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Forecasters: Gustav strengthens into a hurricane
On the same day that residents marked the three-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's wrath, another storm strengthened into a hurricane miles away and threatened to hit the Gulf Coast once again.
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Miss. governor says evacs will begin this weekend
Hurricane Katrina victims still living in temporary housing along Mississippi's coastline should begin evacuating this weekend as Gustav approaches the Gulf Coast, Gov. Haley Barbour said Friday.
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Calif. farmers use guns, poison to safeguard crops
Farmers in "America's Salad Bowl" are turning into hunters - stalking wild pigs, rabbits and deer - to keep E. coli and other harmful bacteria out of their fields.
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Gustav headed for current that fuels big storms
The difference between a monster and a wimp for Gulf of Mexico hurricanes often comes down to a small patch of warm deep water that's easy to miss. It's called the Loop Current, and hurricane trackers say Gustav is headed right for it, reminiscent of Katrina.
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Hurricane victims rebuild fortress-like homes
Floodwaters 5 feet deep filled sculptor and retired Navy Cmdr. Robert Noguere's bayfront home when Hurricane Ivan made landfall in 2004.
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Detroit mayor's political future back in court
A lawyer for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick asked a judge Friday to freeze next week's hearing that could remove him from office, accusing Gov. Jennifer Granholm of being too biased to preside over the case.
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Ohio jury convicts mom in microwaved-baby case
A mother was convicted Friday of killing her month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave oven, with jurors rejecting a defense attorney's claims there was evidence that someone else was responsible.
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Body parts scheme ringleader pleads guilty in Pa.
The man behind a wide-ranging scheme to plunder corpses and sell their often-diseased parts and tissues to medical companies pleaded guilty Friday to charges that could send him to prison for life.
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1 killed, 1 injured in W.Va. chemical plant blast
Federal officials are investigating the cause of a plant explosion that rocked an area west of Charleston, hurling a fireball hundreds of feet into the air, killing one worker and injuring a second.
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Hurricane-force winds, heavy rain hit Phoenix area
A series of fast-moving thunderstorms packing winds of up to 100 mph plowed through the Phoenix area, leaving tens of thousands without power, briefly shutting down the airport and ripping the roof off a brand-new college football facility.
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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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Tropical Storm Fay's remnants bring floodingThe remnants of Tropical Storm Fay moved into North Carolina on Tuesday, Aug. 26, and continued to dump heavy rains and cause flooding the next day.
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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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Mohammed Taheri-Azar caseImages from the UNC 'Pit' attacker's case
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Your back-to-school photosViewers submit their back-to-school photos.
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