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Congress plans votes on debt deal The House of Representatives planned to vote Monday evening, despite angry denunciations by both right-wing Republicans and left-wing Democrats. School cheating scandal erupts in new state: Pa. As the Atlanta school district continues to grapple with the fallout from a widespread school cheating scandal, evidence uncovered by reporters suggests that another state is facing similar problems. 'D.B. Cooper' lead points to man dead for 10 years Four decades after a skyjacker dubbed D.B. Cooper bailed out of a U.S. jetliner, federal agents are pursuing new clues pointing to a suspect they believe is long dead, an FBI spokesman said. Administration challenges Ala. immigration law The Justice Department on Monday brought a legal challenge to Alabama's tough new immigration law, opening up a new front in the battle between states and the Obama administration over immigration enforcement. Woman falls 600 feet to death at Yosemite A 26-year-old California woman fell 600 feet to her death Sunday while descending Yosemite's famous Half Dome, the National Park Service said Monday. Judge: Casey Anthony must report for Fla. probation Casey Anthony must return to Orange County, Fla., to serve a year of supervised probation over a check fraud case, a Florida judge ordered Monday. Quadriplegic man dies in skydiving accident Flathead County officials say a 27-year-old quadriplegic man with five years of skydiving experience died in a weekend skydiving accident in northwestern Montana. TV station portrays 4-year-old boy as thug wannabe A Chicago TV has come under fire for misconstruing the words of an African-American child in an interview at a crime scene. Tropical storm likely, could hit US by weekend Hurricane watchers kept their focus on a Caribbean storm brewing that the National Hurricane Center expects will become Tropical Storm Emily within 48 hours. Space Needle wants to send someone into space To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Seattle's iconic Space Needle, the landmark's managers want to put someone into honest-to-goodness outer space. Stocks rebound to end day only slightly lower The S&P 500 fell for a sixth day Monday as time runs out for the government to pass a deal to avoid default and the economy showed further signs of stalling. Flight delayed after toddler couldn't sit still An Allegiant flight bound for Tennessee was delayed twice Saturday â€" first due to a smoky smell in the cabin, then because of a toddler who wouldn't stay seated. Rural towns will really feel post office closures Welcome to Yellow Pine, Idaho. Population: 32. Miles to nearest (big) town: 60. Cell phone service: None. Post Office: One, in the bottom floor of the postmaster's home. 70-mph gusts, hail head for Northeast Overnight thunderstorms peppered the Northeast and threatened to return with damaging wind gusts and hail as record-breaking heat tightened its grip on the Southern and Central Plains. Missing N.H. girl found dead in river Investigators searching for an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl missing for almost a week have found her body in a river near her home, officials told reporters Monday. Prosecutors to seek death in 'Grim Sleeper' trial Prosecutors said Monday they will seek the death penalty against a man accused of the "Grim Sleeper" serial killings. N.C. mulls compensation for sterilization victims A task force investigating the forced sterilization of about 7,600 people in North Carolina said in a draft report Monday that survivors should get money as compensation but is not yet sure how much. Report: Vegas teen says devil told him to kill A teenager told police he killed his jail cellmate during a bloody assault with a pencil because the devil told him only one of the two men could live, according to an arrest report obtained Monday. Polygamist leader: God demands judge's ouster Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs made a third attempt Monday to remove the Texas judge overseeing his child sex assault case â€" this time based on the claim that God himself demands a change. Town asks mayor to quit after bar scuffle The city council of a Wisconsin town will discuss the mayor's latest drinking binge and consider asking him to step down. Tug pilot pleads guilty in Philly duck boat crash A tug boat operator consumed by a family emergency pleaded guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter for a fatal crash with a duck boat filled with tourists, an accident he acknowledged was caused largely by his continuous use of a cellphone and laptop computer while he was steering a barge. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032524/device/rss/rss.xml

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