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Police release scientist in Miami airport scare (AP)

Passengers head out of the terminal at Miami International Airport in Miami, early Friday morning, Sept. 3, 2010. A spokesman for Miami International Airport says four of its six concourses have been evacuated as a police bomb squad investigates a report of a suspicious item. Several flights were diverted to other parts of the terminal.(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - Investigators on Friday released a scientist detained at Miami International Airport after screeners spotted a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb, prompting an evacuation, a senior law enforcement official said.




Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England (AP)

Debris covers the road along the beach in south Nags Head, N.C., Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 after wind and rain from Hurricane Earl passed through overnight. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - A weakening Hurricane Earl swiped past North Carolina on Friday on its way to New England, where officials warned residents that it still packed dangerous winds that could topple trees or damage the area's picturesque gray-shingled cottages.




'Birth tourism' a tiny portion of immigrant babies (AP)

Miguel, 3, clings to his father, Miguel, an illegal immigrant, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in San Juan, Texas. Miguel and his wife, who remain in the U.S. as illegal immigrants, have two children born in the U.S. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - When Ruth Garcia's twins are born in two months, they'll have all the rights of U.S. citizens. They and their six brothers and sisters will be able to vote, apply for federal student loans and even run for president.




Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill (AP)

Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Unlike the blast that led to the massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico killed no one and sent no crude gushing into the water.




Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored (AP)

Robert Arnold looks on as his wife Deanna holds a rooster on their farm, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in Garrison, Iowa. The two former workers at Wright County Egg facilities said they reported problems such as leaking manure and dead chickens to USDA employees, but were ignored. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site.




Nursing homes broaden offerings to turn a profit (AP)
AP - For decades, the mission at Miami Jewish Home and Hospital was simply to care for the old.

Comfort Inn a hurricane hostel in NC (AP)

Lee Taylor, of Harlow, N.C., buys ice for his family to ride out the storm as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - A two-story Comfort Inn has become a makeshift hurricane hostel on North Carolina's Outer Banks for those who want to stay close to their homes but know they need better shelter from the onslaught of Earl.




Clams befouling Tahoe invade Adirondack lake in NY (AP)

In this Aug. 30, 2010 photo, Dan Marelli, of Tallahassee, Fla., a biologist and scuba diver specializing in mollusks, holds Asian clams found in Lake George, in Bolton Landing, N.Y. Scientists consider the clams arrival a stroke of bad luck that could cause ecological and economic harm. They hope to smother the rapidly reproducing mollusks before they spread. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)AP - A thumbnail-sized clam blamed for clouding the azure bays of Lake Tahoe high in the Sierra Nevada has now turned up in a mountain-ringed Adirondack lake renowned for its limpid, spring-fed waters.




Pearl Harbor marks 65th anniversary of WWII's end (AP)

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 2, 1945 picture, Japanese Foreign Minister Namoru Shigemitsu, center in top hat, leads the Japanese delegation aboard the USS Missouri battleship in Tokyo Bay for the signing ceremony for Japanese surrender in World War II. World War II veterans, their families and officials marked the 65th anniversary of the end of that war on board the same ship where Japan formally surrendered in 1945. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy)AP - Like many other vets, Don Fosburg marked the anniversary of World War II's end reflecting on a victory dearly earned and on men who helped make that happen but never came home.




McCourt: Wife concerned about nest egg (AP)

Jamie McCourt leaves court during a lunch break Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 in Los Angeles. Frank McCourt testified at his divorce trial, his estranged wife, Jamie McCourt, wanted no part in the risk associated with buying the Los Angeles Dodgers six years ago. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Former Dodger CEO Jamie McCourt was more concerned with protecting the couple's luxurious homes than dealing with baseball matters and didn't want to take the risk associated with buying one of baseball's most storied franchises six years ago, her estranged husband said.




Warrants detail stabbings at Calif. beach house (AP)

FILE - This undated handout file photo provided by Silva and Silva Photography shows Brock and Davina Husted, who were both stabbed to death in their beach front home in Ventura, Calif., in May, 2009. Documents, obtained by the Ventura County Star reveal an armed intruder who demanded cash and jewelry when he burst into the Faria Beach home in May 2009. (AP Photo/Silva and Silva Photography, File) ** NO SALES **AP - A 9-year-old boy ran to get cash from his mother's purse to appease an armed intruder, but when he returned the man was stabbing his parents with a kitchen knife in the bedroom, according to recently released search warrants in the triple murder case.




Critics: Ill. lottery contract cloaked in secrecy (AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2009 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn shows off the Veteran's Cash scratch-off lottery ticket, the Stars & Stripes, in Springfield, Ill. Two weeks before Gov. Pat Quinn is set to award one of Illinois' most lucrative contracts ever — private management of the state's $2 billion-a-year lottery — some are criticizing the process as secretive and complaining that it was structured to favor one bidder. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)AP - With less than two weeks before Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn awards a lucrative, first-of-its-kind contract for the private management of the state's $2 billion-a-year lottery, some are criticizing the selection process as too secretive and questioning whether it favors one powerful bidder.




Police question scientist in Miami airport scare (AP)

A Miami-Dade Police and Fire Rescue officers are seen on the arrival level at Miami International Airport in Miami, early morning Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. A spokesman for Miami International Airport says four of its six concourses have been evacuated as a police bomb squad investigates a report of a suspicious item. Several flights were diverted to other parts of the terminal.(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - A government official says a scientist has been detained in Miami after screeners found a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb.




Police: Discovery Channel hostages planned escape (AP)

In this image released by the Montgomery County Police, James J. Lee is seen is a booking mugshot from 2008 on disorderly conduct. Lee, 43, a gunman with what police described as 'concerns' with the Discovery Channel networks took at least one person hostage in the company's Silver Spring, Md., headquarters Wednesday, Spet. 1, 2010. A law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing said authorities have identified Lee as the likely suspect. (AP Photo/Montgomery County (Md.) Police)AP - Police had been negotiating with James Jae Lee for several hours and intended to keep him talking for as long as it took to safely resolve the standoff at the Discovery Channel's headquarters. Inside the lobby, Lee's three hostages had no intention of waiting.




3 dead in plane crash off San Francisco Bay (AP)

Map locates the site of a small twin-engine plane crash in San Fransisco BayAP - A small plane that crashed into a shallow lagoon off San Francisco Bay on Thursday, killing three people, belonged to the founder of a local steel company who was believed to be among the dead.




LA police ID owner of trunk containing baby bodies (AP)

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, left, stands with Captain Fabian Lizarraga during a news conference to discuss the mummified infants case in Los Angeles Thursday, Sept 2, 2010. Los Angeles police identified the owner of a trunk, belonging to Janet M. Barrie, in which the mummified remains of a baby and a fetus were found. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Investigators have identified the owner of a trunk in which the mummified remains of two babies were found, bringing them a step closer to solving the intriguing international mystery.




Arizona governor stumbles during debate (AP)

From left; Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Barry Hess, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, Republican, moderator Ted Simons, democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry Goddard and Green Party candidate Larry Gist and go over rules prior to a televised Arizona gubernatorial debate Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - It will go down as one of the most painful openings to a political debate in recent memory.




FBI: 6 accused in forced labor of 400 Thai workers (AP)
AP - Six recruiters were accused Thursday of luring 400 laborers from Thailand to the United States and forcing them to work, according to a federal indictment that the FBI called the largest human-trafficking case ever charged in U.S. history.

Phoenix airport worker arrested in luggage thefts (AP)

In this undated photo provided by Phoenix Police, 23-year-old Michael Hegstad is shown. Police say Hegstad was arrested on suspicion he stole items worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from the luggage of passengers passing through Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, and that there could be hundreds of victims from around the world. Hegstad was a contract worker at the airport. (AP Photo/Phoenix Police)AP - A man who worked at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport was arrested Thursday on suspicion that he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of items from the luggage of passengers in a case that could include hundreds of victims from around the world.




Embattled Illinois prisons chief resigns (AP)
AP - Illinois' prison chief, who became a political liability to Gov. Pat Quinn during an election year because of a secret prisoner release program he oversaw, is stepping down, the governor said Thursday.