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Hurricane Earl was far more tame than what was fearedFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 3:10AMHurricane warnings for North Carolina were dropped at 11 a.m., as residents and officials on the barrier islands began to assess how much damage Earl's wind and waves left. There was minor flooding in several coastal counties, and hundreds were without power. But the storm was far more tame than feared.

Earl weakens but still powerful as it scoots by NCThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 7:16AMHurricane Earl churned past the North Carolina Outer Banks and its powerful gusts and driving rains were starting to be felt in southeastern Virginia early Friday, the beginning of at least 24 hours of stormy, windy weather along the East Coast.

Katrina evacuee returns to New Orleans with thanks for Dallas ' big heartSaturday, August 28, 2010 @ 11:23PMThree years after the storm, Chantel Johnson began a thank-you letter to the city that took her in, and then she put it away. It was a going-home letter, and it'd be another two years before she was ready to return - and send her farewell.

From a Humboldt County reporter's notebook ... Reflections of a White House visitThursday, August 5, 2010 @ 3:47AMThe invitation itself was enough to leave me momentarily speechless. ”The President requests the pleasure of your company,” it began in embossed calligraphy with a golden presidential seal atop the thick card.

Iberville block in Mid-City leaves one stroller hungry for moreFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:04PMThe Mid-City Neighborhood Organization rallied after Hurricane Katrina to organize residents and undertake initiatives to restore and improve the neighborhood, known as "the heart of the city."

Volunteers build ramp, giving blind man freedomFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:29PMWhen a stroke robbed Johnny Jensen of his eyesight in March, it took his sense of independence, too. Two weeks ago, a church group from Ridge, N.Y., gave it back to him.

Hunt for the perfect Tuscan treasureThursday, July 15, 2010 @ 6:18PMThe Arezzo Antiques Fair, Italy's oldest and largest, takes place the weekend that includes the first Sunday of each month, just 40 miles from Florence.

Hunt for the perfect Tuscan treasureFriday, July 9, 2010 @ 5:15PMPrayerful angels carved from oak, grinning cherubs and gold pocket watches with time on their hands. All are stacked on the cobblestones of Arezzo's Piazza Grande. Through the shutters of my hotel window, I watch vendors unload a treasure trove of antiques:... Watch - Pocket watch - Watches - Arezzo - Shopping

Seeing eye to eye with beluga whales in ManitobaTuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 5:26AMI am beluga bait. Bobbing at the end of a rope tied around my feet, I am being slowly towed in the wake of a Zodiac through the icy waters of Hudson's Bay.