Obama: America's enemy is al-Qaida, not Islam
In a White House news conference focused largely on the sour economy and upcoming election, President Barack Obama also spoke passionately about the mosque and Quran controversies that are threatening to politicize this year's commemoration of the 9/11 terror attacks.
Residents: We smelled gas before deadly blast
A massive explosion sent flames roaring through a neighborhood south of San Francisco on Thursday night, destroying more than 50 homes and leaving at least four dead.
NYC imam: No meeting planned with pastor
An imam at the center of the controversy over a mosque near ground zero said there was no meeting planned with a Florida minister who previously threatened to burn Qurans, NBC News reported.
Afghan anti-U.S. demonstrations grow over Quran
Protests by thousands of angry Afghans over plans by an obscure U.S. church to burn copies of the Quran grew on Friday, with demonstrations spreading to the capital and at least five provinces, officials said.
Apps will soon overtake songs on iTunes
App developer and industry analyzer Asymco released research that predicts app downloads are going to take over songs on iTunes by the end of the year.
Judge: Military's gay ban is unconstitutional
A federal judge in Southern California rules that the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members is unconstitutional.
Google's Android to zoom past Blackberry, iPhone
Tech research company Gartner reports that Google's Android will be in striking distance of Nokia's Symbian system for world champion in mobile operating systems, leaping past Research in Motion's Blackberry and Apple's iPhone iOS.
Live-blogging Obama's press conference
First Read offers news and analysis during the eighth news conference of Obama's presidency.
Americans still skipping fruits, veggies
Most Americans still don't eat vegetables often enough, and fruit consumption is actually dropping a little, according to a new government report released Thursday.
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Party continues as Saints top Vikings in opener
Drew Brees and the Saints extended New Orleans' post-Super Bowl euphoria for at least another week and handed Brett Favre a second straight loss in the Louisiana Superdome.
Woman held after 2 shot dead at cookie plant
Minutes after a woman was suspended from her job at a Kraft Foods plant and escorted out, she returned with a handgun and opened fire, killing two people and critically injuring a third before being taken into custody, police said.
Flight 93 memorial: ?Is this all there is??
Red Tape Chronicles: On the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the site of a planned memorial to the heroes who died aboard United Flight 93 remains a barely active construction site. Yet, a woman who would have every right to be angriest about the delays -- the mother of the youngest victim on Flight 93 -- recently showed the best kind of patience and a heroic grasp of a concept in short supply during our troubled times: perspective.
Investigated pair still controls heiress's wealth
A judge has denied the request of Huguette Clark's relatives to appoint a guardian for the 104-year-old heiress, saying the claim relies on hearsay. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports.
Japan missing more than 230K listed centenarians
More than 230,000 Japanese citizens listed in government records as at least 100 years old can't be found and may have died long ago, according to a government survey released Friday.
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Colo. fire crews had 'very good night'
Fire crews held a wildfire outside of Boulder at bay Friday, allowing some 2,000 evacuees to return home with a warning to be prepared to flee again.
Bieber pelts state trooper with water balloon
A state trooper ? soaked below the belt courtesy of a direct Bieber balloon hit ? was ready to slap the cuffs on the teen, but Bieber's bodyguard managed to talk the officer out of it.
Mo. man accused of keeping woman as sex slave
Five Missouri men are accused of taking part in the sexual torture of a young woman allegedly kept as a sex slave by one of the men and forced to work as a stripper, prosecutors announced Thursday.
Mexican police didn't know they'd caught drug capo
The Mexican police officers who arrested infamous drug suspect Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias "La Barbie," did not initially know who they had caught, according to a booking report obtained Thursday.
Newsweek: WikiLeaks collaborating on release of Iraq files
A London-based journalism nonprofit is working with website WikiLeaks and TV and print media in several countries on programs and stories based on what is described as massive cache of classified U.S. military field reports related to the Iraq war.
U.S. warns of fatal side effect with imaging drugs
The FDA is warning doctors that a class of injectable drugs used in MRI medical imaging scans can cause a rare and sometimes fatal condition in patients with kidney disease.
WWII Navajo Code Talker dies in Arizona
Allen Dale June, one of the 29 original Navajo Code Talkers who confounded the Japanese during World War II by transmitting messages in their native language, has died. He was 91.
Ryanair CEO's outlandish ideas come at a price
Take your seat, buckle up, and stow your preconceived notions about the brash, brazen Michael O?Leary, whose low-cost carrier, Ryanair, has taken flak as ?the Wal-Mart of the skies.?
Boeing teams up with space tourism company
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Space Adventures says it has reached "a unique agreement" with the Boeing Co. on future space transportation services.
Newsweek: Who might replace Rahm Emanuel?
In the name of common decency, it would be too early to write Emanuel's White House obituary and speculate about his replacement. But Washington has always had trouble with common decency, so we might as well. The short list for Obama's chief of staff job features some veteran insiders.
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Nadal blows past Verdasco, into semifinals
Top-seeded Rafael Nadal put a slow start behind him, dealt well with the wind, and beat No. 8 Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 Thursday night in the first all-Spanish quarterfinal in U.S. Open history.
Facebook inches past Google for Web users' minutes
U.S. Web surfers are spending more time socializing on Facebook than searching with Google, according to new data from researchers at comScore Inc.
?Waiting to Exhale? fans finally get sequel
Fans of the best-selling novel "Waiting to Exhale" may have been holding their breath for a sequel all these years, but author Terry McMillan never thought she would revisit her most famous characters.
Iran spokesman: American woman to be released
A spokesman for Iran's mission to the U.N. says the American hiker who will be freed this weekend is the only woman among the three.
