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BP gas station owners have faced protests and drops in business. The idea of changing BP's branding back to its old name has gained some traction, but experts aren't convinced the company's image would change as quickly as its signs.

Local officials around Lake Pontchartrain thought they were safe from the oil, but tar balls have arrived. Now local governments are trying out some new ideas to scoop up the oil -- but innovation is expensive.

Winter storm warnings spanned the Gulf Coast states early Friday as the snow crawled east out of Texas, where it left the Dallas area with more than a foot of snow, nearly 200 traffic accidents and hundreds of canceled flights. Snow, ice and sleet closed parts of Interstate 49 in central Louisiana early Friday.

Hundreds of civil rights veterans — black and white — gather for an anniversary conference and reunion for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. In a nearby city, one of their former tormentors is sorrowful, saying, "If I can just get one person not to hate, it's worth it."

Alondis "Peaches" Jackson has lived in abandoned houses in New Orleans for at least two years. She is one of thousands of those still homeless four years after Katrina.

Back in 2007, it was so dry in the state that the governor held a prayer service for a storm. Things have turned around dramatically, and Georgia is now getting so much rain it caused severe flooding last fall. Even with all the rain, the area is preparing for the next dry spell.

The oil stopped flowing Thursday afternoon when the last of three valves in the 75-ton cap was slowly throttled shut. That set off a 48-hour watch period in which, so far, no more crude has leaked into the Gulf. But no one is declaring any sort of victory beyond the moment.

Federal and state investigators in Alabama are looking for suspects in a series of fires that have burned Baptist churches in rural areas of the state in the past two weeks. Many congregations are vowing to rebuild -- Kathy Lohr profiles two congregations that vow not to be intimidated.

Officials in Atlanta have arrested the man who escaped from the Fulton County courthouse on Friday after a shootout. Brian Nichols is suspected of killing four people and critically injuring one. NPR's Kathy Lohr reports.

For the first time, the government has been found at fault for damage caused during Hurricane Katrina four years ago. A judge has awarded more than $700,000 to five plaintiffs. Attorneys say the ruling opens the door for some 100,000 people and thousands of businesses to sue the government.