Oklahoma Hit with 10 Aftershocks Following 5.6-Magnitude Earthquake

Clouds of dust belched from the corners of almost every room in Joe Reneau's house as the largest earthquake in Oklahoma history rocked the two-story building.

A roar that sounded like a jumbo jet filled the air, and Reneau's red-brick chimney distorted and fell into the roof above the living room. By the time the shaking stopped, a pantry worth of food had been strewn across the kitchen and shards of glass and pottery enclosed the floor.

"It was like WHAM!" said Reneau, 75, gesturing with swipes of his arms. "I thought in my mind the house would stand, but then again, maybe not."

The magnitude 5.6 earthquake and its aftershocks still had residents rattled Sunday. No injuries were reported, and aside from a misshapen highway and the collapse of a tower on the St. Gregory's University administration building, neither was any major damage. But the weekend earthquakes were among the strongest yet in a state that has seen a dramatic, mysterious increase in seismic activity.

Oklahoma characteristically had about 50 earthquakes a year until 2009. Then the number spiked, and 1,047 quakes shook the state last year, prompting researchers to install seismographs in the area.

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Millions Still Face Power Outages, Major Flooding in Irene's Wake

Hurricane Irene is now a memory, but people on the East Coast are still facing the injure and will be for months to come.

The storm, which killed at least 40 people across 11 states, is still being felt all over the region. Nearly 5 million homes and businesses in a dozen states were still without electricity, and utilities warned it strength be a week or more before some people get their power back.

While people without electric power waited for the lights to come back on and communities from New York to Maine took store of the storm, homeowners and towns in land-locked Vermont faced a sobering new reality: Washed-out roads and bridges left them, for now, unreachable by automobile.

Communities up and down the East Coast cleaned up and took stock of the uneven and hard-to-predict costs of a storm that secure the nation's biggest city a nightmare scenario, only to deliver a historic wallop to towns well inland.

In New York City, where people had braced for a disaster-movie scene of water swirling around skyscrapers, the subways and buses were up and running again in time for the Monday morning exchange. And to the surprise of many New Yorkers, things went pretty easily.

Fatal NJ crash spotlights young drivers law

A New Jersey law excepting drivers under 18 from having more than one passenger is in the spotlight after an SUV driven by a 17-year-old and carrying seven teenagers crashed. The driver and three passengers died in Saturday's disaster.

The Motor Vehicle Commission says Casey Brenner had a controlled license that allowed him to carry only one passenger if not accompanied by a parent or guardian. All eight in the SUV were members of the high school football team in Linwood.

Assemblyman John Wisniewski wants to see if there are "gaps or problems" with the Graduated Driver's License law, which aims to boundary distractions for new drivers.

Mainland Regional High School's football coach says a crash survivor told him the accident was triggered when the driver came upon unexpectedly stopped cars.

Miranda Cosgrove breaks ankle in tour bus accident

Actress and singer Miranda Cosgrove has broken her ankle in a tour bus accident in southern Illinois. Gina Schulman, a spokeswoman for the star of Nickelodeon's "iCarly," says the accident happened early Thursday on throughway 70 near Vandalia, 70 miles northeast of St. Louis. Schulman says all five passengers on the bus "will be fine."

Schulman says Cosgrove's "Dancing Crazy Summer Tour" is postponed awaiting further notice. Cosgrove was planned to perform Friday in Wichita, Kan., and Saturday in Denver.

She says, "Miranda thanks everyone for their understanding and support."

Cosgrove stars as Carly Shay, the daughter of a colonel serving overseas, on "iCarly." Her album is "High Maintenance." She also featured in "The School of Rock" and voiced the character Margo in "Despicable Me."