http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2010 Belleville News Democrat Nation 60 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:57:19 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/17/1177119/journalists-describe-new-orleans.html http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/17/1177119/journalists-describe-new-orleans.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:06 CDT Several journalists described run-ins with New Orleans police Tuesday as they testified about allegations that city officers routinely arrest or threaten people who film them. http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/17/1177123/man-killed-on-beach-may-not-have.html http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/17/1177123/man-killed-on-beach-may-not-have.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:06 CDT A Georgia man was running and listening to his iPod on the beach on Hilton Head Island when he was struck and killed by an airplane that made an emergency landing Monday near Palmetto Dunes, the Beaufort County Coroner's Office said Tuesday. http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/17/1177144/same-plane-makes-others-sick.html http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/17/1177144/same-plane-makes-others-sick.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:06 CDT A US Airways plane that left 15 people ill in January again sickened passengers and crew, this time on a flight scheduled to leave Charlotte on Tuesday morning. http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/17/1177117/lawyer-who-ran-ponzi-scheme-now.html http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/17/1177117/lawyer-who-ran-ponzi-scheme-now.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:06 CDT Just when disgraced lawyer Scott Rothstein's sordid saga couldn't get any stranger comes this plot twist: He worked undercover for the feds and helped them bag a suspected Italian Mafia man living in Miami Beach. http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/16/1175630/feds-urge-judge-to-turn-down-request.html http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/16/1175630/feds-urge-judge-to-turn-down-request.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:04 CDT Prosecutors urged a federal judge Monday to turn down ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's request to delay his corruption trial, saying public interest in the case warrants a speedy resolution. http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/15/1174322/northeast-reels-from-heavy-rains.html http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/15/1174322/northeast-reels-from-heavy-rains.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:05 CDT Last month, the Northeast was smothered by blizzards. Now, it's waterlogged by torrential rains. http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/15/1174323/high-school-athlete-is-stabbed.html http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/15/1174323/high-school-athlete-is-stabbed.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:05 CDT A high school soccer player has been stabbed to death outside a Massachusetts restaurant where more than 250 teenagers had gathered for a birthday party. http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/15/1174320/time-for-uncle-sam-to-pay-up.html http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/15/1174320/time-for-uncle-sam-to-pay-up.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:05 CDT The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration. http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/14/1172298/wtc-workers-urged-to-take-657.html http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/14/1172298/wtc-workers-urged-to-take-657.html Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:04 CST Lawyers and city officials expressed confidence Friday that they can get ground zero responders to sign on to a settlement that would pay up to $657 million to workers who developed health problems after toiling in the ruins of the World Trade Center. http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/14/1173291/judge-faces-storm-of-criticism.html http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/14/1173291/judge-faces-storm-of-criticism.html Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:05 CDT The judge didn't believe the father was a threat and denied the mother's plea to keep him away from their 9-month-old son. It was a seemingly routine ruling in a busy family law court called on too often to referee passionate fights between broken young families over the care of babies.