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Ind. fair reopens; stage victims honored The Indiana State Fair reopened Monday, a day after it was closed when a stage collapsed, killing five people. Indiana's governor was among those who spoke at a memorial service. East Coast deluge includes elevator rescue A conveyor belt of rain drenched the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic on Monday, adding to record-breaking precipitation that closed roads and triggered flood watches over the weekend. Cops: Man decapitated disabled son A Louisiana man is accused of decapitating and dismembering his disabled 7-year-old son and leaving the boy's head near the street so the child's mother would see it, authorities say. Navy: Sub crew were encouraged to cheat Navy officials describe cheating on tests aboard the USS Memphis as a rare lapse in integrity, but some former officers say the shortcuts are hardly unique to a single vessel. Aruba suspect to remain in custody A judge ruled Monday that Aruban prosecutors have enough evidence against an American tourist to continue holding him while the investigate the disappearance of his travel companion. How did 9/11 change your life? Send your stories, photos and videos about how the 9/11 attacks changed your life. Do-it-yourself battlefield medicine saves lives Quick care on the battlefield, sometimes by a wounded soldier himself, led to a 92 percent survival rate for one Army regiment over more than seven years, a study found. Dead pastor had white powder: sources A Florida mega-church pastor found dead in a Times Square hotel room had an envelope of white powder in his pocket and investigators are looking into whether it was a controlled substance, NBC New York has learned Town at war: older immigrants vs. newer ones Nearly all of 16,300 residents of Greenfield, Calif., are Latino â€" and yet an ugly conflict has been brewing between longer-time residents and newcomers from another part of Mexico. Muslims often put on no-fly list without explanation The calls have reached a point of repetitive regularity for civil rights lawyer Gadeir Abbas: A young Muslim American, somewhere in the world, is barred from boarding an airplane. 60,000 pounds of ground beef recalled The U.S. Department of Agriculture said National Beef Packing Co has recalled about 60,424 pounds of ground beef products after inspection at an Ohio processing plant produced suspicions of contamination by E.coli. Arrest in US over Australia collar bomb hoax A 51-year-old man has been arrested in the United States in connection with a fake collar bomb attack in Australia on the teenage daughter of a wealthy Sydney businessman, according to media reports. US tourist dies in Italy by falling from cliff A young American tourist has fallen to her death from a window overlooking rock cliffs in the Italian Riviera, police said Monday. Did Butch Cassidy survive to a ripe old age? Did Butch Cassidy, the notorious Old West outlaw who most historians believe perished in a 1908 shootout in Bolivia, actually live to an old age in Washington state? Cops: Man killed dad with weed trimmer Yashesh S. Desai faces first-degree murder charges for allegedly repeatedly striking his father on the head with a weed trimmer, Woodridge police said. Smelly surprises beneath Missouri River flood When the Missouri River's floodwaters recede this fall, piles of debris, silt and some smelly surprises will be revealed. Colorado officer retires after alleged wild ride A suburban Denver police officer allowed to represent his department at a South Dakota lawman's funeral has retired after authorities say he and a fellow officer took an alcohol-fueled ride through Wyoming on their way to the service. Man jailed for sex assault on Continental jet A New Jersey man who fondled a sleeping female passenger on a flight from Hong Kong to Newark will spend a year in prison. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032524/device/rss/rss.xml

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