Feeds
266945 items (153 unread) in 24 feeds
MSNBC
(12 unread)
-
MSNBC.com: U.S. News (1 unread)
-
MSNBC.com: Business
-
PHP
(31 unread)
-
PHPDeveloper.org
-
Planet PHP
(17 unread)
-
Nettuts+
(14 unread)
Deals
(103 unread)
-
Techbargains.com (31 unread)
-
dealnews - 20 most recent deals. (38 unread)
-
Buy.com - Today's Deals
-
xpBargains.com (22 unread)
-
GottaDeal.com - Why Pay Retail?
(12 unread)
Web Development
(5 unread)
-
Dev Shed - The Open Source Web Development Site
-
Dev Articles - Programming Help and Tutorials for all development technologies (5 unread)
-
developer.com
CNN Money
(1 unread)
Frugal Blogs
(1 unread)
-
Frugal Dad
-
The Simple Dollar (1 unread)
MSNBC.com: U.S. News (1 unread)
-
Earl brushes Northeast, bears down on Canada
Posted: September 4th, 2010, 6:25am MDT
After toying with tens of millions of coastal residents and tourists along the East Coast, Earl finally made landfall Saturday morning — but in Canada's Nova Scotia province. -
Calif. nuke meltdown site finally set for cleanup
Posted: September 4th, 2010, 2:32am MDT
More than five decades after a partial nuclear meltdown just outside Los Angeles, state and federal officials Friday announced agreements to remove all contamination.
-
Body of son of boxing promoter found in Cascades
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:45pm MDT
A five-day search for the missing son of top boxing promoter Bob Arum ended when a helicopter located John Arum's body on a rugged Washington state mountain in North Cascades National Park, authorities say. -
Head of alleged trafficking scheme arrested
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 10:33pm MDT
The head of a labor recruiting company accused of exploiting 400 workers from Thailand and forcing them to work on U.S. farms pleaded not guilty Friday, part of what the FBI calls the largest human-trafficking case charged in U.S. history -
Body of son of boxing promoter found in Cascades
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 9:37pm MDT
A national park spokeswoman says a search helicopter has spotted the body of an experienced mountain climber who was the son of boxing promoter Bob Arum. -
Family of copper heiress asks court to protect her
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 8:07pm MDT
Several relatives of 104-year-old reclusive heiress Huguette Clark went to court Friday, asking for a guardian to protect her. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports.
-
Calif. wildfire sparked by migrants' signal blaze
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 7:46pm MDT
Authorities say a wildfire burning in rural San Diego County was sparked by two illegal immigrants who set a signal fire after they got lost. -
Arizona governor says beheadings claim 'an error'
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 7:40pm MDT
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who gained fame defending the state's immigration law and warning of border violence, says her claim that headless bodies were turning up in state was 'an error.'
-
911 callers describe Discovery Channel gunman
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 6:22pm MDT
Emergency calls placed minutes after a gunman entered the Discovery Channel's headquarters include descriptions of the propane tanks strapped to his body and a blinking device in his left hand. -
Commercial pilot sentenced for drug-masking powder
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 5:32pm MDT
A former US Airways Express pilot will spend nine months in prison for selling a powdered drink mix over the Internet that he claimed was "100 percent" effective in helping drug-using truck drivers, pilots and train engineers pass federally mandated drug tests. -
Mexican drug kingpin gets 27 years in Ariz. prison
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 5:00pm MDT
A Mexican man who prosecutors say headed a major drug-smuggling ring that shipped tons of marijuana into the U.S. was sentenced Friday to 27 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $4 million to the American government. -
Man in '03 bomb scare sets off airport shutdown
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 4:51pm MDT
A scientist detained at Miami's airport because of a suspicious item in his luggage had once been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague, a senior law enforcement official said.
-
NYC mosque backer gave to Hamas-linked charity
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 4:38pm MDT
One of the investors in a proposed Islamic center near the World Trade Center site is a Long Island medical clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a donation to a charity later shut down for links to Hamas. -
Pilot survives plane crash into home near Aurora
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 3:46pm MDT
It happened at the mobile home on 14071 N. Cessna Street just after noon, according to dispatchers. -
Authorities: Fire at Tenn. mosque site was arson
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 3:30pm MDT
Federal investigators have decided a suspicious fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a future mosque in Tennessee was arson. -
Key evidence being pulled up from BP spill site
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 12:56pm MDT
The piece of equipment at the center of the investigation into the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill was being retrieved from a mile below the sea, BP announced Friday. -
Balloon boy family moves to Florida from Colorado
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 12:27pm MDT
The family at the center of the balloon boy hoax has moved out of the house where the fateful trip began, leaving Colorado for Florida. -
U.S. court backs 'Ladies Night' promotions
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 7:48am MDT
U.S. court backs 'Ladies Night' promotions -
Shooting in southwest Chicago leaves 4 men dead
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 6:30am MDT
Four men have been killed in a shooting in southwest Chicago. -
Teen accidentally texts sheriff to buy pot
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 6:27am MDT
General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don't text the sheriff. Authorities said a Helena teen sent out a text message last week in search of pot, but instead of contacting the drug dealer, he hit a wrong number and inadvertently sent the message to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton. -
Earl lashes N.C. coast, officials survey damage
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 5:06am MDT
Earl weakened to a tropical storm as it brushed Cap Cod and Nantucket with pelting rain, strong gusts and pounding surf early Saturday as steamed past New England. -
4 Miami airport concourses evacuated
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 12:24am MDT
A scientist detained at Miami's airport because of a suspicious item in his luggage had once been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague, a senior law enforcement official said.
-
LA police ID owner of trunk containing baby bodies
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 7:22pm MDT
Investigators have identified the owner of a trunk in which the mummified remains of two babies were found, bringing them a step closer to solving the intriguing international mystery.
-
Hotel guests hunker down to ride out Earl
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 6:51pm MDT
A two-story Comfort Inn has become a makeshift hurricane hostel on North Carolina's Outer Banks for those who want to stay close to their homes but know they need better shelter from the outslaught of Earl.
-
Army 'birther' loses ruling on evidence
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 6:30pm MDT
An Army judge rules that proof of President Barack Obama's eligibility to be president isn't relevant to the defense of an Army doctor accused of failing to obey a lawful order. -
Builders of N.Y. mosque face financial hurdles
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 5:37pm MDT
The developers planning to build a $100 million Islamic center near the World Trade Center site are nearly a quarter-million dollars behind on real estate taxes and late fees. -
4-year-old girl, only 15 pounds, found dead
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 5:10pm MDT
An ailing four-year-old girl -- who weighed only about 15 pounds and was punished by being tied to her bed with twine -- was found dead in her Brooklyn home this morning, cops said. -
Woman in acid attack recounts agonizing pain
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 4:52pm MDT
Bethany Storro had just bought a pair of sunglasses and was celebrating a new job when a woman walked up to her with a cup and said: "Hey pretty girl, do you want to drink this?" -
Coast Guard: No oil sheen from Gulf explosion
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 4:03pm MDT
The Coast Guard is backing off its earlier report that an oil sheen about a mile long was spreading following a platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.
-
Temporary cap that stopped oil leak removed
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 4:00pm MDT
Engineers removed a temporary cap Thursday that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well in mid-July. -
Court reverses conviction for migrant littering
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:32pm MDT
A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Thursday tossed out the conviction of an Arizona man who left water jugs for migrants as they passed through the intensely hot desert. -
More bombs found in Discovery standoff case
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:20pm MDT
Four more explosive devices tied to the suspect in the Discovery Channel standoff were found at a residence in Montgomery County, Md., authorities told NBC News on Thursday. -
1 dead in plane crash off San Francisco Bay
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:11pm MDT
A 40-year-old woman was found dead next to the wreckage of a small plane that crashed Thursday in a lagoon off San Francisco Bay, officials said. Divers were searching for two more people who may have been on board. -
Attorney accused in prison drug-smuggling case
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:57pm MDT
An FBI agent says an Illinois defense attorney facing federal charges that he tried to smuggle a heroin-filled condom into an Indiana federal prison claims to have done it repeatedly, exploiting greater privacy privileges lawyers are afforded in the lockups. -
Goats rescued after 2 days on 6-inch ledge
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:47pm MDT
Two young goats that wandered onto the thin ledge of a railroad bridge and spent two days high above a highway were hungry but safe when they were plucked to safety with a towering cherry picker.
-
Cops: Starved girl found dead, tied to crib
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:37pm MDT
A 4-year-old Brooklyn girl weighing only 15-pounds was found dead Thursday morning with her arms and legs tied to the crib, the New York Post reported. -
Ohio inmate death sentence commuted
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:13pm MDT
A lawyer familiar with the decision says Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has commuted the death sentence of an inmate who claims innocence in a triple slaying. -
Calif man gets death for sex-killing of 5-year-old
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 12:36pm MDT
A Southern California man has been sentenced to death for sexually assaulting and beating to death his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter. -
Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from jail
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 12:18pm MDT
Robert "Joe" Halderman admitted he demanded $2 million in hush money last fall to keep from revealing personal information about Letterman.
-
Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:51am MDT
The Justice Department sued the nation's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" on Thursday, calling Joe Arpaio's defiance of an investigation into his office's alleged discrimination against Hispanics "unprecedented."
-
Chicago police chief criticized for 'gang summit'
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:06am MDT
Several current and ex-gang members lashed out at Chicago's police chief on Thursday, calling his so-called "gang summit" initiative to crack down on crime a wasted effort that will have little effect on the streets of the county's third largest city.
-
Field Notes: As many flee, one group is happy about Earl
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 8:18am MDT
Hurricane season is one of the rare times when East Coast waves can reach world-class heights. -
For 2nd time, Ohio woman gives birth in vehicle
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 7:06am MDT
For a second time, an Ohio woman has given birth to a baby who couldn't wait and arrived on the drive to the hospital. -
Rapper T.I, wife arrested on drug charges
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 4:12am MDT
After finishing a sentence for weapons charges earlier this year, T.I. was poised to have the comeback of the fall. -
Cops: No more bombs found at Discovery building
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 3:51am MDT
Montgomery County police department sources say the hostage-taker at the Discover Channel building had only starter guns that make noise but can't cause serious injury. -
Chicago police chief criticized for 'gang summit'
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:28am MDT
Chicago's police chief has been the focus of criticism in recent days for calling a meeting with reputed gang leaders.
-
Homeless man calls 911 from hot tub, seeks cocoa
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 11:22pm MDT
A homeless man who called 911 from the hot tub of a suburban Portland home and asked for towels, hot chocolate and a hug got arrested for trespassing instead. -
Copper heiress has signed a will, attorney says
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 9:02pm MDT
Has the reclusive heiress Huguette Clark signed a will? Yes, her attorney says. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports.
-
American Samoa approves plastic-bags ban
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 7:04pm MDT
American Samoa will make it illegal for stores to hand out plastic bags once a new law takes effect early next year.
-
Discovery gunman to NBC News: 'I have a bomb'
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 6:28pm MDT
The man who held three hostages at the Discovery Communications building in Maryland told NBC News in a brief telephone conversation that he had explosives. -
State suspends license of teacher in Wash. state
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 6:21pm MDT
Washington state's schools chief on Wednesday suspended the teaching certificate of a teacher convicted of inappropriately touching girls and then brought back into the classroom after a short suspension. -
Eco-author baffled by a violent fan
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 6:13pm MDT
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The "Ishmael" books are aimed at encouraging radical social change — but their author says hostage-taking is not the change he had in mind.
-
No charges in Ariz. inmate's death in cage
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 6:09pm MDT
There will be no criminal charges following the heat-related death of an Arizona inmate who collapsed in an outdoor cage last year. -
Thanks to high-tech, storm track easier to predict
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:28pm MDT
Sophisticated computer models that replaced instinct with cold, hard math have helped forecasters predict where a storm like Hurricane Earl is going about twice as accurately as 20 years ago.
-
Suspect had long protested Discovery programming
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:05pm MDT
James J. Lee, the suspected gunman who took hostages at the Discovery Communications building in Maryland, apparently had a long history of contempt for company, which includes the Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Science Channel and Planet Green networks.
-
N.Y. imam: Mosque fight about Muslim role
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 4:19pm MDT
The imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York said the fight is over more than "a piece of real estate" and could shape the future of Muslim relations in America.
-
Wall St. firm behind slow solar on federal lands?
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 4:13pm MDT
Five years after federal land managers opened up stretches of the Southwest to solar power developers, vast tracts still sit idle.
-
Number of illegal immigrants in U.S. declining
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 3:34pm MDT
The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. has dropped for the first time in two decades — decreasing by 8 percent. -
New Mexico National Guard deployed to border
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 3:21pm MDT
The New Mexico National Guard has deployed 82 troops along the border with Mexico to increase surveillance. -
Dead suspect may be linked to 4 slayings in Calif.
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 3:11pm MDT
A murder suspect who led officers on a high-speed chase with his dead girlfriend in the passenger seat is a central figure in the investigation of at least four killings, authorities said Wednesday.
-
Some states still penalize crack offenders more
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 1:45pm MDT
Police found such a small amount of crack cocaine in James V. Taylor's car that investigators described it as unweighable. But it was enough for a 15-year prison sentence in Missouri.
-
Blasts rock Pa. welding company, force evacuations
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 1:26pm MDT
A series of explosions at a welding supply company on Wednesday injured 5 people — one critically — and forced evacuations and sent thick black smoke billowing over the area.
-
Man holds hostages at Discovery TV building
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 1:24pm MDT
Gunman told NBC News in brief phone conversation from building in Silver Spring, Md., that he had several bombs strapped to his body. -
6 U.S. men settle Boy Scout sex abuse cases
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 12:55pm MDT
Six men who alleged they were sexually abused by an Oregon Boy Scouts leader in the 1980s have settled their lawsuits against the group's national organization, the plaintiffs' attorney said Wednesday. -
Ohio restricting Puerto Rican birth certificates
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 12:39pm MDT
Elizabeth Torres was stung when her 19-year-old son said he'd been turned down for a state-issued Ohio identification card because his birth certificate from Puerto Rico was considered invalid.
-
Dutch release Yemeni men held in terror probe
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 10:27am MDT
Two Yemeni men arrested on suspicion they may have been involved in an airline terrorism plot are released without charge when no evidence was found, Dutch prosecutors say.
-
Police: SD teen wanted to be 'infamous sociopath'
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 9:51am MDT
An 18-year-old high school student stockpiled bomb-making materials in his bedroom and wrote about wanting to blow up his school, target individuals he hated, rape women and "become the world's most infamous sociopath," authorities said. -
Busted pot growers mistake wardens for suppliers
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 8:19am MDT
California wildlife officials say two men are in custody after a group of marijuana growers started to toss bags full of pot into a pickup truck belonging to game wardens they mistook for their suppliers. -
Busted pot growers mistake wardens for suppliers
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 8:19am MDT
California wildlife officials say two men are in custody after a group of marijuana growers started to toss bags full of pot into a pickup truck belonging to game wardens they mistook for their suppliers. -
Man plunges 39 stories — and lives
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 8:12am MDT
A New York City man who plunged 39 stories from the rooftop of an apartment building has survived after crashing onto a parked car. -
Some cities sink boozy parties on public waters
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 6:24am MDT
Floatopia, beer floating, float-a-palooza — there are many names, but the key ingredients stay the same: Sun, a public body of water, inflatable rafts — and booze. In some cases, lots of booze.
-
Homeowners feel stress of life 'underwater'
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:43am MDT
A broad swath of homeowners — those not headed for the worst-case scenario of foreclosure — are nonetheless grappling with the impact of lost home equity.
-
CEOs lay off thousands, rake in millions
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:29am MDT
CEOs of the 50 firms that have laid off the most workers since the onset of the economic crisis in 2008 took home 42 percent more pay in 2009 than their peers, a new report finds.
-
Acid attacker: 'Hey pretty girl ... want to drink this?'
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:19am MDT
A 28-year-old Washington woman severely burned when a stranger threw an acid-like liquid in her face is listed in serious condition in a Portland, Ore., hospital's burn center. -
Acid attacker: 'Hey pretty girl ... want to drink this?'
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:19am MDT
A 28-year-old woman severely burned when a stranger threw an acid-like liquid in her face is listed in serious condition in a Portland, Ore., hospital's burn center.
-
Rape probe against WikiLeaks founder reopened
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 4:50am MDT
A senior Swedish prosecutor reopened a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday, the latest twist to a puzzling case in which prosecutors of different ranks have overruled each other.
-
Generosity of an heiress: homes for the nurse
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 4:23am MDT
Huguette Clark has been generous to those close to her, as indicated by large gifts to her social secretary, longtime nurse and attorney. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports.
-
N.Y. man: I lost $1.3M artwork while drunk
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 2:08am MDT
A man entrusted with helping to sell a $1.3 million painting said it disappeared while he was in a drunken haze, according to a lawsuit filed by a co-owner of the canvas. -
Calif. rejects ban on plastic shopping bags
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 2:05am MDT
California lawmakers have rejected a bill seeking to ban plastic shopping bags after a contentious debate over whether the state was going too far in trying to regulate personal choice.
-
Tow truck driver accused of dragging toddlers
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 12:48am MDT
Police say a tow truck driver has been accused of hitting two young children as their mother pushed them across a street in a stroller then dragging the kids under the truck for about a quarter of a mile. -
New York imam heading back to U.S.
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 11:38pm MDT
The State Department says the imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York is returning to the United States on Wednesday.
-
Wash. woman burned by substance thrown in face
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 11:10pm MDT
A 28-year-old Washington woman severely burned when a stranger threw an acid-like liquid in her face is listed in serious condition in a Portland, Ore., hospital's burn center. -
Defense Secretary Gates arrives in Iraq
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 10:08pm MDT
Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Iraq on Wednesday, a day after U.S. troops formally ended combat operations in the country.
-
Migrants say Arizona worth risk of crossing
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 7:55pm MDT
Deaths of illegal immigrants crossing into Arizona have soared this summer toward their highest levels since 2005, but many are undeterred.
-
Fact check: Is Iraq combat really over for U.S.?
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 7:49pm MDT
Despite President Barack Obama's declaration Tuesday of an end to the combat mission in Iraq, combat almost certainly lies ahead.
-
Fact check: Is Iraq combat really over for U.S.?
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 7:05pm MDT
Despite President Barack Obama's declaration Tuesday of an end to the combat mission in Iraq, combat almost certainly lies ahead.
-
Obama declares end of Iraq combat mission
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 6:27pm MDT
President Barack Obama makes it official, saying in a national address that Operation Iraqi Freedom is over and that the nation’s No. 1 priority is fixing the economy. -
Obama's full speech: 'Operation Iraqi Freedom is over'
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 6:19pm MDT
The full text of the president's Oval Office speech on Iraq, as prepared for delivery. -
Mountain lion shot in Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 5:18pm MDT
Police have gunned down a 100-pound mountain lion romping through Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto neighborhood blocks from Alice Waters' famed Chez Panisse restaurant. -
Caroline Giuliani's case set for dismissal in NYC
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 3:46pm MDT
A judge told former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's 21-year-old daughter to do a day of community service and keep out of trouble to get rid of charges that she stole makeup from a high-end cosmetics store.
-
New data show fewer kids in foster care
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 3:08pm MDT
The number of U.S. children in foster care has dropped 8 percent in just one year, and more than 20 percent in the past decade, according to new federal figures underscoring the impact of widespread reforms.
-
Officials probe 10 infant deaths at Army base
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 2:29pm MDT
The deaths of two infants at the same home within three months of each other has prompted a probe into other unexplained infant deaths at the Fort Bragg Army base since 2007, the military said Tuesday. -
Cops: Calif. doctor gets stuck in chimney, dies
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 2:19pm MDT
Police say a California doctor apparently tried to get into the home of the man she had been dating by sliding down the chimney. Her decomposing body was found there days later. -
U.S. appeals order blocking stem cell research
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 2:15pm MDT
The Obama administration has appealed a federal judge's order that undercuts U.S. government funded embryonic stem cell research. -
Drilling agency imposes conflict-of-interest rules
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 2:06pm MDT
Scandalized by federal regulators who had sex with oil company executives and negotiated with them for jobs, the agency that oversees offshore drilling is imposing a first-ever ethics policy. -
Woman stabbed 45 times in attack that killed 4
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 1:49pm MDT
A convicted murderer accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and three other people stabbed the woman 45 times, then scrawled an insult to her on a wall in blood, authorities said Tuesday. -
N.Y. temple plot suspect heard boasting on tape
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 1:35pm MDT
A Muslim man, under pressure from a paid FBI informant, admitted he was eager to attack a New York synagogue to vent his rage against Jews and U.S. military might in the Middle East, according to tapes played Tuesday. -
Man slits throat in court after sentencing
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 1:15pm MDT
A suburban Dallas man used a razor blade to slit his throat moments after a judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison. -
Bear attack highlights lax exotic pet laws
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 12:52pm MDT
The recent bear mauling death in Ohio and attacks elsewhere highlight that the patchwork of federal, state and local laws on keeping dangerous wild animals at home has holes.
-
69-year-old woman shoots teen intruder
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 12:27pm MDT
A pistol-packing 69-year-old woman in northern Alabama believes intruders will think twice before messing with her again. -
Montana drinking and driving culture at crossroads
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 9:53am MDT
Montana has long had a reputation as a place where you could crack open a beer while driving down the interstate just about as fast as you liked.
-
3 die in medical helicopter crash in Arkansas
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 8:15am MDT
Three crew members were killed early Tuesday when the medical helicopter they were aboard crashed in central Arkansas. -
Red Tape: When your bank is out to kill you
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 5:42am MDT
Judy Rivers went to the bank with a simple request last April: She wanted to open a safe deposit box. The response, while equally simple, was a complete surprise. The bank turned her down. Why? She was dead. And she couldn't get anyone to believe otherwise. So began a mysterious red tape journey that she says has led to multiple denials of credit, extreme difficulty in accessing her own money, and at one point, a confrontation with police that nearly landed her in jail. -
Jet passengers quizzed over 'suspicious' luggage
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 4:07am MDT
U.S. officials on Tuesday were trying to determine whether odd contents inside a suitcase was part of a plot to test airline security or just a strange way of packing for an overseas flight, NBC News said. -
Man accused of torturing woman over Facebook post
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 12:59am MDT
Authorities say a California man jealous over a message on his girlfriend's Facebook page tortured and imprisoned her for four days while their children were in the house. -
Man hangs self days after death sentence lifted
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 11:45pm MDT
A 70-year-old California inmate who had just had his death sentence lifted has hanged himself in his cell less than a week after the reprieve. -
Pilot returns to LAX because of bird strike
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 11:32pm MDT
An Alaska Airlines flight has returned to Los Angeles International Airport after the pilot reported a bird had struck the plane. -
Suspect arrested in West Hollywood triple homicide
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 10:23pm MDT
A man found with "multiple pounds" of marijuana has been arrested in the shooting deaths of three men in a West Hollywood apartment, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. -
Rights groups challenge Obama on targeted killings
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 6:35pm MDT
Two civil liberties groups sued the federal government on Monday to try to block its targeted killing overseas of a U.S.-born cleric believed to have inspired recent attacks in the United States. -
Student indicted in NYC Muslim cabbie attack
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 6:10pm MDT
Prosecutors say a New York arts student accused of slashing a Muslim taxi driver's throat has been indicted on hate-crime charges.
-
Parents protest return of convicted teacher
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 4:47pm MDT
Parents pulled their children out of class and protested outside a Washington state school Monday, the day a teacher convicted of inappropriately touching female students was scheduled to return to work. -
Armed man fatally shot at Tennessee high school
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 3:31pm MDT
An armed man was fatally shot by deputies Monday at an east Tennessee high school after he went inside and pointed a gun at the principal's head, a sheriff said.
-
Predator drones set to watch Mexico border
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 2:53pm MDT
The U.S. government will have unmanned surveillance aircraft monitoring the whole southwest border with Mexico starting Wednesday, as it ramps up border security in this election year.
-
Georgia man dies of goat attack injuries
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 2:22pm MDT
Officials say an 88-year-old man died a week after a goat attacked him outside his home in northern Georgia. -
Lawyer: Soldier in shooting was on strict diet
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 2:14pm MDT
A soldier was fasting to meet strict military weight guidelines and nearly catatonic when he shot and killed a supervisor who denied his vacation request, his attorney said Monday. -
1 dead in shooting at Delta facility in Atlanta
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 2:04pm MDT
A woman was shot to death Monday after a confrontation with police outside a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, authorities said. -
Town split over proposed Gettysburg casino
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 1:49pm MDT
The town where the Civil War's tide-turning battle was waged is fighting dissension in its own ranks, with even hard-core preservationists split over a proposed casino that would rise near the historic battlefield. -
Suspect in Alaska police killings surrenders
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 12:49pm MDT
Court records show a man charged in the slayings of two police officers in a tiny Alaska village was accused of attacking the same two officers last year.
-
Private colleges lure local students with financial aid
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 12:37pm MDT
Hoping to portray themselves as more affordable and all-around better neighbors, private colleges from Appalachia to Boston are sweetening financial aid packages for students from their own backyards. -
Diabetes now tops Vietnam vets' health claims
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 12:36pm MDT
Because of worries about Agent Orange, about 270,000 Vietnam veterans — more than one-quarter of the 1 million receiving disability checks — are getting compensation for diabetes, according to Department of Veterans Affairs records. -
Surf's up! Lessons open vistas for disabled kids
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 11:36am MDT
Learning to surf is a rite of passage for teens in seaside communities around the world. But in recent years children with disabilities ranging from near-blindness to autism have been joining the fun.
-
Oosterhouse helps rebuild New Orleans
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 11:24am MDT
Cause Celeb talks with Carter Oosterhouse, the TV personality who first came to fame as the carpenter in "Trading Spaces," about his work with the “Fifty for Five” initiative to help build quality housing in New Orleans after Katrina.
-
Feds investigating Tennessee mosque site fire
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 11:01am MDT
A suspicious fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a future mosque in Tennessee has some local Muslims worried that their local project has been dragged into the national debate surrounding Manhattan's ground zero.
-
Convicted antifreeze killer dies in Ga. prison
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 10:57am MDT
A woman who killed her husband and later her boyfriend by poisoning them with antifreeze died Monday at a state prison where she was serving a life sentence, prison officials said.
-
Imam blames politics for mosque opposition
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 10:15am MDT
Election-year politics are interfering with the plan to build an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks, the Muslim cleric leading the project said in comments published on Monday.
-
Source: BP blames its experts, partner in rig
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 10:09am MDT
A BP investigation has faulted its own managers as well as partner Transocean for misreading pressure data just before the Macondo well blew, a source told Bloomberg News. -
Tourism showing signs of life in the Big Easy
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 7:41am MDT
The Big Easy isn’t quite back to what it was before Hurricane Katrina, but as the city marks the fifth anniversary of the disaster, tourism is on the rebound.
-
Police capture suspect in Utah deputy's killing
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 5:58am MDT
A tip from a resident helped police on Monday capture a 23-year-old man who authorities say fatally shot a sheriff's deputy and went on the run for four days in the rugged wilderness along the Utah-Arizona border. -
Field Notes: Coming together in Waveland to rebuild
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 5:32am MDT
When you're counting the days, five years can seem like a really long time. And, yet, when you're trying to recover from arguably the most devastating natural disaster in U.S. history, it has passed with far less progress than one might have hoped or expected. -
Shootings leaves Mormon official, suspect dead
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 3:21am MDT
The gunman in a fatal shooting of a Mormon church official in Central California was a former member of the congregation who felt wronged when a bishop "shunned him to hell" in 1988, his younger brother said Monday.
-
Farmers' Almanac: Kinder, gentler winter ahead
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 2:20am MDT
Good news, winter haters: After record snowfall in the mid-Atlantic and unusually cold weather down South, the Farmers' Almanac is predicting a "kinder and gentler" winter.
-
2 police officers fatally shot in Alaska village
Posted: August 29th, 2010, 4:04pm MDT
A standoff between authorities and a man suspected of ambushing and killing two police officers continued Monday in a small village in southeast Alaska.
-
Obama: I’ll ‘make sure we get the job done’
Posted: August 29th, 2010, 4:03pm MDT
President Barack Obama rejected criticism of his response to the Gulf oil spill Sunday, saying in an interview on “NBC Nightly News” that his administration jumped on the crisis immediately.
-
6 people dead after Arizona shooting
Posted: August 29th, 2010, 1:49pm MDT
A gunman entered a western Arizona home and began shooting, killing the mother of his two children and four others before fleeing with his two children, police said Sunday.
-
Huge verdict shakes up nursing home industry
Posted: August 29th, 2010, 1:23pm MDT
During Cindy Cool's almost daily visits to the nursing home, she would routinely find her Alzheimer's-suffering father wearing urine-soaked clothes. -
Vicious attack leaves Pa. inmate comatose
Posted: August 29th, 2010, 12:16pm MDT
If his diary and witness accounts are to be believed, Nicholas Pinto endured months of physical, sexual and mental abuse in prison.
-
Fire at proposed Tenn. mosque site probed by feds
Posted: August 29th, 2010, 11:05am MDT
Supporters from across the country have called to give encouragement to a suburban Nashville mosque where a fire was the latest setback for a planned new building, officials said Sunday. -
Original Navajo Code Talker still tells his story
Posted: August 29th, 2010, 10:32am MDT
Tourists hurry inside a shop here to buy books about the famed Navajo Code Talkers, warriors who used their native language as their primary weapon.
-
Wandering goat gets Facebook fan page
Posted: August 29th, 2010, 10:20am MDT
A goat that has been wandering around the eastern Missouri town of Mexico has gained enough attention to have his own Facebook page. But animal control officers are not amused. KXEO reported that the goat was first seen by a motorist on Saturday near an underpass on the east side of town.
-
NYC mosque debate will shape American Islam
Posted: August 29th, 2010, 10:06am MDT
The uproar over a planned Islamic center near the former World Trade Center site is shaping up as a signal event in the story of American Islam.
-
Memories of chaos, rebirth 5 years after Katrina
Posted: August 29th, 2010, 9:54am MDT
President Barack Obama celebrated New Orleans's revival from Hurricane Katrina on Sunday and pledged common purpose with residents in the continuing struggle to protect and rebuild the Gulf Coast.
-
Man, 21, posed as middle-schooler for football
Posted: August 29th, 2010, 8:20am MDT
A 21-year-old man impersonated a 14-year-old by playing in a youth football league and attempted to enroll at a Hillsborough County Middle School, according to league and school district officials. -
'Father Red' among those missing 5 years after Katrina
Posted: August 29th, 2010, 4:58am MDT
In the tiny town of Lake Catherine, La., one of those still unaccounted for five years after Hurricane Katrina is the Rev. Arthur Ginart, beloved pastor of a church that is still shuttered.
-
U.S. climber's body found after 21 years
Posted: August 29th, 2010, 12:34am MDT
A melting Canadian glacier has given up the well-preserved body of an American climber missing 21 years, Canadian media reported Saturday. -
Byrd's Senate seat: Manchin wins W.Va. primary
Posted: August 28th, 2010, 6:50pm MDT
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin wins the Democratic primary in the race for the late Robert C. Byrd's Senate seat. On the GOP side, businessman John Raese beat out nine contenders.
-
La. residents rid grief in symbolic Katrina burial
Posted: August 28th, 2010, 6:19pm MDT
Hundreds of mourners dropped notes, cards and letters — many of them stained with tears — into a steel-gray casket on Saturday in a symbolic burial of Hurricane Katrina.
-
W.Va., La. votes in Senate primaries
Posted: August 28th, 2010, 4:27pm MDT
Fourteen candidates sought a shot at the late Robert C. Byrd's Senate seat, with popular Gov. Joe Manchin the front-runner on the Democratic side and a wealthy businessman and a former U.S. House candidate the best-known of the GOP contenders in Saturday's primary. -
Escaped tiger caught at Florida theme park
Posted: August 28th, 2010, 4:15pm MDT
There was panic among the parrots as visitors ran for their lives and a tiger roamed free for an hour. -
9 years later, signs of life emerge at ground zero
Posted: August 28th, 2010, 2:23pm MDT
They are the first of nearly 400 trees to be planted around the eight-acre memorial to the nearly 2,800 people were killed when terrorists attacked the twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001.
-
Paris Hilton arrested on cocaine charge
Posted: August 28th, 2010, 1:42pm MDT
Paris Hilton was arrested for possession of cocaine after officers stopped the car she was in on a Las Vegas street late Friday night.
-
For Obamas, a (mostly) uninterrupted vacation
Posted: August 28th, 2010, 1:23pm MDT
President Barack Obama wrapped up a 10-day vacation Saturday that was blissfully free of the news emergencies that have interrupted some of his past getaways. -
Danielle may bring dangerous rip currents to U.S.
Posted: August 28th, 2010, 12:03pm MDT
Hurricane Earl's winds and driving rains churned over the North Carolina in the dark of night, leaving residents and officials to wait for daybreak to assess the damage. -
Paris Hilton arrested on cocaine charge
Posted: August 28th, 2010, 5:25am MDT
Paris Hilton was arrested for possession of cocaine after officers stopped the car she was in on a Las Vegas street late Friday night.
-
Obama marks formal end of US combat in Iraq
Posted: August 28th, 2010, 4:16am MDT
President Barack Obama said Saturday the end of combat operations in Iraq doesn't just reaffirm the country's sovereignty, but also makes good on one of his principle campaign pledges.
-
NC man waits for 'ghost train,' killed by real one
Posted: August 28th, 2010, 3:18am MDT
Authorities say a man who was waiting with several friends for a "ghost train" from a North Carolina legend was killed when a real train came down the tracks. -
Beck sounds religious rallying call ahead of demonstration
Posted: August 28th, 2010, 3:12am MDT
From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck told a crowd of tens of thousands of people Saturday that the U.S. has too long "wandered in darkness."
-
Medicare expands coverage to help smokers quit
Posted: August 28th, 2010, 2:07am MDT
They've lived with the health warnings about smoking for much of their lives and doubtless seen the ill effects on friends, relatives and even themselves, yet about 4.5 million older people in the U.S. keep on lighting up. -
7 inmates hospitalized after riot at Folsom prison
Posted: August 28th, 2010, 12:26am MDT
Seven Folsom State Prison inmates were hospitalized after shots were fired by guards during a riot Friday night at the prison, authorities said. -
Tangible signs of life arrive at 9/11 memorial
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 11:01pm MDT
After nearly nine years, life is returning to ground zero in a tangible way.
-
Paterson slammed for 'westernized' Muslims comment
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 6:35pm MDT
Muslim leaders in the United States are criticizing New York Gov. David Paterson for his description of the developers of a mosque planned near ground zero as peaceful, "almost westernized" Muslims. -
Guard troops to deploy to Ariz. border Monday
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 6:20pm MDT
The first of 532 National Guard troops are set to begin their mission in the southern Arizona desert on Monday under President Barack Obama's plan to beef up U.S.-Mexico border security, although they won't have any law enforcement authority.
-
Fumes sicken 100 at MGM Grand pool in Vegas
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 5:37pm MDT
High concentrations of a chemical similar to bleach seeped into a pool at the MGM Grand on the Las Vegas Strip on Friday, causing hotel officials to evacuate some 1,500 guests and sending at least 26 people to local hospitals with breathing problems. -
Ex-Army analyst arrested en route to China
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 4:39pm MDT
A former U.S. Army analyst from Oklahoma was arrested in Minneapolis while trying to board a flight to China with electronic files containing a restricted Army field manual, authorities said Friday. -
Federal contractor charged with leaking secrets
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 4:26pm MDT
The Obama administration on Friday accused an analyst who worked at the State Department of leaking top secret information about North Korea to a reporter.
-
Sharpton to Beck: Rally but don't distort dream
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 4:07pm MDT
On the eve of conservative commentator Glenn Beck's rally at the Lincoln Memorial, a blogger's assertion that parts of the nation's capital should be avoided touched off accusations of racism and a sharp response by angry city leaders.
-
Bikini-clad strippers protest Ohio church
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 3:25pm MDT
Strippers dressed in bikinis sunbathe in lawn chairs, their backs turned toward the gray clapboard church where men in ties and women in full-length skirts flock to Sunday morning services.
-
Trader sentenced for selling missile parts to Iran
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 1:11pm MDT
A Taiwanese businessman was sentenced Friday to 3½ years in U.S. prison for violating the Iran trade embargo by arranging illegal shipments of parts that can be used for military or nuclear purposes, including in missiles and unmanned drones. -
N.J. schools chief fired over $400 million grant snafu
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 12:56pm MDT
Gov. Chris Christie fired his education commissioner Friday, days after it was revealed that a simple mistake on an application might have cost New Jersey a $400 million education grant.
-
Feds arrest 370 immigrants in raids in 10 states
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 12:37pm MDT
Federal officials announced Friday they had arrested 370 immigrants who were in the U.S. illegally or convicted of other crimes as part of a three-day roundup in the Midwest. -
Parents claim priest got daughter pregnant
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 12:15pm MDT
A couple secretly videotaped a Roman Catholic priest having sex with their 18-year-old daughter in the basement of their home and are now suing, saying he got her pregnant. -
Corps: New Orleans levee upgrades nearly ready
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 11:30am MDT
Five years after Hurricane Katrina flooded more than 80 percent of this city, the Army Corps of Engineers says billions of dollars of work has made the city much safer and many of its defenses could withstand a storm as strong as the deadly 2005 hurricane.
-
Corps: New Orleans levee upgrades nearly ready
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 11:30am MDT
Five years after Hurricane Katrina flooded more than 80 percent of this city, the Army Corps of Engineers says billions of dollars of work has made the city much safer and many of its defenses could withstand a storm as strong as the deadly 2005 hurricane.
-
Body of missing woman found in clutter at home
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 11:12am MDT
A four-month search for a missing Las Vegas woman came to a ghastly end this week when her husband found her corpse in their home amid a labyrinth of squalor that had been impassable even to search dogs.
-
Want to be class president? Not if you're black in this school
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 10:39am MDT
Following an uproar over a policy it said was aimed at racial equality, a school district scrapped a student election system where race determined what positions a candidate could run for.
-
U.S. ambassador's daughter falls to her death
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 10:25am MDT
The 17-year-old daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Thailand fell to her death from a New York City high-rise apartment building, officials said Friday. -
Homes evacuated overnight near Montana wildfire
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 9:33am MDT
Authorities in western Montana roused people from their beds early Friday to flee an approaching wildfire, as thunderstorms sparked dozens more in blazes across the West in Idaho and Nevada.
-
Cabbie-slash suspect taken to psych ward
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 7:43am MDT
The college student accused of slashing a taxi driver because he's a Muslim has been taken to a New York City psychiatric ward.
-
Ex-FEMA head: U.S. didn't tell all on Katrina
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 5:57am MDT
Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the federal official at the heart of a firestorm over Washington's slow response is acknowledging the government's shortcomings.
-
Red Tape: Stealing from grandpa and grandma
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 4:43am MDT
America's vulnerable, graying population, and the concentration of wealth among older adults, has created a massive opportunity for fraud. Experts suspect that perhaps half a million elderly adults are ripped off by family members, lawyers and accountants every year, potentially taking $2.6 billion from infirm older Americans. -
Sheriff's deputy fatally shot near AZ-Utah border
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 9:28pm MDT
The U.S. Marshals Service offered a $10,000 reward Saturday for information leading to the capture of a man accused of killing a Utah sheriff's deputy in the Arizona town of Fredonia.
-
theGrio: New Orleans charter schools redefine reform
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 8:27pm MDT
New Orleans now has more than 60 percent of its public school students in charter schools — almost twice that of any other major U.S. city. And the number of schools deemed "unacceptable" has declined by 20 percent. -
Carter gains freedom for American held in N. Korea
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 8:22pm MDT
An American held captive in North Korea for seven months after landed Friday in Boston to reunite with his family after former President Jimmy Carter helped win his release.
-
theGrio video: The nightmare of Pontchartrain Park
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 8:21pm MDT
For nearly five consecutive decades Pontchartrain Park was considered a safe haven for working-class and upper-income blacks in New Orleans. Then disaster struck. -
L.A. sues to back new medical marijuana rules
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 6:43pm MDT
The Los Angeles city attorney has filed a lawsuit asking a judge to back up the city's move to shut down 129 medical marijuana shops under a new ordinance. -
Ariz. governor files brief in immigration battle
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 6:18pm MDT
Gov. Jan Brewer's lawyers on Thursday filed the first brief in their appeal of a ruling that put the most controversial elements of Arizona's new immigration law on hold. -
For panel, details on BP's structure out of reach
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 5:52pm MDT
Feds became visibly annoyed as BP executives were unwilling or unable to provide a clear picture of the firm's hierarchy or say who was in charge of the rig leased by the oil giant the day it blew up. -
L.A. Zoo is home to 22 baby Komodo dragons
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 5:48pm MDT
Twenty-two Komodo dragons have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo this month, giving a modest boost to the world's endangered population.
-
L.A. officials plan to use heat-beam ray in jail
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 5:43pm MDT
A device designed to control unruly inmates by blasting them with a beam of intense energy that causes a burning sensation is drawing heat from civil rights groups. -
President's deli choice cited over sanitation
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 5:42pm MDT
The Miami Beach restaurant where President Barack Obama ordered pastrami sandwiches to go last week was cited this week by a state inspector for critical violations of sanitation and safety laws, a newspaper reported.
-
FBI: 1965 toddler's disappearance was a kidnapping
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 5:18pm MDT
Elizabeth Ann Gill was 2 years old when she disappeared from the front porch of her family's southeast Missouri home in June 1965. Her family always believed she was snatched and, 45 years on, the FBI has reclassified her case as a kidnapping and reopened the investigation.
-
Fugitive charged with killing wife and her mother
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 4:40pm MDT
California authorities say an escaped convict accused of molesting his niece has been charged with killing his wife and mother-in-law and putting their bodies through a staged car crash. -
Big ham fetches $1.6 million for charity
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 4:31pm MDT
Start baking those biscuits and stirring that red-eye gravy. Two donors have pledged a record $1.6 million for Kentucky's grand champion country ham. -
Sotomayor predicts WikiLeaks case in Supreme Court
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 4:29pm MDT
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor predicted that the nation's high court will be asked again to weigh issues of national security versus free speech because of the classified war documents posted on the WikiLeaks website. -
Sotomayor predicts WikiLeaks case in Supreme Court
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 4:29pm MDT
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor predicted that the nation's high court will be asked again to weigh issues of national security versus free speech because of the classified war documents posted on the WikiLeaks website. -
15 injured in hard landing at Sacramento airport
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 4:16pm MDT
The tires of a JetBlue airplane caught fire Thursday during a hard landing in Sacramento that left 15 people with minor injuries and sent passengers down emergency slides to escape the aircraft.
-
Lawsuit: SeaWorld trainer's death traumatized boy
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 4:02pm MDT
A New Hampshire couple who witnessed a whale kill a trainer at SeaWorld is suing the Orlando theme park, saying their 10-year-old son suffered emotional distress from what he saw. -
U.S. prisoner in N. Korea has a 'gentle spirit'
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 3:26pm MDT
An American imprisoned in North Korea for illegally crossing the border has a gentle spirit, but is also a person of conviction willing to be bold about what he believes, friends and acquaintances said.
-
Oil spill causes boom and bust in the Gulf
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 3:07pm MDT
The Gulf oil spill is a bonanza for some and a bust for others. -
Samonella found in feed used at 2 Iowa farms
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 3:06pm MDT
Food and Drug Administration officials say they have found positive samples of salmonella that link two Iowa farms to a massive egg recall. -
Jury: No more child support for billionaire's kids
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 3:03pm MDT
A jury on Thursday rejected a claim by billionaire Donald Bren's two grown children for $134 million in retroactive child support. -
Swearing kid seen in video; neighbor arrested
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 2:34pm MDT
A Connecticut man arrested on allegations he coached his 8-year-old neighbor to swear and posted a video of it on YouTube says he's shocked the child's family turned him in to police.
-
Migrants turn to the sea to enter U.S. illegally
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 12:38pm MDT
The speedboat is about three miles offshore when a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent looks for the telltale signs of immigrant smuggling — a motor's whirr or sulfur exhaust fumes.
-
Report: 90,000 inmates sexually victimized
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 11:50am MDT
The government reported Thursday that 4.4 percent of inmates in prison and 3.1 percent of inmates in jail report being victimized sexually by another inmate or staff member in the past year. -
Suspect in deadly NY shooting pleads not guilty
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 9:37am MDT
A 23-year-old man pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder charges in a shooting outside a downtown Buffalo bar that killed four people, including a Texas man celebrating his wedding anniversary.
-
Pack of dogs maul 7-year-old to death
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 8:45am MDT
A 7-year-old boy was mauled to death by four dogs at the home of a neighbor in Illinois, according to news reports. -
Poland arrests U.S. citizen wanted for pedophilia
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 8:03am MDT
Polish authorities say they have arrested a U.S. citizen wanted for allegedly sexually abusing five boys in Virginia. -
Drunk shouts 'terrorists,' urinates on mosque rugs
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 7:55am MDT
In the latest in a spate of anti-Muslim incidents over the last two days, an intoxicated man entered a mosque in Queens on Wednesday evening and proceeded to urinate on prayer rugs, New York police officials said -
Serial stabbings suspect being sent to Michigan
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 7:24am MDT
An Arab Christian from Israel suspected in 18 attacks in three states, including five fatal stabbings, was ordered held without bond Thursday in one of the cases after being extradited to Michigan. -
One town's post-Katrina diaspora
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 6:29am MDT
The people of one Mississippi town may have been separated from friends and neighbors by Katrina, but they still consider themselves a community, writes Ellis Anderson of Bay St. Louis, Miss. -
Gulf Coast could be poised for comeback
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 6:29am MDT
Can the Gulf Coast make it all the way back from Katrina and the oil spill? The answer, political leaders, environmental scholars and economists say, is yes.
-
Snake in electrical box causes NY hospital outage
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 6:24am MDT
A snake slithered into a switch box outside a New York hospital, where it met its maker and caused a 10-hour power outage. -
Stabbed Muslim cabbie to enter Ground Zero mosque spat
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 5:44am MDT
Michael Enright once volunteered with an interfaith group that has supported a proposal for a mosque near ground zero — a background distinctly at odds with what authorities say happened inside a city taxi.
-
Beck to rally on anniversary of King's 'Dream' speech
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 1:07am MDT
Glenn Beck says it's just a coincidence his Restoring Honor rally on Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial will take place on the anniversary and at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech. Civil rights veterans are skeptical.
-
More women in political spotlight, but gap remains
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 11:02pm MDT
The suffragists who 90 years ago won voting rights for women in the U.S. would likely shake their heads in wonder at this election, with its "mama grizzly" candidates and high-stakes woman-vs.-woman showdowns. -
Settlement in suit alleging condom found in soup
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 10:03pm MDT
A California man who says he ordered French onion soup and bit into a condom instead of melted cheese has settled his lawsuit against the Claim Jumper restaurant chain. -
Out-of-control drone flies into D.C. airspace
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 8:00pm MDT
An out-of-control Navy drone entered into restricted airspace around the U.S. capital earlier this month, according to media and government reports. -
Deadline extended for ground zero responders
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 5:02pm MDT
Thousands of ground zero responders are being given more time to decide whether to settle lawsuits over their exposure to potentially toxic dust from the ruins of the World Trade Center, lawyers in the case said Wednesday. -
Army: Soldiers plotted to kill Afghan civilians
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 4:36pm MDT
Five soldiers accused of killing civilians in Afghanistan are now facing additional charges of conspiracy to commit premeditated murder, The Seattle Times reported Wednesday. -
Key device in BP disaster wasn't recertified
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 4:18pm MDT
A critical device at the center of an investigation into the Gulf oil rig explosion didn't undergo a rigorous recertification process in 2005 as required, a worker told investigators Wednesday.
-
Author of disputed CIA book is found dead
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 4:13pm MDT
To his wife and friends, Roland Haas was a patriotic hero who secretly risked his life for the U.S. government during the Cold War, yet critics denounced him as a "James Bond wannabe."
-
Metrolink: $200 million to settle LA rail disaster
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 4:00pm MDT
Southern California's Metrolink system and Connex Railroad filed court papers Wednesday accepting the maximum $200 million in liability for a 2008 head-on collision between a commuter train and a freight that killed 25 people and injured more than 100. -
Empire State Building to get new, tall, neighbor
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 3:44pm MDT
The Empire State Building's owner has lost his bid to stop a new skyscraper from rising in the neighborhood.
-
Obama planning second back-to-school speech
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 2:59pm MDT
President Barack Obama is planning his second back-to-school speech to the nation's students.
-
Marines pour resources into mental health care
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 2:55pm MDT
Marines stressed from repeated tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan are seeking help like never before, and their suicide rate is the highest in the military after doubling in just the past three years.
-
Man surrenders in N.Y. shooting deaths of 4
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 1:36pm MDT
A man sought by police in a sidewalk shooting that killed four people including a Texas man celebrating his wedding anniversary has been charged with murder. -
New Lutheran group likely to rise from gay discord
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 1:21pm MDT
Richard Mahan and Anita Hill are both Lutheran pastors who were inside a Minneapolis convention hall last summer when delegates for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted to allow non-celibate gay and lesbian pastors. -
2008 military PC attack 'most significant breach ever'
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 1:09pm MDT
The Pentagon is confirming a 2008 attack on military computers where a foreign spy used a USB flash drive to infect systems used to command combat activity in Iraq and Afghanistan. Deputy secretary of defense William J. Lynn 3d called the attack "the most significant breach of U.S. military computers ever." -
Cops: NYC cabbie is asked if he's Muslim, stabbed
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 12:36pm MDT
A college student accused of slashing a Muslim New York City taxi driver had recently sought publicity for a documentary he filmed about soldiers in Afghanistan.
-
Katrina recovery: How to help
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 12:34pm MDT
Here's a partial list of charities and nonprofit organizations that continue to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina. -
Colorado authorities recapture escaped prisoner
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 12:28pm MDT
Authorities say they have recaptured an inmate who escaped from a maximum-security prison in Colorado. -
Man charged in Facebook stalking case
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 12:07pm MDT
An man was accused of stalking an ex-girlfriend and of trying to persuade her to come back to him by using a Facebook account he created in the name of another ex-girlfriend he raped last year. -
4 teens sentenced in N.Y. hate crime stabbing
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 11:49am MDT
Three teens who admitted targeting Hispanics for violence get seven-year prison terms for their roles in the 2008 killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant, and a fourth teen receives a six-year sentence. -
Eggs from suspect farms will be processed, sold
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 11:37am MDT
The producers responsible for a recall of some 550 million potentially tainted eggs have found another outlet for the inventory that just keeps coming: They’ll turn them into liquid eggs used in everything from cookies and cakes to egg substitutes and pet food. -
Homeless man arrested after Ore. fire burns homes
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 11:22am MDT
Families looked for valuables, pets and mementoes Wednesday in the ashes of 11 homes destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire while a homeless man accused of starting the blaze sat in jail.
-
Newsweek: Oil industry benefits most from Katrina aid
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 11:11am MDT
Five years after Congress passed the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005, more of the tax-free benefits have gone to the state’s powerful oil industry than to development in hard-hit areas. -
Mistake might have cost NJ federal education grant
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 10:07am MDT
HADDONFIELD, N.J. — For anyone who's ever entered the wrong number on a tax return and been denied a refund, or accidentally overtipped, here's some consolation: A silly error on New Jersey's application for the highly competitive Race to the Top education grants might have cost the state $400 million. -
July new home sales hit slowest pace on record
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 8:27am MDT
Sales of new homes dropped sharply last month to the slowest pace on record, the latest sign that the economic recovery is fading.
-
Bloomberg repeats backing for N.Y. Islamic center
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 5:22am MDT
The planned mosque and Islamic center blocks from the World Trade Center site got a new boost Wednesday from a coalition of supporters that includes families of Sept. 11, 2001, victims.
-
Palin-backed candidate leads Murkowski in Alaska primary
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 5:10am MDT
GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski was thought to be a big favorite coming into the primary against Sarah Palin-backed challenger Joe Miller. But with over half the vote in, Miller holds a slight lead over the incumbent. -
McCain prevails but road ahead unclear
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 2:40am MDT
Sen. John McCain won the Arizona primary Tuesday and is favored to win a fifth Senate term. His role in his party and national politics is uncertain.
-
Analysis: McCain's road ahead unclear
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 2:40am MDT
Sen. John McCain won the Arizona primary Tuesday and is favored to win a fifth Senate term. However, his role in his party and national politics is uncertain.
-
Gators bring out gawkers in Ill., Mass., N.Y.
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 12:41am MDT
Two gators in the Chicago River. One strolling down a Massachusetts street. Another in bustling New York City. And that's just in the past few weeks.
-
Gators bring out gawkers in Ill., Mass., N.Y.
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 12:41am MDT
Two gators in the Chicago River. One strolling down a Massachusetts street. Another in bustling New York City. And that's just in the past few weeks.
-
Pot plants worth $100 million seized in Calif.
Posted: August 24th, 2010, 10:58pm MDT
Authorities say narcotics task force agents have seized an estimated 25,000 marijuana plants worth up to $100 million on a Southern California farm believed to be run by Mexican drug traffickers. -
Ashland, Ore., fire destroys 11 homes; damages 2
Posted: August 24th, 2010, 10:25pm MDT
A wind-whipped wildfire ripped through the outskirts of this southern Oregon college and tourist town Tuesday, igniting a string of homes one after the other, setting off explosions and sending up "tornadoes" of black smoke, fire officials and a resident said.
-
Fireworks caused Boston's massive warehouse blaze
Posted: August 24th, 2010, 8:49pm MDT
Firefighters investigating what they've described as the biggest blaze in Boston in decades say it was caused by some men setting off fireworks from the roof of a nearby building. -
Wildfire forces evacuations in Southern California
Posted: August 24th, 2010, 8:33pm MDT
Fire roared through 1,100 acres of mountain wilderness northwest of Los Angeles on Tuesday, forcing evacuations as flames threatened dozens of rural homes, authorities said.
-
Navy, Coast Guard trade blame for midair crash
Posted: August 24th, 2010, 8:12pm MDT
The Coast Guard said Tuesday that a failure by the Navy to follow standard air traffic control procedures contributed to a midair collision that killed seven Coast Guard members and two Marines last year, while the Navy insisted the pilots were responsible. -
WikiLeaks plans new document release
Posted: August 24th, 2010, 6:11pm MDT
A whistle-blowing website that drew the ire of U.S. officials for the release of classified Afghan war documents released what it says is a CIA memo that looks at the perception of the U.S. is an exporter of terrorism. -
Wildfire forces evacuations in Southern California
Posted: August 24th, 2010, 6:02pm MDT
Fire roared through 1,100 acres of mountain wilderness northwest of Los Angeles on Tuesday, forcing evacuations as flames threatened dozens of rural homes, authorities said.