NATIONAL STORIES
RALEIGH, N.C. (USA TODAY) -- Powerful Hurricane Earl wheeled toward the East Coast, driving tourists Wednesday from North Carolina vacation islands and threatening damaging winds and waves up the Atlantic coast.
SILVER SPRING, Md. (USA TODAY) -- Police shot and killed a gunman holding at least three hostages inside the Discovery Channel building Wednesday with a weapon and possible explosives, authorities in this Washington suburb said.
DETROIT (AP) -- Auto sales are no longer helping to lead an economic recovery.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski has conceded her U.S. Senate primary race to Joe Miller.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Tourists on a North Carolina vacation destination island are being asked to board ferries and head for the mainland ahead of powerful Hurricane Earl.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is opening a new round of Mideast peacemaking, bringing Israeli and Palestinian leaders together for talks aimed at forging agreement within one year on a two-state solution: a sovereign Palestine and a secure Israel.
(USA TODAY) -- Category 4 Hurricane Earl continues to gather steam in the Atlantic and is expected to start a dash north along the East Coast later Tuesday.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The hard-fought race between Sen. Lisa Murkowski and her Republican challenger narrowed as the state began counting thousands of outstanding ballots in Alaska's GOP primary.
EL PASO, Tex. (USA TODAY) -- In addressing troops Tuesday at Fort Bliss near El Paso, Texas, President Barack Obama's message was clear: Our combat mission in Iraq may be over, but the war isn't won.
CHICAGO (NBC) -- It's not on the road yet, but already firefighters are tearing apart the Chevy Volt in the name of safety.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. government official says the FBI's investigation of two men detained in Amsterdam is finding that it's unlikely they were on a test run for a future terror attack, even as Dutch authorities continued to hold the pair on suspicion of conspiring to commit a terrorist act.
MIAMI (AP) -- The National Hurricane Center says Earl has strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane with winds near 135 mph (215 kph) as it moves away from the Virgin Islands.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (NBC) -- Agents from the FBI and ATF are asking for help from the public in solving the arson at the future site of the the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
DALLAS (NBC) -- The salmonella scare might have slowed down sales in the egg industry, but the chicken business is picking up.
WASHINGTON (NBC) -- President Obama admits there's "no magic bullet" to jump-start the economy. "If you don't have a job right now, it's a tough, tough situation," said President Obama.
MESSINA, Sicily (AP) -- Italy's health minister has apologized to a new mother for an operating room fistfight between two doctors that led to her botched delivery.
FREDONIA, Ariz. (AP) -- Authorities say they've captured the suspect in the killing of a Utah sheriff's deputy.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- President Obama isn't worried about a recent poll showing nearly one-fifth of Americans believe he's a Muslim.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Two New York State legislators want to require farmers to vaccinate their chickens against salmonella.
MIAMI (AP) -- Earl has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane as it barrels toward several islands in the eastern Caribbean.
BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese authorities and state media say a moderate earthquake has struck southwestern China, injuring 14 people and damaging hundreds of houses. No deaths have been reported.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigerian police say kidnappers have taken the son of a top political organizer.
NEW YORK (AP) -- After nearly nine years, life is returning to ground zero in a tangible way.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One rally in the nation's capital is over, and another under way.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Numbers confirm what Northeasterners have been saying: summer of 2010 was a record-breaking scorcher.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. and Afghan troops have repelled a pair of attacks by insurgents wearing U.S. Army uniforms and suicide vests.
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (AP) -- President Barack Obama heads to New Orleans Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and reaffirm his commitment to the Gulf Coast.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Jimmy Carter has for years worked behind the scenes to secure the release of political prisoners.
GALT, Iowa (AP) -- The owner of an egg farm was able to expand his egg empire despite being branded a "habitual violator" of Iowa's environmental laws.
WASHINGTON (NBC) -- In the air and on the highways, more Americans are expected to head out for holiday travel over Labor Day weekend with increases in all modes of transportation.
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