AP - Alice and Jeff Speck didn't have a car and didn't want one. But District of Columbia zoning regulations required them to carve out a place to park one at the house they were building.

AP - The history of the Mosaic Templars was believed to have drawn to a close in the 1930s, when the Great Depression swallowed one of the largest benevolent societies for blacks in the nation and likely the world.

AP - The eight-pointed star on the wall outside Trey Click's office marks it as a "survivor." The squat, orange building withstood the ravages of the 1900 hurricane, which nearly flattened this barrier island city and still stands as the nation's deadliest natural disaster.

AP - One week after Hurricane Ike tore up Galveston on its way through Houston and much of the eastern U.S., the battered barrier island began to bustle again Saturday as pockets reopened briefly and more repair crews arrived.

AP - Hours after performing for thousands of South Carolina college students, former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ AM were critically injured in a fiery Learjet crash that killed four people, authorities said Saturday.

AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton stepped up her efforts Friday to swing her supporters behind Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, her former rival for the nomination.

AP - This downtrodden and scandal-scarred city's new mayor called on residents Friday to work hard, work together and — name-checking a favorite sci-fi series — to "boldly go where no one has gone before."