8/29/10,
5 years after Katrina, a revival not yet complete
By CAIN BURDEAU and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN 2010-08-29T21:33:45Z
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Gulf Coast residents tried to put Hurricane Katrina behind them on Sunday, marking its fifth anniversary by casting wreaths into the water to remember the hundreds killed. But part of the catastrophe lives on, in abandoned homes still bearing spray-painted circles indicating they had been searched and whether bodies were found inside....
8/29/10,
NYC mosque debate will shape American Islam
By RACHEL ZOLL 2010-08-30T04:07:46Z
NEW YORK (AP) -- Adnan Zulfiqar, a graduate student, former U.S. Senate aide and American-born son of Pakistani immigrants, will soon give the first khutbah, or sermon, of the fall semester at the University of Pennsylvania. His topic has presented itself in the daily headlines and blog posts over the disputed mosque near ground zero....
8/29/10,
Shootings leaves Mormon official, suspect dead
By 2010-08-30T04:29:07Z
VISALIA, Calif. (AP) -- A gunman killed a Mormon church official after a church service Sunday, then police fatally wounded the man suspected in the attack less than a half-hour later, officials said....
8/29/10,
Arizona police say gunman kills 5, then self
By 2010-08-30T04:57:15Z
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) -- A gunman entered a western Arizona home and fatally shot five people, including the mother of his two children and her new boyfriend, before fleeing with the kids to Southern California where he killed himself, police said Sunday....
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Five years after Hurricane Katrina's wrath, President Barack Obama sought to reassure disaster-weary Gulf Coast residents Sunday that he would not abandon their cause....
8/29/10,
2 police officers fatally shot in Alaska village
By RACHEL D'ORO 2010-08-30T04:09:19Z
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A standoff was under way Sunday in a tiny southeast Alaska village after a man fatally shot two of the village's four full-time police officers the night before, then barricaded himself in his home, local officials said....
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- If his diary and witness accounts are to be believed, Nicholas Pinto endured months of physical, sexual and mental abuse in prison. Guards roughed him up, made him stand naked in a cold cell for hours at a time, and taunted him relentlessly. A fellow inmate raped him night after night, beat him when he resisted, and stole his possessions....
8/29/10,
Newborn Hurricane Earl threatens north Caribbean
By DAVID McFADDEN 2010-08-30T03:12:36Z
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Islanders set up emergency shelters and airlines canceled flights as newly born Hurricane Earl churned toward the northern Caribbean on Sunday. Cruise lines diverted ships to avoid the storm's path....
8/29/10,
Beetle Bailey nears retirement age but stays put
By STEPHEN SINGER 2010-08-29T19:39:27Z
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Beetle Bailey is slouching toward retirement age, but the lazy Army private won't be getting rest anytime soon from his tour of duty on newspaper comics pages....
8/29/10,
Surf lessons open new vistas for disabled kids
By FRANK ELTMAN 2010-08-29T23:26:10Z
LONG BEACH, N.Y. (AP) -- The lesson begins on the beach with a youngster lying on a surfboard more than twice her size. After some brief orientation, the child, joined by a world-class surfing coach, is soon paddling about 30 yards into the ocean....
