There were several signs Friday that the era of thousands of oil-skimming boats and hazmat-suited beach crews is giving way to long-term efforts to clean up, compensate people for their losses and understand the damage wrought

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:27:07 GMT

New figures from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that illnesses from reported outbreaks of food poisoning linked to catering outpace those from restaurants or home cooking.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:16:52 GMT

The fight over Arizona's immigration law showed no signs of letting up Friday as the federal judge who blunted its force faced threats and the Republican governor who signed it considered changes to address any faults.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:53:23 GMT

In a summer of suffering, America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead.



Afghanistan - United States armed forces - War in Afghanistan - Asia - Taliban

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:40:25 GMT

Wildlife officials said Friday a grizzly bear was euthanized after tests determined it was responsible for a triple mauling in a Montana campground.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:01:17 GMT

As the engine of U.S. economic growth slows, two of its main cylinders - job growth and consumer spending - still aren't firing. Until they kick in, the  weak recovery is in jeopardy.



United States - Economic growth - Consumer spending - Economic - Business and Economy

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:02:40 GMT

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:02:40 GMT

Former Vice President Al Gore won't be prosecuted over allegations by a masseuse that he groped and assaulted her in his Portland hotel room in 2006, the county prosecutor said Friday.



Al Gore - Portland Oregon - Vice President of the United States - United States - Prosecutor

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:57:05 GMT

A huge wildfire in the high desert wilderness north of Los Angeles jumped an aqueduct on Friday, rushing toward hundreds of houses as firefighters also tried to keep flames from damaging power lines that bring electricity to Southern California.



Los Angeles - Los Angeles County California - California - United States - Counties

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:08:33 GMT

Two employees of the U.S. Embassy in Paris were being given medical tests Friday after handling a suspicious package and reporting feeling "unwell," officials said.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:02:53 GMT

Tony Hayward, who resigned as chief executive of BP in the wake of the Gulf oil spill, has said that he was turned into "a villain for doing the right thing."



Tony Hayward - Oil spill - BP - Gulf Oil - Chief executive officer

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:28:51 GMT

Soldiers have killed a top leader of the Sinaloa cartel, dealing the biggest blow yet to Mexico's most powerful drug gang since  a military offensive against organized crime began in 2006.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:15:08 GMT

Vast sections of Russia were under a state of emergency Friday as more than 10,000 firefighters fought to save villages and forests from being reduced to ash and ember during the country's hottest summer on record.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:14:31 GMT

A black woman who was salutatorian of her high school class gets an honorary degree from the same university that rejected her admissions application 60 years ago.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:06:19 GMT

Cigarettes smuggled into Iran have been tainted with pig blood and nuclear material as part of a Western conspiracy, an Iranian official claimed Friday.



Iran - Middle East - United States - Politics - Science and Environment

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:26:55 GMT

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:26:55 GMT

A 21-year-old New Jersey man has been sentenced to up to three months in jail for intentionally vomiting on another spectator and his 11-year-old daughter in the stands at a Philadelphia Phillies game.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:34:29 GMT

State police divers on Friday recovered the remains of two of four missing passengers who were on a medical plane that crashed into Lake Michigan last week.



Lake Michigan - United States - Michigan - Sonar - Recreation and Sports

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:55:41 GMT

An officer at the Seaside Heights, New Jersey police department confirms to UsMagazine.com that Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, 22, was arrested and released the same day.

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:03:08 GMT

In November the University of California Press publishes the first installment of Twain’s three-volume autobiography. This edition will be nothing like the previously published versions cobbled together by the author’s editors and executors after he died.



Mark Twain - Memoir - University of California Press - Author - Publishing

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:06:50 GMT

A Florida inmate has filed a lawsuit seeking $500,000 in damages from 3 men who caught him red-handed with a stolen bicycle, claiming they roughed him up, a newspaper said.



Crime - Lawsuit - Florida - Prison - Organizations

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:16:00 GMT

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:16:00 GMT

The recovery lost momentum in the spring as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:23:10 GMT

A former Swedish police chief known for his lectures on gender equality and sexual harassment was convicted on Friday of rape and other sex crimes and sent to prison.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:19:20 GMT

Afghan police fired shots on Friday to disperse hundreds of people protesting the deaths of civilians in an accident reportedly involving a U.S. Embassy vehicle, officials said.



United States - Death - Police - U.S. Embassy - Paris

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:54:52 GMT

bullfight - Catalonia - Spain - Animal rights - Barcelona

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:33:27 GMT

The false logic at the heart of a new documentary holds that because Hugh Hefner aligned himself with various laudable causes through the years (civil rights, the antiwar movement, etc.), his magazine is a force for positive change.



Hugh Hefner - Civil and political rights - Documentary film - History - United States

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:50:08 GMT

Walt Disney Co has struck a deal to sell Miramax, the studio behind such films as "Trainspotting" and "No Country for Old Men," for more than $660 million to a group that includes construction magnate Ron Tutor and investment firm Colony Capital LLC.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:15:37 GMT

Overdraft - Business - Financial services - Banking Services - Banks and Institutions

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:21:53 GMT

A court-appointed trustee seeking to recover billions of dollars lost by Bernard Madoff filed 3 lawsuits in a bid to get back more than $30 million  he said the Madoff family had invested.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:44:23 GMT

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:44:23 GMT

A federal prosecutor said Thursday a former B-2 bomber engineer helped China design a stealth cruise missile to raise money to pay the $15,000-a-month mortgage on the mansion-like home he built on Maui's north shore.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:17:19 GMT

Whether you want pear chutney on your sandwich, or an artery-clogging ball of meat and grease for less than a buck, there’s a regional burger chain for you somewhere in America.



United States - Meat - Business - Fast food - burger

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:46:26 GMT

Check out the latest gallery of photos sent in by msnbc.com readers and vote for your favorite. When you're done, upload your own vacation shots.



msnbc.com - Sports - Olympics - Winter Games - Events

Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:01:41 GMT

A rare sun-like star that is both young and relatively close to Earth has been found to be harboring an even weirder object a failed star locked in a close orbit around its host, according to a new study.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:43:21 GMT

A dead whale was discovered pinned to the bow of a luxury liner near Juneau, Alaska, the 3rd such incident involving the company's Alaska fleet in a decade, officials said Thursday.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:32:03 GMT

Just how distracting daydreams can be depends on where exactly your wandering mind takes you, a new study suggests.



Health - Daydream - Florida State University - Knowledge Management - Memory

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:07:38 GMT

Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers took to the streets, burning cars and blocking traffic, police said, in a protest against the minimum wage rate, police said.

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:06:45 GMT

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:06:45 GMT

Bad weather has hindered rescue efforts in Pakistan, where flooding has claimed at least 430 lives.  The death toll has surpassed that of a 1929 deluge, which killed 408.



Pakistan - Flood - Asia - Monsoon - Government

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:42:20 GMT