Irene over Bahamas, could be Category 4 soon
Hurricane Irene began battering the Bahamas, as forecasters warned it could hit North Carolina's coast on Saturday and then threaten Northeast, including New York, starting on Sunday. | NYPD partnership with CIA blurs spying lines
Since Sept. 11, 2001, the NYPD has become one of the country's most aggressive domestic intelligence agencies. A months-long investigation revealed that the NYPD operates far outside its borders and targets ethnic communities in ways that would run afoul of civil liberties rules if practiced by the federal government.
| King aides unite again to dedicate memorial
This weekend, aides who worked alongside of Martin Luther King Jr. in the struggle for justice and equality for black Americans plan to come together again, to dedicate the monument built in his honor.
| 'Jewish Indiana Jones' charged in Torah fraud
A man who billed himself as the "Jewish Indiana Jones" for rescuing Torah scrolls lost in the Holocaust was arrested on Wednesday for making up the bogus stories to steal money from his Save a Torah charity. | Inspectors search for hidden damage after quake
There was a crack in the Washington Monument, and capstones were broken at the National Cathedral. In the District of Columbia suburbs, some people stayed in shelters because of structural concerns at their apartment buildings.
| Propane rail car fire threatens 5,000 homes
Firefighters will try to siphon propane from a burning rail car in a bold move meant to head off an explosion after the blaze forced the evacuation of thousands of people in a Sacramento suburb. | Federal lawyers: Block Ala. immigration law
Lawyers for the federal government and for a coalition of civil rights groups asked a federal judge Wednesday to block a new Alabama law cracking down on illegal immigration. | Jobless Arizona bank robber 'stole to survive'
A jobless man accused of robbing a dozen banks across the Phoenix valley told investigators he did it to survive and that "desperation was a great motivator," authorities said on Tuesday. | Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032524/device/rss/rss.xml |