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3 shot dead, 2 cops hurt near NYC parade A shooting on a street corner a few blocks off the route of the annual West Indian Day Parade left two police officers wounded and three people dead, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. Muslim travelers still saddled with 9/11 baggage A decade after Islamic extremists attacked New York and Washington, Muslim American travelers say they are still paying the price. Msnbc.com's Kari Huus reports. Obama hits all-time low, NBC News/WSJ poll finds When Barack Obama unveils his jobs and economic plan on Thursday, he'll do so at the lowest point of his presidency, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Rick Perry super PAC takes aim at rivals The new super PAC backing Rick Perry has drawn up plans to spend $55 million as part of a strategy aimed at blowing away the Texas governor’s rivals in early primary states, according to internal committee documents obtained by NBC News. Wildfire destroys 476 homes near Austin, Texas At least 5,000 people were forced from their homes in the county about 25 miles east of Austin, many of them fearing the worst while spending the night in emergency shelters. Tick-borne parasite infecting U.S. blood supply A tick-borne infection known as Babesiosis, which can cause severe disease and even death, is becoming a growing threat to the U.S. blood supply, government researchers said Monday. Landlord Uncle Sam wants to sell foreclosures Washington is sitting on nearly a third of the nation’s 800,000 repossessed houses, the result of record numbers of people defaulting on government-backed mortgages. GOP candidates vow to carry Tea Party banner Five Republican presidential hopefuls pledged their faith in free markets and the Constitution at a campaign forum for conservatives on Monday. New swine flu strain infects two more children Two more cases of a new strain of swine flu were confirmed Monday by Pennsylvania officials. Both are connected to an agricultural fair in southwestern Pennsylvania and bring the total number of reported cases to four. Obama says Congress must pass jobs program President Barack Obama said Monday that congressional Republicans must put their country ahead of their party and vote to create new jobs as he used a boisterous rally to aim a partisan barb at the opposition. Man killed in plane collision with girlfriend A pilot was communicating by radio with her boyfriend before their planes collided in the air over Alaska last week, killing him, a federal investigator said. Parched conditions fuel Southern Calif. wildfires At least three wildfires burned across tinder-dry Southern California on Monday, including one that had destroyed a dozen homes, officials said. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032524/device/rss/rss.xml

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