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 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:03:10 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/392273.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/392273.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:08 CDT Demonstrations on the town square show how divided people are over the school board's decision to fire a science teacher accused of preaching his Christian beliefs in the classroom and burning crosses on students' arms. http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/392308.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/392308.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:13 CDT A teenager is suspected of delivering baskets of drug-laced treats to about a dozen police departments in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to police who charged him Tuesday with LSD possession. http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/391277.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/391277.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:14 CDT The intercepted e-mail was alarmingly matter-of-fact for anyone worried about a new terror attack: "getting into U.S is no problem at all. thats what i do best." http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/391250.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/391250.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:14 CDT General Motors Corp. may get rid of some brands, speed the introduction of small cars from other markets and make further white-collar job cuts as it tries to deal with a shrinking U.S. auto market. http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/391270.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/391270.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:14 CDT On the morning after the house party on Johnson Street, Jenna Foellmi and several other twentysomethings lay sprawled on the beds and couches. When a friend reached over to wake her, Foellmi was cold to the touch. http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/391249.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/391249.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:14 CDT "Ladies," said Cookie Johnson, looking straight into the camera, her husband's arm draped across her shoulders. "Have you been tested ... " http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/390320.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/390320.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:10 CDT Firefighters got a gift of a mild, mostly windless night and a forecast for similar conditions Sunday as they attempted to protect thousands of Santa Barbara County homes from a huge wildfire, one of more than 300 taxing their energy and resources around the state. http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389737.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389737.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:13 CDT Jalapeno peppers are a new focus of the investigation into the salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people in at least 40 states, according to media reports. http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389720.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389720.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:13 CDT Jesse Helms never stood in the schoolhouse door like George Wallace. Nor did he become a symbol of Southern resistance to racial integration like Strom Thurmond, who ran for president on the Dixiecrat Party ticket. http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389735.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389735.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:13 CDT As gas prices hit a new high Saturday, Americans were seen cutting back on travel over the holiday weekend. http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389736.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389736.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:13 CDT Everyone knows the GI generation of World War II and the baby boomers who followed. And everyone knows the late-20th-century demographic labeled with the nonlabel generation X. http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389706.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389706.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:08 CDT Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days. http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389115.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389115.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:50 CDT The call girl involved in a scandal that brought down New York's former governor has dropped a lawsuit claiming "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the Internet. http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389089.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389089.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:13 CDT Former U.S. Sen. Jesse A. Helms, the son of a Monroe, N.C., police chief who rose to national prominence as one of the leading lions of the American right, died early Friday morning. He was 86. http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389080.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389080.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:08 CDT People lined up to be sworn in as new U.S. citizens were unwitting witnesses Friday to a constitutional object lesson at President Bush's expense on the grounds of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/388370.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/388370.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:18 CDT It's a wonder vacation Bible school made it out of the 1960s. http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389117.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389117.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:13 CDT Joey Chestnut reclaimed the top spot at the annual hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on Friday after first tying with archrival Takeru Kobayashi in a 10-minute chow-down and then beating him in a five-dog eat-off. http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389108.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389108.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:13 CDT PENSACOLA, Fla.-- Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide. http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389081.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/389081.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:08 CDT The fires that bedevil California took another ominous turn Friday as a blaze near Goleta more than doubled to 5,400 acres and triggered more evacuations but has not destroyed any homes. http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/388373.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/388373.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:18 CDT --