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Fire officials fear winds will spread LA wildfire
A wildfire that had burned more than 2,000 acres and forced more than 1,000 people from their homes north of Los Angeles was only smoldering early Monday, but worries were rampant as several hours of severe winds were expected to hit the region later in the day.
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2 blazes in 2 days kill 7 in NYC; 4 are children
A school bus driver and his nephew died when a fire ravaged their apartment, a day after the city's deadliest blaze in nearly two years killed a couple and three children.
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Recovery, ruin visible in Texas a month after Ike
A month later, piles of Sheetrock, appliances, furniture and family mementos dot most streets in this island town. Electronic road signs in southeast Texas flash, "Watch for cows next 20 miles," a reminder that few fences remain to hem in livestock. Blue tarps cover 11,000 roofs for 100 miles from Houston to the Louisiana line.
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Holocaust survivors tell love story
In the beginning, there was a boy, a girl and an apple.
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Yale celebrates Noah Webster's 250th birthday
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The announcement came in 1800 in the back of a Connecticut newspaper just above a farmer's reward for a stray cow. A man named Noah Webster was proposing the first comprehensive "dictionary of the American language."
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Ohio shooting puts face on foreclosure crisis
By the time deputies came to escort Addie Polk out of her home of 38 years, the 90-year-old had taken out her life insurance policy and placed it next to her pocketbook and keys in the neatly kept house.
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Blighted San Francisco district touts its history
In the Tenderloin, corner stores sell more alcohol than food, drug-addled pan handlers shake paper cups at passers-by and churches vie for real estate with strip clubs.
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Attorney: Marine fighting extradition from Mexico
The attorney for a Marine accused of killing a pregnant colleague says his client is fighting extradition to the United States.
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Debt clock draws confused looks, anger or nothing
A watched clock never moves - unless it's the National Debt Clock.
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Chief says Chicago police are supported, motivated
Chicago's police superintendent is denying a news report that officers in his command are working the streets less aggressively out of fear of being second-guessed by him.
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The week in entertainmentThe newsmakers in the entertainment world this week as seen through the lenses of Associated Press photographers' cameras.
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Photos of the weekSee the major events of the week as caught in the lenses of Associated Press photographers.
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Global financial meltdownA look at the global impact of the financial crisis, with market data and summaries of plans for several countries.
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Compare attack adsThe Associated Press evaluates two negative ads getting attention in the presidential campaign.
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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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