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Tropical Storm Fay stays on Florida's coast
Tropical Storm Fay continued its erratic path Wednesday, moving north along the Florida coast but not going out over the Atlantic Ocean, where many had feared it could strengthen and curve back toward the state as a hurricane.
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Study: Cost often not factor when picking college
Even if a student plans on a major where the financial rewards aren't so obvious, such as art history or philosophy, most American families don't factor in their child's expected earning power when considering the potential debt load for college.
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Study finds minorities more likely to be paddled
Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them last year - and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group.
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Researcher says bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit
Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice - handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it - was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit.
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States throw out costly electronic voting machines
The demise of touch-screen voting has produced a graveyard of expensive corpses: Warehouses stacked with thousands of carefully wrapped voting machines that have been shelved because of doubts about vanishing votes and vulnerability to hackers.
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Girl from polygamist group ordered into state care
A 14-year-old girl allegedly married to jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs with her parents' blessing at age 12 was ordered back into foster care Tuesday by a Texas judge.
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Searchers locate all missing Grand Canyon hikers
Rescue crews have located a handful of hikers who were missing after floods tore through a remote part of the Grand Canyon, authorities said Tuesday.
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Flooding recedes in South Texas after foot of rain
Flooding receded Tuesday in southern Texas and main highways reopened after a deluge of as much as 13 inches of rain, as the drenching weather shifted to the northern end of the state and Oklahoma.
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DMB sax player dies at 46 from ATV wreck injuries
LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46.
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NJ congressman in Georgia to help trapped sisters
A New Jersey congressman has arrived in the Republic of Georgia in an effort to bring home two young girls stuck overseas since the conflict with Russia began.
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Michael Phelps at the 2008 OlympicsThe images of swimmer Michael Phelps, who won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.Images of swimmer Michael Phelps, who won eight gold…
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The week in photosThe week's top stories in news and sports through the lenses of Associated Press photographers.
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The week in entertainment photosA look at the top entertainment stories this week through the lenses of Associated Press photographers.
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Images of the 2008 Beijing OlympicsKeep up with your favorite athletes and moments of the 29th Olympiad through the lens of those that are right alongside the action as it happens.
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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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