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 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:17:28 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com Is gay the new black? http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560904.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560904.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:12 CST Gay is the new black, say the protest signs and magazine covers, casting the gay marriage battle as the last frontier of equal rights for all. Endeavour reroutes, lands in California http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560919.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560919.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:12 CST Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts safely returned to Earth on Sunday, taking a detour to sunny California after storms hit the main landing strip in Florida. National forests finding dip in number of visitors http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560099.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560099.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:17 CST In the years after World War II, Americans packed up their young families and Army surplus camping gear and headed into the national forests to hunt, fish, and hike. Going to the woods was part of what it meant to be an American. Endeavour crew ready to return http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560075.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560075.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:17 CST Their work in orbit accomplished, space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts got the green light Saturday to return to Earth, but were warned "pretty iffy" weather at the main landing site could send them across the country or keep them up an extra day. GOP looks at Jindal for future http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560003.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560003.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:12 CST Last weekend, 18 days after Barack Obama decisively defeated their candidate for president, a mostly Republican crowd of self-described conservatives received their first introduction to someone many prominent members of the GOP think could be the party's own version of Obama. More horses sent abroad to avoid U.S. ban on slaughter http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/559997.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/559997.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:12 CST At dusk, after all the fancy horses had been auctioned, Doug Barnes settled into a seat at the sale barn and got down to business. Three, four, five or more horses ambled into the ring at a time. After mother's slaying, daughter awaits dad's fate http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/559990.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/559990.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:12 CST Her father waits behind a glass wall, clothed in the jail standard gray-and-white striped shirt and pants. He has tidied up some since their last visit: What's left of his thinning hair has been trimmed, and his face is clean of stubble. Prosecutors offer deal to 8-year-old suspect http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/559983.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/559983.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:12 CST Prosecutors have offered a plea deal to an 8-year-old boy charged with murder in the shooting deaths of his father and another man in their St. Johns home, court records show. Sprinter is shot in leg after party http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/559970.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/559970.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:12 CST A University of Southern California sprinter was recovering Saturday after being shot in the leg three times after leaving a Halloween party. Foundations urged to help those in poverty http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560105.html http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/560105.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:17 CST As the ailing economy takes its toll on a growing number of families, small nonprofit groups are challenging large charitable foundations to spend more money to fight poverty instead of for things like arts or science.