Hurricane Irene to deliver blow to economy
As Hurricane Irene roars toward the East Coast â" _ home to some of the country's most densely populated cities and costliest waterfront real estate â" _ experts are forecasting a multibillion-dollar disaster. | Amtrak train hits farm vehicle, injures 9
A train carrying more than 175 passengers from California to Chicago derailed Friday after striking equipment on the tracks in southwest Nebraska and a small number of people were taken to hospitals, a spokesman said. | Pediatrician gets life for abusing patients
Former Delaware pediatrician Earl Bradley will spend the rest of his life in prison for committing horrific acts of sexual abuse against scores of young patients over more than a decade, a judge ruled Friday. | 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. | Judge blocks Facebook limits for teachers
A new Missouri law prohibiting teachers from having private online conversations with students suffered a double setback Friday. First a judge blocked it from taking effect because of free speech concerns. Then the governor called for its repeal. | Police say guns, meds on murder-suicide professor
A former Idaho college professor who committed suicide after gunning down a graduate student he had recently dated had six guns and medications for bipolar disorder and severe anxiety in the hotel room where he died, police said Friday. | Man reports own parking violation to Conn. police
A Connecticut man was so upset about the lack of parking enforcement in his town that he parked his car illegally in a handicapped space and called police over a dozen times. When they showed up, they subdued him with a stun gun and arrested him. | Truck hauling sewage crashes into living room
Police say they're trying to determine what caused a septic tanker truck to crash off a western New York road and slam through the wall of a home before coming to rest in the living room. | Documents reveal rantings of mosque fire suspect
The 24-year-old man being held in last year's firebombing of an Oregon mosque ranted about Muslims and referred to himself as a "Christian warrior" weeks after the arrest of a Muslim man accused of plotting to set off a car bomb in Portland, according to court documents. | Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032524/device/rss/rss.xml |