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Tracking Isaac: The latest on the hurricane's path
Isaac began its long, slow trek inland on Wednesday, hours after it made landfall over southeastern Louisiana. Driving rains and heavy winds pelted ...
Isaac nears New Orleans, floods rural La. levee
Hurricane Isaac pushed water over a rural levee to flood some homes, knocked out power and immersed beach-front roads in Louisiana and Mississippi ...
Crook who stole 3,500 Pillow Pets avoids jail
A Southern California man who stole 3,500 Pillow Pets from an Oceanside warehouse has avoided jail. The North County Times (bit.ly/U9NOc5) reports ...
Isaac threatens storm surge, floods all day
Hurricane Isaac is moving slowly inland toward New Orleans from the Gulf of Mexico and threatens dangerous storm surge and flooding all day. The U.S.
Alinea and Eleven Madison Park to swap places
Chicago's Alinea and New York's Eleven Madison Park, two of the nation's highly acclaimed restaurants, announced Tuesday they will be trading places ...
Rubio: Both parties need to improve with Hispanics
Sen. Marco Rubio says both political parties need to do more to address the needs of Hispanic Americans. The Florida Republican was reacting to ...
Isaac on verge of becoming hurricane near US coast
Isaac was on the verge of becoming a full-blown hurricane Tuesday morning as it rolled over the Gulf of Mexico towards Louisiana, where residents in ...
Men rob Ohio victim but make sure he has bus fare
Police say robbers who held up an Ohio man at gunpoint gave him back enough money for bus fare before running away. It happened at a Dayton bus stop ...
Mom of dead NY girl, 5: Teen suspect a 'mooch'
The mother of a dead 5-year-old girl said the teen accused of killing her daughter was someone she had not wanted to be around the home her daughter ...
Flight attendant's career landing in Guinness book
A flight attendant is landing in the Guinness World Records book after spending 63 years moving about the cabin. Ron Akana, 83, worked his last route ...
Isaac in New Orleans for Katrina's 7th anniversary
Hurricane Isaac swallowed parts of the swamps south of New Orleans early Wednesday on its way toward the newly fortified city, as people across the ...
Hurricane Isaac makes landfall in La.
Hurricane Isaac raked the Louisiana coast and headed for a shuttered New Orleans late Tuesday, with brutal timing that made up for much of what it ...
Celebration and mourning in Vt. a year after Irene
At the Bethany United Church on Randolph's Main Street the church bell rang at 7 p.m. to commemorate the first anniversary of Hurricane Irene, while ...
Police arrest 3 in assault on Wisconsin RB Ball
Three suspects accused of assaulting Wisconsin running back Montee Ball were arrested Tuesday, nearly a month after the Heisman Trophy finalist ...
News networks stay live overnight to cover Isaac
Some television news networks are planning to stay on live overnight to follow Hurricane Isaac and its impact on the Gulf Coast. CNN, Fox News Channel ...
Colo. theater victim families question fundraising
Anguished family members of some of the Colorado theater shooting victims lashed out at a fundraising campaign Tuesday, saying it collected more than ...
Peterson witnesses: 3rd wife died accidentally
Forensic pathologists testified for the defense Tuesday that they believe Drew Peterson's third wife died of an accidental fall in her bathtub, ...
WellPoint CEO Braly quits amid sagging results
WellPoint Inc. President and CEO Angela Braly resigned Tuesday amid investor frustration with disappointing financial results at the nation's ...
Police: Mich. student attack not likely hate crime
A Michigan State University student said he was attacked at an off-campus party by two men who asked if he was Jewish, and when he said he was, ...
Police: Relative reported worries about soldier
A relative of one of four soldiers accused by Georgia authorities of killing a fellow soldier and plotting anti-government acts came to police with ...
Isaac makes landfall in southeast Louisiana
Hurricane Isaac has made landfall in southeast Louisiana with winds near 80 mph. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm's center reached ...
Gulf Coast braces for Hurricane Isaac's wrath
The Gulf Coast braced for the landfall of Hurricane Isaac late Tuesday, hunkering down behind boarded-up windows with stockpiles of food and water as ...
Ark. officer reprimanded after squad car shooting
An Arkansas police officer was reprimanded for not properly searching a young man who authorities said subsequently shot himself while handcuffed in ...