Reuters - Hurricane John slammed into the Baja California peninsula on Friday night, forcing thousands of tourists and residents in this posh beach resort into shelters to escape high winds, angry seas and lashing rain.

AFP - Hurricane John has made landfall in Mexico's Baja California peninsula, lashing local resort towns with gusting wind and driving rain.

AP - Hurricane John roared over the lightly populated eastern tip of the Baja California peninsula late Friday, but the storm appeared to spare the glistening resorts of Los Cabos, authorities said.

AP - Hurricane forecaster William Gray's team downgraded its expectations for the 2006 Atlantic storm season Friday, calling for a slightly below-average year, with only five hurricanes instead of the seven previously forecast.

AFP - The remnants of Hurricane Ernesto brought an early end to proceedings at the US Open but not before Hurricane Roger had swept into the third round.

Reuters - Hurricane John roared up Mexico's Baja California peninsula early on Saturday, after forcing thousands of tourists and residents in this posh beach resort into shelters to escape high winds and lashing rain.

AP - Hurricane John roared over the sparsely populated eastern tip of the Baja California peninsula late Friday but appeared to spare the glistening resorts of Los Cabos and impoverished local residents huddled in shelters.

AP - Hurricane John lashed the main city in the southern part of Mexico's Baja California peninsula with fierce winds and rain early Saturday after sparing the tourist resorts of Los Cabos a direct hit.

AP - Disrupting the start of the Labor Day weekend, the remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto drenched the Mid-Atlantic region, cut power to more than 400,000 customers and forced evacuations.

AP - A weakened Hurricane John lashed the main city in the southern part of Mexico's Baja California peninsula with fierce winds and rain early Saturday after sparing the tourist resorts of Los Cabos a direct hit.

AFP - Hurricane John has moved along Mexico's Baja California peninsula, lashing local resort towns with gusting wind and driving rain.

Reuters - Hurricane John roared up Mexico's Baja California peninsula early on Saturday, after forcing thousands of tourists and residents in this posh beach resort into shelters to escape high winds and lashing rain.

AP - Hurricane forecaster William Gray's team downgraded its expectations for the 2006 Atlantic storm season Friday, calling for a slightly below-average year, with only five hurricanes instead of the seven previously forecast.

AP - In the year since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast, the Bush administration has been sluggish in helping devastated areas recover, a prominent Mississippi Democrat said in his party's Saturday radio address.

AFP - Hurricane John has left two people dead and another missing as it lashed northwestern Mexico's Baja California peninsula with gusting wind and driving rain.

AP - Four days after evacuating the Kennedy Space Center with Tropical Storm Ernesto approaching, the space shuttle Atlantis' six crew members flew back to Florida on Saturday to prepare for a launch on Wednesday.

AP - A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane John lashed the main city in the southern part of Mexico's Baja California peninsula with fierce winds and rain early Saturday after sparing the tourist resorts of Los Cabos a direct hit.

Reuters - Hurricane John rumbled up Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Saturday after roughing up this tourist port overnight with wicked winds and torrential rain that knocked out power.

AP - Hurricane forecaster William Gray's team downgraded its expectations for the 2006 Atlantic storm season Friday, calling for a slightly below-average year, with only five hurricanes instead of the seven previously forecast.

AFP - The remnants of Hurricane Ernesto brought an early end to proceedings at the US Open but not before Hurricane Roger had swept into the third round.

AP - The remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto put a sloppy wet damper on the last big tourism weekend of the summer for many people, making a mess of some oceanfront hotels and leaving beaches and boardwalks less crowded than usual.

AP - A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane John lashed the main city in the southern part of Mexico's Baja California peninsula with fierce winds and rain early Saturday after sparing the tourist resorts of Los Cabos a direct hit.

AFP - Hurricane John left two people dead and another missing as it lashed northwestern Mexico's Baja California peninsula with gusting wind and driving rain, a local officials said.

Reuters - More than 400,000 homes in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region were without power on Saturday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto soaked the region with up to a foot of rain.

Reuters - Hurricane John crept up Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Saturday after blasting this tourist port city with wicked winds and torrential rain that knocked out power but caused no deaths.

AFP - Hurricane John has moved along Mexico's Baja California peninsula, lashing local resort towns with gusting wind and driving rain.

AP - Hurricane forecaster William Gray's team downgraded its expectations for the 2006 Atlantic storm season Friday, calling for a slightly below-average year, with only five hurricanes instead of the seven previously forecast.

AFP - Andre Agassi took an anti-inflammatory shot Friday to treat his ailing back as the soon-to-be retired tennis star gets set to play his third round match at the US Open.

AP - The remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto put a sloppy wet damper on the last big tourism weekend of the summer for many people, making a mess of some oceanfront hotels and leaving beaches and boardwalks less crowded than usual.

AP - John weakened to a tropical storm Saturday just hours after it hit land as a hurricane in the southern part of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, ripping the roofs from shacks, knocking out power and sending billboards flying.

Reuters - Hurricane John crept up Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Saturday after blasting the tourist port city of La Paz with wicked winds and torrential rain that knocked out power and flooded streets but caused no deaths.

AFP - Hurricane John lashed northwestern Mexico's Baja California peninsula, while local officials gave conflicting reports about its human toll.

Reuters - More than 400,000 homes in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region were without power on Saturday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto soaked the region with up to a foot of rain.

AFP - Hurricane John has moved along Mexico's Baja California peninsula, lashing local resort towns with gusting wind and driving rain.

AP - Hurricane forecaster William Gray's team downgraded its expectations for the 2006 Atlantic storm season Friday, calling for a slightly below-average year, with only five hurricanes instead of the seven previously forecast.

AFP - Eight-time Grand Slam winner Andre Agassi got an assist from Mother Nature as his third round match at the US Open was moved back to Sunday.

AP - A woman fatally shot in an upscale suburb and a teenager gunned down on a New Orleans street are the latest people killed in a metropolitan area that has seen violent crime rebound much faster than its population since Hurricane Katrina.

AP - The remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto put a sloppy wet damper on the last big tourism weekend of the summer for many people, making a mess of some oceanfront hotels and leaving beaches and boardwalks less crowded than usual.

AP - Four days after evacuating the Kennedy Space Center with Tropical Storm Ernesto approaching, the space shuttle Atlantis' six crew members flew back to Florida on Saturday to prepare for a launch on Wednesday.

AP - In the year since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast, the Bush administration has been sluggish in helping devastated areas recover, a prominent Mississippi Democrat said in his party's Saturday radio address.

AP - John weakened to a tropical storm Saturday just hours after it hit land as a hurricane in the southern part of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, ripping the roofs from shacks, knocking out power and sending billboards flying.

AP - The family of a woman who died slumped in her wheelchair outside one of the city's crowded hurricane shelters gathered Saturday to celebrate her life, and publicly vow to vindicate her death.

AFP - Hurricane John weakened to a tropical storm as it traveled across northwestern Mexico's Baja California peninsula, while local officials gave conflicting reports about its human toll.

Reuters - Hurricane John was downgraded to a tropical storm on Saturday after blasting the tourist port city of La Paz with wicked winds and torrential rain that knocked out power and flooded streets but caused no deaths.

Reuters - More than 400,000 homes in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region were without power on Saturday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto soaked the region with up to a foot of rain.

AFP - Hurricane John has moved along Mexico's Baja California peninsula, lashing local resort towns with gusting wind and driving rain.

AP - Hurricane forecaster William Gray's team downgraded its expectations for the 2006 Atlantic storm season Friday, calling for a slightly below-average year, with only five hurricanes instead of the seven previously forecast.

AFP - Eight-time Grand Slam winner Andre Agassi got an assist from Mother Nature as his third round match at the US Open was moved back to Sunday.