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Staff honored for saving pregnant teacher baby
Suffering from an undetected heart defect, a pregnant schoolteacher collapsed in a classroom in Missouri City Texas. Coworkers who rushed to revive the expecting mom's heartbeat were honored for saving her life as well as her new baby daughter. KPRC's Jennifer Bauer ...
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16 minutes to save your life A look at the new issue of Time
MSNBC's Brian Shactman talks with Time's Jay Newton-Small about the magazine's latest issue, which focuses on the tornado that struck Oklahoma on Monday May 20, ...
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Good weather in Moore to help Wednesday recovery efforts
MSNBC's Bill Karins says good weather in Moore, Okla. will help recovery efforts on Wednesday. Karins also offers more details on Mondays' tornado, including the twister's track, it's overall size and its ...
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Creating more safe spaces in Okla. and a possible tough vote for Coburn
Will more Oklahoma schools have safe rooms and shelters after Monday's devastating tornado tore through Plaza Towers Elementary School, reportedly killing seven students? Why don't more residences in tornado alley have safe rooms or underground shelters? NBC News' Tom Costello reports and MSNBC's Brian Shactman and Chris Jansing ...
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Father recalls ‘energetic’ girl who died in tornado
Joshua Hornsby says he will always cherish the moments he had with his nine-year-old daughter Ja'Nae, remembering her as energetic, lovable and kind, before she perished in the deadly tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla. Sarah Stewart ...
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Iceland forms center-right govt halts EU talks
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- The leader of the center-right Progressive Party was chosen as Iceland's new prime minister Wednesday and promptly announced a halt to talks with the European Union about joining the 27-nation ...
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Prayers from Prison American pastor held in Iran releases letter
The American pastor jailed in Iran for his Christian faith has managed to get a letter out to his global supporters, thanking them for their prayers while confirming the brutality of his conditions. Saeed Abedini, the 33-year-old Idaho resident serving an eight-year prison term in Tehran's infamous Evin prison, passed the letter to family members who were permitted to visit him after ...
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FBI says man shot dead while being questioned about Boston bombings
ORLANDO, Fla./WASHINGTON. (Reuters) - An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man who turned violent while being questioned about the Boston Marathon bombings early on Wednesday, the bureau ...
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American Eagle to build distribution center near Hazleton
American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) is planning a distribution center in eastern Pennsylvania. American Eagle Outfitters Inc. is planning to build a distribution center in Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania. The 1-million-square-foot center will have 369 full-time employees and up to 600 part-time seasonal workers. It is being built on a 120-acre site in Hazle Township. The project is ...
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U.S. vacationers to hit road grounded by high fares AAA
May 22 (NEW YORK) - More Americans will take to the road over the Memorial Day holiday weekend this year than in 2012, but overall travel is expected to decline slightly, as high airfares ground would-be flyers, travel group AAA said on ...
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4 Chicago schools taken off closing list ahead of todays vote
Prayer for schoolsCharlene Wells, a minister at New Covenant Tabernacle Church, second from right, along with a small group of pastors and supporters opposed to school closings, prayed at the Chicago Public Schools ...
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Video Oklahoma schools did not have safe rooms
The elementary schools destroyed in Oklahoma had no safe room where kids could have taken shelter from the tornado, and there are no requirements for any structures to be built to withstand tornado-force winds. CBS News' Elaine Quijano ...
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Video Pregnant teacher used body to shield kids from tornado
Plaza Towers Elementary School third-grade teacher Jennifer Doan spoke to Vinita Nair about how she tried to protect her students from the tornado that ravaged her ...
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Video 8-year-old tornado survivor tells her story
Courtney Brown, an 8-year-old student at Plaza Towers Elementary, talks to Norah O'Donnell about how she survived the massive tornado that ripped right through her ...
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Video Eye Opener at 8 Okla. officials confident no one trapped in rubble
Officials in Oklahoma say they are confident no one is missing or trapped in the rubble. Also, more discussion is expected in the coming days about creating more safe rooms in schools. A look at what we've been covering on "CBS This ...
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Watch Iowa Missing Teen Search Continues
Detectives in central Iowa are stepping up the search for fifteen year old girl who was abducted after getting off -- -- school bus. They say they are still optimistic about finding fifteen year ...
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Court Rules Miami-Dade Mass Murderer Competent Can Be Executed
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - A federal appeals court has ruled that a Miami-Dade mass murderer is mentally competent to be executed. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a 65-page ruling that upheld a determination by the Florida Supreme Court that John Ferguson, 65, could be ...
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North Korean delegation arrives in Beijing
Kim Jong Un took power, state media reported. China's official Xinhua News Agency reports that North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae arrived in Beijing to meet with Wang Jiarui, a top official in the Communist Part of China. It was the first time a delegation from North Korean visited Beijing since Kim ascended to power in 2012, Xinhua reports. Neither side offered specifics regarding ...
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U.S. Senate leader eases pressure on Myanmar
Thein Sein and said he's seen significant progress in political and economic reforms. However, he also said he had concerns about the security situation in Myanmar. McConnell, R-Ky., who sponsored legislation that placed economic sanctions on Myanmar, said he wasn't going to press the issue further because of political reforms. "I will not be making an effort to renew those ...
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Del Porto withdraws from French Open
Juan Martin del Potro, shown at last year's U.S. Open, on Wednesday withdrew from next week's French Open because of a viral illness. UPI/John ...
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Miami-Dade School Officers Settle Sex Abuse Claims Against Police Chief
Two female police officers with the Miami-Dade County school system have settled lawsuits accusing the former police chief of sexually harassing them. Cmdr. Deanna Fox-Williams and Officer Yewande Gibson claimed in the lawsuits that former chief Charles Hurley asked them for dates and then retaliated against them when they refused his advances over several years. Hurley denied the claims but ...
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State Sen. Pat Steadman receiving White House honor
Democratic Sen. Pat Steadman is embraced by colleague Sen. Gail Schwartz after a civil unions law for same-sex couples took another step in the Colorado Senate om Feb. 8, 2013. (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post file) DENVER-A Colorado state senator is visiting the White House to receive an honor given to openly gay, lesbian and transgendered public officials. Democratic Sen. Pat Steadman of ...
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New York City FC Name Reyna as Director of Football
(Reuters) - Former Manchester City and United States international midfielder Claudio Reyna was named as the first director of football for new Major League Soccer (MLS) team New York City Football Club, the team said on Wednesday. The new club, which will start playing in 2015, is jointly owned by Premier League club City and baseball's New York Yankees. The 39-year-old Reyna, who ...
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Anthony Weiner the Helmut Newton of Brooklyn Unzips New York City Mayoral Campaign
As widely predicted , deposed United States congressman and noted self-portraitist Anthony Weiner is indeed running for New York City mayor. To prove it, he released a video of himself interacting with various New York stock characters--Angry Pizza Man, Aggrieved Store Owner, Publicly Humiliated Aide to the Former Secretary of State--while bemoaning things like rent hikes and recalling childhood ...
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Median CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012
CEO pay has been going one direction for the past three years: up.The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was aided by a rising stock market, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.CEO pay, which fell two years straight during the Great Recession but ...
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