Carlotta now Cat 2 hurricane; Acapulco in path
Hurricane Carlotta was elevated to a Category 2 storm, packing sustained winds of 105 mph ahead of landfall Friday night on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, according to the U.S. National ...
Pa. Supreme Court justice facing charges today
PITTSBURGH – State Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin was relieved of her duties Friday in the wake of criminal charges being filed against her by the Allegheny County District ...
Heat cancel practice Friday; is there turmoil in paradise?
Posted: 12:00 PM ET May 18, 2012 By Matt Moore | Senior NBA Blogger So there was supposd to be this conference call for a Shane Battier golf tournament charity ...
6 Marines die in Afghanistan helicopter crash
A helicopter crash in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan killed six U.S. Marines, the NATO military command in Kabul told NBC News early Friday. Officials said there were no signs of enemy ...
Japan’s PM reshuffles Cabinet to win tax support
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda replaced five members of his Cabinet on Friday in a bid to win more cooperation from the opposition to raise the sales tax ...
Russian fishing ship listing near Antarctica
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A Russian fishing vessel with 32 crew members was in trouble and taking on water near Antarctica on Friday, with heavy sea ice hampering rescue efforts. The ...
Chinese officials fail anti-lazy training
BEIJING — Five Chinese officials have been suspended from their jobs after they were observed sleeping or reading newspapers during a video conference on stamping out laziness at work, state ...
20 feared dead, many trapped in India hospital fire
By msnbc.com staff and news services KOLKATA, India — At least 20 people are feared dead in a fire that struck a hospital in this eastern Indian city, officials stated ...
Conahan gets 171/2 years
Posted on Sat, Sep. 24, 2011 SCRANTON – A former judge who orchestrated a big kickback scheme involving for-profit youth detention centers was sentenced Friday to 171/2 years in federal ...
Reutimann claims pole for last race before Chase begins
RICHMOND, Va. — David Reutimann picked a heck of a race to win his fourth career NASCAR Sprint Cup pole. Reutimann turned a lap at 127.383 mph Friday night, claiming ...
