Tropical Storm Fay continued its erratic path reaching the coast Wednesday and headed for the Atlantic Ocean, where it could strengthen and curve back toward Florida — possibly as a hurricane.

Barack Obama's newly minted running mate will be hitting the trail with the Democratic hopeful Saturday, a senior Obama adviser told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Day 12 highlights: Both the U.S. men's beach volleyball and women's softball teams will be moving on to the finals to play for gold medals.

LeRoi Moore, sax player and founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, has died at age 46. He was seriously injured in an ATV accident in June.

Federal government has been using its system of checkpoints to collect information on U.S. citizens crossing by land; data will be stored for 15 years.