Winners party for ponies
CHINCOTEAGUE -- Refusing to let the rare opportunity of owning a Chincoteague pony pass them by sent hundreds of bidders to the 85th annual Pony Auction.

Even if you run, hot sand still scorches
FENWICK ISLAND -- As the long, hot summer drags on, medical authorities say more people are suffering severe burns from racing barefoot across the sand.

Using four legs to rebuild a barn
SALISBURY -- A whole day dedicated to man's best friend is planned for Sunday outside the Tails n Tubs store on Beaglin Park Drive.

Citizens monitor water quality
SOUTH BETHANY -- George Junkin loads a few neighbors, a dissolved-oxygen meter and a secchi disk onto his pontoon and navigates it out of Hokie Harbor and into the open water of the bay.

Proposal seeks pay for police at city events
CRISFIELD -- City events typically patrolled by municipal police may have to start paying them by the hour, according to a proposal facing the City Council.

Ethics panel to charge California Rep. Waters

Ariz. governor considers changing immigration law

US casualties in Afghanistan soar to record highs

Obama calls charges against Rangel 'troubling'

Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase