WASHINGTON (AP) _ The long and divisive war in Iraq is about to resonate with presidential candidates in a way not seen so far in the campaign: The sons of both vice presidential nominees are assigned » Full Story

PITTSBURGH (AP) _ A federal appeals court Friday refused to dismiss fraud and theft charges against celebrity pathologist Cyril Wecht and said he can be tried again — but ordered the judge replaced to » Full Story

DALLAS (AP) _ The oldest gorilla in captivity, a 55-year-old female named Jenny, has died at the Dallas Zoo — her home for more than half a century, a spokesman said Friday. » Full Story

HOMESTEAD, Florida (AP) _ Ike is still far out in the Atlantic, but it's getting a close look from those who weathered 1992's Andrew, the devastating Category 5 storm against which all other Florida h » Full Story

MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (AP) _ Tropical Storm Hanna cruised toward the Carolinas on Friday, forecast to hit land overnight and promising to deliver gusty winds and heavy rain during a dash up the » Full Story

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Her first week of classes at Northern Illinois University made it clear to freshman Miraynda Castro that she wasn’t beginning her college career at just any campus. » Full Story

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Boeing Co. machinists walked out on strike Saturday after contract talks arbitrated by a federal mediator failed to produce an agreement. » Full Story

JERICHO, Vt. (AP) — Ralph McClintock expected only a three-week mission when he boarded the USS Pueblo in January 1968. » Full Story

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A super-sharp Earth-imaging satellite has been launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the Central California coast. » Full Story

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos (AP) — Hurricane Ike barreled toward the Turks and Caicos as a powerful Category 3 hurricane Saturday, prompting an exodus of tourists and residents from the normally » Full Story