Still a powerful Cat. 2 hurricane, Earl passes North Carolina's Outer Banks and begins to deliver rain and gusts of almost 70 mph to the tip of the Chesapeake Bay. | | VIDEO

Wyo. man gives more than $1.5 million to help defend Arizona's controversial immigration law in court, bringing Gov. Jan Brewer's total defense fund to $3.6 million

Engineers remove a temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf in order to clear out failed equipment and prepare for the actual final plug