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Site Map -- MSNBC.comhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/rss/RssSitemap1636.xmlMSNBC.com is a leader in breaking news and original journalism.Copyright 2009 MSNBC.comen-ushttp://www.msnbc.com/images/msnbc/logo01.gifSite Map -- MSNBC.comhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/<description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6124956/</link><pubDate>2004-09-28T19:49:26.640+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6124956/</guid></item><item><title /><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6124913/</link><pubDate>2004-09-28T19:37:00.690+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6124913/</guid></item><item><title>U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said Tuesday the spike in global crude oil prices will be one of the key issues to be tackled as the Group of Seven industrialized nations meet in Washington, D.C., this week.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6124777/2004-09-28T19:32:57.273+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6124777/The launch of the Russian spacecraft carrying a replacement crew for the international space station was delayed for the second time in two weeks Tuesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6124756/2004-09-28T19:44:31.950+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6124756/Find out how to make this "aphrodisiac"  dish — from the sultry Sutra Lounge in Costa Mesa, Calif. — in your home kitchen.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6124729/2004-09-29T13:47:04.673+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6124729/Playing virtual God apparently has its appeal.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6124163/2004-09-28T19:04:33.077+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6124163/More and more, consumers are concerned about bleached coffee filters. “Today” food editor Phil Lempert discusses alternatives.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6123651/2004-09-29T13:38:35.117+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6123651/In 1999 Bill Gates' net worth briefly topped the $100 billion mark. Today his wealth languishes below the $50 billion barrier. Poor guy.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6123392/2004-09-28T20:43:27.577+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6123392/Oil prices reached a new high and sent stocks lower Monday, pushing the Dow Jones industrials back below 10,000. But with trading on Wall Street light and losses only moderate, investors seemed to be coming to terms with near-$50 per barrel crude.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6122818/2004-09-30T13:46:18.877+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6122818/You'll soon be forking up an extra dime and a penny for a gentrified java. Starbucks Corp. said it would raise the average price of its beverages by 11 cents at 4,500 stores in North America because of increases in the cost of coffee and sugar.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6122552/2004-09-28T14:19:27.077+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6122552/Police in Moscow have detained two Chechen men on suspicion they were involved in the killing of American journalist Paul Klebnikov in the Russian capital, the city police chief said Tuesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6122539/2004-09-28T14:56:38.973+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6122539/Some schools In Japan began trial runs in which students carry computer chips that can be traced by radio, with some attaching the tags to their backpacks.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6121918/2004-09-28T13:02:56.820+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6121918/The largest asteroid ever known to pass near Earth makes a close celestial brush with the planet as professional and backyard astronomers watch closely.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6118505/2004-09-29T21:46:00.303+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6118505/Yahoo overhauls its home pages to highlight some of the features that the Internet giant has been improving during the past year.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6118282/2004-09-28T01:50:02.097+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6118282/A spacecraft orbiting Mars photographed one of NASA's rovers and its tracks on the surface, the space agency said Monday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6118058/2004-09-28T02:42:53.863+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6118058/Adelphia Communications Corp. on Monday reported a net loss of nearly $63 million in August as it worked to emerge from bankruptcy and sell its assets.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6117999/2004-09-28T00:29:36.770+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6117999/Buying or refinancing a house is one of the most complex financial decisions most Americans make. But every year, misinformed homebuyers become victims of predatory lending or loan fraud. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6117889/2004-09-28T04:04:16.177+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6117889/Wealthy guests can pay thousands of dollars a night to stay at some of the most expensive hotels in the United States, but the price tag often includes the best in privacy, space and service.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6117056/2004-09-30T21:36:14.910+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6117056/Yaser Esam Hamdi, the U.S. citizen held without charges since late 2001 as an enemy combatant, is scheduled to be released Tuesday and flown to Saudi Arabia, his attorney said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6116717/2004-09-27T21:23:23.373+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6116717/Analyzing the DNA of elephants may help trace the origins of ivory being sold illegally, information researchers hope will help foil such trade.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6116460/2004-09-28T14:14:17.473+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6116460/Azy and Indah are heading to school this week -- a unique experience for two clever orangutans whose classroom will eventually encompass more than 200 acres of lowlands, river forest and lakes.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6116452/2004-09-28T02:36:23.513+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6116452/A row over intellectual property claims from Microsoft Corp. has dealt a fatal blow to an ambitious effort by Internet engineers to create a technical standard for curbing junk e-mail.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6116447/2004-09-28T02:31:57.300+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6116447/Ford Motor Co. launched its all-new 2005 Mustang on Monday, the fifth generation of the iconic sports car the company sorely needs to help lift sluggish U.S. sales.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6116384/2004-09-27T19:48:19.830+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6116384/President Bush's campaign rolled out a new television ad Monday highlighting Democratic Sen. John Kerry's statements on the Iraq war.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6116193/2004-09-27T19:41:52.227+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6116193/Dr. Ruth Peters offers advice for parents and kids to prepare for (and even enjoy!) the “firsts” that make the teen years.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6116028/2004-10-01T17:42:22.870+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6116028/Martha Stewart, convicted of lying about a stock sale, has been ordered to serve her sentence at the federal prison in Alderson, W.Va.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6115979/2004-09-29T20:33:38.637+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6115979/Hoping for some zingers in the Bush-Kerry face-off? Not with these rules of engagement http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6115913/2004-10-04T15:48:34.903+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6115913/<description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6115755/</link><pubDate>2004-11-01T16:35:09.343+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6115755/</guid></item><item><title>Iraq war blogs are as varied as the soldiers who write them. For families, they're a welcome window into their relatives' lives far away. Some commanders aren't as excited.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6115600/2004-09-28T02:17:50.083+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6115600/Harrah's Entertainment Inc. and Caesars Entertainment Inc. on Monday said they have agreed to sell four casinos for $1.24 billion to privately held Colony Capital in a deal expected to ease anti-trust concerns for Harrah's planned takeover of Caesars.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6115340/2004-09-27T19:15:02.790+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6115340/Airline mogul and adventurer Richard Branson announced plans Monday to boldly go where no private transport company has gone before -- into space.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6115258/2004-09-27T17:08:07.700+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6115258/Shares of Tommy Hilfiger Corp. fell to a 52-week low Monday after the clothing company said it is the subject of a federal grand jury investigation focused on whether its commission rate to an international subsidiary is justified.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6115095/2004-09-27T16:19:15.273+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6115095/<description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6114527/</link><pubDate>2004-09-27T15:33:30.090+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6114527/</guid></item><item><title>If you do not return to pre-pregnancy weight in six months, chances are you will keep those pounds, explains Dr. Judith Reichman.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6114200/2004-10-01T16:11:33.867+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6114200/It’s a classic pre-debate dance, maybe as important as the matchup itself: lower expectations for your candidate’s performance and jab the other guy while you’re at it.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6113881/2004-09-28T01:03:34.013+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6113881/In a move Citigroup Inc. said was aimed at broadening the experience of up-and-coming executives, two of its top managers are swapping jobs.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6113645/2004-09-27T15:11:59.723+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6113645/<description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6113273/</link><pubDate>2004-11-01T16:35:09.343+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6113273/</guid></item><item><title>Pfc. Lynndie England, 21, will be court-martialed in January on charges stemming from the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, the Army announced Monday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6113242/2004-09-27T15:06:56.103+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6113242/Online encyclopedia Wikipedia has surpassed one million entries making it larger than Encyclodepia Britanica.  And it's just one of a growing breed of Internet knowledge-sharing communities called Wikis.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6112915/2004-09-27T12:42:52.583+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6112915/The third hurricane to hit Florida in just over a month blew out more panels and left more gaping holes in NASA's  massive Cape Canaveral shuttle assembly building.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6112874/2004-09-27T12:19:46.530+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6112874/Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog from Mojave: Why SpaceShipOne spun ... Real-life rocket tales ... The space road ahead ... Lining up for space history ... Orbital space prize suggested.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6110323/2004-10-02T21:31:30.603+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6110323/Confused by all the advice on retirement saving? Jean Chatzky has some simple rules to keep the golden years worry-free.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6108523/2004-09-27T13:32:02.057+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6108523/Guests: Gen. John Abizaid, U.S. Central Command, David Broder, The Washington Post, Doris Kearns Goodwin, presidential historian, Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times, William Safire, The New York Timeshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6106292/2004-09-26T15:18:08.563+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6106292/<description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6100876/</link><pubDate>2004-09-27T21:10:33.450+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6100876/</guid></item><item><title /><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6100874/</link><pubDate>2004-09-27T21:08:13.813+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6100874/</guid></item><item><title /><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6100858/</link><pubDate>2004-09-28T16:07:44.623+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6100858/</guid></item><item><title /><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6100819/</link><pubDate>2004-09-26T04:42:00.733+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6100819/</guid></item><item><title>Time to debate: This is the first foreign-policy election in a quarter century. Voters are scared; they want to know who will be the best commander in chief. Here's what to look forhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6100354/2004-09-26T20:05:19.860+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6100354/The Clinton presidential library in Little Rock stunningly evokes the 'bridge to the 21st century' he envisioned. And guess who kept tweaking the design?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6100317/2004-09-26T02:35:15.313+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6100317/A bear market for freelance soldiers in Africa?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6100308/2004-09-26T02:37:43.387+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6100308/I've said you should discount rhetoric that they can easily affect the number or quality of new jobs. Many readers were appalled by the messagehttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6100304/2004-09-26T02:37:13.873+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6100304/<description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6099911/</link><pubDate>2004-09-26T02:21:09.983+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6099911/</guid></item><item><title /><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6099741/</link><pubDate>2004-09-26T00:18:52.237+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6099741/</guid></item><item><title /><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6099426/</link><pubDate>2004-09-26T16:51:36.910+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6099426/</guid></item><item><title /><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6099252/</link><pubDate>2004-09-26T00:54:26.007+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6099252/</guid></item><item><title>As his 11th volume arrives, kids' author Lemony Snicket takes on NEWSWEEK's Malcolm Jones and makes lemonadehttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6099044/2004-09-26T02:35:15.313+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6099044/NEWSWEEK's David Gates joined us for a Live Talk on Wednesday, Sept. 29, at 1 p.m. ET, as he discusses Bob Dylan's new book and his attempt, at long last, to explain himself to ushttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6099027/2004-09-29T21:40:28.137+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6099027/<description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6098281/</link><pubDate>2004-09-28T18:36:59.830+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6098281/</guid></item><item><title>Oxygen and food will be worrisomely low on the international space station by Christmas, a top NASA official said Friday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6093638/2004-09-25T00:19:51.530+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6093638/Google Inc.'s recently launched news service in China doesn't display results from Web sites blocked by that country's authorities, raising prickly questions for an online search engine that has famously promised to "do no evil."http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6093563/2004-09-24T23:46:09.413+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6093563/Tourists come to the United States from all over the world, though nearly half come by way of Western Europe. Following is a breakdown of where non-American tourists are from.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6092889/2004-09-27T04:00:59.660+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6092889/Readers share their thoughts on Kerry's campaign strategy, beheading videos on the Web and Patti Davis's latest conspiracy theoryhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6092874/2004-09-24T22:46:04.747+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6092874/Excerpts from NBC's Tom Brokaw's interview with a key player on the war on terror -- Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6092806/2004-09-24T22:32:04.170+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6092806/The  government's Strategic Petroleum Reserve agrees to lend 1.7 million barrels of oil to two companies whose refineries were running short of crude because of Hurricane Ivan, the Energy Department said Friday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6092776/2004-09-24T21:54:27.637+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6092776/Space.com: The 2004 harvest moon will occur on Sept. 28 for people living in the Northern Hemisphere.  What sets this full moon apart from the others is that farmers at the climax of the current harvest season can work late into the night by the moon’s light. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6092444/2004-09-24T22:32:27.217+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6092444/What should you do if you're trapped in a submerged or overturned car? Follow these tips to keep your cool and get out of the vehicle to safety.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6091821/2004-11-06T00:04:20.833+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6091821/Jose Fuster exhibits widely abroad, uses his savings to help decorate his neighborhood in Havana and defends Castro's revolution. But is not afraid to criticize some of the government's policies. MSNBC.com's Sean Federico O'Murchu reports.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6091318/2004-10-05T16:12:26.157+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6091318/‘Doonesbury’ pokes fun at ‘The Apprentice’; weird ice cream; 'Idol' audition Weblog, visit Vanuatu; Byron the fishing Bachelor.  By Gael Fashingbauer Cooperhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6091315/2004-10-01T16:54:16.380+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6091315/These are tough times in Ohio, which has continued to shed jobs even as most of the country has enjoyed a rebound in growth. Yet with just five weeks left before Election Day, President Bush holds an impressive lead over Sen. John Kerry in the crucial state.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6090776/2004-10-13T21:34:01.963+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6090776/NBC's Tom Brokaw interviews a key player on the war on terror -- Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6090598/2004-09-24T23:32:02.553+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6090598/NBC News' Washington bureau chief and host of Meet the Press offers insight and analysis into politics past, present and future.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6089683/2005-05-03T18:43:16.363+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6089683/Morningstar Inc. is under investigation from the SEC for failing to correct inaccurate data it published regarding a single mutual fund in a timely manner.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6089422/2004-09-24T17:16:18.940+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6089422/Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. will continue to pay founder Martha Stewart a salary of $900,000 a year under a five-year employment agreement reached last week, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6089238/2004-09-24T22:20:27.573+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6089238/<description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6088966/</link><pubDate>2004-11-01T16:35:09.343+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6088966/</guid></item><item><title>Saving money on groceries is easier than you think. Phil Lempert offers advice on how to cut costs on your weekly shopping list.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6088950/2004-09-24T14:58:57.867+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6088950/Bankrupt carrier United Airlines considers terminating employee pension plans the "best of a bad set of options" to help it emerge from Chapter 11 protection, parent company UAL Corp. said in a court filing.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6088687/2004-09-24T12:22:25.873+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6088687/As summer winds down, water lovers are trying to enjoy the last stretch of warm weather before temperatures go south. Boating is a favorite summer pasttime for many Americans, but it can be extremely dangerous. Did you know ...http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6084962/2004-09-24T04:00:17.103+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6084962/EBay Inc. announced Thursday that it will keep its Half.com subsidiary open indefinitely, scrapping previous plans to shutter the e-commerce site in mid-October.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6084657/2004-09-24T01:06:13.070+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6084657/MIT researchers say they have used spinach to harness a plant's ability to convert sunlight into energy for the first time, creating a device that may one day power laptops, mobile phones and more.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6084099/2004-09-24T01:03:39.400+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6084099/NBC"s Lea Thompson shares insights and tips about dealing with phone fraud, where the victims are often the most vulnerable and least able to take the monetary or emotional hit.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6083986/2004-10-05T09:01:42.850+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6083986/NBC News has obtained a new report that says some holes in the 'No-fly' list that terrorists exploited on 9/11 still aren't fixed. Senior NBC Correspondent Lisa Myers with an exclusive report on who's still missing from the government's lists.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6083667/2004-09-23T23:32:14.333+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6083667/Friends and sponsors who helped out on the Great Escapes journey down the length of the Missouri Riverhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6083464/2004-09-24T02:27:23.973+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6083464/A recent study found that one in five children online is approached by a sexual predator, a predator who may try to set up a face-to-face meeting. In a Dateline hidden camera investigation, correspondent Chris Hansen catches some of these men in the act.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6083442/2004-11-11T16:19:20.620+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6083442/Dateline is  always trying to think of stories that will give viewers information they can really use. That's  why we did our survey of fast food places last year. People really responded to it and wanted more. So we did the same story on family dining.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6083318/2004-10-03T23:40:58.140+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6083318/Verizon Wireless plans next week to expand its high-speed mobile data service to 11 more markets, including New York and Los Angeles, as well as 19 more airports.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6083114/2004-09-24T01:06:13.070+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6083114/Ireland has become the first country on earth to cut off direct-dialed calls to entire nations in a bid to crack down on Internet-based fraud.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6083073/2004-09-23T23:18:55.740+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6083073/Friends and sponsors who helped out on the Great Escapes journey down the length of the Missouri Riverhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6082934/2004-09-24T02:25:05.773+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6082934/<description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6082858/</link><pubDate>2004-09-29T20:32:01.403+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6082858/</guid></item><item><title /><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6082777/</link><pubDate>2004-09-24T20:52:44.020+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6082777/</guid></item><item><title>In the tenth excerpt from her book "Laying Down the Law," Dr. Ruth Peters reminds parents that too much vigilance can backfire.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6082774/2004-12-17T18:32:25.617+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6082774/Friends and sponsors who helped out on the Great Escapes journey down the length of the Missouri Riverhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6082607/2004-09-24T02:23:47.183+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6082607/Was there ever a woman who didn't want him? Was there ever a man who didn't want to be like him? Even Cary Grant once said he wanted to be just like Cary Grant.  Marc Eliot is the author of a new book, "Cary Grant: A Biography," which reveals new information about the actor's life. Read an excerpt .http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6082254/2004-09-27T16:21:51.883+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6082254/Fall is a good time to get involved with students, and there are new programs that bring together people of different generations so they can learn valuable lessons from one another.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6082216/2004-09-23T18:11:49.820+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6082216/ House Republican leaders backed away Thursday from a proposal to move important cybersecurity functions from the Homeland Security Department to the White House budget office.<br />http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6082092/2004-09-23T23:18:55.740+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6082092/"Formal.""‘Destination wedding.""‘Casual." Avoid a fashion faux pas with Judy Gordon’s guide to those invitation code words.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6081436/2004-09-24T15:44:29.220+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6081436/Socialite just wants to find nice man who is right for herhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6081430/2004-09-23T15:46:25.613+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6081430/"Formal." "Destination wedding." "Casual." Avoid a fashion faux pas with Judy Gordon’s guide to those invitation code words.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6081258/2004-09-24T13:19:10.153+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6081258/Aramis and Designer Fragrances, a division of high-end cosmetics firm Estee Lauder Cos., said Thursday it signed a multi-year deal naming real estate mogul and reality television star Donald Trump as the spokesperson for a new men's fragrance called 'Donald Trump, The Fragrance.'http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6081136/2004-09-24T22:25:11.630+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6081136/Baby boomers ranging from age 40 to 58 are driving a surge in the classic car market, buying the cars they couldn't purchase when they were younger.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6081129/2004-09-27T11:01:52.137+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6081129/Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is close to reaching a deal to pay about $220 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that it and other big brokerage firms participated in a scheme with Enron Corp. executives to mislead shareholders, The Wall Street Journal said Thursday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6081122/2004-09-23T14:56:05.983+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6081122/