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  • Earl delivers fatal punch in Nova Scotia

    4 Sep 2010 | 11:39 pm

    Earl delivers fatal punch in Nova Scotia After disrupting Labor Day weekend plans  millions, Earl makes a blustery landfall Saturday morning in Canada's Nova Scotia province, where one man died. Nova Scotia - Canada - Hurricane Earl - Business and Economy - Recreation and Sports

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  • BP blowout preventer brought aboard vessel

    4 Sep 2010 | 9:46 pm

    BP blowout preventer brought aboard vessel A crane hoists a key piece of oil spill evidence from the Gulf of Mexico, giving investigators their first chance to personally scrutinize the blowout preventer. BP - Gulf of Mexico - Mexico - Business - Energy

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  • Landfill searched for fifth victim in string of murders

    4 Sep 2010 | 1:29 pm

    Authorities searched a Northern California landfill Friday for signs of a missing man authorities said might be a fifth murder victim linked to a suspect who was shot and killed by police after a high-speed chase on Aug. 31. Northern[…]

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  • Pilot survives crash into home ... on Cessna Street

    4 Sep 2010 | 12:46 pm

    Pilot survives crash into home ... on Cessna Street It happened at a prefab home in Aurora, Ore., just after noon, according to dispatchers. Cessna - Aviator - Aviation - Aircraft - Fixed Wing

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  • Head of alleged trafficking scheme arrested

    3 Sep 2010 | 11:33 pm

    Head of alleged trafficking scheme arrested The head of a labor recruiting company accused of exploiting 400 workers from Thailand and forcing them to work on U.S. farms pleaded not guilty Friday, part of what the FBI calls the largest human-trafficking case charged in U.S. history[…]

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  • Kim Zimmer puts spotlight on Darfur

    2 Sep 2010 | 12:51 pm

    Kim Zimmer puts spotlight on Darfur Cause Celeb talks with actress Kim Zimmer about the importance of awakening public consciousness to the massacre of people in Darfur, western Sudan, which some have described as genocide.

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  • Video: Video: Notre Dame's first black valedictorian

    14 Apr 2010 | 12:26 pm

    Video: Video: Notre Dame's first black valedictorian Katie Washington, the first black valedictorian in Notre Dame's 161-year history tells msnbc she's shocked and surprised by the honor, and intends to go on to earn her M.D. and Ph.D. (Other) Notre Dame University - Valedictorian - Notre Dame -[…]

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  • Life, interrupted: True cost of teen pregnancy

    19 Feb 2010 | 7:44 am

    Nate Howell has about 76 days to adjust to his new reality. That is when he is due to become a parent with his 17-year-old girlfriend, Samantha Keith. While new research shows teen pregnancy is on the rise, couples like[…]

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  • 'Alive' survivors to Chilean mining kin: Be strong

    5 Sep 2010 | 2:42 am

    Uruguayans who survived more than 2 months of isolation in the Andes after a plane crash met Saturday with some of the relatives of 33 trapped miners and urged them to stay strong. Andes - Aviation accidents and incidents -[…]

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  • Sources: 5 killed in attack on Russian base

    5 Sep 2010 | 12:59 am

    Sources: 5 killed in attack on Russian base At least five people were killed and 35 wounded Sunday when a suicide bomber attacked troops at a firing range in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan, sources said. Russia - Dagestan - Suicide attack - Suicide - Death

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  • Tourists killed in New Zealand plane crash

    4 Sep 2010 | 8:30 pm

    Tourists killed in New Zealand plane crash Nine people were killed after a light aircraft used for skydiving crashed in New Zealand's South Island, police said Saturday. New Zealand - Oceania - Earthquake - Christchurch - Government

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  • Afghans continue pulling money from troubled bank

    4 Sep 2010 | 8:16 pm

    Nervous Afghans pulled more deposits out of the nation's largest bank despite assurances from government leaders that their money was safe. Business - Financial Services - Banking Services - Banks and Institutions - Government

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  • UPS names 2 who died in Dubai crash

    4 Sep 2010 | 6:31 pm

    Crew members from Kentucky and Florida were identified Saturday as the two people killed when a UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff outside Dubai. Dubai - United Arab Emirates - United States - Middle East - Al Arabiya

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  • At least 43 killed in violence in Sudan's Darfur

    4 Sep 2010 | 4:47 pm

    At least 43 killed in violence in Sudan's Darfur Clashes in a refugee camp in Sudan's restive Darfur region left six people dead, U.N.-African Union peacekeepers said Saturday, days after violence elsewhere in the area claimed the lives of at least 37 people dead. Sudan - Darfur - African[…]

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  • Goats rescued after 2 days on 6-inch ledge

    2 Sep 2010 | 2:47 pm

    Two young goats that wandered onto the thin ledge of a railroad bridge and spent two days high above a highway were hungry but safe when they were plucked to safety with a towering cherry picker. Goat - Cherry picker[…]

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  • Closing ceremony brings upbeat end to games

    28 Feb 2010 | 9:52 pm

    Closing ceremony brings upbeat end to games An Olympics that began with the death of a luger ended Sunday with an exuberant celebration of Canada — reflecting a determined comeback by the host country’s organizers and athletes.

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