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Cheers to screams as jet from NY crashes in Guyana Flight 523 from New York had just touched down and passengers were applauding the pilot's landing in the South American country Saturday when something suddenly went wrong. Friends mourn victims of roller rink shooting Four siblings killed in a shooting rampage at a Texas roller rink were remembered Saturday as a part of a tight-knit family, even as the hundreds gathered in an Arkansas church to mourn them tried to make sense of the tragedy. 2 die in Wright replica plane crash A company that makes and flies model Wright Brothers planes is identifying two volunteer pilots killed Saturday when one of its aircraft crashed during testing in rural Ohio. Police: Dad sleeps, lets son, 8, drive on I-12 The Louisiana State Police says troopers arrested a Hattiesburg man after he let his 8-year-old son drive on Interstate 12 near Holden. GOP leaders voice new optimism on debt limit Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday afternoon he was “confident and optimistic” that he and GOP leaders will reach an accord soon with President Barack Obama to settle the impasse over raising the government’s borrowing limit. Adrift 18 hours, pilot mulled ‘how much time I had left’ “The motor started sputtering, and that’s when the panic set in,” said Michael Trapp, 42, who survived 18 hours treading water after his Cessna 150 crashed in Lake Huron. “I don’t know how much time I had left,” he said Friday. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032524/device/rss/rss.xml

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