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Southeast states brace for Tropical Storm Hanna
Tropical storm watches or warnings were extended from Georgia to areas just south of New York City on Friday as states along the Atlantic braced for Tropical Storm Hanna.
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Detroit mayor, soon off to jail, talks of comeback
Only hours after agreeing to resign and serve time in jail as part of plea deal, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick expressed regret for the scandal that has engulfed the city - and left the door open for a return to public life.
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Philly school rekindles same-sex education debate
Calling all ninth-grade boys! Raise your hand if this school sounds like fun: wearing jackets and ties every day, staying until 5 p.m., learning Latin and - to top it all off - no girls.
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Gunman's rampage shows pitfalls for mentally ill
Isaac Zamora's mother begged him to get help when he was released from jail a month ago. State and federal laws prevented her from doing much more for the man who has now been arrested after a shooting spree in rural northwest Washington that left six people dead and four wounded.
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San Francisco delays rollout of ID card program
San Francisco is delaying a controversial program that would provide identification cards to all residents regardless of legal status.
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Remains of 3 sailors from Pearl Harbor identified
Two-thirds of a century ago, Kathleen Wyman drove her brother to California to join the Navy. From there, he shipped out to the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor.
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FEMA to cover hotel costs for some Gustav evacuees
Victims of Hurricane Gustav who can't return to their homes over the next month because of storm damage or power outages can have their hotel costs covered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, officials said Thursday.
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Americans get to know once-obscure Alaska governor
Doug Watts, a painter from Phoenix, watched in spite of himself. There was Sarah Palin on television, and he found himself mesmerized.
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Judge sentences Jonesboro shooter to 4 years
A man who as a teen helped shoot and kill five people in a schoolyard ambush was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison on an unrelated federal weapons charge.
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Prisons scramble to make digital TV switch
The big switch to digital TV has prison officials scrambling to keep one of the most important peacekeeping tools in prisons across the nation - broadcast television.
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Tracking HannaMeteorologists have been tracking Hanna, which has been a tropical storm and a hurricane.
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Gustav: The path of destructionView Hurricane Gustav's path of destruction.
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Gustav-Katrina ComparisonSee a timeline comparing the two hurricanes.
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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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Raleigh Convention Center InteractiveThe Grand Opening of the new Raleigh Convention Center is Sept. 5 and 6.
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