list http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/default.htm USATODAY.com Nation - Top Stories (USA TODAY) en-us Copyright 2008, USATODAY.com, USA TODAY Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:25:27 GMT 142 18 http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/default.htm http://images.usatoday.com/_common/_images/usatodaycom_135x20.gif http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/iykWZM4Wb-k/2008-11-19-driving_N.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:54:26 GMT Americans are driving less despite falling gas prices, reflecting the deepening recession and signaling a shift in lifestyles ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/1uUCWS7In2n2y5bdsmcg7zwTRxM/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/1uUCWS7In2n2y5bdsmcg7zwTRxM/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/iykWZM4Wb-k" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-11-19-driving_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/gt9oSZAwLIg/2008-11-20-winter-forecast_N.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:47:19 GMT Winter looks likely to be mild in the Midwest and dry in the Southeast, the government said Thursday. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/XsGpO4gd_g4QXTPIMUzf5PKHFqs/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/XsGpO4gd_g4QXTPIMUzf5PKHFqs/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/gt9oSZAwLIg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/2008-11-20-winter-forecast_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/ypmJ3mj7qNY/2008-11-20-arms-dealer-conviction_N.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:21:41 GMT A Manhattan jury has convicted a wealthy arms dealer of conspiring to sell weapons to informants who supposedly were supplying ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/jpIDyX8shOqAgCrytxDjKpATGuw/a"><img 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http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/JJEhG01G7uc/2008-11-20-cyber-bullying-mom_N.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:54:32 GMT As her trial opened Wednesday, one mother watched as another recounted from the witness stand how her 13-year-old daughter, Megan, ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/TAb1m9Yjro58wT8Sq8T2G_DQsn4/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/TAb1m9Yjro58wT8Sq8T2G_DQsn4/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/JJEhG01G7uc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-11-20-cyber-bullying-mom_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/cXWN3WSWpj8/2008-11-20-arizona-child-suspect_N.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:52:58 GMT An 8-year-old boy accused of killing his father and another man in eastern Arizona will be allowed to spend Thanksgiving with ... <p><a 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http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-11-19-immigrants_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/sXlt4a4vNm0/2008-11-19-fbi-agent-killed_N.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:18:45 GMT An FBI agent was shot and killed Wednesday while serving a search warrant at a home near Pittsburgh. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/HdC92Ie1Hf0oOf-09odrW4F0-f0/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/HdC92Ie1Hf0oOf-09odrW4F0-f0/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/sXlt4a4vNm0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-11-19-fbi-agent-killed_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/SRnkQx6R5IU/2008-11-20-professors-of-year_N.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:01:24 GMT Four professors being recognized today in the 2008 U.S. Professors of the Year awards share a desire to enable young minds to ... <p><a 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http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-11-20-children-mental-disorders_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/Bozdo7AwzTI/2008-11-19-girlscrime_N.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:44:23 GMT Fewer girls were arrested last year for violent crimes than a decade earlier, according to new government research prompted by ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/Kkq3vF1co11VMhEVXVNOu7sxt_4/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/Kkq3vF1co11VMhEVXVNOu7sxt_4/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/Bozdo7AwzTI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-11-19-girlscrime_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/XS-r_FLMryc/2008-11-19-runways_N.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:55:06 GMT Three of the nation's busiest airports will open new runways today, creating the largest one-day increase in aviation capacity ... <p><a 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http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-11-19-civics_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/KZeo1UOStpA/2008-11-19-marine_N.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:42:31 GMT The Department of Defense has reaffirmed its decision not to award the Medal of Honor to a Marine from San Diego who witnesses ... <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/qA56yzPRY8yE40OXMAk-DbpdNa8/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/qA56yzPRY8yE40OXMAk-DbpdNa8/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~4/KZeo1UOStpA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-11-19-marine_N.htm?csp=34 http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/AEMEj_TaF5A/2008-11-19-calif-supreme-court_N.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:33:42 GMT California's highest court agreed Wednesday to hear several legal challenges to the state's new ban on same-sex marriage but ... <p><a 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