http://www.msnbc.msn.com/rss/RssSitemap2555.xmlMSNBC.com is a leader in breaking news and original journalism.Copyright 2012 MSNBC.comen-ushttp://www.msnbc.com/images/msnbc/logo01.gifhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/Tribune Broadcasting Co. and the digital music television network The Tube announced Thursday a deal that will place the fledgling network on stations in the nation’s largest markets and dramatically increase its exposure.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11744167/ns/business-us_business/3/9/2006 4:27:40 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11744167/ns/business-us_business/The FBI agent who arrested Zacarias Moussaoui testified Thursday that the confessed al-Qaida conspirator  impeded the agency’s investigation by lying to  him repeatedly.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11744129/ns/us_news-security/3/10/2006 1:40:58 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11744129/ns/us_news-security/Alleged hit man now denies he pulled the trigger on Atlanta's Lita Sullivan in her husband James' trial for allegedly arranging the murder. MSNBC-TV's Dan Abrams talks with a former Georgia prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11744093/ns/msnbc_tv-the_abrams_report/3/9/2006 4:24:42 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11744093/ns/msnbc_tv-the_abrams_report/A former teacher armed with a handgun surrendered hours after holding nearly two dozen hostages Thursday, most of them students, in a high school classroom, police said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11744059/ns/world_news-europe/3/9/2006 8:51:02 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11744059/ns/world_news-europe/As a Senate committee prepares to take up revisions to the Endangered Species Act, nearly 6,000 biologists signed a letter urging senators to preserve scientific protections in the landmark law.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11744006/ns/us_news-environment/3/9/2006 3:46:49 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11744006/ns/us_news-environment/The auction process for Knight Ridder Inc., which winds down this week, is a moment of reckoning for the newspaper industry, a time when one of their biggest players will find out just what others are willing to pay for it.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11743917/ns/business-us_business/3/9/2006 3:46:31 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11743917/ns/business-us_business/An estimated 201,000 to 267,000 gallons of crude oil spilled in the North Slope pipeline leak discovered March 2, state officials announced Friday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11743346/ns/us_news-environment/3/10/2006 6:09:48 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11743346/ns/us_news-environment/The United Auto Workers said Thursday that it’s not close to reaching a deal with auto supplier Delphi Corp. and General Motors Corp. over financial help for hourly workers as Delphi restructures in bankruptcy court.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11743216/ns/business-autos/3/9/2006 2:38:48 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11743216/ns/business-autos/Arguing the shrimp-like creatures are more valuable in the ocean because of their role in the marine food chain, fishery managers have urged the federal government to prohibit krill fishing off Pacific waters.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11743176/ns/us_news-environment/3/9/2006 2:53:08 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11743176/ns/us_news-environment/In two actions reflecting the dire straits of fish species along the West Coast, federal fish managers banned bottom trawling in certain areas and recommended not allowing salmon fishing from California to Oregon this season.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11743046/ns/us_news-environment/3/9/2006 3:05:38 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11743046/ns/us_news-environment/The federal government and several professional football players want to know what happened to the hundreds of millions of dollars the players and other investors poured into an Atlanta-based hedge-fund group.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11742996/ns/business-us_business/3/9/2006 2:20:11 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11742996/ns/business-us_business/Imax Corp., maker of the giant movie screens used in museums and science centers, said Thursday it is considering selling the company and has already received several unsolicited offers.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11742697/ns/business-us_business/3/9/2006 6:26:17 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11742697/ns/business-us_business/Darryl Littlejohn, the person of interest in the murder of New York graduate student Imette St. Guillen, “is the prime suspect” in her murder, New York police commmissioner Raymond Kelly said at a Sunday afternoon press conference.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11742476/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/3/13/2006 1:19:29 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11742476/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/A  judge in Utah dismissed a woman’s lawsuit against a police official who she says wrongly labeled her late husband a suspect in the 2003 Elizabeth Smart kidnapping.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11742370/ns/us_news-life/3/9/2006 1:40:20 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11742370/ns/us_news-life/The U.S. trade deficit surged to another record as the country’s foreign oil bill climbed sharply, auto imports rose and Americans’ taste for imported wines helped increase the deficit in food products.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11742274/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/3/9/2006 6:54:02 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11742274/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/France's attempts to tighten its Internet piracy law were once again in disarray Thursday, after the government was forced to backtrack over a key point of its planned legislation.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11742001/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/3/9/2006 7:54:33 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11742001/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/Investors led by U.S. billionaire Carl Icahn said Thursday they were ready to consider raising their informal offer to acquire South Korea’s former government tobacco monopoly, but stopped short of making a formal bid.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11741853/ns/business-world_business/3/9/2006 1:07:04 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11741853/ns/business-world_business/Live Vote: What is your view of Islam?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11741730/ns/us_news-life/3/9/2006 7:00:36 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11741730/ns/us_news-life/The Bank of Japan on Thursday abandoned the super-easy monetary policy it has kept for five years, saying it will gradually raise interest rates and start to cut the excess cash in the banking system amid signs of economic recovery.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11741696/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/3/9/2006 6:47:21 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11741696/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/A Senate Republican says a Dubai-owned company has decided to give up its management stake in some U.S. ports.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11741617/ns/us_news-security/3/10/2006 12:32:51 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11741617/ns/us_news-security/The U.S. Energy Department is violating a 1992 law aimed at increasing the country's use of alternative fuel vehicles, a federal judge ruled.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11741578/ns/us_news-environment/3/9/2006 2:20:27 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11741578/ns/us_news-environment/Prices closed barely mixed on Wall Street Wednesday as oil prices dropped sharply and interest rate worries limited the market’s gains.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11741538/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/3/9/2006 12:03:01 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11741538/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/A deadly strain of bird flu could appear in the United States in the next few months as wild birds migrate from infected nations, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11741441/ns/health-infectious_diseases/3/9/2006 7:23:40 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11741441/ns/health-infectious_diseases/Israel will unilaterally determine its border with the West Bank in the absence of talks with the Palestinians, then build a wall and move all settlers to the Israeli side, acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in an interview published Friday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11741325/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/3/10/2006 5:06:28 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11741325/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/Car bombings and mortar attacks rocked a Shiite slum in Baghdad Sunday, killing at least 48 people and wounding 200, police said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11741013/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/3/13/2006 8:15:13 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11741013/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/Three people were killed when an air ambulance plane crashed into the parking lot of a BMW dealership, a state transportation official said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11740128/ns/us_news-life/3/9/2006 10:18:12 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11740128/ns/us_news-life/Ex-President Jimmy Carter criticized the war in Iraq on Wednesday, urging a troop drawdown as the United States enters its fourth year of conflict in Iraq.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11739525/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/3/9/2006 1:30:18 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11739525/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/The government declined to alert the public about suspect ground beef or request a recall after a 2004 salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 31 people nationwide, according to a federal report.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11737069/ns/us_news-life/3/9/2006 4:14:32 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11737069/ns/us_news-life/Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, a fundamentalist congregation known for its anti-gay protests, said Wednesday it will not violate new state laws that limit when and where such demonstrations take place.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11736620/ns/us_news-life/3/9/2006 3:48:07 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11736620/ns/us_news-life/Volunteers 100 or more pounds overweight will test various combinations of diet, exercise and medication in search of a non-surgical "gold standard" of treatment for the severely obese.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11736510/ns/health-fitness/3/10/2006 7:03:25 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11736510/ns/health-fitness/Which man should go home next?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11736314/ns/today-entertainment/3/9/2006 4:33:22 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11736314/ns/today-entertainment/Who is your favorite male ‘Idol’ wannabe?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11736313/ns/today-entertainment/3/9/2006 4:33:49 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11736313/ns/today-entertainment/Scientists say huge geysers issuing from an icy moon of Saturn appear to be fueled by liquid reservoirs beneath the surface — raising the possibility that life may exist there.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11736311/ns/technology_and_science-space/3/10/2006 1:16:12 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11736311/ns/technology_and_science-space/Do you believe there is an unidentified monster in Loch Ness?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11735955/ns/health-fitness/3/9/2006 2:54:35 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11735955/ns/health-fitness/Some prominent nutrition experts put out new guidelines Wednesday urging Americans to cut back on calorie-rich sodas while allowing more leeway for alcohol and lots of room for tea and coffee _ up to 40 ounces a day.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11735125/ns/health-fitness/3/9/2006 2:59:46 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11735125/ns/health-fitness/A fifth member of the Illinois hate crimes commission quit Wednesday in a controversy over another panel member — an official in the Nation of Islam — and for incendiary comments  last month by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11734661/ns/us_news-life/3/9/2006 3:25:00 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11734661/ns/us_news-life/The House voted to strip  many warnings from food labels, potentially affecting alerts about arsenic in bottled water, lead in candy and mercury in fish, among others.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11734532/ns/health-health_care/3/9/2006 1:12:22 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11734532/ns/health-health_care/Forbes presents its annual ranking of the world’s richest people. This year the list is a record 793, up 102 from last year.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11734038/ns/business-forbescom/3/10/2006 2:30:01 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11734038/ns/business-forbescom/The government declined to alert the public about suspect ground beef or request a recall after a 2004 salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 31 people nationwide, according to a report by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11734028/ns/health-health_care/3/9/2006 12:45:01 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11734028/ns/health-health_care/Web search leader Google Inc. said on Wednesday it had agreed to pay up to $90 million to settle a class action lawsuit over advertising fraud by outside parties on its site, in a bid to put the controversy behind it.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11734026/ns/business-us_business/3/9/2006 12:26:14 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11734026/ns/business-us_business/At least one person in the crowd packing the fraud and conspiracy trial of Enron Corp.’s former chief executives can see things from their point of view — fired HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11733815/ns/business-corporate_scandals/3/9/2006 12:00:51 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11733815/ns/business-corporate_scandals/Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff says Bush knew him well enough to joke with him about weightlifting. “What are you benching, buff guy?” Abramoff says Bush asked him.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11733701/ns/politics/3/9/2006 1:21:23 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11733701/ns/politics/A woman has filed a claim that she was sexually abused in the 1960's by Bishop William Skylstad, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops. Skylstad denies the woman's allegations.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11733549/ns/us_news-life/3/8/2006 11:59:29 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11733549/ns/us_news-life/Sidelined in the merger game since its failed bid for MCI a year ago, the smallest of the Baby Bell phone companies is again confronting questions about whether it needs to make an acquisition, be acquired or risk standing alone in a fast-consolidating industry.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11733370/ns/business-us_business/3/9/2006 12:03:19 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11733370/ns/business-us_business/LiveScience: Scientists have produced superheated gas exceeding temperatures of  3.6 billion degrees Fahrenheit — hotter than the interior of our sun.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11732814/ns/technology_and_science-science/3/9/2006 12:59:37 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11732814/ns/technology_and_science-science/Microsoft finally took the wraps off its mysterious Project Origami on Thursday, unveiling a computer that’s about the size of a large paperback book but runs a full version of Windows XP.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11732808/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/3/9/2006 6:51:11 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11732808/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/Should the Tennessee speeder be able to write "for speed trap" in the memo field on his check paying a speeding fine?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11732314/ns/us_news-weird_news/4/3/2006 8:26:44 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11732314/ns/us_news-weird_news/After motorist T. Allen Morgan got a speeding ticket in Coopertown —a town known for its heavy-handed traffic enforcement — he tried to pay his ticket like a good citizen.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11732069/ns/us_news-weird_news/3/8/2006 10:47:42 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11732069/ns/us_news-weird_news/A wall at a church in Kampala, Uganda, collapsed onto the congregation Wednesday during a thunderstorm, killing at least 27 people.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731949/ns/world_news-africa/3/9/2006 12:12:44 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731949/ns/world_news-africa/As it struggled to gain new subscribers, TiVo Inc., the maker of the popular set-top digital video recorder, on Wednesday reported narrower fourth-quarter losses in line with Wall Street expectations.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731913/ns/business-us_business/3/8/2006 10:38:46 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731913/ns/business-us_business/The post-Bush Era enters the political equivalent of spring training season this weekend as Arizona Sen. John McCain and other Republican presidential contenders trek to Memphis to try out their rhetoric on a gathering of 1,800 GOP activists.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731838/ns/msnbc_tv-hardball_with_chris_matthews/3/11/2006 6:48:05 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731838/ns/msnbc_tv-hardball_with_chris_matthews/In the neighborhood of Lakeview, New Orleans, all of the nearly 10,000 residents are gone. Everyone, that is, except Darren Schmolke. NBC's Ron Allen reports on why he remains.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731787/ns/nightly_news/3/9/2006 12:29:35 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731787/ns/nightly_news/Tell us about your experience.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731666/ns/health-health_care/3/8/2006 10:38:38 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731666/ns/health-health_care/Contending that women have more options than they do in unintended pregnancies, men’s rights activists are filing a suit aimed  at giving them the chance to opt out of financial responsibility for raising a child.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731580/ns/us_news-life/3/17/2006 7:19:09 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731580/ns/us_news-life/With consumers around the country reporting mysterious fraudulent account withdrawals, and multiple banks announcing problems with stolen account information, it appears thieves have unleashed a powerful new way to steal money from cash machines.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731365/ns/technology_and_science-security/3/9/2006 7:00:54 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731365/ns/technology_and_science-security/Google Inc.’s stock price tumbled by nearly 3 percent Wednesday as exasperated analysts scolded the company for a series of events that has confounded investors.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731356/ns/business-us_business/3/9/2006 12:17:43 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731356/ns/business-us_business/Profits at Pixar Animation Studios Inc. dropped in the fourth quarter, but the company behind such hits as “Finding Nemo” reported record net income for the full year.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731004/ns/business-us_business/3/8/2006 11:13:49 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731004/ns/business-us_business/The impulse control disorder drug nalmefene, which has previously been shown to be effective for alcohol dependence, may also be effective for pathological gambling.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731003/ns/health-addictions/3/9/2006 12:33:07 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11731003/ns/health-addictions/President Bush is working hard to undo the political fallout from his hurricane management. Can it pull up his polls?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730886/ns/newsweek-newsweek_politics/3/8/2006 10:12:20 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730886/ns/newsweek-newsweek_politics/Nissan Motor Co.’s top North American executive said Wednesday that he will retire from the company July 1, a month before Nissan moves its North American headquarters from Southern California to Tennessee.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730885/ns/business-autos/3/8/2006 10:35:52 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730885/ns/business-autos/Moscow is unhappy with Bush’s global agenda. How the Russian president is trying to reshape Washington’s Mideast policies.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730818/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/3/8/2006 10:38:24 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730818/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730711/ns/dateline_nbc/3/11/2006 3:07:20 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730711/ns/dateline_nbc/Key prosecution witness Andrew Fastow testifies in the trial of former top Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. MSNBC-TV's Dan Abrams talks with a Houston business columnist, a securities attorney and a white collar defense attorney.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730676/ns/msnbc_tv-the_abrams_report/3/8/2006 10:03:25 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730676/ns/msnbc_tv-the_abrams_report/In a double-barreled repudiation of President Bush, House Republicans pressed legislation Wednesday to block a Dubai-owned firm from taking control of some U.S port operations while Democrats clamored for a vote on the issue in the Senate.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730569/ns/us_news-security/3/9/2006 3:22:42 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730569/ns/us_news-security/Abortion rates declined among Texas teenagers after the state enacted a parental notification law, a study says.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730518/ns/politics/3/8/2006 11:50:33 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730518/ns/politics/Space.com: Hundreds of theorists gather to exchange clever and sometimes kooky ideas for future spaceflight.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730484/ns/technology_and_science-space/3/9/2006 3:01:19 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730484/ns/technology_and_science-space/For nonpoisonous frogs, the trick to not becoming dinner is to look poisonous — but not too poisonous, new research reveals.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730467/ns/technology_and_science-science/3/8/2006 9:59:45 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730467/ns/technology_and_science-science/A comprehensive scan of the human genome finds that hundreds of our genes have undergone positive natural selection during the past 10,000 years of human evolution.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730456/ns/technology_and_science-science/3/8/2006 9:50:07 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730456/ns/technology_and_science-science/The state Board of Education on Wednesday rejected a state panel's proposal to change high school standards on evolution by calling on students to "critically analyze" the theory.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730392/ns/technology_and_science-science/3/8/2006 9:46:54 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11730392/ns/technology_and_science-science/Weigh in on how lawmakers should deal with limits on lobbyistshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729866/ns/politics/3/8/2006 8:41:59 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729866/ns/politics/The Clintons take a page from the Bush playbook, but what about Bill and those ports?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729826/ns/newsweek-newsweek_politics/3/8/2006 9:00:02 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729826/ns/newsweek-newsweek_politics/At a London school founded by Yusuf Islam, former music star Cat Stevens, pupils are taught a "British Muslim culture." MSNBC.com's Jennifer Carlile reports from the British capital.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729800/ns/world_news-islam_in_europe/3/10/2006 8:19:39 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729800/ns/world_news-islam_in_europe/A 1982 BMW advertised as once belonging to one of the gunmen in the Columbine High School killings was pulled from an online auction, a spokesman for eBay said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729779/ns/us_news-weird_news/3/8/2006 10:01:03 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729779/ns/us_news-weird_news/After some record air pollution levels this winter in Phoenix, Ariz., health officials are worried that ozone problems could be next.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729538/ns/weather-weather_news/3/8/2006 8:18:32 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729538/ns/weather-weather_news/New Mexico's landscape is withering in what is shaping up to be the second-driest winter since the National Weather Service began keeping records in the state 112 years ago.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729504/ns/weather-weather_news/3/8/2006 8:15:26 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729504/ns/weather-weather_news/Former Gov. Ann Richards has cancer of the esophagus and will undergo treatment in Houston, she announced Wednesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729474/ns/politics/3/8/2006 8:40:48 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729474/ns/politics/The lawsuit over a former communications executive’s $241,000 tab at Scores nightclub had been settled, a lawyer for the topless club said Wednesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729445/ns/business-us_business/3/8/2006 8:27:13 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729445/ns/business-us_business/The EPA and the auto industry said Wednesday they have agreed to start a national program to collect mercury switches from scrapped automobiles.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729420/ns/us_news-environment/3/8/2006 8:10:24 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729420/ns/us_news-environment/The Malaysian Forestry Department says there are no takers for permits on offers to explore a protected forest for Bigfoot, despite initial excitement over reported sightings of the beast, The Star newspaper reported Wednesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729373/ns/world_news-weird_news/3/8/2006 10:18:27 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729373/ns/world_news-weird_news/A man wearing a ski mask walked into a bank and demanded money, then told tellers, "just kidding," authorities in North Dakota said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729362/ns/us_news-weird_news/3/8/2006 10:09:15 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729362/ns/us_news-weird_news/Vote: How do you make everyday purchases?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729230/ns/business-personal_finance/3/8/2006 9:04:19 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729230/ns/business-personal_finance/There was a time when a ship that carried 1,000 passengers was considered gargantuan. I’m not sure who fired the first shot in the Mega Cruise Ship Wars, but with each new ship that is launched, the size and the list of amenities escalate.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729227/ns/travel-cruise_travel/3/10/2006 5:54:43 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729227/ns/travel-cruise_travel/Los Angeles police on Wednesday tried to persuade a kidnap suspect to get out of his vehicle after a freeway chase ended.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729009/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/3/8/2006 8:31:00 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729009/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/The state rolled out a star-studded, $7 million advertising campaign Tuesday aimed at luring tourists back to Louisiana and boosting the sluggish economy along the state's coast, which was ravaged last year by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729002/ns/travel-destination_travel/3/8/2006 9:17:39 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11729002/ns/travel-destination_travel/The makers of Marshmallow Fluff, a sweet confection that traces its history back more than 80 years, have sued Williams-Sonoma Inc., claiming the retailer is misusing the registered trademark Fluffernutter.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11728918/ns/business-us_business/3/8/2006 8:59:36 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11728918/ns/business-us_business/With a billion-dollar automotive advertising industry churning out a blitz of seemingly endless car commercials, Honda is hoping a rabbit, a crab and a duck-billed platypus can help it win over the hearts and minds of younger American car consumers. By MSNBC.com’s Roland Jones.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11728567/ns/business-autos/3/9/2006 10:55:35 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11728567/ns/business-autos/Product placement is not new, but digital technology has added a new twist to the practice of putting brand-name items into TV shows. It raises new issues for Hollywood’s creative community.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11728512/ns/business-cnbc_tv/3/8/2006 8:52:11 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11728512/ns/business-cnbc_tv/Companies like Lucent and Nokia announced new deals to make mobile phone service faster, but Microsoft's Project Origami was the talk of CeBIT as the world's biggest computer fair prepared to open Thursday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11728507/ns/technology_and_science-wireless/3/8/2006 8:03:49 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11728507/ns/technology_and_science-wireless/Serbia on Wednesday challenged the right of the U.N.’s highest court to hear a suit by Bosnia accusing the former Yugoslav republic of genocide.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11728354/ns/world_news-europe/3/8/2006 9:07:45 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11728354/ns/world_news-europe/The most distant explosion ever recorded, signaling the birth of a black hole near the beginning of time, was more chaotic and lasted longer than astronomers would have expected.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11728236/ns/technology_and_science-space/3/8/2006 6:29:13 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11728236/ns/technology_and_science-space/Enron Corp. chief executive Kenneth Lay was aware of the company’s withering finances in late 2001 even as he gave glowing reports to employees and the media, the admitted architect of schemes that helped sink the company testified Wednesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11728146/ns/business-corporate_scandals/3/9/2006 12:38:44 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11728146/ns/business-corporate_scandals/People paid to influence legislation would not be able to give lawmakers gifts,  under a Senate bill.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11727987/ns/politics/3/8/2006 9:03:47 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11727987/ns/politics/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11727563/ns/newsweek-newsweek_services/3/8/2006 5:04:29 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11727563/ns/newsweek-newsweek_services/Enron Corp. chief executive Kenneth Lay knew of serious financial problems at the company in 2001, days before he gave an interview claiming Enron was in its best shape ever, Enron’s former chief financial officer testified Wednesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11727547/ns/business-corporate_scandals/3/8/2006 5:20:34 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11727547/ns/business-corporate_scandals/Exxon Mobil Corp. forecast Wednesday that its spending on oil and gas drilling, refining and chemicals manufacturing would rise from about $18 billion now to almost $20 billion a year between 2007 and 2010.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11727392/ns/business-us_business/3/8/2006 4:50:46 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11727392/ns/business-us_business/A promising drug for multiple sclerosis should be returned to the market despite questions about a rare brain disease, scientific advisers told the government.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11727358/ns/health-health_care/3/8/2006 6:29:13 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11727358/ns/health-health_care/In some schools across the country, students can use the Internet to look up test answers. Is it a high-tech form of cheating or a new model of teaching? NBC's Peter Alexander reports.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11727321/ns/nightly_news/3/9/2006 12:32:51 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11727321/ns/nightly_news/Read the transcript to the Tuesday showhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11727183/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_joe/3/8/2006 4:50:11 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11727183/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_joe/Read the transcript to the Tuesday showhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11727181/ns/msnbc_tv-rita_cosby_specials/3/8/2006 4:44:30 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11727181/ns/msnbc_tv-rita_cosby_specials/