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Don't play the hero. That's the message from FEMA as officials warn that Hurricane Irene could prompt widespread evacuation orders up and down the East Coast. Residents have been urged to heed those orders, for their safety and the safety of emergency workers.

Charges against two people accused of trying to extort money from actor John Travolta, following the death of his son in the Bahamas, are dropped.

A teenage fugitive known as the "barefoot bandit" was arrested today in the Bahamas, police say.

Jury selection has begun in the trial of two people accused of trying to extort $25 million from John Travolta following his son's death in the Bahamas.

Out of 83 hopefuls, one woman is crowned Miss Universe 2009 in the Bahamas.

She has been competing internationally since age 14 and now, at 42, swimmer Dara Torres has 12 Olympic medals from five summer Olympics to her name. From Seoul to Barcelona to Sydney, the mother of 3-year-old Tessa continues to travel and flex her swim muscles.

On a submersible dive off the Bahamas, Mikhail V. Matz of the University of Texas at Austin and several colleagues were seeking big-eyed, glowing animals adapted to darkness.

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A Bahamas lawmaker accused of trying to extort money from actor John Travolta after the death of his son is resigning.

The oh-so-popular Jonas Brothers will perform three concerts this spring exclusively for guests at Atlantis, Paradise Island in the Bahamas.