Like a Dan Brown book? Vatican allows mobster to be exhumed on Mon May 14, 2012 8:29 AM PDT
ROME -- It reads like the plot of a Dan Brown novel: The tomb of a powerful mobster, who was controversially buried in a 7th century church in the center of Rome, was opened Monday by investigators looking for clues in the 1983 disappearance of a Vatican employee' …
Mexico's drug war: No sign of 'light at the end of the tunnel' on Mon May 14, 2012 7:45 AM PDT
Mexico is struggling to contain a drugs war that has claimed more than 50,000 lives in less than six years. Msnbc.com's F. Brinley Bruton spoke to NBC News contributor Jorge Castañeda, who is a former Mexican foreign minister and a New York University …
Now towering over London's Olympic Park: 'The Godzilla of public art' on Mon May 14, 2012 3:29 AM PDT
LONDON -- Red, twisted and 72 feet higher than the Statue of Liberty, the ArcelorMittal Orbit now looms over the Olympic Park as the tallest sculpture in Great Britain.
Designed by Turner Prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor and architect Cecil Balmond, tabloid newspapers …
'Big fish' nabbed: Troops capture senior Kony commander on Mon May 14, 2012 1:54 AM PDT
RIVER VOVODO, Central African Republic -- Uganda has captured one of the top five members of the Lord's Resistance Army, bringing it a step closer to catching Joseph Kony, the notorious rebel leader accused of war crimes, the military said on Sunday.
The Ugandan army said it cau …
Nepal officials: 6 survive, 15 killed as plane hits mountain in Himalayas on Mon May 14, 2012 12:02 AM PDT
KATMANDU, Nepal -- A plane crashed into a mountain in the Himalayas while trying to land at an airport in northern Nepal on Monday, killing 15 people and critically injuring six.
Married priests? Ireland's clergy crisis sparks calls for radical reform on Fri May 11, 2012 8:52 AM PDT
LONDON -- A Roman Catholic Church with women cardinals? And priests who are not celibate?
That is the controversial hope of a group of priests who claim to represent the majority of Irish Catholics.
More than 1,000 lay church-goers and priests attended a meeting i …
Tornado hits high school, topples train in Weimar, Texas on Fri May 11, 2012 4:14 AM PDT
WEIMAR, Texas -- Eight people were hospitalized after a Texas high school was hit by a tornado on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
The tornado briefly touched down at Weimar High School at about 5:25 p.m. local time, NBC station KPRC reported. …
