http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/main/national/ WHDH-TV - National News News en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:05:58 GMT webmaster@whdh.com Copyright 2009 Sunbeam Television Corp. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/main/national/ http://www1.whdh.com/images/whdh_rss_logo.gif 144 43 WHDH-TV - National News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:03:59 GMT NEW YORK -- A lawyer for one of the five men facing trial for the Sept. 11 attacks says the defendants plan to plead not guilty -- then explain to the jury "why they did it." http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130227/ BO130227 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:02:31 GMT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronaut Randolph Bresnik jubilantly welcomed his new daughter into the world Sunday as he floated 220 miles above it. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130226/ BO130226 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:05:11 GMT SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Authorities arrested a Sacramento fisherman Saturday in connection to shooting a sea lion in the head. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130258/ BO130258 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:59:11 GMT MIDDLETOWN, Pa. -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the small amount of radiation detected at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is not significant. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130253/ BO130253 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:05:58 GMT STREETSBORO, Ohio -- Police say a bank robbery suspect in Ohio may have eaten evidence when he gobbled a piece of paper while handcuffed and lying across the hood of a police cruiser. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130259/ BO130259 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:01:03 GMT MIAMI -- A cruise ship passenger has been rescued from the ocean about 20 miles southeast of Miami. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130255/ BO130255 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:59:24 GMT NEW YORK -- A subway passenger stabbed to death in front of horrified straphangers has been identified as 36-year-old Dwight Johnson of Brooklyn. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130224/ BO130224 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:03:46 GMT ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Investigators say a fire that destroyed businesses on the famous Atlantic City boardwalk apparently started in a pizza shop. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130257/ BO130257 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:00:16 GMT FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Getting one of the roughly 11,500 permits granted each year to backpack overnight in the Grand Canyon has become so competitive and "unfair" that managers at the national park have decided to change the system. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130254/ BO130254 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:58:31 GMT CALABASAS, Calif. -- Authorities say a 12-year-old boy assaulted by a group of middle school classmates in Southern California may have been targeted after an Internet posting urged students to beat up redheads. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130223/ BO130223 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:04:53 GMT PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gov. Don Carcieri's administration has failed for months to spend $20 million meant to insulate poor people's homes against the winter chill and put unemployed people to work during one of the worst economic crises since the Great Depression. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130228/ BO130228 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:57:06 GMT BERKELEY, Calif. -- Students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, aren't ceding any ground in their protests against fee hikes and budget cuts after 41 demonstrators were arrested at UC Berkeley. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130197/ BO130197 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:41:11 GMT ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Wide-eyed children around the world will be hearing from Santa's "elves" at the North Pole after all. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130177/ BO130177 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:16:47 GMT FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130210/ BO130210 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:52:39 GMT WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130196/ BO130196 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:51:48 GMT DETROIT -- Berry Gordy founded what would become Motown Records a half-century ago with an $800 loan. Today, that would get you two tickets with a bit to spare to the Motown 50 Golden Gala. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130195/ BO130195 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:42:33 GMT FAIRFIELD, Ala. -- A woman lost control of her car and struck nine children and an adult who were standing outside a middle school Friday afternoon, police said. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130178/ BO130178 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:50:59 GMT Every afternoon, seven days a week, Ed Epley has a 5 p.m. appointment with the war. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130194/ BO130194 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:45:38 GMT ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The mother of the man former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol had planned to marry has been sentenced to three years in prison. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130180/ BO130180 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:49:16 GMT WASHINGTON -- First mammograms. Now -- in an apparent coincidence -- Pap smears. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/national/BO130134/ BO130134