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Hurricane Irene marks first big US threat in years The rapidly intensifying Irene that's already cut a destructive path through the Caribbean is the first hurricane to seriously threaten the U.S. in almost three years. 'Horrific crime:' Tot critical after falling 2 stories An infant was critically injured after plunging at least two stories from a Southern California hospital's parking structure, officials said. Six shot at Philadelphia basketball game Six spectators were shot and wounded when a gunman opened fire at half-time of an adult basketball league game in Philadelphia on Monday, and one person was in critical condition, police said. Calif. fugitive arrested 36 years after escape A fugitive who spent the last 36 years on the run after escaping from a California prison camp is in custody after investigators used records of telephone calls possibly made by his dying mother to track him down, authorities announced Monday. Largest Colorado quake since 1973 shakes homes The largest earthquake to strike Colorado in almost 40 years has shaken hundreds of people near the New Mexico border. Economists see no 2nd recession, no real recovery Another recession isn't likely over the next 12 months. Neither is any meaningful improvement in the economy. US senators to Libya rebels: Jail Lockerbie bomber New York's U.S. senators have asked the Libyan transitional government to hold the convicted Lockerbie, Scotland, plane bomber fully accountable for his terrorist actions. Transit police arrest San Francisco protesters More than three dozen protesters were arrested Monday during a chaotic run through downtown San Francisco that snarled traffic and train service during the evening commute. Ind. fair collapse claims 7th victim A 24-year-old cheerleading coach from Ohio died Monday from head injuries she sustained during the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair. Halliburton exec takes a swig of fracking fluid An energy company executive's sip of fracking fluid at an industry conference this month has been called a demonstration by some and a stunt by others. Dallas police say man drowned his 2 young sons Dallas police have arrested a man suspected of drowning his two young sons after abducting them and their mother while they were walking to school. NJ GOP lawmaker quits over wife's racist email A freshman Republican lawmaker resigned because his wife sent "an offensive and racist" email to the Democratic state Senate campaign of nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis, a GOP official acknowledged Monday. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032524/device/rss/rss.xml

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