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, 07 Oct 2008 03:02:46 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com New warning highlights dangers of microwaving http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/493590.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/493590.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:11 CDT Zapping frozen meals in the microwave may be fast and easy, but it also can make you sick if it's not done properly. Effect of bailout hasn't trickled down yet http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/492535.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/492535.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:11 CDT Relief on Wall Street over the hard-won passage of a $700 billion bailout package for the financial system apparently hasn't yet trickled down to the pubs, storefronts, car lots and malls of Main Street. Obituaries in the news http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/492549.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/492549.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:02 CDT Eletra Casadei Blessing of the Waves: Part sacred, part silly http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/492518.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/492518.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:11 CDT Clergymen show their surfer side Housing market key to recovery http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/491935.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/491935.html Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:11 CDT Experts say the most important thing that needs to happen before the $700 billion bailout even has a chance of working: Home prices must stop falling. That would send a signal to banks that the worst has passed and it's safe to start doling out money again. Pittsburgh diocese OKs split over Bible, gays http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/491938.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/491938.html Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:11 CDT Clergy and lay members of the theologically conservative Pittsburgh diocese voted overwhelmingly Saturday to break from the liberal Episcopal Church, with which it differs on issues ranging from homosexuality to biblical teachings on salvation. 'Smoot' measurement reaches new high at MIT http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/491925.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/491925.html Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:11 CDT The father of a measurement known as the "Smoot" returned Saturday to be honored at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the school where he and his fraternity brothers invented it 50 years ago. Was Fossett's crash caused by bad weather? http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/491216.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/491216.html Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:02 CDT Safety officials investigating the death of millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett are trying to determine if weather played a role the day his plane crashed into a mountain in eastern California more than a year ago. Economic sag leads to sag in cosmetic surgery http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/491269.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/491269.html Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:16 CDT The economy isn't the only thing that's sagging -- so are faces, breasts and bellies as would-be cosmetic surgery patients increasingly opt against costly nips and tucks because of tough financial times. Human remains are found among plane wreckage http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/490263.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/490263.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:11 CDT More than a year after the mysterious disappearance of millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, searchers have found the wreckage of his plane in the rugged Sierra Nevada along with enough human remains for DNA testing.