Tropical Storm Rafael Dumps Heavy Rain in Caribbean
Updated Oct. 13, 9:25 a.m. EDT CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) - Tropical Storm Rafael is lashing the eastern Caribbean with heavy rains that are expected to unleash floods in the region....
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View ArticleTropical Storm Rafael Dumps Rain in East Caribbean
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Rafael lashed the Leeward Islands with heavy rains Sunday, threatening to strengthen into a hurricane within a day, U.S.-based forecasters said. The storm was centered at 8...
View ArticleStrong Storms Sunday from Plains into the Midwest
Published Sunday, 10:30 a.m. ET An intense storm will continue moving through the eastern half of the country Sunday, bringing areas of heavy rain and strong thunderstorms. As the center of the storm...
View ArticleWatch: Live Feed of Skydiver's Attempt at Supersonic Jump
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner started his daring ascent to 23 miles above Earth on Sunday, hoping to make a death-defying free fall that could make him the first skydiver to...
View ArticleSkydiver Lands Safely After Jump from Edge of Space
Baumgartner moments before his leap Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. (Red Bull Stratos live feed) ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner landed gracefully on Earth after a 24-mile jump Sunday...
View ArticleWatch: Skydiver's Epic Jump from Edge of Space Sunday
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - Officials say that Felix Baumgartner has become the first skydiver to break the speed of sound. At a news conference, Brian Utley of the International Federation of Sports...
View ArticleA Rainy Start to Week Across Parts of U.S.
The intense storm system of he Upper Midwest will lift northeastward toward Quebec, Canada on Monday. Wrap around precipitation will continue across Michigan as this system departs, while more...
View ArticleHurricane Paul Strengthens in the Pacific
Updated Oct. 15, 9:23 a.m. EDT (NOAA) MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Paul is strengthening in the Pacific off Mexico and a tropical storm watch has been issued for a portion of Baja California. The U.S....
View ArticleTropical Storm Rafael Tracking Toward Bermuda
(NOAA) CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) - The outer bands of Tropical Storm Rafael drenched the Caribbean's Northern Leeward Islands on Sunday as its center steadily moved over open ocean on...
View ArticleEast Coast Hikers Missing in Glacier National Park
Snow-covered mountains in Glacier National Park. (AP) KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) - Rescue teams at Glacier National Park searched in wintery conditions and rugged terrain Sunday for two East Coast hikers...
View ArticleEndeavor Finally Reaches Permanent L.A. Museum Home
Spectators watch the space shuttle Endeavour move down Martin Luther King Blvd. in Los Angeles Sunday. (AP) LOS ANGELES (AP) - It was supposed to be a slow but smooth journey to retirement, a parade...
View ArticleJump From Space's Edge Provides Collective Moment
This image made from video shows pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria as he jumps out of the capsule on Sunday. (AP) ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - Felix Baumgartner stood alone at the edge of space, poised in...
View ArticleTime (Lapse) Travel: From Estonia to L.A.
Photographer Enrique Pacheco traveled around the world for two years, shooting some of the most beautiful places on Earth. The result of his travels is this stunning time-lapse video, shot mostly in...
View ArticleWorld Temperatures Match Record for Hottest September
Ice floes float in Baffin Bay above the arctic circle. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward) By Seth Borenstein WASHINGTON (AP) - The world last month matched a record for the hottest...
View ArticleWatch: Extreme Mountain Unicycling
Think mountain biking is extreme? These guys do it on just one wheel. Stephanie Dietze and Lutz Eichholz unicycled down Cima Ombretta Orientale, a 1.87-mile-high peak in the Dolomite Mountains in...
View ArticlePaul Becomes Major Hurricane in Pacific
By Ignacio Martinez LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) - Hurricane Paul rapidly strengthened into a major Category 3 storm in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico on Monday, prompting a hurricane warning for a swath of...
View ArticleRafael Becomes Hurricane in the Atlantic
MIAMI (AP) - Forecasters say Hurricane Rafael has formed in the Atlantic Ocean south of Bermuda, hours after Paul rapidly grew into a major Category 3 hurricane in the Pacific off western Mexico. The...
View ArticleGiant Eyeball on Florida Beach May be from Swordfish
MIAMI (AP) - State experts say a giant eyeball that washed up on a Florida beach last week likely came from a swordfish. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Monday they based...
View ArticleHurricane Paul Weakens to Category 2 Storm in Pacific
(NOAA) LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) - It was raining, but that didn't scare tourists on Mexico's southern Baja peninsula who saw the impending arrival of Hurricane Paul as a minor inconvenience. Some went...
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