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Site Map -- MSNBC.comhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/rss/RssSitemap484.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/South Africans lined up Wednesday to vote in an election energized by Jacob Zuma, who has helped generate an excitement not seen since the country's first multiracial vote in 1994. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30329867/2009-04-22T19:50:15.710+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30329867/Analysis: Just as the Obama administration was reaching out to Iran, the Islamic Republic sentenced a U.S. journalist to eight years in prison and leveled an attack on Israel as racist.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30329861/2009-04-21T21:28:47.033+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30329861/Italy premier Silvio Berlusconi appears with a giant pair of wings and little else in a new work of art that is creating a sensation.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30329847/2009-04-21T23:10:29.633+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30329847/The Dutch military is being criticized for catching and then releasing nine Somali pirates who hijacked a fishing boat carrying two dozen Yemenis.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30329846/2009-04-21T22:20:42.067+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30329846/Cash isn't always the best way to reward workers — especially these days, when it isn't available anyway. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30329776/2009-06-15T23:48:09.930+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30329776/United Airlines joins others in requiring passengers who don't fit in one seat to buy another, while Ryanair floats a “fat tax” proposal.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30329345/2009-04-23T14:11:26.170+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30329345/So  wait … how is it Perez Hilton, the gossip blogger who built a career by drawing male genitalia and cartoon cocaine on celebrity photos, is now the media’s official spokesperson on one of the most important civil rights issues in America? Oh, yeah! The Internet. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30329216/2009-04-23T12:50:48.983+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30329216/The Egyptian Health Ministry says a 6-year-old boy has died of bird flu, the country's 24th casualty to the lethal virus.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328980/2009-04-21T18:09:41.247+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328980/The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police need a warrant to search the vehicle of someone they have arrested if the person is locked up in a patrol cruiser and poses no threat to officers.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328976/2009-04-21T18:36:26.607+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328976/Break-dancers suffer a relatively high rate of injury and many fail to give themselves time to heal, a new study suggests.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328915/2009-04-21T18:40:59.453+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328915/The long stretch of relative calm in Baghdad is sparking a marriage boom among couples who put their lives on hold due to sectarian violence.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328790/2009-04-21T23:47:56.760+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328790/The newly detected presence of two complex organic molecules in the Milky Way suggests the building blocks for life may exist in space even before the formation of planets.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328726/2009-04-21T17:55:47.637+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328726/The government's "stress tests" of 19 large banks take a harsher view of loans than of other troubled assets, which favors a few Wall Street banks while potentially threatening regional players.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328551/2009-04-21T18:20:50.183+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328551/What's the greenest city in Europe?  Who is the world-wide leader in wind power production?  Find out when you take our green video quiz.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328440/2009-04-21T18:33:16.587+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328440/I propose the following leadership guidelines for C-level executives, investment bankers, entrepreneurs, and everyone else.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328338/2009-05-05T17:15:30.383+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328338/Political analyst Pat Buchanan: At the Summit of the Americas, President Barack Obama did not speak at in defense of the country when other world leaders had nothing nice to say about the region.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328145/2009-04-21T17:51:15.320+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328145/Southern Utah is home to five parks that maintain a friendly rivalry. May means drier terrain, more predictable weather, and smaller crowds than in summer.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328070/2009-04-21T18:05:21.300+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30328070/A crystal riddled with tiny pores has the highest surface area of any material in the world, according to the University of Michigan chemists who created the material.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30327816/2009-04-21T17:15:55.747+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30327816/House proposal would put agency in charge of protecting stability of entire financial system, but some fear it would muddy the bank's mission.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30327813/2009-04-23T03:00:29.267+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30327813/Want to look sexy instead of silly while wearing the tallest of heels? Class is in session, and model Anastassia Khozissova is ready to whip you into shape. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30327532/2009-04-21T17:03:06.297+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30327532/Many companies sell offsets, which promise to compensate for your share of carbon dioxide that planes, trains, and automobiles spew out during your travels. But not every offset makes a clear difference. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30327480/2009-04-21T16:53:08.050+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30327480/Airline stocks sputtered Tuesday amid a broader market downturn, as several carriers reported June data indicating traffic is not improving.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30327454/2009-07-07T18:59:24+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30327454/Tourists who think they're putting a hand or foot in each of four U.S. states at the Four Corners area are apparently missing the mark — by about 2.5 miles.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30327372/2009-04-22T23:13:42.547+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30327372/If you think buying travel is tricky when prices are high, you have no idea how complicated life on the road can be when prices are falling. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30326765/2009-04-21T16:11:30.833+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30326765/Archaeologists exploring an old military road in the Sinai have unearthed four new temples amidst the 3,000-year-old remains of an ancient fortified city that could have been used to impress foreign delegations visiting Egypt, antiquities authorities announced Tuesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30326676/2009-04-21T16:05:26.643+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30326676/As the host of more than 24,000 visitors on busy summer days, Yellowstone National Park has adopted a wireless communications plan that seeks to balance safety and convenience with its mission of preserving the park's natural condition.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30326435/2009-04-21T16:28:14.117+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30326435/Safety investigators said Tuesday that a bus was traveling 88 to 92 miles per hour when it crashed last year in Utah, killing nine and injured 43 others. Driver fatigue was likely the root cause of the crash, they said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30326261/2009-04-21T15:42:02.743+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30326261/The flow of water in some of the world's largest rivers has declined over a half century, according to a new, comprehensive study of global stream flow.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30326211/2009-04-21T18:31:19.740+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30326211/Tens of thousands of civilians trapped in Sri Lanka's northern war zone face a "catastrophic" situation, the Red Cross said Tuesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30325989/2009-04-21T21:44:40.960+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30325989/Parts of Southern and Northern California saw a third day of record summer-like heat.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30325670/2009-04-22T01:02:01.517+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30325670/A federal report says the U.S. government will loan General Motors Corp. up to $5 billion more to make it through June 1, and Chrysler LLC could get up to $500 million more by April 30.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30325628/2009-04-21T23:17:44.763+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30325628/A ‘cash for clunker’ bill on Capitol Hill aims to boost sales of more fuel-efficient cars, but some critics say the plan ought to be modified, if not scrappedhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30325553/2009-05-03T21:51:22.997+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30325553/The lightest exoplanet yet discovered — only about twice the mass of Earth — has been detected, astronomers announced Tuesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30325498/2009-04-21T15:42:32.703+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30325498/The president is leaving the door open to possible prosecution of Bush administration officials who devised harsh terrorism-era interrogation tactics. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30325495/2009-04-21T22:08:38.923+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30325495/A man accused of telling an off-duty Northwest Airlines pilot that he had explosives in his carry-on bag was sentenced to four years probation for making false threats.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30325394/2009-04-21T15:18:13.927+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30325394/Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse grew up destitute in Somalia, the oldest of 12 children and the product of a violent, lawless nation. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30325382/2009-04-21T21:33:36.827+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30325382/Falling oil prices and unease over corporate earnings are putting more pressure on stocks, which were mostly lower Friday, as investors shed positions in energy, industrial companies and banks.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30324803/2009-07-10T16:30:56+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30324803/Falling oil prices and unease over corporate earnings are putting more pressure on stocks, which were mostly lower Friday, as investors shed positions in energy, industrial companies and banks.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30324773/2009-07-10T16:30:59+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30324773/The Mayo Clinic has combined its medical expertise with technology in a free Web site launching Tuesday that will let people store personal health and medical information.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30324536/2009-04-21T16:06:58.373+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30324536/A fugitive animal rights activist charged with bombing two California offices has become the first domestic terrorist named to the FBI's list of "Most Wanted" terror suspects. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30324424/2009-04-21T16:49:47.583+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30324424/Surprising new research says nearly 1.3 million Americans are living with a spinal-cord injury, five times more than previous estimates.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30324419/2009-04-21T14:13:59.057+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30324419/National libraries and the U.N. education agency put some of humanity's earliest written works online Tuesday, from ancient Chinese oracle bones to the first European map of the New World.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30324140/2009-04-21T13:40:00.533+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30324140/The International Monetary Fund says U.S. financial institutions will suffer $2.7 trillion in losses from the global credit crisis, part of a worldwide total expected to top $4 trillion.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30323935/2009-04-21T13:48:41.377+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30323935/Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dropped language describing the Holocaust as "ambiguous and dubious" from a speech attacking Israel, the U.N. said Tuesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30323549/2009-04-21T20:43:55.253+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30323549/Caterpillar reported a first-quarter loss compared with a year-ago profit, hurt by a big charge for layoffs and sharp sales declines across the globe.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30323467/2009-04-21T12:58:47.543+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30323467/Go ahead and call him a fall guy, because that’s how photographer Kerry Skarbakka makes his acclaimed and sometimes controversial images. In fact, photos of Skarbakka falling from just about everywhere have made him a celebrity in the art world.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30323362/2009-04-21T15:34:20.367+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30323362/Chemical maker DuPont Co. reported a 59 percent drop in first-quarter profit Tuesday, citing a severe decline in global industrial demand.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30323353/2009-04-21T12:51:39.803+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30323353/Cambridge University says physicist Stephen Hawking is still hospitalized but recovering from a chest infection.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30323352/2009-04-22T23:22:50.493+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30323352/Merck & Co. posted a 57 percent drop in first-quarter profit, falling short of expectations, because of a drop in sales of its drugs and income from its partnership on cholesterol medicines.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30323127/2009-04-21T12:42:43.633+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30323127/We're looking for women as well as tweens and teen girls to share their thoughts about their bodies, and how those images have evolved over time. If you live in the New York City area, e-mail us and we may be interested in speaking with you for an upcoming segment.  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30322646/2009-04-21T12:26:01.377+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30322646/President Barack Obama is embarking on his next foreign mission.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30322335/2009-07-05T09:03:50+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30322335/President Barack Obama is embarking on his next foreign mission.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30322233/2009-07-05T09:03:43+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30322233/Indicted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has lost his bid to travel outside the country to appear on reality TV. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30322067/2009-04-21T21:38:24.397+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30322067/The AmeriCorps program will triple in size over the next eight years, and tens of thousands of other Americans will soon see new opportunities to give back to their communities.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30322060/2009-04-21T21:11:22.747+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30322060/The Kansas governor won Senate committee approval as health secretary over Republican opposition Tuesday, putting her on track for a final Senate vote in coming days. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30322052/2009-04-21T20:27:46.667+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30322052/Asked about gay marriage by openly gay Miss USA pageant judge Perez Hilton Sunday, finalist Carrie Prejean said marriage should be between a man and a woman. On Tuesday Hilton said he was still “offended” by her reply, but Prejean said, “I wouldn’t change a thing.”http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30322005/2009-04-21T13:33:46.790+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30322005/Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner acknowledged continued weaknesses in the U.S. financial system but the government's financial rescue policies were showing signs of progress.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30321953/2009-04-21T20:40:28.967+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30321953/An eight-year jail term for a U.S. journalist may be reconsidered on appeal, a spokesman for Iran's judiciary said Tuesday in a possible indication her sentence will be commuted.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30321788/2009-04-21T12:31:24.220+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30321788/Bank of New York Mellon Corp. said Tuesday that its first-quarter profit dropped an unexpectedly steep 57 percent and that it was slashing its dividend. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30321754/2009-04-21T14:20:53.967+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30321754/U.S. stock futures are extending their decline as the country's June unemployment rate hit a 26-year high.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30321676/2009-07-02T12:59:45+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30321676/Accused Craigslist killer Philip Markoff was described Tuesday as “a great guy” by one his best friends in college and as “a beautiful person inside and out” by his fiancee. But several experts agreed that serial killers often exhibit deceptive exteriors.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30321664/2009-04-21T14:31:07.440+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30321664/Investors seem to be running short on hope.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30321321/2009-07-10T21:48:21+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30321321/Investors seem to be running short on hope.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30321320/2009-07-10T21:48:21+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30321320/House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that she was aware a few years ago that Rep. Jane Harman had been overheard on a government wiretap. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30321210/2009-04-22T20:57:42.127+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30321210/A 52-year-old woman was attacked on her first day as an exotic dancer by a jealous co-worker wielding a stiletto heel, police in Ohio said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30320601/2009-04-21T09:52:44.030+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30320601/Defense Minister Ehud Barak hopes to buy a U.S. missile defense system to protect Israeli towns from short-range rockets and mortar fire, defense officials said Tuesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30320596/2009-04-21T10:23:28.197+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30320596/Somali pirates freed a chemical tanker and its 23 Filipino crew members Tuesday after holding them hostage in the Gulf of Aden for more than five months, the ship owner and officials said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30319724/2009-04-21T09:05:04.340+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30319724/A Loyola College student from New York and her visiting parents and younger sister were the four people found dead in a hotel room near Baltimore in an apparent murder-suicide, police said. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30319719/2009-04-22T00:49:59.300+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30319719/A Washington state man has pleaded not guilty to robbing a convenience store with his 9-year-old daughter by his side.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30319423/2009-04-21T10:43:08.703+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30319423/Rosie O’Donnell has joined a growing list of celebrities touched by the story of “Britain’s Got Talent” star Susan Boyle. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30316372/2009-04-21T01:43:04.737+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30316372/North Korea refused Tuesday to release a seized South Korean worker during tense talks with Seoul officials amid global worries over Pyongyang's nuclear plans. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30316233/2009-04-21T20:51:23.277+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30316233/Mortgage brokers and small lenders say they've been left out of a big part of the Obama administration's plan to help borrowers refinance their home loans and take advantage of near record-low interest rates.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30316005/2009-04-21T00:55:15.490+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30316005/The field is down to seven on “Dancing With The Stars,” so we’re about done with the part where you can fake it. At this point, if you can’t dance, you’re in big trouble. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30315472/2009-04-21T02:21:31.467+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30315472/Astronomers have completed the most wide-ranging census of baby stars in and around the Orion nebula, and found a stellar nursery that's both chaotic and crowded.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30315456/2009-04-21T00:24:08.203+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30315456/A South Texas woman remained paralyzed Monday after her Continental Airlines flight from Houston to McAllen experienced severe turbulence.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30315369/2009-04-20T23:36:38.880+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30315369/The Rachel Maddow Show guest listhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30315314/2009-04-20T23:22:43.717+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30315314/Fifty four-legged candidates went paw-to-paw at this year’s Beautiful Bulldog Contest in Des Moines, Iowa, but only one was crowned top dog. For three years, Porterhouse was so close to the title he could drool on it. Now, the crown is his to slobber on for the rest of the year.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30315271/2009-04-21T15:51:21.513+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30315271/A survivor of the jetliner that ditched in the Hudson River after hitting birds and most other public commenters opposed a government proposal to make secret its data on when and where such bird strikes occur.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30315268/2009-04-20T23:25:13.187+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30315268/You may think you know what it takes to nail a job interview — how your cover letter should look, what to wear, how to make your greatest weaknesses sound like strengths.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314963/2009-04-24T15:23:19.840+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314963/Anxiety is growing again over the health of the largest banks, and with Congress hesitant to commit more money, the Obama administration is exploring ways to strengthen them.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314920/2009-04-20T23:22:05.617+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314920/If IBM Corp. had managed to buy longtime rival Sun Microsystems Inc., it might have been as incongruous as waking up to a big blue sun.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314853/2009-04-20T22:48:37.800+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314853/<font size="1">A Boston medical student accused of targeting women who advertised exotic services on Craigslist was ordered held without bail on charges he sought to rob a masseuse, but killed her. </font> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314735/2009-04-22T11:51:20.767+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314735/Soak up the weather with easy-to-make cocktails and tasty finger foods! Martha Stewart shares her top recipes of the season, including  a grapefruit and mint mojito, curried shrimp, vodka-thyme lemonade and more.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314497/2009-04-22T13:22:47.387+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314497/House proposal would put agency in charge of protecting stability of entire financial system, but some fear it would muddy the bank's mission.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314493/2009-04-23T03:00:09.077+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314493/Cutting out your cell phone from your life might not be an option, but cutting down your bill most certainly is. Here, Consumer Reports offers tips to weed out unneeded services and extra fees without losing any talk time.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314395/2009-04-21T14:41:55.650+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314395/President Barack Obama's prolific fundraising carried on through Inauguration Day: His inaugural committee raised at least $53 million from donors for his swearing-in festivities.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314394/2009-04-20T22:40:11.060+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314394/Authorities have arrested a Southern California man after determining that a dead horse on his property had been struck repeatedly with a sledge hammer and decapitated with a chain saw.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314369/2009-04-20T21:59:41.390+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314369/Ever since campus counseling centers were established in the 1940s, college officials have known that the prevalence and severity of students' mental health problems were rising.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314353/2009-04-21T01:16:00.740+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314353/No matter your weight or width, the next time you fly make sure you know your airline’s policy on “seatmates of size.” Better yet, print it out and carry it with you. It could help you avoid a pain in the butt and save you some bucks.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314210/2009-04-23T14:21:28.333+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314210/When John Mayer isn’t gabbing to the media about his on-again off-again romance with ex Jennifer Aniston, the singer-songwriter’s happy to spill the details to anyone else within earshot. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314096/2009-04-21T01:54:31.253+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30314096/At least one in every 100 white dwarf stars may be orbited by asteroids and rocky planets, new observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggest. The finding could mean that these now dead stars once hosted solar systems similar to our own.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313853/2009-04-20T22:08:22.657+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313853/The sole survivor among a group of pirates accused of attacking an American cargo ship off the Somali coast was charged as an adult Tuesday and could face life imprisonment if convicted. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313755/2009-04-22T00:28:32.323+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313755/Women with psoriasis run a higher risk of diabetes and high blood pressure, perhaps because of the underlying inflammation that causes the skin condition, researchers said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313666/2009-04-20T21:59:22.520+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313666/House proposal would put agency in charge of protecting stability of entire financial system, but some fear it would muddy the bank's mission.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313660/2009-04-23T20:36:37.403+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313660/Authorities have arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of a man who was operating a state police photo radar unit along a Phoenix freeway, a police official said Monday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313639/2009-04-20T22:33:43.157+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313639/A woman whose car plunged off a dead-end road into an Arkansas lake told investigators she tried to rescue her three young sons from the vehicle but lost her grip on them in the water, a sheriff says.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313638/2009-04-20T21:04:54.070+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313638/A judge has denied bond for a Marine who fled to Mexico shortly before he was charged with killing a pregnant colleague in North Carolina.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313630/2009-04-20T21:23:56.810+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313630/Navies from the United States and 10 other countries on Monday launched two weeks of war exercises off Florida's Atlantic coast that will include training in combating piracy and drug smuggling.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313626/2009-04-20T21:09:45.527+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313626/A generation ago parents felt free to discipline other people’s kids. Today? Not so much. Seems like there’s a fine line between speaking up and provoking a confrontation — here’s how to walk it.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313559/2009-04-20T20:48:05.707+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313559/After hearing news reports about a woman with memory problems who disappeared into the remote Maine woods, Claire Young had a talk with her husband, who has dementia.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313527/2009-04-21T01:13:10.440+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313527/