Island Breeze Special Features
- Environmental groups question Gulf oyster safety
- NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sampling by environmental groups has found oysters contaminated with oil along the Louisiana coast befouled by the BP PLC oil spill, a finding that casts doubt on statements by state and federal officials that all seafood tes... Full story
- Fields of pot worth $10M seized near Waxahachie
- WAXAHACHIE (AP) — Law enforcement authorities south of Dallas say they've seized nearly 20,000 marijuana plants with a street value of nearly $10 million.
Ellis County Sheriff's Lt. James Saulter said Wednesday that the plants were found acros... Full story
- Calderon: Mexico shows gains in security, economy
- MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Felipe Calderon delivered his latest "state of the nation" report to Congress on Wednesday, saying Mexico has made gains in security and is enjoying its strongest economic growth in a dozen years.
The report came d... Full story
- Some dig in, others flee coast as Earl nears US
- BUXTON, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Earl blew toward the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday as a major storm with winds of around 145 mph as forecasters tried to pinpoint exactly how close the strongest gales and heaviest surge would get to North Carolina'... Full story
- Sharp drop in illegal border crossings is reported
- MY-THUAN TRAN / Los Angeles Times
- At a time when illegal immigration has returned to the political spotlight, figures released Wednesday show a sharp decline in the number of undocumented migrants crossing the U.S. border, in what researchers are calling the "first significant revers... Full story
- Flurry of storms is typical for time of year, experts say
- CURTIS MORGAN / The Miami Herald
- In the last two weeks, it seems as though the tropics have exploded: Hurricane Earl, big, scary and steaming toward North Carolina and a string of states. Tropical Storm Fiona, nearing hurricane strength but heading into hostile conditions and out to... Full story
- Homeless man calls 911 from hot tub, seeks cocoa
- BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug got arrested for trespassing instead.
Beaverton police say Mark Eskelsen called 911 from his cell p... Full story
- Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off
- NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The image of thick crude gushing from a blown-out oil well a mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico was turned off when a tightly fitting cap was secured on top a month-and-a-half ago.
Engineers weren't expecting that sight again T... Full story
- Cuba embraces 2 surprising free-market reforms
- HAVANA (AP) — Cuba has issued a pair of surprising free-market decrees, allowing foreign investors to lease government land for up to 99 years — potentially touching off a golf-course building boom — and loosening state controls on ... Full story
- Ono to mark John Lennon's 70th birthday in Iceland
- NEW YORK (AP) — Yoko Ono is planning a series of events in Iceland to mark what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday.
The artist and peace campaigner will light the Imagine Peace Tower illuminated memorial, located on the island of Vioe... Full story
