Some bunker down, some flee as Earl approaches US (AP)

Times Square cleared as bomb found in parked SUV (AP)
AP - Police found an "amateurish" but potentially powerful bomb in a smoking sport utility vehicle in Times Square, then cleared the streets of thousands of tourists milling through the...

Official: Prison fire in Honduras leaves 272 dead (AP)
AP - Trapped inmates screamed from their cells as a fire swept through a Honduran prison, killing at least 272 inmates, authorities said Wednesday.

Snapping Sea Lion Takes Aim At Shakira
On a South African beach, the singer saw sea lions on rocks and in shallow water. As she later wrote on Facebook, "I thought to myself how cute they were so I decided to get a bit closer than...

APNewsBreak: Israel: Thai bombs like India attack (AP)
AP - The homemade bombs discovered in a Bangkok house after a series of blasts in the city were similar to devices used against Israeli Embassy targets in India and Georgia, Israel's...

Negotiators reach tentative payroll tax cut pact (AP)
AP - House-Senate talks on renewing a payroll tax cut that delivers about $20 a week to the average worker yielded a tentative agreement Tuesday, with lawmakers planning to unveil the pact...