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Tropical storm Lee lurches ashore in Louisiana Tropical Storm Lee hit the coast of southern Louisiana on Sunday as New Orleans prepared for one of the biggest tests of its flood defenses since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Rightly or wrongly, 38,000 convicted of terrorism At least 35,000 people worldwide have been convicted as terrorists since the Sept. 11 attacks. While some bombed hotels or blew up buses, others were jailed for waving a political sign. Terror conviction rate high in US, with questions It's a stellar record by the numbers: Nine out of 10 major terrorism cases tried in U.S. federal courts over the past decade have been successful. But they may not tell the whole story of the government's war on terror. Feds: Al-Qaida eyes small-plane terror threat The FBI and Homeland Security have issued a nationwide warning about al-Qaida threats to small airplanes, just days before the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks. Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn returns home to France Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn returned home to France on Sunday for the first time since a New York hotel maid accused him of attempted rape. Hundreds arrested protesting oil pipeline Christian Science Monitor: Protesters hope to persuade President Obama not to approve the controversial Keystone XL line that would run from Canada to Texas. Sea-scooting fatal for suspected immigrant Border Patrol agents at Imperial Beach, Calif., find body of a man suspected of trying with others to enter the U.S. illegally from Mexico by using sea scooters. Police arrest passenger after alleged plane threat Authorities say a plane en route to Los Angeles has returned to Las Vegas after a man on board made a bomb threat. 'Execution' of couple shocks NYC neighborhood A middle-aged, middle-class couple is shot at point-blank range in their bedroom in Queens. Democratic campaign veteran arrested in mail fraud A longtime Democratic campaign treasurer who has worked for dozens of state, federal and local politicians in California has been arrested on suspicion of mail fraud, officials said Saturday. High surf pound Calif. beaches into holiday Powerful surf pounded California beaches as the Labor Day weekend got under way on Saturday, creating dangerous swimming conditions for the crowds flocking to the ocean for the holiday. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032524/device/rss/rss.xml

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