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NKorea off US blacklist after nuke inspection deal (AP)
11 10 2008

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Patricia McNerney speaks at a news conference on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, in Washington. North Korea has agreed to all U.S. nuclear inspection demands and the Bush administration responded by removing the communist country from a terrorism blacklist. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

AP - After North Korea relented on nuclear inspection demands, the U.S. on Saturday erased from a terrorism blacklist the communist country President Bush once branded part of an "axis of evil."

Hurricane Norbert nears Baja as Category 2 storm (AP)
11 10 2008

Fishermen look out to sea as hurricane Norbert approaches Puerto San Carlos in Mexico's southern Baja California, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. Hurricane Norbert is expected to hit land early Saturday. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

AP - Norbert bore down on Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula Saturday as powerful Category 2 hurricane, and hotels warned tourists to stay away from beaches as the skies darkened overhead.

NKorea off US blacklist after nuke inspection deal (AP)
11 10 2008

In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, wearing glasses, stands with uniformed soldiers during his visit to a military unit in unknown location of North Korea. North Korea released pictures of Kim on Saturday for the first time in nearly two months. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

AP - North Korea has agreed to all U.S. nuclear inspection demands and the Bush administration responded Saturday by removing the communist country from a terrorism blacklist. The breakthrough is intended to salvage a faltering disarmament accord before President Bush leaves office in January.

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