AP - Tough-talking Ryan McDonald grew up in a rough blue-collar neighborhood, teased as "Mr. Clean" since childhood after an ailment left him permanently bald.

AP - Nebraska's new "safe-haven" law allowing parents to abandon unwanted children at hospitals with no questions asked is unique in a significant way: It goes beyond babies and potentially permits the abandonment of anyone under 19.

AP - It was the dog days of August when the British launched a massive attack to smash the rebellion spreading through the colonies. Landing from ships on the Brooklyn shore, 15,000 redcoats and Hessian mercenaries outflanked and then routed Gen. George Washington's amateur army in what would be the biggest battle of the American Revolution.

AP - Usain Bolt loves the cameras, the cameras love Usain Bolt, and when they connected during his third victory lap of these Olympics, he smiled that infectious smile and raised three fingers.

AP - The parents of the Chinese gymnasts are indignant, the International Olympic Committee sounds satisfied and the Beijing Games are almost over. Yet questions persisted Friday about the ages of China's gold-medal women's gymnastics team.

AP - A train derailment in central Oklahoma on Friday sent fireballs into the sky but caused no injuries.

AP - STEINHATCHEE, Fla. — Tropical Storm Fay continued to bear down on Florida's Panhandle on a path that would vault the stubborn weather system into the record books.

AP - A pilot program allowing illegal immigrants to surrender to authorities and have more control over their deportation has been dubbed a failure.

AP - A judge has refused to jail two Marines but found them in contempt of court for refusing to testify against a former squad leader accused of killing unarmed detainees in Iraq.

AP - There's a reason comedians call it "dying on stage."