Kanye West is still feeling the pain over his trophy grab from Taylor Swift last year and he's expressing his pain all over Twitter. (Sept. 4)

Concerned Afghans stood in long lines Saturday to withdraw money from the nation's largest, but troubled bank. (Sept. 4)

Anti-war protesters hurled shoes and eggs at former British prime minister Tony Blair on Saturday as he held the first public signing of his fast-selling memoir in Ireland. (September 04)

Residents in Chatham, Massachusetts, are breathing a sigh of relief after Tropical Storm Earl was more of a rain event than a dangerous storm as some had feared. (Sept. 4)

CAPTION: Nine people died in New Zealand on Saturday when a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed and burst into flames near a popular tourist spot in the country's Southern Alps, police said. (4 Sept)

In his weekly radio and Internet address, president Barack Obama on Saturday outlined what he's done to help the middle class, a group he says has been squeezed the most during the recession. (Sept. 4)

Highlights of this day in history: Crisis unfolds in Little Rock, Ark. over racial integration in schools; Ford rolls out its ill-fated Edsel; Attorney William Kunstler dies; Mark Spitz sets Olympic gold record; Singer Beyonce born. (Sept. 4)

Republican Congressman Geoff Davis of Kentucky is criticizing the White House for creating too much red tape and not enough jobs. (Sept. 4)

Tropical Storm Earl brushed the Northeast late Friday. The storm was far less intense than feared, but still dumped heavy, wind-driven rain and churned up waves along the coast. (Sept. 4)

CAPTION: New Zealand on Saturday was recovering from a powerful earthquake which damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on the nation's South Island. (September 4)

Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at 'American Idol.' Her departure leaves Randy Jackson the last judge standing, for now. Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez are the reported front-runners for the panel. (Sept. 3)

Emergency calls placed minutes after a gunman entered the Discovery Channel's headquarters include descriptions of the propane tanks strapped to his body, a blinking device in his left hand. (Sept. 3)

The mother of a child found dead in her home _ along with evidence the child had been bound _ was arrested Friday on charges of assault and endangering the welfare of a child, police said. (Sept. 3)

A weakening but still dangerous Hurricane Earl steamed toward the gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages of Cape Cod, disrupting people's vacations on the unofficial final weekend of the short New England summer. (Sept. 3)

An oil and natural gas platform caught fire Thursday sending 13 crew members overboard. Though everyone survived, family memebers recounted the anxious moments when they learned of the news. The AP's John Mone reports. (Sept. 3)

Mississippi quarterback Jeremiah Masoli has been cleared by the NCAA to play football just one day before the start of the season. Last season, Masoli led Oregon to the Rose Bowl. (Sept. 3)

Authorities searched a Northern California landfill Friday for signs of a missing man police said might have been one of five murder victims linked to a suspect who was shot and killed by police after a high-speed chase. (Sept. 3)

Officials in Chatham, Massachusetts, say they are relieved that Earl has weakened but are still warning residents and tourists not to 'tempt fate' by venturing too close to the water at the height of the storm Friday night. (Sept. 3)

The NHL approved Ilya Kovalchuk's revised 15-year, $100 million deal with the Devils Friday. The free agent's initial pact with New Jersey was rejected, because the NHL said it violated the salary cap. (Sept. 3)

A tentative recovery is prompting more people to look for work. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports the Obama administration is pledging to come up with more actions to help the struggling job market. (Sept. 3)