Economic impact
The economic crisis has trumped bullets and bombs in the intelligence chief’s latest assessment of the top security threats to the U.S.
Octo mom threats
Police in L.A. say they will investigate death threats — angry phone calls and e-mail messages — against octuplet mom Nadya Suleman.
Show and tell oops
Officials cleared out an elementary school in Euless, Texas, briefly Thursday morning after a 2nd-grade student brought a deactivated hand grenade for show and tell. There was no danger and no one was injured.
Space danger
The collision between U.S. and Russian communication satellites this week — the first such crash — has created speeding clouds of debris that threaten other unmanned spacecraft in nearby orbits, Russian officials and experts said Thursday.
Plane slams into home
A Continental Express flight from Newark, N.J., to Buffalo, N.Y., crashed into a house about 4 miles from the Buffalo airport Thursday night, authorities said. The plane carried 48 passengers and crew, emergency officials said.
Dude, where’s our porn?
The municipal pornography archive in the Dutch city of Leeuwarden is missing and officials fear it may be gone for good. Spokesman Erik Krikke of the city’s historical center said the archive may have been taken home “accidentally” by an employee or visitor.
