list http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/default.htm USATODAY.com Nation - Top Stories (USA TODAY) en-us Copyright 2009, USATODAY.com, USA TODAY Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:11:59 GMT 142 18 http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/default.htm http://images.usatoday.com/_common/_images/usatodaycom_135x20.gif http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/4KJolldPDXY/2009-01-07-governor_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:05:35 GMT Gov. Rod Blagojevich's defense lawyers have asked a federal judge to toss U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and all his assistants ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/aKbRSbCQLylWttU1ZhU5pnCQEno/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/aKbRSbCQLylWttU1ZhU5pnCQEno/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/4KJolldPDXY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-01-07-governor_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/Hu40gye4C-Q/2009-01-08-myspace-case_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:01:45 GMT An attorney for a woman convicted in a MySpace hoax directed at a teen who ended up committing suicide asked a judge to dismiss ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/_oUBAkBUdHE-PrI6fpsP_cF2Hio/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/_oUBAkBUdHE-PrI6fpsP_cF2Hio/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/Hu40gye4C-Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-01-08-myspace-case_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/c2KgFE--PH8/2009-01-08-massachusetts-calories_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:21:03 GMT Massachusetts health officials plan to follow the lead of New York City and California in requiring fast-food chains to post ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/92fExjGzXcHl7Td93aBY0Vm-SKU/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/92fExjGzXcHl7Td93aBY0Vm-SKU/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/c2KgFE--PH8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-01-08-massachusetts-calories_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/np8lEi1OL3M/2009-01-08-mine-deaths_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:09:46 GMT The number of miners killed on the job in the United States fell to 51 in 2008, the fewest number of deaths in nearly a century, ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/CniosaG-UCNZ-6BKFEJ3izlDszQ/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/CniosaG-UCNZ-6BKFEJ3izlDszQ/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/np8lEi1OL3M" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-01-08-mine-deaths_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/vYl3jjNtuE4/2009-01-08-neuhaus-obituary_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:48:40 GMT The Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, a leading intellectual of the Christian right who helped build an influential coalition of conservative ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/bFE-eM7PIh8XWz0l8DkfbA3HsJ8/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/bFE-eM7PIh8XWz0l8DkfbA3HsJ8/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/vYl3jjNtuE4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-01-08-neuhaus-obituary_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/If-5QBW5w7I/2009-01-08-jail-food-release_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:36:01 GMT A federal judge has ordered the release of an Alabama sheriff he locked up after ruling that the sheriff purposely fed jail inmates ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/bTyB-3d9lLEebS09EuASIDS8z0k/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/bTyB-3d9lLEebS09EuASIDS8z0k/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/If-5QBW5w7I" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-01-08-jail-food-release_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/ey8llFkYuVk/2009-01-08-schoolbus-liquor_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:22:40 GMT A school bus driver made an unscheduled stop at a liquor store, then allegedly asked a student to help hide her purchases when ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/OT_8_PPZQVet_915MGFtUapx-Xc/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/OT_8_PPZQVet_915MGFtUapx-Xc/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/ey8llFkYuVk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2009-01-08-schoolbus-liquor_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/7gPvJ4M0QlY/2009-01-08-cold-survive_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:02:07 GMT A 64-year-old woman whose heart stopped beating and body temperature dropped to a dangerous 60 degrees after she was stuck in ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/hjLMc_U2UnYaJMVqRSsEKSo12M4/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/hjLMc_U2UnYaJMVqRSsEKSo12M4/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/7gPvJ4M0QlY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2009-01-08-cold-survive_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/IKKb6TbPWnw/2009-01-08-craig-appeal_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:18:35 GMT Former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig has reached the end of the road in his effort to reverse his conviction in an airport bathroom ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/hohpMq5qIgDKW7T-cRvyOShGpR0/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/hohpMq5qIgDKW7T-cRvyOShGpR0/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/IKKb6TbPWnw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2009-01-08-craig-appeal_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/ak_pTsutJK8/2009-01-08-ny-killings_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:45:40 GMT A 17-year-old high school dropout shot, bludgeoned or stabbed to death four people over the Christmas holidays, three of them ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/Ao_FOBYodZhTfvLhWREhWX1f-Do/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/Ao_FOBYodZhTfvLhWREhWX1f-Do/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/ak_pTsutJK8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-01-08-ny-killings_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/J6FlvL7edds/2009-01-07-boulder-fires_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:00:25 GMT Thousands of evacuated residents were allowed to return to their homes Thursday after firefighters took advantage of slowing ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/FpqIMibK2AD4BwxwLhl6RbmVI6o/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/FpqIMibK2AD4BwxwLhl6RbmVI6o/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/J6FlvL7edds" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wildfires/2009-01-07-boulder-fires_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/T4ReGI5_mpQ/2009-01-07-storms-southeast-northeast-northwest_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:46:08 GMT A winter storm is drenching the Pacific Northwest and touching off avalanches, mudslides and floods that shut down highways and ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/ly2xJWbTCJHvYZTw3Ch82_sUBY4/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/ly2xJWbTCJHvYZTw3Ch82_sUBY4/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/T4ReGI5_mpQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/2009-01-07-storms-southeast-northeast-northwest_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/9kctSIw_TCY/2009-01-08-adult-literacy_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:29:05 GMT A long-awaited federal study finds that an estimated 32 million adults in the USA about one in seven are saddled with such ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/sFslkxd9XAHNxpNv77pekuZX6vc/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/sFslkxd9XAHNxpNv77pekuZX6vc/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/9kctSIw_TCY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-01-08-adult-literacy_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/QzV1oQ56OEQ/2009-01-08-kidney-estranged-wife_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:34:29 GMT A Long Island surgeon embroiled in a nearly four-year divorce proceeding wants his estranged wife to return the kidney he donated ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/nTn1jYtr42oJcBBSFkeu1te4VNA/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/nTn1jYtr42oJcBBSFkeu1te4VNA/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/QzV1oQ56OEQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-01-08-kidney-estranged-wife_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/-xnfxfQbsvE/2009-01-08-alabama-flooding_N.htm Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:07:28 GMT An Alabama mother and her infant son are dead after floodwaters swept their vehicle off a rural road. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/fqIvAvofFy3W_GB0H3pF69jsbHo/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/fqIvAvofFy3W_GB0H3pF69jsbHo/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/-xnfxfQbsvE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/weather/floods/2009-01-08-alabama-flooding_N.htm?csp=34