
7 hours ago - By Associated Press
Ida has become a tropical storm again, with top winds of 45 mph (72 kph), as it swirls in the Caribbean on a track that could bring it to the U.S. Gulf Coast next week.

9 hours ago - By Brian Skoloff, Associated Press Writers
A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.

9 hours ago - By Frank Eltman, Associated Press Writer
The high school buddies who trolled the streets looking for Hispanics to attack called it "beaner hopping."
9 hours ago - By Frank Eltman, Associated Press Writer
The family of an Ecuadorean man slain on a Long Island street will be among those participating in a candlelight vigil and memorial service to mark the first anniversary of the killing.
11 hours ago - By Associated Press
A federal appeals court has ruled that Santa Cruz City Council members did not violate a man's rights when they ordered him removed from a council meeting after he made a one-armed Nazi salute.
15 hours ago - By Associated Press
The California Highway Patrol say a man stole a car to make a court appearance on a previous auto theft charge.

14 hours ago - By Associated Press
Several hundred people gathered at a base stadium where the Army's chief chaplain offered prayers for families and victims of the shooting rampage that left 13 dead and 30 wounded at Fort Hood, Texas.
16 hours ago - By Associated Press
The Los Angeles City Council has given preliminary approval to an ordinance that would ban the declawing of cats.

18 hours ago - By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Writers
A man so broke that he said he didn't have the money to visit his son 30 minutes away opened fire Friday at the engineering firm that fired him two years ago, killing one person and wounding five, authorities said.
15 hours ago - By The Associated Press, Only on msnbc.com
As of Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at least 833 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.

20 hours ago - By Ken Ritter, Associated Press Writer
A 19-year-old woman was the driving force behind a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said.

18 hours ago - By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Writer
Two years after the remains of a toddler who came to be known as "Baby Grace" were dumped in Galveston Bay, the child's stepfather was convicted of capital murder in her beating death.
16 hours ago - By Associated Press
A top official in Gov. Bill Richardson's cabinet has resigned over a drunken driving arrest just days after she was appointed to a spot in President Barack Obama's administration.
17 hours ago - By Jim Suhr, Associated Press Writer
An Army veteran admitted in federal court Friday to plotting with his wife to bilk the U.S. government by faking paralysis after a car wreck to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq.

16 hours ago - By Jeff Barnard, AP Environmental Writer
Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.
17 hours ago - By Associated Press
A Michigan man charged with killing an abortion protester and a business owner told police he had guns loaded in his truck when he took two nieces and a friend to school just before the shooting spree.
17 hours ago - By Associated Press
Authorities in Wisconsin say a deputy shot an inmate at a hospital in suburban Milwaukee after the inmate began a scuffle.