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<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=OK59qD"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=OK59qD" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/316638221" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"David Brown";}s:8:"category";s:101:"LanderFindsIceonMars,ScientistsSayPhoenix Mars LanderMark LemmonPeter SmithUniversity of ArizonaTexas";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062003250.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:601:"Scientists with the Phoenix Mars mission yesterday declared for certain that there is ice on the Red Planet, putting them an essential step closer to answering the question that has driven three decades of Mars exploration and centuries of Earth-bound speculation: Could there have been life there?
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=OK59qD"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=OK59qD" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/316638221" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:1;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:49:" White House Dismissed Legal Advice On Detainees ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/316638222/AR2008062002939.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062002939.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:599:"Senior lawyers inside and outside the Bush administration repeatedly warned the White House that it was risking judicial scrutiny of its detention policies in Guantanamo Bay if it did not pursue a more pragmatic legal strategy that considered the likely reaction of the Supreme Court. But such...
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<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=cmAtJX"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=cmAtJX" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/316638222" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:2;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:39:" Another Pregnant Pause for Panda Fans ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/316289232/AR2008062001113.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062001113.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:497:"The Panda Watch is on again at the National Zoo. Zoo officials said yesterday that a recent hormone spike detected in the urine of giant panda Mei Xiang may be a sign that she is pregnant again.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=k7UG9e"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=k7UG9e" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/316289232" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:16:"Howard Schneider";}s:8:"category";s:49:"AnotherPregnantPauseforPandaFansMei XiangTai Shan";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062001113.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:497:"The Panda Watch is on again at the National Zoo. Zoo officials said yesterday that a recent hormone spike detected in the urine of giant panda Mei Xiang may be a sign that she is pregnant again.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=k7UG9e"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=k7UG9e" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/316289232" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:3;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:54:" Surveillance Bill Offers Protection To Telecom Firms ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315884430/AR2008061901545.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061901545.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:803:"House and Senate leaders agreed yesterday on surveillance legislation that could shield telecommunications companies from privacy lawsuits, handing President Bush one of the last major legislative victories he is likely to achieve.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135532606" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135532606" border="0" vspace="5"></a>
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=Oz5pVq"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=Oz5pVq" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315884430" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:23:"Dan Eggen and Paul Kane";}s:8:"category";s:379:"SurveillanceBillOffersProtectionToTelecomFirmsGeorge W. BushThe White HouseNancy PelosiSteny HoyerUnited StatesCaroline FredericksonHarry ReidMichael MukaseyMike McConnellRuss FeingoldTony FrattoAfghanistanAmerican Civil Liberties UnionAT&T Inc.Carrie JohnsonIraqNational Security AgencyU.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance CourtU.S. Republican PartyVerizon Communications Inc.";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061901545.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:803:"House and Senate leaders agreed yesterday on surveillance legislation that could shield telecommunications companies from privacy lawsuits, handing President Bush one of the last major legislative victories he is likely to achieve.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135532606" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135532606" border="0" vspace="5"></a>
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=Oz5pVq"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=Oz5pVq" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315884430" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:4;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:37:" Report on Climate Predicts Extremes ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315647287/AR2008061902171.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061902171.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:572:"As greenhouse-gas emissions rise, North America is likely to experience more droughts and excessive heat in some regions even as intense downpours and hurricanes pound others more often, according to a report issued yesterday by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=dMbslL"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=dMbslL" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315647287" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Juliet Eilperin";}s:8:"category";s:326:"ReportonClimatePredictsExtremesThomas R. KarlU.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSouthwest (Washington, DC)Thomas R. KnutsonAshevilleGerald A. MeehlRichard MossCanadaNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchNational Climatic Data CenterNature Publishing GroupUnited StatesWorld Wide Fund for NatureNorth America";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061902171.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:572:"As greenhouse-gas emissions rise, North America is likely to experience more droughts and excessive heat in some regions even as intense downpours and hurricanes pound others more often, according to a report issued yesterday by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=dMbslL"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=dMbslL" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315647287" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:5;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:41:" President Visits Inundated Eastern Iowa ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315665267/AR2008061901763.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061901763.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:605:"IOWA CITY, June 19 -- President Bush helicoptered over a water-soaked stretch of eastern Iowa on Thursday, swooping low in Marine One to inspect a burst dam, collapsed bridges and saturated buildings here before landing to offer sympathy to residents struggling to cope with severe flooding that has...
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=xyEVJs"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=xyEVJs" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315665267" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:18:"Michael Abramowitz";}s:8:"category";s:422:"PresidentVisitsInundatedEasternIowaGeorge W. BushCedar RapidsFEMAIowaIowa CityVince ClarkBarack ObamaChet CulverDavid GarrattFrank BruceJohn McCainKatherine HableyMarine OneMinneapolisQuincy (Illinois)R. David PaulisonDan EggenInternational Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesKari LydersenSpencer S. HsuThe Army National GuardU.S. Army Corps of EngineersUnited StatesUniversity of IowaMissouriWashington, DC";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061901763.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:605:"IOWA CITY, June 19 -- President Bush helicoptered over a water-soaked stretch of eastern Iowa on Thursday, swooping low in Marine One to inspect a burst dam, collapsed bridges and saturated buildings here before landing to offer sympathy to residents struggling to cope with severe flooding that has...
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=xyEVJs"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=xyEVJs" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315665267" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:6;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:44:" Supreme Court Rules On Self-Representation ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315884428/AR2008061901392.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061901392.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:445:"A mentally ill defendant found competent to stand trial does not have the right to act as his own attorney, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=qhsaY0"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=qhsaY0" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315884428" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Robert Barnes";}s:8:"category";s:210:"SupremeCourtRulesOnSelf-RepresentationAntonin ScaliaStephen G. BreyerU.S. Supreme CourtClarence ThomasIndianapolisWashington, DCAmerican Psychiatric AssociationExxon ValdezIndiana Supreme CourtCaliforniaIndiana";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061901392.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:445:"A mentally ill defendant found competent to stand trial does not have the right to act as his own attorney, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=qhsaY0"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=qhsaY0" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315884428" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:7;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:56:" Justice Dept. Grant Overseer Subject of Criminal Probe ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315884431/AR2008061903132.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903132.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:850:"Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation of a Justice Department grant-making official amid questions about his hiring practices, travel expenses and personal ties to groups to which he gave millions of dollars, according to two sources familiar with the probe. <br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135532846" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135532846" border="0" vspace="5"></a>
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=OuapbO"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=OuapbO" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315884431" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Carrie Johnson";}s:8:"category";s:447:"JusticeDept.GrantOverseerSubjectofCriminalProbeU.S. Department of JusticeMichele DeKontyJ. Robert FloresBarbara MikulskiBill BennettDavid H. LaufmanDuncan Jr.Elaine BennettElijah CummingsElliot S. BerkeGeorge H.W. BushHenry WaxmanRonald ReaganSt. Augustine (Florida)Tom DavisCapitol HillDOJ Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionThe Washington Post CompanyU.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformWorld Golf Foundation";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903132.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:850:"Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation of a Justice Department grant-making official amid questions about his hiring practices, travel expenses and personal ties to groups to which he gave millions of dollars, according to two sources familiar with the probe. <br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135532846" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135532846" border="0" vspace="5"></a>
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=OuapbO"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=OuapbO" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315884431" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:8;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:41:" Medicare Pays, Even If Providers Do Not ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315884429/AR2008061902483.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061902483.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:515:"Health-care providers are allowed to collect millions of dollars in federal Medicare payments each year despite owing the government more than $2 billion in back taxes, congressional investigators said yesterday.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=h19whm"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=h19whm" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315884429" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Christopher Lee";}s:8:"category";s:175:"MedicarePays,EvenIfProvidersDoNotMedicareCarl LevinNorm ColemanInternal Revenue ServiceU.S. Government Accountability OfficeKerry WeemsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061902483.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:515:"Health-care providers are allowed to collect millions of dollars in federal Medicare payments each year despite owing the government more than $2 billion in back taxes, congressional investigators said yesterday.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=h19whm"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=h19whm" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315884429" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:9;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:56:" Rice Delivers Stark Assessment of Zimbabwe's President ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315884433/AR2008061900386.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061900386.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:603:"UNITED NATIONS, June 19 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told foreign diplomats here Thursday that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's violent crackdown on opposition leaders had dashed hopes that the June 27 presidential runoff election would "be allowed to proceed in a free and fair...
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=Yc3dFP"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=Yc3dFP" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315884433" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"Colum Lynch";}s:8:"category";s:359:"RiceDeliversStarkAssessmentofZimbabwe'sPresidentCondoleezza RiceRobert MugabeZimbabweUnited NationsRaila OdingaSouthern African Development CommunityUnited StatesBernard MembeHaile MenkeriosHarareMorgan TsvangiraiAfrican UnionBritish Broadcasting CorporationDjibril BassoleKenyaSouth AfricaThe Associated PressUnited Nations Security CouncilBurkina FasoAfrica";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061900386.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:603:"UNITED NATIONS, June 19 -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told foreign diplomats here Thursday that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's violent crackdown on opposition leaders had dashed hopes that the June 27 presidential runoff election would "be allowed to proceed in a free and fair...
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=Yc3dFP"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=Yc3dFP" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315884433" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:10;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:40:" S. Korea's Lee Offers New Beef Apology ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315424469/AR2008061901299.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061901299.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:568:"SEOUL, June 19 -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak apologized again Thursday for failing to grasp the militant mad cow fears of his people and promised them that any U.S. beef sold here would only be from younger cattle deemed to be less at risk of the disease.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=IrpfMc"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=IrpfMc" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315424469" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:28:"Stella Kim and Blaine Harden";}s:8:"category";s:93:"S.Korea'sLeeOffersNewBeefApologyUnited StatesSeoulLee Myung-bakTokyoSouth KoreaWashington, DC";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061901299.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:568:"SEOUL, June 19 -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak apologized again Thursday for failing to grasp the militant mad cow fears of his people and promised them that any U.S. beef sold here would only be from younger cattle deemed to be less at risk of the disease.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=IrpfMc"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=IrpfMc" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315424469" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:11;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:51:" Domestic Spending Intact as House Passes War Bill ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315884427/AR2008061900185.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061900185.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:828:"In a pair of bipartisan votes, the House yesterday approved $162 billion to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan well into 2009 and a separate measure that would allow veterans returning from those battlefields to receive increased education benefits.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135533046" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135533046" border="0" vspace="5"></a>
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=VFQ1oe"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=VFQ1oe" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315884427" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:9:"Paul Kane";}s:8:"category";s:178:"DomesticSpendingIntactasHousePassesWarBillGeorge W. BushRahm EmanuelThe White HouseJohn BoehnerNancy PelosiAfghanistanIraqDana PerinoHarry ReidJames WebbDemocratic CaucusMedicaid";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061900185.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:828:"In a pair of bipartisan votes, the House yesterday approved $162 billion to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan well into 2009 and a separate measure that would allow veterans returning from those battlefields to receive increased education benefits.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135533046" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135533046" border="0" vspace="5"></a>
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=VFQ1oe"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=VFQ1oe" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315884427" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:12;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:61:" President Presents Medals to Honor the Contributions of Six ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315884432/AR2008061902836.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061902836.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:602:"President Bush awarded the nation's highest civilian medal yesterday to six Americans, including retired Marine Gen. Peter Pace and former Clinton administration official Donna E. Shalala, hailing contributions that he said have helped transform the U.S. military, promote better care for wounded...
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=1YgiOz"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=1YgiOz" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315884432" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:16:"William Branigin";}s:8:"category";s:434:"PresidentPresentsMedalstoHonortheContributionsofSixGeorge W. BushBenjamin S. CarsonLaurence H. SilbermanPeter PaceBill ClintonDonna ShalalaAnthony S. FauciIraqU.S. Court of AppealsThe White HouseAnnette LantosTom LantosBaltimoreBethesdaGeorge TenetU.S. Armed ForcesCentral Intelligence AgencyNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesTony FrattoU.S. House Committee on Foreign AffairsU.S. Joint Chiefs of StaffUnited States";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061902836.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:602:"President Bush awarded the nation's highest civilian medal yesterday to six Americans, including retired Marine Gen. Peter Pace and former Clinton administration official Donna E. Shalala, hailing contributions that he said have helped transform the U.S. military, promote better care for wounded...
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=1YgiOz"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=1YgiOz" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315884432" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:13;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:46:" Small towns suffer big losses as rivers rise ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315404707/AR2008061900203.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061900203.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:14:26 EDT";s:11:"description";s:491:"OAKVILLE, Iowa -- Neighbors helped neighbors push back the floodwaters seething toward tiny towns along the Mississippi River Thursday as President Bush began his first tour of the damage.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=Cd1uzy"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=Cd1uzy" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315404707" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"ALLEN G. BREED";}s:8:"category";s:37:"Smalltownssufferbiglossesasriversrise";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061900203.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:491:"OAKVILLE, Iowa -- Neighbors helped neighbors push back the floodwaters seething toward tiny towns along the Mississippi River Thursday as President Bush began his first tour of the damage.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=Cd1uzy"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=Cd1uzy" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315404707" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:14;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:49:" Jobless Claims Decline by 5,000 Following Surge ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315404705/AR2008061900828.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061900828.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:42:12 EDT";s:11:"description";s:489:"WASHINGTON -- The number of newly laid-off workers filing applications for unemployment benefits dropped slightly last week but remained at a level showing the strains of a weak economy.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=fp1vkx"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=fp1vkx" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315404705" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:17:"MARTIN CRUTSINGER";}s:8:"category";s:41:"JoblessClaimsDeclineby5,000FollowingSurge";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061900828.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:489:"WASHINGTON -- The number of newly laid-off workers filing applications for unemployment benefits dropped slightly last week but remained at a level showing the strains of a weak economy.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=fp1vkx"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=fp1vkx" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315404705" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:15;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:49:" Bush gets firsthand look at flooded Iowa cities ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315404706/AR2008061900821.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061900821.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:27:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:749:"WASHINGTON -- President Bush plans to inspect two of Iowa's flooded cities, where the water is receding but families and businesses are knee-deep in the disheartening aftermath.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135534013" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135534013" border="0" vspace="5"></a>
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=BV2q6b"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=BV2q6b" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315404706" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"BEN FELLER";}s:8:"category";s:40:"BushgetsfirsthandlookatfloodedIowacities";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061900821.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:749:"WASHINGTON -- President Bush plans to inspect two of Iowa's flooded cities, where the water is receding but families and businesses are knee-deep in the disheartening aftermath.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135534013" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135534013" border="0" vspace="5"></a>
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=BV2q6b"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=BV2q6b" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315404706" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:16;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:38:" Bush Calls for Offshore Oil Drilling ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/314691244/AR2008061800312.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061800312.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:554:"President Bush called yesterday for lifting the 27-year-old ban on U.S. offshore oil drilling, joining Sen. John McCain in endorsing an idea that Republicans hope will gain traction in Congress and on the campaign trail as the price of gasoline soars.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=EkzZ98"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=EkzZ98" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/314691244" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:38:"Michael Abramowitz and Juliet Eilperin";}s:8:"category";s:534:"BushCallsforOffshoreOilDrillingGeorge H.W. BushJohn McCainBarack ObamaGeorge W. BushU.S. Republican PartyTucker BoundsHillary ClintonThe White HouseCaliforniaSaudi ArabiaUnited StatesArnold SchwarzeneggerBill ClintonCharlie CristDaniel J. WeissHari SevuganHarry ReidJ. Robinson WestNeil NewhouseArctic National Wildlife RefugeCenter for American Progress Action FundDefenders of WildlifeGulf of MexicoNational Economic CouncilThe Gallup OrganizationU.S. Energy Information AdministrationAlaskaArizonaFloridaMassachusettsWashington, DC";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061800312.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:554:"President Bush called yesterday for lifting the 27-year-old ban on U.S. offshore oil drilling, joining Sen. John McCain in endorsing an idea that Republicans hope will gain traction in Congress and on the campaign trail as the price of gasoline soars.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=EkzZ98"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=EkzZ98" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/314691244" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:17;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:51:" Iowa Flooding Could Be An Act of Man, Experts Say ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315884434/AR2008061803371.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061803371.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:542:"As the Cedar River rose higher and higher, and as he stacked sandbags along the levee protecting downtown Cedar Falls, Kamyar Enshayan, a college professor and City Council member, kept asking himself the same question: "What is going on?"
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=TJO1lk"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=TJO1lk" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315884434" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Joel Achenbach";}s:8:"category";s:420:"IowaFloodingCouldBeAnActofMan,ExpertsSayKamyar EnshayanIowaQuincy (Illinois)Iowa State UniversityCedar RapidsElwynn TaylorLyle AsellNational Weather ServiceU.S. Geological SurveyMississippiCedar FallsCedar RiverDonna DubberkeJeri NealJerry DeWittMary SkopecPete KollaschRobert HolmesRod BlagojevichSt. LouisKari LydersenLeopold CenterLeopold Center for Sustainable AgricultureMississippi RiverUniversity of Northern Iowa";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061803371.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:542:"As the Cedar River rose higher and higher, and as he stacked sandbags along the levee protecting downtown Cedar Falls, Kamyar Enshayan, a college professor and City Council member, kept asking himself the same question: "What is going on?"
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=TJO1lk"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=TJO1lk" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315884434" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:18;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:39:" Calif. Court Considers Medical Rights ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315111175/AR2008061802913.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061802913.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:529:"LOS ANGELES -- On the heels of its ruling on same-sex marriage, California's highest court will decide another potentially landmark civil rights case: whether doctors can refuse to treat certain patients for religious reasons.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=J93Mbq"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=J93Mbq" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315111175" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:13:"Ashley Surdin";}s:8:"category";s:252:"Calif.CourtConsidersMedicalRightsChristine BrodyDouglas FentonJennifer C. PizerNorth Coast Women's Care Medical GroupCaliforniaCalifornia Supreme CourtJoan HollingerKenneth PedrozaLambda Legal Defense and Education FundUniversity of California-Berkeley";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061802913.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:529:"LOS ANGELES -- On the heels of its ruling on same-sex marriage, California's highest court will decide another potentially landmark civil rights case: whether doctors can refuse to treat certain patients for religious reasons.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=J93Mbq"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=J93Mbq" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315111175" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:19;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:44:" Student Pleads Guilty to Terrorist Support ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315389087/AR2008061803301.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061803301.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:778:"TAMPA, Fla., June 18 -- An Egyptian college student pleaded guilty Wednesday to making a video demonstrating how to build a remote bomb detonator to help terrorists kill enemies including American soldiers.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135534297" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135534297" border="0" vspace="5"></a>
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=QEvvzk"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=QEvvzk" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315389087" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Post";}s:8:"category";s:169:"StudentPleadsGuiltytoTerroristSupportAhmed Abdellatif Sherif MohamedYoussef Samir MegahedUniversity of South FloridaCharleston (South Carolina)South CarolinaYouTube Inc.";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061803301.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:778:"TAMPA, Fla., June 18 -- An Egyptian college student pleaded guilty Wednesday to making a video demonstrating how to build a remote bomb detonator to help terrorists kill enemies including American soldiers.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135534297" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135534297" border="0" vspace="5"></a>
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=QEvvzk"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=QEvvzk" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315389087" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:20;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:53:" Exams Back Up Reports of Detainee Abuse, Group Says ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/314629580/AR2008061800336.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061800336.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:575:"The first extensive medical examinations of former detainees in U.S. military jails offer corroboration for prisoners' claims of physical and psychological abuse at the hands of their American captors, a Boston-based human rights group said in a report released yesterday.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=hmtubw"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=hmtubw" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/314629580" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Joby Warrick";}s:8:"category";s:170:"ExamsBackUpReportsofDetaineeAbuse,GroupSaysUnited StatesAbu GhraibIraqBostonAntonio TagubaU.S. Armed ForcesJ.D. GordonAfghanistanGuantanamo BayPhysicians for Human Rights";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061800336.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:575:"The first extensive medical examinations of former detainees in U.S. military jails offer corroboration for prisoners' claims of physical and psychological abuse at the hands of their American captors, a Boston-based human rights group said in a report released yesterday.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=hmtubw"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=hmtubw" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/314629580" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:21;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:46:" Newer Radios Are Sought To Protect Lawmakers ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315111176/AR2008061802396.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061802396.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:511:"Legislators expressed frustration yesterday that the U.S. Capitol Police are still using an outdated radio system that suffers frequent breakdowns, even though Congress is considered a major terrorist target.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=Dhdtcy"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=Dhdtcy" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315111176" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:18:"Mary Beth Sheridan";}s:8:"category";s:428:"NewerRadiosAreSoughtToProtectLawmakersDebbie Wasserman SchultzU.S. Capitol PoliceDan LungrenDavid BoydMichael CapuanoBob BradyPhillip MorseWasserman ShultzAdministration Subcommittee on Capitol SecurityLegislative Branch Appropriations SubcommitteeSubcommittee on Capitol SecurityThe White HouseU.S. Department of DefenseU.S. Department of Homeland SecurityU.S. House Committee on House AdministrationUnited StatesWashington, DC";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061802396.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:511:"Legislators expressed frustration yesterday that the U.S. Capitol Police are still using an outdated radio system that suffers frequent breakdowns, even though Congress is considered a major terrorist target.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=Dhdtcy"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=Dhdtcy" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315111176" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:22;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:44:" 3 Wounded in Shootout Near Anacostia Metro ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/314830056/AR2008061801812.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061801812.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:529:"A 53-year-old Metrobus driver was grazed in the head by a stray bullet during a shootout near the Anacostia Metro station yesterday afternoon. Two teenagers, both suspected of firing shots, also were wounded, D.C. police said.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=rpzjFr"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=rpzjFr" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/314830056" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:34:"Allison Klein and Sindya N. Bhanoo";}s:8:"category";s:253:"3WoundedinShootoutNearAnacostiaMetroAnacostia Metro StationRoland JeterWashington, DCJamal HughesJoel MaupinMount PleasantTaryn McNeilTimothy SpicerNorthwest (Washington, DC)Amalgamated Transit UnionApple iPodLena H. SunMetro Transit PolicePetula Dvorak";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061801812.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:529:"A 53-year-old Metrobus driver was grazed in the head by a stray bullet during a shootout near the Anacostia Metro station yesterday afternoon. Two teenagers, both suspected of firing shots, also were wounded, D.C. police said.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=rpzjFr"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=rpzjFr" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/314830056" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:23;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:47:" Kaine Halts Housing of Out-of-State Prisoners ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/314810789/AR2008061801773.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061801773.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:809:"RICHMOND, June 18 -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has ordered the Department of Corrections to halt plans to rent prison beds to other states to house their inmates after sheriffs across Virginia lodged complaints about the moneymaking venture.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135534595" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135534595" border="0" vspace="5"></a>
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=rmN99e"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=rmN99e" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/314810789" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"Anita Kumar";}s:8:"category";s:472:"KaineHaltsHousingofOut-of-StatePrisonersTim KaineVirginiaWyomingStan G. BarryBarry GreenChesapeakeColonial HeightsDavid FathiGene M. JohnsonHarvey B. MorganM. Kirkland CoxVirginia BeachWashington, DCHuman Rights WatchPocahontas State Correctional CenterThe Washington Post CompanyU.S. House Committee on AppropriationsUnited StatesVirginia Association of Regional JailsVirginia Sheriffs' AssociationWallens Ridge State PrisonNorthern VirginiaSt. Brides Correctional Center";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061801773.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:809:"RICHMOND, June 18 -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has ordered the Department of Corrections to halt plans to rent prison beds to other states to house their inmates after sheriffs across Virginia lodged complaints about the moneymaking venture.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135534595" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/nation;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252135534595" border="0" vspace="5"></a>
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=rmN99e"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=rmN99e" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/314810789" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:24;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:58:" 1,500 Admirers Gather to Get The Tim Russert Story Right ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315111177/AR2008061802581.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061802581.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:584:"From the three network anchors to a former governor to the Buffalo nun who taught him in seventh grade, Tim Russert's extended family bid farewell yesterday to "an unmade bed of a man, with an armful of newspapers and a cellphone to his ear," as Tom Brokaw described his colleague.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=YETRwS"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=YETRwS" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315111177" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Howard Kurtz";}s:8:"category";s:575:"1,500AdmirersGathertoGetTheTimRussertStoryRightTim RussertLuke RussertNBC Universal Inc.Tom BrokawMario CuomoBrian WilliamsBruce SpringsteenMaria ShriverMeet the PressAaron BurrAlan GreenspanAlexander HamiltonAndrea MitchellBarack ObamaBarbara WaltersBob DoleDiane SawyerEd GillespieGeorge W. BushJohn KerryJohn McCainKarl RoveLucille SocciarelliMaureen OrthPope John Paul IIApple iPodBoston CollegeCBS CorporationJohn F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsLynyrd SkynyrdMSNBC Interactive News LLCThe White HouseCaliforniaEuropeNew YorkSt. Bonaventure SchoolWashington, DC";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061802581.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:584:"From the three network anchors to a former governor to the Buffalo nun who taught him in seventh grade, Tim Russert's extended family bid farewell yesterday to "an unmade bed of a man, with an armful of newspapers and a cellphone to his ear," as Tom Brokaw described his colleague.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=YETRwS"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=YETRwS" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315111177" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:25;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:38:" The Humble Moderator's Grand Goodbye ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315111174/AR2008061802910.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061802910.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:513:"Luke Russert has his father's sense of mischief. Speaking to the well-heeled mourners at Tim Russert's funeral yesterday, he read his father's favorite biblical passage: To whom much is given, much is expected.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=PoPmOy"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=PoPmOy" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315111174" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Dana Milbank";}s:8:"category";s:1028:"TheHumbleModerator'sGrandGoodbyeGeorgetownTim RussertLuke RussertMatt LauerMeet the PressU.S. Secret ServiceBrian WilliamsJohn McCainTom BrokawBarack ObamaCardinal Theodore McCarrickMario CuomoMichael BloombergPeter KingRonan TynanVictoria KennedyNBC Universal Inc.Buffalo (New York)George StephanopoulosHarry ReidJohn KerryNancy PelosiAaron BurrAlexander HamiltonAndrea MitchellBen BradleeBill BradleyBob WoodruffBryant GumbelCampbell BrownChris MatthewsChristopher DoddCondoleezza RiceDan SenorDaniel Patrick MoynihanDavid GregoryDavid PatersonE.J. DionneGeorge W. BushGwen IfillHillary ClintonJack WelchJames CarvilleJoseph BidenMadeleine AlbrightMargaret CarlsonMaureen DowdMaureen OrthMichael Patrick AvedonMike McCurryPaul BegalaSally QuinnTed KoppelThomas DaschleVernon JordanWolf BlitzerYogi BerraAFC East DivisionAmerican Football ConferenceBoston CollegeBuffalo BillsCadillac EscaladeJohn F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsLincoln Town CarMSNBC Interactive News LLCNational Football LeagueNew YorkWashington, DC";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061802910.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:513:"Luke Russert has his father's sense of mischief. Speaking to the well-heeled mourners at Tim Russert's funeral yesterday, he read his father's favorite biblical passage: To whom much is given, much is expected.
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=PoPmOy"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=PoPmOy" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315111174" height="1" width="1"/>";}i:26;a:9:{s:5:"title";s:49:" Midwest Flooding May Cause More Levee Overflows ";s:4:"link";s:96:"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~3/315396885/AR2008061801313.html";s:4:"guid";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061801313.html?nav=rss_nation";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:29:08 EDT";s:11:"description";s:603:"WASHINGTON -- As many as 30 more levees may overflow along the Mississippi River from Burlington, Iowa, down to St. Louis, the government said Wednesday. Twenty levees already have been topped by flood waters this week, the Army Corps of Engineers said. Twenty to 30 other levees could overflow if...
<p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?a=OMA7Qy"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml?i=OMA7Qy" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/nation/index_xml/~4/315396885" height="1" width="1"/>";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"EILEEN SULLIVAN";}s:8:"category";s:41:"MidwestFloodingMayCauseMoreLeveeOverflows";s:10:"feedburner";a:1:{s:8:"origlink";s:99:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061801313.html?nav=rss_nation";}s:7:"summary";s:603:"WASHINGTON -- As many as 30 more levees may overflow along the Mississippi River from Burlington, Iowa, down to St. Louis, the government said Wednesday. Twenty levees already have been topped by flood waters this week, the Army Corps of Engineers said. Twenty to 30 other levees could overflow if...
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