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 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:04:19 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com Thorpe's family wants his body http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1000766.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1000766.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:17 CST Relatives of famed American Indian athlete Jim Thorpe plan to go to federal court in Philadelphia in their long-running effort to win the return of his body from the Pennsylvania town that changed its name to provide him a final resting place -- even though he never set foot there. Onlookers visit victims' memorial http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1000758.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1000758.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:17 CST Reggie Turner stopped by a growing memorial to 11 victims of an alleged serial killer because he knew one of the women. Michelle Lee came to pay her respects as a mother and grandmother. Mark Mason and two buddies rode their motorcycles to just take a look. Senate will probe Army shootings http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1000760.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/1000760.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:17 CST A key U.S. senator said Sunday he would begin an investigation into whether the Army missed signs that the man accused of opening fire at Fort Hood had embraced an increasingly extremist view of Islamic ideology. Office shooting survivors likely to recover http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/999994.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/999994.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:22 CST On Friday, they were colleagues. Ship with WTC steel commissioned http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/999991.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/999991.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:22 CST The USS New York, built with steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center, was put into Navy service Saturday both as a symbol of healing and strength. Carlsbad prepares for damage from well collapse http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/998739.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/998739.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:22 CST The bright yellow signs on U.S. 285 are the first indication that things aren't right in Carlsbad. Alleged Ohio serial killer rare among mass killers http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/999992.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/999992.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:22 CST Authorities say Anthony Sowell lured women into his home in a busy neighborhood, killed them -- most by strangulation -- and scattered their remains throughout the inside and buried some in the backyard. Flight 93 memorial construction begins http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/999990.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/999990.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:22 CST With the words "Let's roll" -- the command issued by United Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer to lead the passenger revolt -- U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and 39 victims' relatives and dignitaries turned shovels of dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday for a permanent national memorial. Fort Hood suspect said methodical goodbyes http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/998700.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/998700.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:48 CST As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship -- common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, dead. Neighbors: Suspect seemed harmless http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/998696.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/998696.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:17 CST The man who lived in the house of rotting corpses never gave people a reason to wonder what he was really doing behind closed doors.