The Category 2 hurricane packs 105 mph winds as it passes North Carolina's Outer Banks, battering the state's coast with rain as the storm churns northward. | | VIDEO
Wyo. man gives more than $1.5 million to help defend Arizona's controversial immigration law in court, bringing Gov. Jan Brewer's total defense fund to $3.6 million
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