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Like many other vets, Don Fosburg marked the anniversary of World War II's end reflecting on a victory dearly earned and on men who helped make that happen but never came home.

Hurricane Earl roared past the North Carolina Outer Banks early Friday, flooding some parts of the narrow vacation islands and knocking out electricity before driving north.

Two former workers at Wright County Egg facilities said they reported problems such as leaking manure and dead chickens to USDA employees, but nothing was done.

Economists are bracing for a weak showing in the August employment report, which is scheduled to be released Friday.

Stark differences exist between the oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico and the blast that led to the massive BP spill.

A passenger was detained and four of Miami International Airport's six concourses were evacuated after a screener spotted something suspicious in a checked bag, authorities said.

No one killed

Rep. Chet Edwards, an imperiled Democrat deep in the heart of Republican territory, finds exiting American Legion Post No. 273 slow going. Supporters and well-wishers keep stopping him.

The idea seemed simple though bold: Call reputed gang leaders to a meeting with top police and federal prosecutors and deliver an ultimatum to end killings in the nation's third-largest city.

It's been three years since Scott Eckersley was fired after pointing out that his then-boss, former Gov. Matt Blunt, and others in Blunt's administration should not be deleting certain e-mails because they belonged to the public record.

Gov. Beverly Perdue says North Carolina is prepared for Hurricane Earl as it approaches the Outer Banks.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has forecast that food prices will only rise 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent this year, less than the 1.8 percent increases in 2008 and 2009 and the lowest rate of food inflation since 1992.

A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug got arrested for trespassing instead.

The defeat of Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski by an upstart fiscal conservative in Alaska's GOP primary could mark a significant shift for a state that has so long relied on federal pork to survive.

The nation's retailers are reporting surprisingly solid gains for August, helped by aggressive discounting, even as unusually hot weather and job worries kept a lid on back-to-school buying.