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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.
2 babies killed after semi hits vehicles in Ariz.
Two babies have been killed in a three-vehicle collision involving a gas tanker in Phoenix.
Race complicates reservation crime fight
For more than two hours on the night of May 16, 2007, Shane Maggi terrorized a Native American couple at their home on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana, pistol whipping them and firing bullets above the husband’s head.
Craigslist removes adult services section
Craigslist closed the adult services section of its website, a week after a group of state attorneys general complained about illegal ads promoting prostitution.
Manhattan pier catches fire; no injuries reported
A pier on Manhattan’s West Side caught on fire on Saturday, sending plumes of smoke billowing into the air above the Hudson River and the West Side Highway. The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear.
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.
Fenced-out author leaving home next to Palin
Author Joe McGinniss is packing his bags and notebooks and leaving for his Massachusetts home after living next door to his subject, Sarah Palin, for three months in Wasilla, Alaska.
UPS names 2 who died in Dubai crash
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.
For Muslims, a 9/11 anniversary like no other
American Muslims are boosting security at mosques, seeking help from leaders of other faiths and airing ads underscoring their loyalty to the United States.
Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad dies at 86
Paul Conrad, the political cartoonist who won three Pulitzer Prizes and used his pencil to poke at politicians for more than 50 years, died Saturday, his son said. He was 86.
Koch brothers give $1M to back Proposition 23
Oil billionaires David and Charles Koch have jumped on board an effort to suspend California’s global warming law by making a million-dollar contribution this week.
Hoping to correct image, Muslims greet fairgoers
Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the people who were leaving, not the food or festivities beckoning from across the street.
At NY hospital, unlikely dad, daughter reunion
It was a bittersweet and unlikely reunion.
Family of copper heiress asks court to protect her
Several relatives of 104-year-old reclusive heiress Huguette Clark went to court Friday, asking for a guardian to protect her. Msnbc.com’s Bill Dedman reports.
Mexican drug kingpin gets 27 years in Ariz. prison
A Mexican man who prosecutors say headed a major drug-smuggling ring that shipped tons of marijuana into the U.S. was sentenced Friday to 27 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $4 million to the American government.
Calif. nuke meltdown site finally set for cleanup
More than five decades after a partial nuclear meltdown just outside Los Angeles, state and federal officials Friday announced agreements to remove all contamination.
