Uncle held in death of girl who froze on walk

Seeded on Fri Jan 2, 2009 1:38 PM EST (msnbc.com)

A man who allegedly allowed his 11-year-old niece and 12-year-old nephew to attempt a 10-mile walk to their mother's house on a frigid Christmas Day was arrested on a murder warrant.

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Bronx Mowgli? Can celeb tots survive their names?

Seeded on Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:39 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Bronx Mowgli Wentz entered the world Thursday, joining the growing list of celebrity children with unusual names.��Will Bronx (and Kal-el Coppola Cage and Pilot Inspektor Lee) grow up to embrace his unusual moniker - or be haunted by it?

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Seattle settles suit with MS patient

Seeded on Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:05 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Seattle and a home health care agency settled with a woman after she nearly died in their care.

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CNN holograms puzzle Election Night critics

Seeded on Thu Nov 6, 2008 8:50 AM EST (msnbc.com)

CNN's tryout of holograms was the talk of TV on a night where networks brought forth all sorts of gizmos and gadgets to cover Barack Obama's election as president.

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Fatal crash highlights lure of casinos for seniors

Seeded on Thu Oct 9, 2008 9:59 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

The casinos run by American Indian tribes in Northern California work to attract lonely seniors on fixed incomes by offering cheap transportation on charter buses like the one that crashed over the weekend, killing eight people and injuring dozens.

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Cell phones welcome in some classrooms

Seeded on Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:47 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Cell phones have long been anathema in the classroom, banned as a potential distraction, at best, and as a possible vehicle for cheating, at worst. But lately, educators have begun changing their tune on mobile phones.

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Is Britney's label pushing her too hard?

Seeded on Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:11 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Britney Spears will release her sixth studio album on Dec. 2. But sources close to her wonder: Is her record label pushing the troubled singer too hard?

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Will customers flip for foldable BlackBerry?

Seeded on Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:25 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Research in Motion Ltd., the maker of BlackBerry phones, is set to reveal Wednesday a phone that folds in half, a departure from the slab-like design that has defined its products.

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Exoskeleton suit helps paralyzed people walk

Seeded on Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:11 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

paralyzed for the past 20 years, former Israeli paratrooper Radi Kaiof now walks down the street with a dim mechanical hum.

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Fire roars through Boise neighborhood

Seeded on Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:26 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

A wind-whipped blaze was burning out of control in a Boise subdivision Monday night and reportedly had burned up to 10 homes.

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Listeriosis outbreak in Canada sickens 16

Seeded on Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:03 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

An outbreak of listeriosis has killed one person and sickened at least 16 others, Canadian public health officials said Wednesday as a food company suspended production at a Toronto plant and expanded a recall of nearly two dozen types of packaged meats.

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