MSNBC’s Breaking and Most Viewed News [May ‘11 Series]

Started by MSNBC, May 01, 2011, 06:05 AM

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Scientists find cheap fish is often substituted for expensive fillets and overfished species are passed off as fish whose numbers are plentiful.

Source: NYT: Something fishy about seafood labels

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Not long after officials released a list of 232 people unaccounted for after Sunday's twister in Joplin, Mo., there was some good news: several of those listed were confirmed to be alive and well.

Source: Some on twister missing list turn up alive

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Two co-pilots facing faulty instrument readings and a stall fought to regain control of an Air France flight before the plane slammed into the Atlantic in a 3 1/2 minute fall, killing all 228 people aboard, accident investigators said Friday.

Source: Report reveals final minutes of doomed jet

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Days after the Blue Angels canceled their flyover at the Naval Academy's graduation because of a lower-than-normal maneuver, their commanding officer has stepped down.

Source: Blue Angels commander relieved of duties

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Unknown hackers have broken into the security networks of Lockheed Martin and several other U.S. military contractors, a source with direct knowledge of the attacks told Reuters.

Source: Hackers broke into Lockheed Martin: source

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The landing gear of a Delta Air Lines jet apparently caught fire during a rough landing Saturday at Atlanta's main airport, but the flight's approximately 50 passengers and crew were evacuated safely, authorities said.

Source: Delta flight catches fire in Atlanta

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Angel Delgadillo, 84, has witnessed the rise and fall of America's most historic byway and gets credit for helping it rise again as Historic Route 66.

Source: At 84, he's still the 'guardian angel' of Route 66

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Violent weather swept across the Eastern seaboard, dropping heavy rains that flooded towns from New England to Georgia, knocking out power and killing at least three people in the Atlanta area.

Source: Storms slam Eastern seaboard, more coming

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President Obama on Sunday toured the apocalyptic landscape left by Missouri's killer tornado, consoled the community and committed the government to helping rebuild shattered lives.

Source: Obama to Joplin: 'This is a national tragedy'

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Hackers attacked the website for broadcaster PBS, posting a fake story that dead rapper Tupac Shakur was "alive and well," according to reports.

Source: Hackers hit PBS, post 'Tupac still alive' story