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Fugitive siblings nabbed after chase, shootout The three Florida siblings on the run from authorities are now in custody in Colorado, according to NBC affiliate KUSA . Poll: Most say US on wrong track Economic fears are weighing heavily on Americans, with a large majority saying the United States is on the wrong track and nearly half believing the worst is yet to come, a Reuters/Ipsos poll said Wednesday. In Joplin, a diner serves up shelter from the storm When he retired from the Army, Iraq war veteran Donnie Bennett opened a diner in Joplin, Mo. After the tornado struck, it provided shelter for those who had none â€" and a place where patrons helped employees who had lost everything by paying $100 for a $7 salad. More questions for US man in Aruba disappearance A Maryland man who claimed his travel partner apparently drowned during a getaway to Aruba has now become a suspect in her disappearance because his response to the incident raised suspicions of police. Pawn shop says it sold gun to Ohio shooter A northeast Ohio pawn shop says it sold a handgun last week to a man who authorities say shot and killed seven people before dying in a shootout with police. Principal of church-run school killed A 48-year-old principal was found dead in a pool of blood Wednesday morning in a classroom at the church-run school where she worked, police said. Escaped prisoners captured in California Two California prisoners who escaped into the Hollywood Hills last week while working on a fire crew have been arrested, authorities announced Wednesday. Jury recommends execution for Ohio serial killer Jurors who convicted a man of killing 11 women and leaving the remains in his home and yard said the words of the women who escaped his house of horrors helped persuade them to recommend the death penalty. Police: 3 women killed by SUV in gruesome NY crash An out-of-control SUV, its driver's foot possibly stuck on the gas pedal, drove onto a sidewalk Wednesday morning and killed three women in a walking group before crashing into a church, police said. UAE donates $500,000 to Joplin schools A $500,000 gift from the embassy of the United Arab Emirates to spend on laptops is the latest donation aimed at helping tornado-damaged Joplin, Missouri, schools prepare to open next week. NYC to mandate sex education in public schools Mandatory sex-education classes are returning to New York City public schools for the first time in nearly two decades. Cops: Woman gets niece, 6, to back car out of tight space Police say a Pennsylvania woman endangered her 6-year-old niece by having the girl back the woman's car out of a tight parking spot, wrecking two other cars in the process. More victims ID'd in butt-slasher case Three more women have stepped forward saying they were slashed on the buttocks while shopping in northern Virginia. Brewer asks court to hear immigration law appeal Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer filed an appeal Wednesday with the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that put on hold key parts of the state's immigration enforcement law. Ohio county pays families after wrong kid cremated An Ohio county will pay more than $68,000 to families whose dead children got mixed up by the morgue, resulting in the wrong one being cremated. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032524/device/rss/rss.xml

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