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CLEVELAND (AP) — Amanda Berry, who was held captive for about a decade before being rescued from a house along with two other women, arrived at her sister's home Wednesday morning to the cheers of hundreds of neighbors and swarms of journalists.

CLEVELAND (AP) — In the years after his friend's daughter vanished while walking home from school, Ariel Castro handed out fliers with the 14-year-old's photo and performed music at a fundraiser held in her honor.

CLEVELAND (AP) — In the years after his friend's daughter vanished while walking home from school, Ariel Castro handed out fliers with the 14-year-old's photo and performed music at a fundraiser held in her honor.

BRADENTON - At Manatee High School, football coach Joe Kinnan doesn't rebuild. He usually just reloads from his wealth of talent. But last year's team might be particularly difficult to duplicate.

FT. MYERS, Fla. - Although the Minnesota Twins reassigned Mark Sobolewski to minor league camp Tuesday, that does not dim the hopes Twins management has for the former Sarasota High School star.

MANATEE COUNTY - A legal fight is underway to save two dogs from being euthanized. 

CHICAGO (AP) -- Mother Nature is apparently saving the best, or at least the biggest, for last.

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 4, 2013--This Earth Day, PBS KIDS invites viewers to join America’s favorite monkey for a new CURIOUS GEORGE special: CURIOUS GEORGE SWINGS INTO SPRING. From spring fever to spring cleaning, from a canoe ride to a hot air balloon journey, George and his friends get viewers ready to explore the outdoors this Earth Day. The one-hour adventure premieres Monday, April 22 and will repeat Friday, April 26 and throughout the weekend (check local listings). The special will also be available on DVD and digital download on March 12.

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Oscar Pistorius wept Tuesday as his defense lawyer read the athlete's account of how he shot his girlfriend to death on Valentine's Day, claiming he had mistaken her for an intruder.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - LeBron James had 39 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, and the Miami Heat trampled the Oklahoma City Thunder 110-100 in a Thursday night showcase before the All-Star break.

SARASOTA - We have amazing women at ABC 7 and we're highlighting some of them this month. Last week we brought you Linda Carson's story. Now we bring you another one: Good Morning Suncoast anchor Hayley Wielgus.

BOSTON (AP) -- A storm that forecasters warned could be a blizzard for the history books began clobbering the New York-to-Boston corridor on Friday, grounding flights, closing workplaces and sending people rushing to get home ahead of a possible 1 to 3 feet of snow.

SARASOTA--For Robert pPinto and the gang at Ringling Pizza in Sarasota, Sunday will be their first time serving up the Super Bowl crowd.

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- Kandi Cash trudged in rain through the splintered debris of her grandparents' home, hoping to salvage photos and other keepsakes after violent storms and tornadoes scoured the Southeast, leaving two people dead before the system advanced on the Northeast.

SAN DIEGO (AP) - The man who was the voice of Charlie Brown on many "Peanuts" television shows has been charged with stalking and threatening his former girlfriend and a plastic surgeon who gave her a breast enhancement he apparently didn't like.

MICHIGAN - A Michigan 14-year-old is being hailed as a hero by his community for helping to hide a rape victim in his house while her alleged attacker pounded on the doors, threatening to kill.

MIAMI (AP) - Miami-Dade police are continuing their search for suspects in the case of a man set on fire at a gas station on Christmas night.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supporters of President Barack Obama's gun-control proposals are planning a methodical, state-by-state campaign to try to persuade key lawmakers that it's in their political interest to back his sweeping effort to crack down on firearms and ammunition sales and expand criminal background checks.

Those airport scanners with their all-too revealing body images will soon be going away.

AURORA, Colo. (AP) -- One survivor had to pause on his way into the theater and pray. Another braced for flashbacks as he entered the auditorium where 12 people died and dozens were injured during a massacre six months earlier. Others refused to come, viewing the reopening of the multiplex as insensitive.

NEW YORK (AP) -- With a new single about to drop, a solo album in the works and a starring role in a national tour of a Broadway musical, you'd be hard-pressed to tell that Michelle Williams once had difficulty just getting out of bed.

VERMONT - There's a moose on the loose at a ski resort in Vermont, and the animal is taking skiers by surprise and becoming somewhat of a celebrity.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. job market showed resilience in three reports Thursday, suggesting it may be able to withstand a federal budget battle that threatens more economic uncertainty in coming months.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- As a the muted ends of a powerful winter storm that has killed more than a dozen people plodded through the Northeast, many in Arkansas were seeking warmth and shelter against the cold prospect of life without electricity into the new year.