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Sewer smell, dust follow Irene flooding, mud Millions of Northeast residents remained mired in mud, stuck in the dark or both â€" some so upset with the pace of power coming back after Irene that officials deployed police to protect utility crews. 20 inches of rain? Gulf coast warned New Orleans initiated emergency procedures after forecasters warned that a weather system in the Gulf could dump up to 10 inches on the flood-prone city, and up to 20 inches elsewhere. Roundup kills weeds, but does it harm us? The world's most widely used herbicide was found in the air and water on some agricultural areas well beyond when it was applied, suggesting the potential for health impacts, two studies concluded. Rhode Island also feeling big Irene impact More than 81,000 power customers in Rhode Island were still without electricity, and many were also without water because of a reliance on electric pumps. 3 boys forced on blister-filled, waterless hikes An Indiana man is accused of forcing his three young grandsons on brutal hikes at the Grand Canyon, beating them, making them walk on ulcerated blisters, denying them food and water and pushing them to run up the trail under the intense sun. IRS provides tax relief to some Irene victims The Internal Revenue Service is extending tax payment deadlines for some individuals and businesses affected by Hurricane Irene. A first: State selling prison to private company An 11-year-old lock-up along on the shores of Lake Erie in Ohio has become the first state prison in the nation to be sold to a private company. Meth-making chemical seized at LA airport Mexican drug cartels stymied by a crackdown in their own country may have tried to ship a quarter-ton of a drug-making chemical through Los Angeles, a U.S. customs spokesman says. Cars crash during tribute to police killed on I-5 As a permanent roadside memorial honoring two Oregon officers killed along I-5 north of Albany was being unveiled, two cars crashed at the scene. Texas wildfire's new path aiding firefighters Officials were hopeful Thursday that beleaguered North Texas firefighters could gain the upper hand on a blaze that destroyed more than three dozen cliff-top homes. Bystanders grab pot spilled from California truck San Jose, Calif., police are looking for pedestrians and motorists who grabbed bags of marijuana that spilled onto the road from a truck that crashed. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032524/device/rss/rss.xml

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