Seven escape Syracuse house fire

A fire on West Corning Avenue this morning left seven people unharmed after a teenager in the home alerted everyone to get out, according to The Post-Standard. Onondaga E-911 dispatched firefighters at 5:37 a.m. to the two-family home. It took the firefighters 40 minutes to get the blaze under control.

There were a few tense moments when communication between two firefighters working inside the building was lost, Deputy Fire Chief Stephen Cavuto said. But communication regained when the firefighters moved down to the lower level of the house. No firefighters were injured. 

Fire Investigator Ken Heffernan said the fire appears to have started in the second-floor front bedroom at 147 W. Corning. A teenager sleeping in that room woke up, alerted his father, and got everyone in the building outside. 

The apartment to the right side received minor damage and residents won't be able to move back in until power is restored. 

President to host nuclear security summit

President Obama will host 46 countries for a two-day nuclear security summit starting Monday, CNN.com says. The summit will focus on better ways to safeguard weapons materials so that they don't get into the hands of terrorists. 

The summit is being held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center at the nation's capital. The gathering is considered an unprecedented effort to raise global action in securing nuclear weapons. It is one of Obama's major objectives to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and technology. 

On the first day of the summit, the United States is negotiating with four other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council on sanctions against Iran over its nuclear ambitions. 

"This is something that could change the security landscape in this country and around the world for years to come," Obama said. "If there was ever a detonation in New York City, or London, or Johannesburg, the ramifications -- economically, politically and from a security perspective -- would be devastating."

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Adopted boy sent back to Russia

A Russian boy was sent on a plane back to Russia alone last week by his U.S. mother, ABC News says. She cited violent, psychiatric behavior among the reasons for returning him. Russian officials who have examined the boy says the 7-year-old Artyem Saviliev, shows no signs of violent behavior. 

Torry Hansen of Shelbyville, Tennessee, told Russian officials in a note pinned to the boy's pocket that they had lied to her about Artyem's mental stability. 

Federal officials are investigating the case in Shelbyville, and as of now no charges have been filed against Hansen, but officials are looking into whether there were any acts or child endangerment. 

Pavol Astokhov, Russia's child's rights commissioner told ABC news "all medical exams were done before the adoption procedure and Torry Hansen knew about Artyem, everything."