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US aims to track 'untraceable' prepaid cash cards Years after "prepaid debit cards" were identified as an ideal vehicle for money laundering that could be exploited by drug smugglers and terrorists, the federal government is about to change the rules for issuing and using them. Msnbc.com's Alex Johnson reports. Northeast mops up as Irene water recedes As the flood waters receded, weary residents across the Northeast began pulling soggy furniture and ruined possessions onto their front lawns as they surveyed the damage wrought by Hurricane Irene. Fla. police shoot, kill man carrying toy gun A man carrying what was later determined to be a toy rifle was shot and killed by police, authorities in North Miami Beach said. Residents lean on each other in cutoff Vt. town Three days after the remnants of the hurricane deluged Vermont, a little town in the Green Mountains remains in the dark, its 1,000 residents leaning on each other â€" and waiting. Texas, Okla. fires flare up, more evacuated A wildfire in rural North Texas and grassfires across Oklahoma City forced more evacuations on Wednesday, a day after destroying dozens of homes. Solar company that got federal loan shuts down A California solar-panel manufacturer granted a half-billion-dollar federal loan â€" is laying off 1,100 workers and filing for bankruptcy. Good Samaritan pulls woman from gator's jaws A 90-year-old woman's leg was mostly severed after an alligator attack near Copeland, Fla. Alaska woman punches bear in face, saves dog A 22-year-old Juneau woman said on Wednesday she punched a black bear in the snout to save her dachshund, Fudge, from being carried off and possibly eaten. Katia roars to hurricane strength Katia became the second named hurricane of the season in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, but forecasters said it was too soon to determine where it might head. More Irene cracks in Washington Monument The National Park Service says engineers sealed cracks in the Washington Monument from last week's earthquake ahead of Hurricane Irene. But now they have found water inside that may indicate more leaks. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032524/device/rss/rss.xml

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