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Yesterday evening I heard the sad news that a visitor on Ocracoke Island drowned late Saturday afternoon after being caught in a dangerous rip current. Such sobering news always af...

Updated 8:44 with full text. President Barack Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office at 8 p.m. today. He said that ending the U.S. combat mission i...

By Eliot Kleinberg Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Updated: 3:01 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010Posted: 5:13 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, 2010Danielle, Earl, and maybe Fiona.Three tropical systems -- a hurricane, a tro...

I have noticed that these two new storms (Danielle, Earl) which formed of the west coast of Africa are forecast to recurve north. why is it that ...

ReutersHurricane Danielle weakens to Category 2 stormAtlanta Journal ConstitutionAP MIAMI — Hurricane Danielle has weakened, though the now-Category 2 storm far out over the Atlantic is still expected to bring dangerous rip currents to the US East Coast. ...

ReutersHurricane Danielle weakens to Category 3 stormReutersMIAMI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Hurricane Danielle weakened to a Category 3 storm on Saturday, as the season's first major hurricane churned over the open Atlantic Ocean, the US National Hurricane ...

Bono storms back Bono talks about U2's new music and the show. STORY HIGHLIGHTS "I have an annoying gene," Bono admits "I am, as a character, at times, a little overbearing," he says Bono dishes on U2's new music and the...

ReutersChina holds day of mourning for mudslide victimsAFPBEIJING — Flags were flying at half mast and public entertainment cancelled Sunday as China marked a national day of mourning for the more than 1200 people killed by massive mudslides in the northw...

ReutersChina marks day of mourning for landslide victimsReutersA resident burns incense for people who were killed when a mudslide hit Zhouqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province August 12, 2010. BEIJING (Reuters) - China observe...

With more rain in the forecast and rivers still swollen from the last round of storms, residents are fearing the worst. NBC’s Ron Allen reports from Colfax, Iowa. (Today Show)...