Earl packs 105 mph winds as it passes over North Carolina's Outer Banks, delivering heavy rain to the state's coast but little storm surge as it moves farther north. | | VIDEO
Federal judge overturns state's ban on flag mutilation, clearing the way for the Westboro Baptist Church from Kansas to continue trampling on Old Glory when it protests at military funerals
Engineers remove a temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf in order to clear out failed equipment and prepare for the actual final plug