NYC orders evacuations in low-lying areas
As Hurricane Irene started lashing the Carolinas with rain Friday, New York announced mandatory evacuations for 270,000 people living in low-lying areas around the nation's largest city. | Blast hits UN building in Nigeria, killing 16
A car laden with explosives rammed through two gates and blew up at the U.N. offices in Nigeria's capital Friday, killing at least 16 people and shattering part of the concrete structure. | Cops: Minnesota dad abandons son, disappears
A father abandoned his 11-year-old son last month, telling him in a letter to move in with neighbors because their south Minnesota home was in foreclosure, according to a warrant complaint seeking his arrest. | Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032091/device/rss/rss.xml |