Nov 22 - By Associated Press
Firefighters have found one body and rescued several people from a fire at a southwestern Indiana motel.
Aug 30 - By Associated Press
Officials say one person was killed and three police officers were injured in an early morning fire at a hotel in central New Jersey.
Aug 4 - By Mike Celizic, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
The four women who lured a faithless man to a hotel room for a bizarre revenge involving glue have triggered glee across the Internet — but it’s no joke, a former prosecutor said. “The guy was a cheater, but these women will be identified as criminals,” Jeanine Pirro said.
Jun 12 - By Associated Press
Authorities say a man who barricaded himself in a Southern California motel room has been charged with fatally shooting his wife in Kansas.

May 13 - By Alonso Duralde, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
I get that there’s a certain amount of leeway we’re supposed to give to romantic comedies, whether it’s believing that two people who meet in a cute but wacky way will almost immediately discover that they’re meant for each other or trusting that two utterly incompatible lovers will overcome the fact that they have nothing in common and then spend the rest of their lives together in bliss.
Nov 9 - By Associated Press
Off-duty Marines are being credited with saving lives after spotting flames and smoke at a California motel and rousing sleeping guests.
Aug 22 - By Chrissie Thompson, Associated Press Writer
A man who held police at bay during a two-day Maryland motel standoff and his pregnant girlfriend, who claimed to be his hostage, both face charges, state police said Saturday.
Aug 21 - By David Dishneau, Associated Press Writer
A burglary suspect wanted in four states was holed up Thursday in a western Maryland motel with a woman police believed was his pregnant girlfriend, and doctors were standing by in case she went into labor, authorities said.

Mar 14 - By Ken Ritter, Associated Press Writer
A man who may have been exposed to toxic ricin in his motel room a month ago has regained consciousness and was being questioned by investigators, authorities said Friday. Roger Bergendorff, 57, remained in critical condition in a hospital, where he has been hospitalized and unable to speak since Feb. 14.

Mar 4 - By Ace Stryker, Associated Press Writer
The man at the center of a ricin investigation appears to be a drifter with financial troubles who wore out his welcome in Utah before moving on to Las Vegas, where he has been unconscious in a hospital for weeks.
Mar 3 - By Doug Alden, AP Sports Writer
A hospitalized man who may have been sickened by the deadly toxin ricin was described by former neighbors on Monday as an introvert who often moved around and who loved animals.

Mar 2 - By Kathleen Hennessey, Associated Press Writer
FBI agents wearing protective suits searched Sunday for the deadly poison ricin at a suburban home where a man possibly sickened by the deadly poison had once lived.
Mar 1 - By Ken Ritter, Associated Press Writer
A motel patron hospitalized after the potent poison ricin was mysteriously found in his room "barely got by in life," according to a woman who knew him when he lived at a Utah home that agents hoped to search Saturday.

Feb 29 - By Ken Ritter, Associated Press Writer
As police tried to piece together how a rare, deadly poison ended up in a motel for transients, the 57-year-old man who could hold the key lay unconscious in a hospital.

Feb 29 - By Associated Press
Vials found in the motel room of a man hospitalized in critical condition tested positive for the deadly toxin ricin, authorities said Friday. There was no indication of any link to terrorist activity, Las Vegas police Deputy Chief Kathy Suey said at a press conference.
Jun 6 - By Associated Press
A man who called police when clerks refused to refund his money when he decided to not stay at their motel ended up with free accommodations anyway — at the county jail.