﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Site Map -- MSNBC.com</title><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/rss/RssSitemap784.xml</link><description>MSNBC.com is a leader in breaking news and original journalism.</description><copyright>Copyright 2009 MSNBC.com</copyright><language>en-us</language><image><url>http://www.msnbc.com/images/msnbc/logo01.gif</url><title>Site Map -- MSNBC.com</title><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/</link></image><item><title>The owner of the New York Daily News offered $580 million to acquire Newsday from Tribune Co., matching a bid earlier in the week by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.</title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24317977/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T23:22:12.240+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24317977/</guid></item><item><title>There is a brilliant star that sparkles with a golden yellow or topaz hue, roughly halfway up in the eastern sky as darkness falls this week. 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But during their precious time off aboard the international space station, some spaceflyers are picking their brains to come up with the future of space sports.</title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24315507/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T20:18:38.810+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24315507/</guid></item><item><title>The first stop on Matt Lauer's Where in the World globe-trek is Buenos Aires, Argentina.&amp;#160; TODAY travel editor Peter Greenberg gives insider tips on where to stay, eat and play in the South American city. </title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24315429/</link><pubDate>2008-04-28T10:39:16.917+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24315429/</guid></item><item><title>A former teacher at a Muslim school in Maryland was again sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday for providing support to a Pakistani terrorist group. </title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24315416/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T20:17:05.657+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24315416/</guid></item><item><title>Can't decide between the two types of dessert? 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Now, he's following up with a new book that offers a way to change your lifestyle for increased weight-loss success. 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No need to take the information with a grain of salt. 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This is a transcript of their conversation.</title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24312080/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T14:59:08.933+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24312080/</guid></item><item><title>A packed SUV collided with a group of cyclists on Bolivia's "Highway of Death" on Thursday, killing nine people — including a British man who was the second foreign tourist to die this week along the notorious road.</title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24311931/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T15:16:04.723+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24311931/</guid></item><item><title>Without his waterproof feathers to keep warm, Pierre was unwilling to plunge into the academy's penguin tank and ended up shivering on the sidelines while his 19 peers played in the water.</title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24311713/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T14:51:43.780+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24311713/</guid></item><item><title>Nintendo does not plan to cut prices of its popular Wii gaming console or DS handheld game system anytime soon, the company's president said Friday.</title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24311604/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T15:15:19.380+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24311604/</guid></item><item><title>The top U.S. military official accused Iran on Friday of increasing arms and training support to insurgents in Iraq as well as militants battling U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. </title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24311124/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T14:58:40.293+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24311124/</guid></item><item><title>The Democrats' seemingly unending battle to pick a nominee for the White House is taking a toll on the public, with growing numbers also saying this year's campaign is too long.</title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24310885/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T15:59:59.707+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24310885/</guid></item><item><title>A growing number of young, left-leaning believers are entering the political arena, hoping to expand the focus of faith-based politics beyond the religious right's hot-button issues.</title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24310810/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T14:16:36.450+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24310810/</guid></item><item><title>The House Speaker says, 'There's plenty of talent to go around to draw upon for a good, strong ticket. 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Pete Domenici created an appearance of impropriety when he called a federal prosecutor to ask about the timing of corruption indictments, the Senate ethics committee said Thursday, but the panel recommended no punishment.</title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24302436/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T01:14:43.620+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24302436/</guid></item><item><title>A car bomb exploded next to a police station in a northwestern city Friday, killing three people and ending a five-week lull in the deadly explosions that have plagued Pakistan. </title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24302195/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T05:06:27.397+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24302195/</guid></item><item><title>An earthquake has shaken buildings in downtown Reno, but there are no immediate reports of damage.</title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24301832/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T00:53:18.297+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24301832/</guid></item><item><title /><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24301772/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T01:05:51.717+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24301772/</guid></item><item><title>Multiple potentially serious concerns, including contaminated packaging of children's vaccines, were spotted by federal regulators who combed Merck &amp;amp; Co.'s vaccine plant in the Philadelphia suburbs, according to a published report.</title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24301679/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T00:05:08.833+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24301679/</guid></item><item><title>Some questions and answers, beginning with one that recalls the administration's public certainty that Saddam Hussein was amassing weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.</title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24301378/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T00:02:30.363+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24301378/</guid></item><item><title>A custody case that wrecked a small-town south Texas mayor's political career ended Thursday when she was ordered to return a Shih Tzu to her neighbors.</title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24301366/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T00:13:06.563+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24301366/</guid></item><item><title>A landlord couple accused of cutting the supports under a renter's San Francisco apartment are facing felony charges in an alleged campaign to terrorize tenants into leaving.</title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24301349/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T00:32:47.417+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24301349/</guid></item><item><title>Maria Silva is an anchor and reporter at KVBC Channel 3, the NBC affiliate in Las Vegas; 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Do you think you know where he's going?&amp;#160; We've got two clues for you ...</title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24298360/</link><pubDate>2008-04-24T21:36:12.357+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24298360/</guid></item><item><title>United Airlines, the second-largest U.S. carrier, raised most domestic airfares by 3 to 5 percent Thursday as it struggles to cope with soaring fuel costs.</title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24298350/</link><pubDate>2008-04-24T22:49:50.160+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24298350/</guid></item><item><title>"Have I Got a Guy for You!" by Alix Strauss is a take-no-prisoners collection of hilarious, true stories. The author introduces readers to two dozen victims of well-meaning mothers who meddle and tells &amp;#160;the unvarnished details of what they suffered through. An excerpt. &lt;br /&gt;</title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24298235/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T11:20:55.017+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24298235/</guid></item><item><title>The teen-parent relationship has always been a tenuous one. If only you’d had some solid advice on how to relate to and level with your parents on everything from dating dilemmas to nose piercing. Well, today’s teenagers do! 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If your man has been irritable or depressed&amp;#160; lately, he may be suffering from andropause — the male version of menopause. Sex therapist Dr. Ian Kerner explains. </title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24297959/</link><pubDate>2008-04-25T13:12:27.490+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24297959/</guid></item><item><title>The Democratic primary is raising questions about how political parties can best measure the popular will. No surprise that supporters on each side favor those numbers that help their candidate the most. </title><description /><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24297764/</link><pubDate>2008-04-24T19:44:19.747+00:00</pubDate><category>National</category><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24297764/</guid></item></channel></rss>