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Indiana fair's storm plan is brief, generic An emergency plan outlining what to do if severe weather threatens the Indiana State Fair takes up a single page and does not mention the potential for evacuations. 700 water main breaks in Houston â€" a day It's not just hot and dry in Houston, the city's also losing water at an alarming rate because of water main breaks â€" 700 a day, the mayor says. Docs: Neck bomb suspect told girl 'count to 200' A man arrested in Kentucky after allegedly chaining a fake bomb to an Australian teenager's neck told her to "count to 200," according to court documents. Sydney to Kentucky: Cracking the 'collar bomb' case Open Channel: NBC News' Pete Williams details how a global investigation into the neck-bomb hoax that terrorized an 18-year-old in Australia led to an arrest in a Louisville suburb. Facing unemployment? There's hope â€" in war Red Tape: When firefighter Jadiam Lopez was unable to find work near his home in Miami, he took a job "out of necessity" that once would have been unthinkable: working as a government contractor in Iraq. Dog becomes local celebrity for his math skills Labrador Retrievers are known for their hunting skills and friendly dispositions, but Beau, a black Lab who lives in Montana, is winning acclaim for his math abilities. Doctor charged with killing partner, tot A physician who was about to start a new job at a Seattle hospital is charged in the gruesome stabbing deaths of his longtime partner and their 2-year-old son. Cops: Neighbor chases kidnapper, saves child Police are crediting an alert neighbor with saving a 6-year-old girl from a man who snatched her and shoved her into a van as she walked home from a neighbor's house where she had been sent to pick up tostadas. Stray reservation dogs blamed for attacks The 55-year-old man was found lying on the side of the road on the Navajo Nation, a pack of dogs mauling him relentlessly. Emergency workers chased them away, but the pack â€" their ribs sticking out â€" kept trying to circle back. For some Joplin students, school is 'the mall' When classes begin in Joplin, Mo., on Wednesday, just 87 days after a tornado ripped through the city, about 900 students will take their seats in an unusual learning environment â€" a shopping mall. Whale dies after weeks in river, and after calf left A wayward gray whale that had been on Northern California's Klamath River for more than a month, staying even after her calf went back to the ocean, died Tuesday after beaching on a sandbar. World's largest rodent roams Calif. wastewater plant A capybara, A South American animal that is the largest rodent species in the world â€" "essentially a giant rat" â€" is spotted at the Paso Robles Wastewater Treatment Plant. Couple charged after nearly 700 cats seized A Florida  couple face animal cruelty charges for allegedly hoarding  692 cats. Man spends sixth day perched on radio tower A man who scaled an Oklahoma TV tower last week resisted attempts to coax him down Tuesday, as the stalemate lasted into a sixth day. Sheriff: Teen killed great-grandmother with sword Authorities in west Georgia say a 15-year-old is in custody after his 77-year-old great-grandmother was stabbed to death with a sword and his grandmother was wounded. Police: Target of Facebook hit fatally shot A Philadelphia man was gunned down hours after a judge upheld felony charges against his ex-girlfriend, who was accused of offering $1,000 on Facebook for someone to kill him. Obama to unveil plan to boost rural jobs President Barack Obama will on Tuesday announce fresh steps to boost rural hiring on the second day of a bus tour through the U.S. heartland. Honesty may cost twins $50,000 hockey prize An 11-year-old Minnesota boy may get sent to the penalty box instead of winning $50,000, because his dad admitted he was substituting for his identical twin when he made a once-in-a-lifetime hockey shot. Ore. mother gets probation in home circumcision An Oregon woman who tried to circumcise her 3-month-old son at home after reading the Old Testament and watching YouTube videos has been sentenced to five years of probation. Study: 1 hour of TV can shorten life by 22 minutes Watching an hour of TV after the age of 25 can shorten the viewer's life by just under 22 minutes, according to researchers in Australia. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032524/device/rss/rss.xml

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