AP - In the end, Earl's worst damage in New England was to seasonal businesses hoping to end their summer on a high note.

AFP - World Cup quarter-finalists Ghana cruised to a 3-0 victory over little Swaziland Sunday in an opening-round 2012 African Nations Cup qualifier.

AP - Motivated by the deaths of two friends in war-zone explosions, 1st Lt. Timothy Dwyer decided to become a bomb hunter.