"MSN Headlines" Reader

"MSN Headlines" Reader


Oil has biggest 1-day drop in more than 2 years

Posted: 05 May 2011 02:18 PM PDT

Oil plunged nearly 9 percent to settle below $100 per barrel. Mounting concerns about the U.S. economy triggered the biggest one-day percentage decline in more than two years.

Email this Article Add to Newsvine

Video: Obama honors victims of 9/11 at ground zero

Posted: 05 May 2011 10:31 AM PDT

May 5: President Barack Obama laid a wreath at ground zero in New York City to honor the people who lost their lives from the attacks of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. (NBC News)President Barack Obama laid a wreath at ground zero in New York City to honor the people who lost their lives from the attacks of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. (NBC News)




Email this Article Add to Newsvine

Commodities in free-fall help stocks end lower

Posted: 05 May 2011 02:13 PM PDT

A free-fall in commodities and an unexpected jump in unemployment claims put financial markets on edge Thursday, dragging the stock market lower.

Email this Article Add to Newsvine

Suspicious letters mailed to 20 DC schools

Posted: 05 May 2011 01:21 PM PDT

A spokeswoman for the FBI says that four of the letters have been examined and were not found to contain any hazardous materials.

Email this Article Add to Newsvine

Video: US planned crow 'spy network' to find bin Laden

Posted: 05 May 2011 12:10 PM PDT

May 5: Before he was located in Pakistan, the US military and an American university worked together to train crows to locate Osama bin Laden. KING's Gary Chittim reports. (NBC News Channel)Before he was located in Pakistan, the US military and an American university worked together to train crows to locate Osama bin Laden. KING's Gary Chittim reports. (NBC News)




Email this Article Add to Newsvine

Artest suspended for Game 3 of Lakers-Mavs series

Posted: 05 May 2011 01:04 PM PDT

Lakers forward Ron Artest has been suspended from Game 3 of Los Angeles' second-round series against the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night.

Email this Article Add to Newsvine

Sponsored By:

Posted: 05 May 2011 01:04 PM PDT

'Made in the U.S.A.' may be staging comeback

Posted: 05 May 2011 02:09 PM PDT

Caterpillar earth moving equipment is ready for shipment from a facility in Elmhurst, Illinois. The company says it may produce more excavations domestically.The "Made in the USA" label may be poised for a comeback, a new study argues.




Email this Article Add to Newsvine

Court puts Carl Lewis back on NJ primary ballot

Posted: 05 May 2011 12:55 PM PDT

Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis can be on the ballot for a New Jersey state Senate primary after all.

Email this Article Add to Newsvine

Maryland's Williams reportedly to retire

Posted: 05 May 2011 01:24 PM PDT




Email this Article Add to Newsvine

Video: Neb. family makes up graduating class

Posted: 05 May 2011 09:55 AM PDT

May 5: One of the smallest graduating classes in the state of Nebraska is made up of just five girls, who also happen to be sisters from the same family. KNOP's Holly Carlini has the story. (NBC News Channel)One of the smallest graduating classes in the state of Nebraska is made up of just five girls, who also happen to be sisters from the same family. KNOP's Holly Carlini has the story. (NBC News)




Email this Article Add to Newsvine

State bans coal tar sealants in big win for foes  

Posted: 05 May 2011 11:09 AM PDT

Coal tar sealant is applied at a test site at the University of Austin in Texas, where it was studied for a year. Washington state has become the first in the nation to ban toxic asphalt sealants made from cancer-causing industrial waste that have been spread over vast swaths of the nation's cities and suburbs.




Email this Article Add to Newsvine

Obama to meet bin Laden raid team

Posted: 05 May 2011 01:17 PM PDT

President Barack Obama on Friday will privately thank personnel from the U.S. team involved in the operation against Osama bin Laden.

Email this Article Add to Newsvine

Trump won't drive Indy 500 pace car, after all

Posted: 05 May 2011 11:47 AM PDT

Take a look at the history and records of the Indianapolis 500.The Donald has dumped himself from the Indianapolis 500.




Email this Article Add to Newsvine

CBS drops talk show plans for Katie Couric

Posted: 05 May 2011 10:25 AM PDT

Katie Couric is reportedly considering a deal with ABC now that CBS has dropped plans for a talk show with the anchor."The deal just kept getting more and more rich, with more and more people involved," said a person familiar with the situation at CBS. She's now reportedly considering a deal with ABC.




Email this Article Add to Newsvine

Live blog: 'I wouldn't be anywhere else but here'

Posted: 05 May 2011 09:47 AM PDT

"I wouldn't be anywhere else but here. … I haven't slept since then, in peace,"  Steve Archipolo said Thursday, as he stood in the crowd gathered outside the World Trade Center memorial site for President Barack Obama's wreath-laying ceremony.

Email this Article Add to Newsvine

Sponsored By:

Posted: 05 May 2011 09:47 AM PDT

Gadhafi nurse seeks asylum in Norway

Posted: 05 May 2011 11:14 AM PDT

Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's nurse Halyna Kolotnytska. Norwegian security police say Moammar Gadhafi's Ukrainian nurse is seeking political asylum in Norway.




Email this Article Add to Newsvine

Video: Mississippi threatens historic floods

Posted: 05 May 2011 04:56 AM PDT

May 5: Residents in Memphis, Tenn., are preparing for the worst as the Mississippi River swells to what could become its highest level in nearly a century. NBC's Ron Mott reports. (Today Show)Residents in Memphis, Tenn., are preparing for the worst as the Mississippi River swells to what could become its highest level in nearly a century. NBC's Ron Mott reports. (TODAY)




Email this Article Add to Newsvine

US on track for most measles cases in a decade

Posted: 05 May 2011 09:41 AM PDT

Chart shows annual number of cases in the U.S.The United States seems to be on track to have more measles cases than any year in more than a decade, with virtually all cases linked to other countries, including Europe where there's a big outbreak.




Email this Article Add to Newsvine