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Site Map -- MSNBC.comhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/rss/RssSitemap638.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/Authorities struggled Wednesday to reach dozens of small cities in northern Brazil after floods and mudslides washed out roads. The death toll from the flooding rose to at least 32.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30603884/2009-05-06T19:12:56.530+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30603884/Just one month after the reunion between Romania's Hartin Sarchizian and his only child Ruxandra, 31, both were on a ship taken hostage by Somali pirates. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30603876/2009-05-07T15:23:29.017+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30603876/South Africa's parliament elected Jacob Zuma as president Wednesday after his ruling ANC's resounding election victory, capping a remarkable political comeback. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30603870/2009-05-06T19:30:55.833+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30603870/From David Letterman to Jon Stewart, the late-night universe offers a variety of hosts and shows for every taste.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30603843/2009-05-22T00:26:29.103+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30603843/She may not be famous, but your mom is a shining star who deserves to be showered with celeb-worthy presents. TODAY style editor Bobbie Thomas offers Tinseltown’s best bets for your one true idol.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30603831/2009-05-07T14:28:16.537+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30603831/The Treasury’s “stress test” on banks has produced a number of unintended consequences —including more stress for depositors and investors. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30603304/2009-05-06T18:41:56.063+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30603304/Wal-Mart agreed Wednesday to pay nearly $2 million and improve safety at its 92 New York stores as part of a deal with prosecutors that avoids criminal charges in the trampling death of a temporary worker last year.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30603295/2009-05-06T18:06:25.537+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30603295/The Alabama senator says President Obama assured him that he was not planning to nominate a "bomb-thrower" to succeed retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30603074/2009-05-06T18:59:22.170+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30603074/German automobile maker Porsche is indicating that it and Volkswagen may be moving toward an "integrated" company, but says each would retain their independence.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30603053/2009-05-06T18:13:33.713+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30603053/Canadian scientists say they are the first to genetically sequence the swine flu virus, a breakthrough they hope will help identify the origins of the virus and reveal how it spreads.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30602919/2009-05-06T17:33:27+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30602919/This lousy economy — complete with massive layoffs, shrinking benefits and dwindling retirement funds — has forced people to rethink where they put their bodies from 9 to 5.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30602877/2009-05-11T15:53:21.137+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30602877/Are you on the scene of the wildfires in Southern California? Send us your personal reports, pictures or video and help msnbc.com cover the news. We'll publish the best on msnbc.com.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30602662/2009-05-06T17:44:57.927+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30602662/Former CNBC anchor Dylan Ratigan joins MSNBC, anchoring weekdays 9-11 a.m. ET following "Morning Joe," beginning Monday, June 29.  The announcement was made today by Phil Griffin, President, MSNBC.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30602284/2009-05-06T17:02:43.810+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30602284/Celebrate and honor her with delicious dishes from Giada De Laurentiis. The celebrity chef shares her recipes for a Mother’s Day brunch that includes pancetta and cinnamon waffles and an espresso nightcap with vanilla whipped cream.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30602244/2009-05-07T13:51:06.773+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30602244/A new government audit says the nation's air traffic control systems are vulnerable to cyber attacks, and support systems have been breached in recent months allowing hackers access to personnel records and network servers.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30602242/2009-05-07T02:06:39.087+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30602242/Maine Gov. John Baldacci signed a bill allowing gay marriages, making Maine the fifth state in the nation to do so.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30602151/2009-05-06T23:23:32.070+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30602151/When an ant dies, its nestmates quickly pack it off. That way, the risk to the colony of infection is reduced. But how do they know its dead?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30602146/2009-05-06T21:54:04.517+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30602146/A Marine Corps helicopter crashed in a remote area of Southern California, killing the only two people who were on board, authorities said Wednesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30601970/2009-05-06T20:08:19.443+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30601970/Velvety, fine-crumbed and deliciously dense, the perfect pound cake takes focus and a watchful eye. Chef Scott Peacock shows how to make the all-American classic.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30601896/2009-05-07T14:33:12.570+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30601896/At least three of the 19 largest U.S. banks have passed government stress tests of their financial strength. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30601864/2009-05-06T21:41:03.877+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30601864/Sometimes, a book is just a book. But Obama's first nightstand selection as commander in chief may reveal some details about the nation's new, hard-to-fathom president. Howard Fineman explains.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30601836/2009-05-06T19:25:33.723+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30601836/You and your partner are probably so busy discussing the pros and cons of computerized calligraphy that a heart-to-heart about married life may not be on your to-do list. But if you want a long and happy marriage, here Brides.com reveals the tricky topics to discuss before you say “I do.”http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30601594/2009-05-06T16:49:59.540+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30601594/For the first time, the number of U.S. households opting for only cell phones outnumber those with only traditional landlines in a high-tech shift accelerated by the recession.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30601416/2009-05-06T16:15:10.013+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30601416/We dress them up. We feed them gourmet foods. We treat them like members of the family. So when we have to fly — whether it be on a beach vacation or to grandma's house, our pets are often a first-class priority.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30601284/2009-06-03T13:58:13.373+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30601284/Eating extremely hot foods is more than just a dare—the spiciest dishes in the world often play a big role in a particular culture's culinary traditionhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600910/2009-05-10T05:09:28.387+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600910/The Obama administration and international negotiators are drafting a new strategy for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and expect to unveil it within six weeks, Mideast envoy Tony Blair said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600834/2009-05-06T16:35:46.743+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600834/The warp drive, one of Star Trek's hallmark inventions, could someday become science instead of science fiction.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600749/2009-05-06T16:03:50.770+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600749/The Boston Globe and its largest employees union reached a tentative agreement early Wednesday on concessions that will keep the 137-year-old newspaper publishing.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600582/2009-05-06T15:24:41.910+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600582/Bruce O. Riedel, a retired CIA expert on South Asia, who chaired a special interagency committee to develop President Obama's policy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, discusses the threats posed by instability in the region with CFR.org.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600547/2009-05-06T16:10:30.447+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600547/A former security guard has been sentenced to life plus 85 years in prison for the 2007 hijacking of the "Joe Cool" charter boat and killings of four people aboard.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600518/2009-05-06T16:02:30.920+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600518/The moderator of 'Meet the Press' shares his take on President Obama's first 100 days.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600505/2009-05-06T15:18:12.590+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600505/Amazon.com will release a larger — and more expensive — version of its Kindle electronic reading device that is geared toward periodicals and textbooks. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600296/2009-05-06T23:27:37.637+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600296/Seahorses first stood up sometime after 25 to 20 million years ago, when bodies of open water between Australia and Indonesia changed, leaving these horse-resembling bony fishes with shallow sea grass habitat, according to a new study. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600080/2009-05-06T15:20:34.590+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30600080/Britain's Prince Charles has enlisted an animated amphibian in his campaign to protect the world's rainforests.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30599779/2009-05-06T14:45:02.083+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30599779/President Barack Obama declared he got the commitments he wanted Wednesday from the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan to more aggressively fight Taliban and al-Qaida militants. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30599619/2009-05-06T21:48:56.683+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30599619/The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says new powers are needed to oversee companies that become so big their failure would pose financial risks to the economy.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30599617/2009-05-06T19:58:46.933+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30599617/The NBC News correspondent participated in a Web chat about the conflict.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30599612/2009-05-06T14:40:03.343+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30599612/An American journalist convicted by an Iranian court of spying for the U.S. has ended her hunger strike for health reasons, her father said Wednesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30598868/2009-05-06T14:37:04.060+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30598868/Three men have been arrested in Puerto Rico after a 2-year-old girl, her dad and a 16-year-old boy were killed in a drive-by shooting. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30598771/2009-05-06T14:52:03.263+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30598771/Eleanor Squillari, the longtime secretary to Bernie Madoff, says she believes the reason the disgraced financier is not cooperating with authorities is to protect others. She also said she thinks her former boss carefully orchestrated his own arrest.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30598201/2009-05-06T15:43:45.010+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30598201/When Pope Benedict XVI comes to the Holy Land next week, he will greet a community of believers whose numbers are gradually eroding.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30598107/2009-05-06T19:16:51.410+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30598107/Attorneys for a dissident group of Chrysler LLC’s lenders have released a list of members that was smaller than expected and represent just a fraction of the automaker’s debt.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30598026/2009-05-06T17:16:29.163+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30598026/Campaigning against teen pregnancy, Bristol Palin,  18-year-old daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, said a baby “is not just an accessory on your hip. This is hard work.” But she called her 4-month-old son Tripp “not a mistake at all. He’s a blessing.”http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30597615/2009-05-06T13:39:37.260+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30597615/TODAY’s financial editor Jean Chatzky, CNBC personal finance correspondent Sharon Epperson and CNBC’s On the Money anchor Carmen Wong Ulrich offer viewers financial advice. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30597476/2009-05-06T14:32:59.523+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30597476/Banks that want to pay back their federal bailout funds will have to sever their ties to another financial assistance program.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30596833/2009-05-06T12:02:26.067+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30596833/They say every dog has its day, but this one has had more than most: Chanel, a dachshund mix, is approaching her 21st birthday (that’s 120 in human years, says her vet). And though she wears “doggles” for cataracts and gets cold easily, there’s life in the old dog yet.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30596398/2009-05-06T14:13:10.903+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30596398/Some Supreme Court potentials have extensive corporate holdings, including shares in Fortune 500 companies and stock in a manufacturer that recalled lead-paint-coated toilet seats.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30596297/2009-05-06T15:49:13.813+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30596297/The embattled Republican senator says he'll reconsider running for a third term if he doesn't meet his fundraising goals.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30596286/2009-05-06T14:27:05.047+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30596286/A couple and their toddler son have been found shot to death in their California apartment in an apparent murder-suicide, police said Wednesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30596207/2009-05-06T19:08:20.603+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30596207/Bush administration lawyers who approved harsh interrogation techniques of terror suspects should not face criminal charges, Justice Department investigators say in a draft report. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30596052/2009-05-06T10:58:26.650+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30596052/This week should have been a joyous time for Judy Trunnell, a 33-year-old schoolteacher who had just given birth to a healthy baby girl.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30595972/2009-05-06T20:44:26.167+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30595972/Thousands of evacuees were told they could go home Saturday as a blanket of cool, moist air flowing in from the ocean brought a dramatic change, taming the wind-driven wildfire. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30594933/2009-05-10T04:13:00.463+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30594933/A car bomb exploded Wednesday at the entrance to a fruit and vegetable market in south Baghdad, killing 15 people and wounding about 40, police and hospital officials said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30594331/2009-05-06T12:32:37.290+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30594331/Pakistan launched air and ground attacks against up to 7,000 Taliban militants entrenched in a northwestern valley Wednesday, killing dozens holed up at emerald mines and on forested hillsides. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30594041/2009-05-07T08:53:05.240+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30594041/A man was charged Tuesday with smuggling songbirds into the U.S. by hiding more than a dozen of them in a custom-tailored pair of leggings during a flight from Vietnam to Los Angeles.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30593503/2009-05-06T12:10:48.887+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30593503/A storm front with severe weather settled across the South on Wednesday with heavy rains, a possible tornado in Alabama and damage to about 100 properties throughout the region.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30589272/2009-05-06T18:38:10.200+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30589272/Authorities in Southern California have ordered about 1,200 homes to evacuate because of a wind-driven wildfire burning in Santa Barbara County.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30589186/2009-05-06T01:25:46.880+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30589186/Four police officers in Trinidad intercepted a smuggling boat at gunpoint and stole 1,000 endangered birds and monkeys along with 400 pounds of wild animal meat, authorities said Tuesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588932/2009-05-06T01:54:41.667+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588932/Floods and mudslides from heavy rains in northern Brazil have driven more than 186,000 from their homes and killed 19 people, officials said Tuesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588909/2009-05-06T01:14:20.590+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588909/Inauguration Day? Nope. First puppy? Negative. Triumphal tour of Europe? Not even. First lady Michelle Obama called her appearance  Tuesday on "Sesame Street" probably the best thing. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588906/2009-05-06T12:06:35.913+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588906/Baseball has Cooperstown. Pro football has Canton. Video games have … Ottumwa?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588831/2009-05-06T12:43:15.367+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588831/Share your photos, stories and videos of Elkhart.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588754/2009-05-06T00:36:04.903+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588754/Big night out without the big budget? It's completely possible, according to party-planning and prom experts.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588715/2009-05-06T00:25:37.877+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588715/A small group of powerful House Democrats has asked the Justice Department to investigate whether American Indian tribes are engaging in modern-day racial segregation against black "freedmen."http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588587/2009-05-06T00:30:23.133+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588587/Health insurance companies, facing the threat of a government health plan, offered on Tuesday to reduce rates for millions of women and accept close federal regulation of their industry.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588583/2009-05-06T00:46:11.197+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588583/Even worse then getting sick in space is discovering that a medicine, which worked fine on Earth, just doesn't do the job in zero gravity. That's why NASA is flying a tiny research satellite called PharmaSat.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588385/2009-05-06T23:19:06.533+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588385/A Hyena's giggle is not actually laughter, but a sound of frustration. New research found a way to distinguish individual hyenas based on the peculiarities of their, well, let's call them fighting words. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588225/2009-05-05T23:35:19.833+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588225/The network is negotiating to turn over the time to its affiliates. Viewers will see programming picked by their local stations instead of the reruns the CW is now airing.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588196/2009-05-05T23:26:15.093+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588196/With different deadlines, eligibility standards, and reporting requirements for each stream of federal stimulus funds, some local officials say all the bureaucracy is blunting the plan's effectiveness.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588127/2009-05-05T23:28:02.170+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588127/Police say they found ammunition and homemade explosives in the locker of a western New York high school senior after he used a sawed-off shotgun to commit suicide in a bathroom.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588059/2009-05-06T00:11:25.013+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30588059/Department of Defense officials say an experimental satellite for the U.S. missile defense program has been launched.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587952/2009-05-05T23:09:14.977+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587952/Former Guns N' Roses star mentors the four remaining finalists as they tackle the rock genre. As could be expected, it came naturally to only half of them.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587798/2009-05-06T12:46:36.303+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587798/Brenda Bailey is on a roll. Since September, the 59-year-old South Charleston woman has won five West Virginia Lottery cash prizes, totaling $167,600. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587771/2009-05-05T23:22:00.463+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587771/A guided bike-and-boat tour of the countryside along the St. Lawrence River. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587721/2009-05-06T13:28:15.200+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587721/Only four stars remain in the ballroom fighting for the infamous mirrorball trophy. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587669/2009-05-06T02:27:58.390+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587669/AP IMPACT: Lobbyists, health care heavyweights visited White House early and often for revamphttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587329/2009-11-25T23:09:58+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587329/California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says it's time for a debate on whether to legalize marijuana, though he says he's not supporting the idea.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587296/2009-05-06T21:30:22.267+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587296/A new book paints a picture of an intense, angry Caroline Kennedy bent on extending her family's legacy in the U.S. Senate only to end her quest when her kids no longer recognized their cool, composed mother.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587039/2009-05-05T21:57:21.927+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587039/The Federal Reserve says investors requested $10.6 billion worth of loans in a program aimed at jump-starting lending to consumers and small businesses.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587011/2009-05-05T21:59:04.773+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587011/Bush administration lawyers who approved harsh interrogation techniques of terror suspects should not face criminal charges, Justice Department investigators say in a draft report. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587005/2009-05-06T11:07:14.317+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30587005/General Motors Corp. says it may offer current shareholders a reverse stock split that would give them one share of new stock for every 100 shares they currently own.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586983/2009-05-05T21:54:03.927+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586983/A lawyer for alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk said Tuesday that he is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the deportation of the 89-year-old to Germany.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586946/2009-05-05T21:55:53.317+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586946/Disney says it will no longer scan riders on Splash Mountain and three other rides for guests who feel the need to flash their breasts for souvenir photos.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586772/2009-05-05T21:33:50.307+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586772/The directors of the Miss California USA pageant are looking into whether title holder Carrie Prejean violated her contract by working with a national group opposed to gay marriage and by posing semi-nude when she was a teenage model.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586742/2009-05-05T21:40:50.720+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586742/With the virtual collapse of the recreational vehicle  industry, long the mainstay of the Elkhart, Ind. economy, the city needs to re-create itself and generate jobs.  By msnbc.com's Kari Huus.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586469/2009-05-05T21:11:44.127+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586469/Five years ago, a shotgun blast left a ghastly hole where the middle of her face had been. Five months ago, she received a new face from a dead woman.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586321/2009-05-06T12:49:59.417+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586321/Now, it’s Apple’s candy store and the company can jerk would-be developers and customers alike with its opaque and incomprehensible app submission disclaimer. But when Apple randomly refuses art (i.e. the NIN app update), well that’s just censorship. Plus stupid.  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586190/2009-05-07T13:17:48.107+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586190/In “The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food Is Making Us Sick and What We Can Do About It,” author Robyn O’Brien — known as the “Erin Brockovich of the food industry” — exposes hidden dangers in the seemingly safe ingredients we feed our children and families.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586160/2009-05-06T15:25:16.707+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586160/Novel approaches to airport funding offer insights on how the U.S. will fund, build and manage its transportation infrastructure for years to come.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586135/2009-05-06T13:36:19.397+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586135/Looking for some serious barbecue? Meat master Adam Perry Lang shares his grilling expertise with this recipe for the perfect aged rib-eye steak, prepared with just a dusting of salt and pepper.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586049/2009-05-06T14:36:34.447+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30586049/A Fiat tie-up with GM's Opel unit would allow "immense" cost savings, the Italian auto maker's boss was quoted Tuesday as saying, arguing the two companies would be a good fit.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30585558/2009-05-05T21:42:36.443+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30585558/Pakistan is not a failed state but its government is facing tremendous challenges and needs U.S. help to counter Taliban advances, the Obama administration's point man for the region said Tuesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30585175/2009-05-05T23:15:04.513+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30585175/A man sued the New Orleans Police Department, claiming he was harassed by an officer who threatened to arrest him for wearing a black pinstriped skirt to municipal court. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30585170/2009-05-05T22:12:51.213+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30585170/The celebrity chef shares a tried-and-true recipe you can easily transform into a delicious chocolate or lemon-flavored treat.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30585108/2009-05-06T13:55:21.213+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30585108/With the first African-American husband and father in the White House, the time for major progress in promoting responsible fatherhood may be here, liberals and conservatives say.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30584819/2009-05-05T21:32:36.273+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30584819/Phoenix Convention Center officials want the state to suspend their liquor license — but only in part of the building — so National Rifle Association conventioneers can carry and exhibit guns.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30584805/2009-05-05T22:06:06.597+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30584805/A woman appointed to a New York City commission has resigned after coming under withering criticism for saying Mexico should "get a grip on its banditos."http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30584785/2009-05-05T19:56:45.917+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30584785/When times were good, retailers sold sundresses in February and boiled wool sweaters in August. Now, Americans worried about the recession are buying only what they need today.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30584641/2009-05-05T19:47:21.263+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30584641/The leaders of Iran and Syria reaffirmed their support for "Palestinian resistance" on Tuesday, a defiant message to the U.S. and its Mideast allies.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30584554/2009-05-05T21:26:34.253+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30584554/Iraq's prime minister said Tuesday that Iraqi forces are ready to take over their own security as the U.S. begins to withdraw but that the government still needs help gathering intelligence.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30584535/2009-05-05T22:49:36.380+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30584535/