Belleville News Democrat: Nation http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2008 Belleville News Democrat Nation 60 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:14:28 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com Birmingham mayor charged with taking bribes http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/562179.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/562179.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:10 CST The mayor of Alabama's largest city was arrested Monday on charges of steering millions of dollars of bond work to a friend in exchange for more than $230,000 in bribes to pay for an expensive wardrobe and flashy jewelry. Obama taps Clinton, Jones for his Cabinet http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/562257.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/562257.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:15 CST Barack Obama promised "a new dawn of American leadership" in a troubled world Monday, announcing a strong-willed national security team headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who fought him long and bitterly for the presidency, and Robert Gates, the man who has been running two wars for George W. Bush. Is gay the new black? http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560904.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560904.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:12 CST Gay is the new black, say the protest signs and magazine covers, casting the gay marriage battle as the last frontier of equal rights for all. Endeavour reroutes, lands in California http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560919.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560919.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:12 CST Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts safely returned to Earth on Sunday, taking a detour to sunny California after storms hit the main landing strip in Florida. Saturn moon plumes may have water http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560087.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560087.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:17 CST Astronomers looking at the spectacular supersonic plumes of gas and dust shooting off one of Saturn's moons say there are strong hints of liquid water, a key building block of life. Army braces for more stress-related disorders http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560074.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560074.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:17 CST Some 15,000 soldiers are heading home to this sprawling base after spending more than a year at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and military health officials are bracing for a surge in brain injuries and psychological problems among those troops. Humane Society chief pushing animal rights http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560000.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560000.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:12 CST Few political groups have been as successful in recent years at shaping state policies as the Humane Society of the United States under Wayne Pacelle. New Jersey seeks help for food banks http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/559993.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/559993.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:12 CST New Jersey Gov. John Corzine on Friday asked the state's residents to support food banks and soup kitchens, whose new patrons include middle-class casualties of the credit and mortgage crisis. Pastor who pushed 'under God' in pledge dies http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/559989.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/559989.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:12 CST The Rev. George M. Docherty, credited with helping to push Congress to insert the phrase "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance, has died at 97. Drug killings in Mexico are putting off U.S. visitors http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/559982.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/559982.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:12 CST The recent spate of drug-related killings in Nogales, Mexico, is driving apart what have long been close-knit communities, discouraging some residents of its Arizona sister city from crossing the border.