Forecasters say Tropical Storm Danny has weakened over the Atlantic and is barely a tropical storm. But a tropical storm watch for the North Carolina coast remains in effect. Large swells from Danny are expected to produce dangerous surf and life-threatening rip currents along the U.S. East Coast over the next day or two.

A group working to protect the Gullah culture along the Southeast coast holds a series of public meetings along the south coast of South Carolina this week.

Officials on South Carolina’s lower coast worry if they will have enough water and wonder if storing water in the winter for summer use may be part of the answer.

Georgia’s coast will soon have a public bus system that runs among nine counties thanks to federal stimulus money.

A small earthquake struck an area near the South Carolina coast, little more than a month after a slightly stronger quake. There were no reports of injuries or damages.

A spokesman for French oil giant Total says pirates have boarded a vessel in waters off Cameroon in west Africa and taken away 10 hostages, including seven French nationals.