Carolina Fans React To Suspensions Of A Dozen Key Players - The announcement Friday that some of UNC’S best football players won't be suiting up in the season opener has many Carolina fans in...

CHATHAM, Mass. — The remnants of Hurricane Earl dumped wind-driven rain on Cape Cod’s gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages Friday night, disrupting people’s vacations on the...

SEATTLE — A national park spokeswoman says a search helicopter has spotted the body of an experienced mountain climber who was the son of boxing promoter Bob Arum. North Cascades National Park...

PHOENIX — Gov. Jan Brewer rose to national fame defending the state’s immigration law and warning of rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border, including a claim that headless bodies were...

WASHINGTON — What now for the Gulf? News of another oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico, so soon after the BP oil spill, has set off a wave of anxiety along the Gulf Coast and prompted calls...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Nine people have died after a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed Saturday on New Zealand’s South Island, police said. The plane burst into...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan has offered to resign over his ministry’s controversial hiring of his daughter, an official said Saturday. Yu made his offer...

BUXTON, N.C. — Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina’s Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and only modest damage, then took aim at the...

LOS ANGELES — Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at “American Idol.” Her departure leaves Randy Jackson, who’s been with the singing contest from...

CHATHAM, Mass. — A weakening but still dangerous Hurricane Earl steamed toward the gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages of Cape Cod on Friday night, disrupting people’s vacations on...

LOS ANGELES — More than five decades after a partial nuclear meltdown just outside Los Angeles, state and federal officials Friday announced agreements to remove all contamination and return...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Honduran who survived the massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico helped untie the only other survivor — a wounded Ecuadorean — and the two fled together, an official...

Military officials say a soldier from North Carolina was among four who were killed in an attack in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense announced Friday that 22-year-old Pfc. Matthew E. George of...

By BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press Writer CHATHAM, MA (AP) - A weakening Hurricane Earl swiped past North Carolina on Friday on its way to New England, where officials warned residents that it still...

The Hyde County Emergency Services Department said Friday that a ferry was scheduled to leave Friday afternoon from Swan Quarter to Ocracoke. The statement said officials expect to have three ferries...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina lottery officials say time is running out for the holder of a winning Powerball ticket to claim their $200,000...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Hurricane Earl played havoc with travelers' Labor Day weekend plans even as it weakened Friday on its path up the East Coast toward New...

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina lottery officials say time is running out for the holder of a winning Powerball ticket to claim their $200,000 prize. The North Carolina Education Lottery said...

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. — In the annals of North Carolina hurricanes, Earl will be lucky to merit so much as a footnote. Hours after the storm made its way north, vacationers and residents...

DENVER — Republican Dan Maes, Democrat John Hickenlooper and American Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo are officially on the November ballot in the race for Colorado governor. ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai, officials said. The state news agency WAM, quoting the...

Cary, N.C. — Firefighters are battling a fire at the Harrison Motel at 607 E Chatham St. in downtown Cary, town spokeswoman Susan Moran said.The fire start just after 6 p.m. and spread through...

MIAMI — A North Carolina man has been convicted in the 1993 disappearance of his girlfriend in South Florida. A Miami-Dade jury found 37-year-old Christopher Phillips guilty Thursday of...

BERLIN — A German court ruled Friday that Google Inc.’s subsidiary YouTube LLC must pay compensation after users uploaded several videos of performances by singer Sarah Brightman in violation...

MANTEO, North Carolina- The impact of the Category 2 storm appeared to be less than originally expected as Earl churned north parallel to the U.S. Atlantic coast hours after it was downgraded from a...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina educators may be ready to make high school students take a college entrance exam to determine whether they're ready for college work and how well schools are...

UNC Reacts To Players Ruled Ineligible - UNC's football players left in silence for their game against Louisiana State University.Read the Full Story at:...

MIAMI — A North Carolina man has been convicted in the 1993 disappearance of his girlfriend in South Florida. A Miami-Dade jury found 37-year-old Christopher Phillips guilty Thursday of...

HAVELOCK, N.C. — Officials say power has been restored to most of the coastal towns affected by winds and rain from Hurricane Earl. About 5,000 electric customers in Hyde County had awakened...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Federal investigators have decided a suspicious fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a future mosque in Tennessee was arson. U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,...

DENVER — Dan Maes like to brag about taking down the political machine in becoming Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial nominee. The way he’s going, it may be the only victory in a...

MIAMI — The suspicions airport security officials had when they saw the metal canister grew when they learned about the man who brought it in from the Middle East: a scientist who sparked a...

TEHRAN, Iran — Pro-government crowds swarmed outside the battered home of a key Iranian opposition leader Friday after militiamen attacked with firebombs and beat a bodyguard unconscious in a...

MAPUTO, Mozambique — Mozambique’s economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media...

Princeton, N.C. — The N.C. Center for Missing Persons issued a Silver Alert Friday for Almon Paschal Robbins.Robbins was last seen headed east on U.S. Highway 70 in Princeton driving a 1999...

Harnett County, N.C. — The state Highway Patrol helicopter is assisting in a search Friday for a shooting suspect on N.C. Highway 24/27 in Harnett County.The incident happened just after 2 p.m....

Clayton, N.C. — The N.C. Center for Missing Persons issued a Silver Alert Friday for Maurice Terril Dublin, 25, of Clayton.Dublin is described as a black man about 5-foot-8 and 185 pounds, with...

Middlesex, N.C. — The Middlesex Police Department and the state are offering a reward for information about a shooting outside the Provocon at 12207 W. Finch Ave. on May 9.Gregorio Rodriguez...

WASHINGTON — Google says Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is investigating whether its Web search rankings are fair. Google Inc. is facing increased scrutiny in Washington and Europe....

KILL DEVIL HILLS, North Carolina (AFP) – A weakened but still nasty Hurricane Earl lashed the US East Coast on Friday with heavy winds and high surf, triggering warnings clear up to Canada...

Buxton, NC -- Hurricane Earl's powerful gusts and driving rains churned over the Outer Banks of North Carolina overnight. National Weather Service meteorologist Jeremy Schulz said early Friday...

A roofing company that collected more than a half-million dollars from Carolinas homeowners and then abruptly shut down has filed for bankruptcy protection – meaning consumers are unlikely to...

By Eric Frazier efrazier@charlotteobserver.com There will be no trial before until at least 2012 in the nasty legal fight between the Charlotte region’s United Way and former president Gloria...

DAVIDSON An overturned boat in Lake Davidson has brought traffic in both directions of Interstate 77 to a crawl this afternoon. The interstate runs along the lake north of Davidson Exit 30. From...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Tom O'Brien figures the best way to keep his North Carolina State players focused on their opener is to remind them that they're playing...

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Sean Renfree has the strong arm and understanding of the offense that Duke coach David Cutcliffe wants to see from his...

"I'll probably be a little nervous at the beginning of the game, but once I find that rhythm, everything's gone," Jefferson said. "I wouldn't judge after one performance, because I have a whole...

Cooper, Robertson & Partners to spearhead the development of a new master plan for Research Triangle Park – the first update to the park’s master plan since the 1960s. The board...