Hurricane Earl. (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ )
Hurricane Earl packed winds near 140 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard up to Maine on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain.
File photo of an ambulance.
Motorists asked to avoid area of serious accident in Clay County, Indiana.
In this July 30, 2010 photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio talks about his latest crime suppression sweep in Phoenix, to announce the arrest of 22 people on his office's 17th crime and immigration sweep. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
The U.S. Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics.
An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Friday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion.
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