Hanna rolls into Connecticut with heavy rain
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Tropical Storm Hanna rolled into Connecticut on Sunday, bringing heavy rain, wind gusts and oppressive humidity....

Powerful Hurricane Ike looms as trouble for Gulf
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- Powerful Hurricane Ike rolled down an uncertain path Sunday that may lead to the U.S. Gulf Coast late this week, forcing emergency officials to pay attention and leaving millions of people from Florida to Mexico to wonder where it will eventually strike....

SF Bay area officer, 2 others killed in gun fight
MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) -- Three people including a police officer are dead after a reported domestic disturbance at a hair salon turned into a gun fight, police in this San Francisco Bay area community said Saturday....

Kentucky works to keep embattled institution open
SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) -- Physically, Deron Dickerson was a 38-year-old man. Mentally, he was a toddler who needed constant supervision....

4th Pa. teen charged in killing of immigrant
POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities in Pennsylvania say a fourth teenager has been charged in the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant....

Democrats post big gains in voter registration
CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) -- Five days a week, Linda Graham trolls tattered neighborhoods of this once thriving steel city outside Pittsburgh for unregistered voters she can sign up as Democrats - one of thousands of unknown volunteers whose work outside the limelight has already altered the basic arithmetic of the November election....

FBI's civil rights initiative: no trials yet
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Flanked by officials from the NAACP and the Southern Poverty Law Center, FBI Director Robert Mueller last year announced with considerable fanfare a new partnership between his agency and civil rights organizations....

Don't take it off _ end near for NYC smut palace
NEW YORK (AP) -- The end may be near for Scores, the legendary strip club that has attracted celebrities while withstanding Mafia infiltration, FBI raids and ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani's crusade against smut....

Crash with suspect's SUV kills Philly officer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A 16-year-old in a stolen vehicle smashed into a police car during a chase, killing one of two officers in the cruiser, authorities said Saturday....

40 years after capture, USS Pueblo crew reunites
JERICHO, Vt. (AP) -- Ralph McClintock expected only a three-week mission when he boarded the USS Pueblo in January 1968....