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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. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:19:03 GMT

School spankings: Minorities get more

A quarter of a million schoolchildren were paddled in 2007 — and black children, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share, according to a study. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:24:16 GMT

Abandoned ashes pile up at funeral homes

Funeral director Peter Stefan poses next to boxes of unclaimed ashes at Graham, Putnam & Mahoney Funeral Parlors, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008 in Worcester, Mass.

The abandoned ashes are stacked floor to ceiling in the basement of the Boston funeral home, tucked on shelves and in an unused dumbwaiter — part of a growing problem nationwide. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:22:39 GMT

Costly voting machines are tossed out

Two voters wait as election workers gather, trying to get the Diebold electronic voting machines up and running at the Garden Valley Neighborhood House in Cleveland on Nov. 7, 2006.

The demise of touch-screen voting has produced a graveyard of expensive corpses: Thousands of voting machines that have been shelved due to concerns about accuracy and security. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:42:02 GMT

Gitmo legal logjam may be ahead

A shortage of interpreters may cause delays for many of those held at Guantanamo, lawyers say. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:20:14 GMT