GM delivers the new presidential limo

Seeded on Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:03 PM EST (msnbc.com)

The Detroit News reported Tuesday that a new model of a presidential limousine made by General Motors Corp. has been delivered to the Secret Service.

business, autos, msnbci

Gotti neighbor allegedly dissolved in acid

Seeded on Thu Jan 8, 2009 7:08 PM EST (msnbc.com)

It's been one of the last mysteries from John Gotti's gangland career: What happened to the neighbor who accidentally ran over and killed the mobster's 12-year-old son - and then vanished?

us-news, crime-courts, msnbci

Burris rejected in bid to claim Senate seat

Seeded on Tue Jan 6, 2009 5:22 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Roland Burris failed in his bid to take President-elect Barack Obama's Illinois Senate seat on Tuesday in a scripted piece of political theater staged just before the opening of the 111th Congress.

senate, illinois, politics, senator, capitol-hill, obama, barack-obama, rod-blagojevich, rod, blagojevich

Woman sues Jackson for one billion dollars

Seeded on Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:29 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Michael Jackson sang, "Billie Jean is not my lover," in his massive 1983 hit, but a woman who says she's Billie Jean Jackson claims otherwise.

entertainment, access-hollywood, msnbci

A look at face transplants done worldwide

Seeded on Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:55 PM EST (msnbc.com)

A look at three previous partial face transplants have been performed, two in France and one in China.

health, skin-and-beauty, msnbci

Feds: Governor tried to 'auction' Obama's seat

Seeded on Tue Dec 9, 2008 7:37 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich went on a "corruption crime spree" and tried to benefit from his ability to appoint President-elect Barack Obama's Senate replacement, officials said Tuesday.

politics, rod-blagojevich, blagojevich, msnbci

Tribune Co. files for bankruptcy protection

Seeded on Mon Dec 8, 2008 8:10 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Media conglomerate Tribune Co., smothered by $13 billion in debt and weak prospects for generating cash through advertising has sought bankruptcy protection.

business, us-business, msnbci

Another 70-year-old in India has IVF baby

Seeded on Mon Dec 8, 2008 8:05 PM EST (msnbc.com)

A 70-year-old woman in India gave birth to her first child, a girl, after undergoing infertility treatment, according to a newspaper report.

health, pregnancy, msnbci

O.J. Simpson faces spartan desert prison

Seeded on Sun Dec 7, 2008 7:00 PM EST (msnbc.com)

O.J. Simpson's future was clear Saturday. His new home will be a prison cell in the Nevada desert, with freedom hinging on an appeal of a trial that his lawyers say was filled with errors.

us-news, crime-courts, msnbci

President, first lady buying home in Dallas

Seeded on Thu Dec 4, 2008 8:45 PM EST (msnbc.com)

President Bush and first lady Laura Bush have bought a home in the Preston Hollow of Dallas where they will live after the president leaves office in January.

bush, texas, washington, white-house, politics, george, house, dallas, laura-bush, george-w-bush

Message in bottle found after nearly 4 decades

Seeded on Wed Dec 3, 2008 6:26 PM EST (msnbc.com)

A message in a bottle tossed into the ocean off Barnegat Bay has turned up in North Carolina - 39 years later. The note was sealed in a Schaefer beer bottle and dated Aug. 17, 1969.

carolina, beach, daughter, firefighters, us-news, weird-news, msnbci

Deer gets revenge after hunter shoots him

Seeded on Tue Dec 2, 2008 8:28 PM EST (msnbc.com)

A hunter bagged a big buck on the second day of firearms season, but the kill caused him a lot of pain.

deer, pain, us-news, democrat, weird-news, animal-weirdness, msnbci

Hudson's estranged brother-in-law arrested

Seeded on Mon Dec 1, 2008 7:37 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Jennifer Hudson's estranged brother-in-law has been arrested in Illinois in the deaths of the singer's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew.

chicago, brother, illinois, william, us-news, vehicle, crime-courts, msnbci

'Obama cookie' bringing in lots of dough for cafe

Seeded on Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:24 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Want an example of the change Barack Obama is bringing? Ever since word spread about how much the president-elect and his family like the chocolate chunk cookies at Baby Boomers Cafe, the small Des Moines, Iowa restaurant can't bake them fast enough.

today, sales, presidential, barack-obama, baby-boomers, food-wine, msnbci

'Pregnant man' is pregnant again

Seeded on Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:07 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Thomas Beatie, who was born a woman but lives as a man in Oregon after surgery and hormone treatment, is expecting a second child, Beatie told Barbara Walters.

health, kids-and-parenting, msnbci

Barack Obama's grandmother dies

Seeded on Mon Nov 3, 2008 6:19 PM EST (msnbc.com)

A day before the presidential election, Barack Obama announced the death Monday of his grandmother, who helped raise him and whom he praised as the cornerstone of his family.

politics, president, john-mccain, obama, barack-obama, voters, bruce-springsteen, decision-08, barack-obama-news, msnbci

Despite huge hurdles, McCain still has a shot

Seeded on Sun Nov 2, 2008 4:45 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Barring a major upset, Barack Obama will defeat John McCain on Tuesday and become America's first black president. That any doubt remains about his victory is, in many ways, astonishing.

politics, decision-08, john-mccain-news, msnbci

Momma bear retrieves dead cub hit by car

Seeded on Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:32 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Police in North Carolina had to halt traffic on a highway to help a mother bear get to her cub after it was struck and killed by a vehicle.

environment, us-news, msnbci

Sand stolen across Caribbean for construction

Seeded on Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:26 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Across the Caribbean, islands are losing their beaches to sand thieves who literally truck their haul away for use in construction projects.

world-news, world-environment, msnbci

U.S. pilot was ordered to shoot down UFO

Seeded on Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:50 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

An American fighter pilot flying from an English air base in 1957 was ordered to open fire on a UFO that lit up his radar, according to an account published by Britain's National Archives.

space, education, soviet-union, ufo, technology-science, msnbci

A new clue to mystery of sunken Civil War sub

Seeded on Sat Oct 18, 2008 6:51 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

It's long been a mystery why the H.L. Hunley never returned after becoming the first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship in 1864, but new research announced Friday may lend credence to one of the theories.

science, technology-science, msnbci

Army stops Iraq GI from bringing puppy home

Seeded on Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:23 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition urging the Army to let an Iraqi puppy come home with a U.S. soldier, who fears that "Ratchet" could be killed if left behind.

iraq, washington, middle-east, military, dog, dogs, defense-department, us-news, baghdad, war-with-iraq

Cops: Man tries to pay for meal with pot

Seeded on Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:42 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

A McDonald's cashier called 911 after a Vero Beach drive-thru customer allegedly offered to pay for his meal with marijuana.

alexander, marijuana, mcdonalds, us-news, cannabis, vehicle, weird-news, criminal-weirdness, msnbci

Navy confirms lost WWII sub has been found

Seeded on Fri Oct 3, 2008 8:31 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

The Navy has confirmed the wreckage of a sunken vessel found last year off the Aleutians Islands is that of the USS Grunion, which disappeared during World War II.

military, us-news, msnbci