Belleville News Democrat: Nation http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2009 Belleville News Democrat Nation 60 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:25:37 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com Police: N.C. girl was raped, killed day she was taken http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1019150.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1019150.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:03 CST A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. University says hefty grads won't be receiving sheepskins http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1019135.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1019135.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:03 CST A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. What's in your well? Pa. residents find gas http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1019141.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1019141.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:03 CST Pat Farnelli says there's something in the water at her house. The last time she drank it, she says she vomited four times. It's made her children sick, too. FAA glitch jumbles flights nationwide http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1017470.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1017470.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:03 CST Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months. Obese S.C. man dies after 8 months in home recliner http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1017487.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1017487.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:03 CST When an ambulance brought Tillmon Webb home from the hospital after he hurt his knee in March, paramedics warned the then 550-pound man he probably wouldn't be able to get up from his recliner if they put him there, his wife said. Book about civil rights pioneer wins award http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1017528.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1017528.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:18 CST Winning author tells story of civil rights pioneer Astronauts pull double-duty http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1017546.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1017546.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:18 CST A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work outside the International Space Station on Thursday and even whipped off an extra chore. 'You lie!' spawns word of the year http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1017551.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1017551.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:18 CST When the U.S. House admonished Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a health care speech to Congress, it not only lit up talk show lines, but also sent many people scurrying to the Internet in search of a definition. New Orleans ruling may open Corps of Engineers to new lawsuits http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1017475.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1017475.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:47 CST A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers' "monumental negligence" for some of the worst flooding from Hurricane Katrina could lead to a new deluge: billions of dollars in legal action from thousands of storm victims. Four in terrorist plot sent to prison http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1017488.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1017488.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:03 CST Four men described as soldiers in a terrorism plot to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices have each been sentenced to less than a decade behind bars, far less than federal prosecutors sought.