Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England | MIKE BAKER | The Associated Press | BUXTON, N.C. - Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and only modest damage, ... (photo: WN / nilufer)Philadelphia Daily News
Critics: Ill. lottery contract cloaked in secrecy Seth Perlman, File FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2009 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn shows off the Veteran's Cash scratch-off lottery ticket, the Stars & Stripes, in Springfield, Ill. Two weeks before ... (photo: US Navy / Senior Chief Photographer's Mate Douglas E. Waite)Kansas City Star