1.   By this morning, Dennis was expected to earn hurricane status as it headed northwest toward the central and northwestern Bahamian islands.

2.   Castaway Cay, the private Bahamian island that Disney has developed, is the last stop on the cruise.

3.   Hotel clerks on other Bahamian islands said many guests left early Sunday on planes to the U.S. mainland.

4.   The cast also spent a blissful day on a private Bahamian island with a cookout on the beach.

5.   The hurricane dwarfed the sparsely populated Bahamian islands, drenching them with some rain and gusty winds.

6.   The same choice of generational separation or togetherness is true of Castaway Cay, the Bahamian island acquired by Disney and the ultimate destination on its cruise.

7.   A small private plane crashed in a fireball shortly after taking off from a central Bahamian island, killing all six people aboard.

8.   A small private plane crashed in an explosive fire after taking off from a central Bahamian island, killing seven people, including an American family from Florida.

9.   An American scientist was bitten by a shark while teaching a class on shark behavior in the waters off this Bahamian island, police said Wednesday.

10.   Four Cuban baseball players and a coach who defected from the communist island are rescued at sea and taken to a small Bahamian island.