Fishermen moved boats to shelter from a rare burst of tropical weather along Maine's rugged eastern coast Sunday as a weakening Hurricane Kyle spun past on its way to Canada, threatening a glancing blow equivalent to a classic nor'easter. ...more

September 29, 2008

Calvin and Hobbes? Dennis and Ruff? - set up a stand for selling apples. The price is exorbitant, maybe $100 an apple. ...more

September 17, 2008

This is where science meets human emotion. This is where a man walks into a room as a scientist, and walks out of it as a son. ...more

September 8, 2008

Gulf Coast communities are handing out more and more tags that residents can hang from their rearview mirrors as identification to re-enter towns and cities after mandatory evacuations. ...more

August 20, 2008

Dear Readers, It's the time of year when we start looking toward the tropics and wondering what this hurricane season has in store for us. From meteorologists to emergency response personnel to individuals and families, we all want to know what the future holds. ...more

June 1, 2008

When tropical weather threatens, agencies from the local to federal levels watch the systems and try to gauge their strength. When a hurricane is approaching land, the National Hurricane Center will begin issuing watches and warnings. Here's how to decipher those: ...more

May 29, 2008

It's the time of year when we start looking toward the tropics and wondering what this hurricane season has in store for us. From meteorologists to emergency response personnel, to individuals and families we all want to know what the future holds. ...more

May 23, 2008

When tropical weather threatens, agencies from the local to federal levels watch the systems and try to gauge their strength. When a hurricane is approaching land, the National Hurricane Center will begin issuing watches and warnings. Here's how to decipher those: ...more

May 23, 2008

A tropical depression came ashore in the Florida Panhandle on Friday, sparing coastal Louisiana and Mississippi the first serious brush with tropical weather since two hurricanes laid waste to the area in 2005. ...more

September 22, 2007