and civil rights organizations.
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Don't take it off - end near for NYC smut palace
The end may be near for Scores, the legendary strip club that has attracted celebrities while withstanding Mafia infiltration, FBI raids and ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani's crusade against smut.
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Crash with suspect SUV kills Phila. police officer
An allegedly intoxicated teen motorist smashed into a police car during a chase and one of the two officers in the cruiser was killed, authorities said Saturday.
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40 years after capture, USS Pueblo crew reunites
Ralph McClintock expected only a three-week mission when he boarded the USS Pueblo in January 1968.
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House explosion kills 2 in Chicago suburb
Authorities in northern Illinois say an explosion has destroyed a house and the bodies of the elderly couple who occupied the home have been found in the wreckage.
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7 years on, Sept. 11 is so far and yet so close
It is not a tidy anniversary this year. Seven years between that awful day and this Sept. 11, the terrorist attacks linger somewhere between the immediate, a conscious part of our days, and the comfortable remove of the distant past. No longer yesterday and not yet history.
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Ex-NJ politician headed to trial on fraud charges
A former New Jersey lawmaker with a national reputation for pushing welfare reform is facing charges of using his political clout to land no-work government jobs as a way to boost his income and increase his pension benefits - from $28,000 a year to $81,000.
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Tracking HannaMeteorologists have been tracking Hanna, which has been a tropical storm and a hurricane.
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Raleigh Convention Center InteractiveThe Grand Opening of the new Raleigh Convention Center is Sept. 5 and 6.
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Campaign Trail Photos of the WeekView photos from the past week on the campaign trail from AP photographers around the country.
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N.C. Drought Maps Time Lapse AnimationView a time lapse animation of drought conditions since April of 2007.
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The week in entertainment photosA look at the top entertainment stories of the week through the lenses of Associated Press photographers.
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