The University of Hawaii Warrior football team hung tough with nationally ranked USC before the 14th-ranked Trojans ultimately pulled away, 49-36, Thursday night at Aloha Stadium in the season opener for both teams.

A bulldozer works to clear rocks and debris from Waimea Valley Road after a rockslide in November 2009. With few roads leading in and out of North Shore, taking preventative measures against rock slides has been a City focus.

An Iraqi army helicopter patrols the skies above Baghdad's Green Zone on Sept. 1, 2010 as top U.S. and Iraqi officials prepare for official ceremonies to delcare an end to U.S. combat missions in Iraq after seven years of war.