http://www.msnbc.msn.com/rss/RssSitemap2572.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/Celebrity birthdays, highlights in history, plus more facts about this dayhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11397697/ns/us_news-education/2/17/2006 5:00:41 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11397697/ns/us_news-education/Elves, blue jets, tigers and sprites. The names are as strange as the events are enigmatic. Now, some fresh understanding.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11397484/ns/technology_and_science-science/2/17/2006 12:41:54 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11397484/ns/technology_and_science-science/A Greek hiker found a 6,500-year-old gold pendant in a field and handed it over to authorities, an archaeologist said Thursday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11397205/ns/technology_and_science-science/2/17/2006 12:23:04 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11397205/ns/technology_and_science-science/Financier Carl Icahn is scaling back his drive to shake up Time Warner Inc., abandoning efforts to seek control of the giant media company by nominating only a partial slate of directors, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396936/ns/business-us_business/2/16/2006 11:43:01 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396936/ns/business-us_business/The Senate Judiciary Committee is calling for an investigation into whether the FBI retaliated against its highest-ranking Arabic-speaking agent, a new letter reveals.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396863/ns/politics/2/17/2006 12:54:49 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396863/ns/politics/A dog trainer who did volunteer work at a prison ran off with a convicted killer after helping him escape in a dog crate in the back of her van, authorities said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396809/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/2/17/2006 12:19:12 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396809/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/Tyler Perry can’t stop succeeding with his multimedia blend of the chitlin’ circuit, movies and books—all produced by a man dressed up like his grandmother.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396704/ns/newsweek-newsweek_entertainment/2/17/2006 12:19:35 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396704/ns/newsweek-newsweek_entertainment/A new stripped-down Beth Orton album just means you get an even better chance to hear the emotion—and the talent.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396646/ns/newsweek-newsweek_entertainment/2/17/2006 10:01:41 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396646/ns/newsweek-newsweek_entertainment/Haiti finally has a new president. But while his victory seems to have averted violence, experts are divided on whether he can deliver peace.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396626/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/2/17/2006 3:54:39 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396626/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/Damage-control experts in both political parties agree: The handling of Vice President Dick Cheney’s hunting accident has been a disaster, a case study in how not to handle bad news.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396608/ns/politics/2/17/2006 12:11:06 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396608/ns/politics/Lawmakers and the family of a teenager seen on videotape being kneed and struck by juvenile boot camp guards are calling for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the guards.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396434/ns/us_news-life/2/18/2006 9:26:26 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396434/ns/us_news-life/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396382/ns/technology_and_science-science/2/17/2006 12:07:54 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396382/ns/technology_and_science-science/Italian officials are bracing themselves for surge in street protests at the Torino Gameshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396132/ns/newsweek-olympics__torino_2006__newsweek/2/17/2006 11:52:59 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11396132/ns/newsweek-olympics__torino_2006__newsweek/According to the results of a novel study, unconscious deliberation may lead to a more satisfying choice than mere conscious deliberation alone, at least for major decisions. Do you make better decisions after sleeping on it?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11395891/ns/health-health_care/2/16/2006 10:42:22 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11395891/ns/health-health_care/If you like your curling hot, then you’re in luck. Some female curlers are looking to raise the sport’s profile by giving the world a closer look at themselves – in the buff.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11394967/ns/business-cnbc_tv/2/26/2006 2:31:01 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11394967/ns/business-cnbc_tv/Smokey Robinson says for every Beyonce and Shaq, there are millions of people who make contributions to the world that go unnoticed.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11394256/ns/us_news-life/2/16/2006 9:49:06 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11394256/ns/us_news-life/A growing number of private and public employers are requiring employees who smoke to pay higher premiums for health insurance.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11394043/ns/health-addictions/2/16/2006 10:05:32 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11394043/ns/health-addictions/Like pouring Drano directly on a clog, doctors dramatically improved stroke survival by dripping a clot-dissolving drug right onto a blockage choking off the brain’s blood supply.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11393985/ns/health-heart_health/3/2/2006 11:49:27 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11393985/ns/health-heart_health/Researchers at Penn State University fear that schools' early lunches and single-food sales may contribute to bad eating habits.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11393928/ns/health-childrens_health/2/18/2006 12:02:39 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11393928/ns/health-childrens_health/In the last few years, personal space travel has become a far more feasible business proposition. But much work remains in fostering and then sustaining such an enterprise.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11393875/ns/technology_and_science-space/2/16/2006 10:54:34 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11393875/ns/technology_and_science-space/Even as the U.S. government is embroiled in a debate over the legality of wiretapping, the fastest-growing technology for Internet calls could make the whole issue moot.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11393674/ns/technology_and_science-security/2/16/2006 11:42:26 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11393674/ns/technology_and_science-security/Space Adventures announces a deal with the Ansari X Prize's backers and Russia's Federal Space Agency for the development of a Russian suborbital passenger spaceship.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11393569/ns/technology_and_science-space/2/17/2006 3:10:56 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11393569/ns/technology_and_science-space/Senate Intelligence Chairman Pat Roberts said he has worked out an agreement with the White House to change U.S. law regarding the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance program.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11393473/ns/us_news-security/2/17/2006 12:57:05 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11393473/ns/us_news-security/An Arizona legislator wants a bill passed requiring women 20 weeks or more pregnant to be told their fetus will suffer pain if aborted. Dan Abrams talks with Arizona Rep. Pamela Gorman and a Planned Parenthood representative.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11393367/ns/msnbc_tv-the_abrams_report/2/16/2006 10:21:49 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11393367/ns/msnbc_tv-the_abrams_report/Weigh in on whether a former Maryland governor should publicly apologize for his behavior towards a female aide.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11393090/ns/politics/2/16/2006 8:55:15 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11393090/ns/politics/The sheriff’s department closed its investigation Thursday into Vice President Dick Cheney’s accidental shooting of a hunting partner and said no charges will be filed.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11392889/ns/politics/2/16/2006 9:18:33 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11392889/ns/politics/When does a problem warrant an immediate trip to your veterinarian or the emergency clinic, day or night?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11392799/ns/health-pet_health/2/21/2006 11:12:10 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11392799/ns/health-pet_health/MasterCard Inc., the nation’s second-largest credit card brand, on Thursday said it will postpone its initial public offering until the second quarter as its chief executive recovers from prostate cancer surgery.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11392512/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/2/16/2006 8:17:26 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11392512/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/William Donald Schaefer, a powerful former governor now Maryland's state comptroller, said a young woman in the governor’s office was embarrassed by his attention, but he was angrily unapologetic.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11392329/ns/politics/2/16/2006 8:55:40 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11392329/ns/politics/The bankruptcy judge overseeing Northwest Airlines Corp.’s financial reorganization efforts on Thursday gave the carrier and its unions more time to come up with a consensual agreement over their hotly debated collective bargaining agreements.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11392205/ns/business-us_business/2/16/2006 8:00:14 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11392205/ns/business-us_business/If you consider fiber as an isolated part of your diet, you may be confused by the results of a recent analysis that looked at over a dozen major studies together.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11392087/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/3/24/2006 3:54:48 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11392087/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/The Airbus A380 superjumbo will enter service later this year as scheduled despite the rupture of a wing during ground tests, the European aircraft maker said Friday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11391971/ns/business-us_business/2/17/2006 4:29:27 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11391971/ns/business-us_business/The Situation's Tucker Carlson asks Dr. Rebekah Gee and her attorney Sam Perkins why they are forcing Wal-mart, a private business, to sell the morning-after pillhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11391926/ns/msnbc_tv-the_ed_show/2/16/2006 7:59:24 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11391926/ns/msnbc_tv-the_ed_show/‘Avenue Q’ was supposed to represent a new era of Broadway theater in Las Vegas. Hotel mogul Steve Wynn explains why the show is closing early.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11391812/ns/newsweek-newsweek_entertainment/2/17/2006 7:54:47 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11391812/ns/newsweek-newsweek_entertainment/China on Thursday defended its right to police the Internet, one day after four American technology giants appeared before Congress on charges they collaborated with Beijing.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11391751/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/2/16/2006 8:32:06 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11391751/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11391685/ns/business-autos/4/20/2006 2:42:39 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11391685/ns/business-autos/Sleepers whose beds catch fire would get more time to escape with a new mattress flammability standard approved Thursday, but consumer groups complained that language attached to the rule could limit lawsuits against manufacturers.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11391485/ns/business-us_business/2/16/2006 7:38:47 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11391485/ns/business-us_business/Thirty-one Senate Democrats on Thursday asked Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to remove himself from the investigation into the Jack Abramoff scandal.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11391447/ns/politics/2/16/2006 8:19:03 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11391447/ns/politics/Thousands of  homes and businesses still lacked power across the Northeast on Saturday as temperatures plummeted after a storm with hurricane-force wind gusts that was blamed for at least five deaths.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11390874/ns/weather-weather_news/2/19/2006 8:24:47 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11390874/ns/weather-weather_news/Interactive application tracing the whereabouts of figures in famous political scandals of the last three decades.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11390747/ns/politics/2/17/2006 5:05:52 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11390747/ns/politics/Chile's environmental agency approved a gold mine high in the Andes, but the project’s future remained unclear because the agency rejected its most controversial aspect: relocating three glaciers.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11390290/ns/world_news-world_environment/2/16/2006 6:38:36 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11390290/ns/world_news-world_environment/From bathrooms to basements, the home improvements that are the best investments.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11390203/ns/business-forbescom/2/20/2006 7:07:02 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11390203/ns/business-forbescom/A middle school gym teacher let children sit out his class if they paid him $1 a day, collecting perhaps thousands of dollars, officials said Thursday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11389918/ns/us_news-weird_news/2/16/2006 6:19:28 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11389918/ns/us_news-weird_news/Citing global warming, conservation groups on Thursday asked that Glacier National Park in Montana and adjacent Waterton National Park in Canada be declared endangered.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11389665/ns/us_news-environment/2/16/2006 8:32:38 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11389665/ns/us_news-environment/Forbes.com readers and prominent movie critics pick the best financial flicks.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11389504/ns/business-forbescom/2/18/2006 11:58:24 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11389504/ns/business-forbescom/The American press once thought Johnny Weir was strange. Now he’s our fave and we can’t imagine life in Torino without the chatty, figure-skating champ.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11389042/ns/newsweek-olympics__torino_2006__newsweek/2/16/2006 10:54:39 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11389042/ns/newsweek-olympics__torino_2006__newsweek/Shani Davis is an African-American learning the largely "white" sport of speedskating and surviving the ridicule of his peers. CNBC's Carl Quintanilla reports.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11388930/ns/nightly_news/2/27/2006 6:25:08 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11388930/ns/nightly_news/From the competitions to the transportation to the lines for the bathroom, these Olympics don’t have much need for speed.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11388784/ns/newsweek-olympics__torino_2006__newsweek/2/16/2006 5:31:29 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11388784/ns/newsweek-olympics__torino_2006__newsweek/Never been? Neither has the rest of America. Our curling correspondent shows you how it's done. Kinda.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11388321/ns/newsweek-olympics__torino_2006__newsweek/2/16/2006 5:31:35 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11388321/ns/newsweek-olympics__torino_2006__newsweek/A 40-foot humpback whale wiggled off into the deep without a look back after ocean researchers and volunteers freed it from a tangle of abandoned fishing lines and other debris, possibly saving its life.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387974/ns/us_news-environment/2/16/2006 5:00:10 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387974/ns/us_news-environment/Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said on Thursday that it lost $51 million in the fourth quarter as higher raw materials costs, production delays linked to hurricanes and expenses from the sale of its farm tire business took the gleam off record sales. Shares fell nearly 4 percent.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387325/ns/business-us_business/2/16/2006 4:52:57 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387325/ns/business-us_business/Shopping mall stalwart J.C. Penney Co. Inc. said Thursday that its profit jumped 65 percent in the fourth quarter helped by strong sales in stores and online. The department store retailer also offered a bullish outlook for 2006.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387314/ns/business-us_business/2/16/2006 4:49:33 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387314/ns/business-us_business/Discount retailer Target Corp., helped by store expansion and improved sales at existing locations, reported a 14 percent rise in profits in the fourth-quarter.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387304/ns/business-us_business/2/16/2006 4:59:50 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387304/ns/business-us_business/Read the transcript to the Wednesday showhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387290/ns/msnbc_tv-countdown_with_keith_olbermann/2/16/2006 4:33:38 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387290/ns/msnbc_tv-countdown_with_keith_olbermann/Jennifer Kesse has been missing for over three weeks. MSNBC-TV's Rita Cosby interviews Angeline Hartmann from the T.V. show "America's Most Wanted" to talk about how the show is helping in the search for Jennifer.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387272/ns/msnbc_tv-rita_cosby_specials/2/16/2006 7:42:35 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387272/ns/msnbc_tv-rita_cosby_specials/Read the transcript to the Wednesday showhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387256/ns/msnbc_tv-the_ed_show/2/16/2006 4:37:41 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387256/ns/msnbc_tv-the_ed_show/Read the transcript to the Wednesday showhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387252/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_joe/2/16/2006 4:43:23 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387252/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_joe/Read the transcript to the Wednesday showhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387231/ns/msnbc_tv-rita_cosby_specials/2/16/2006 4:31:48 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387231/ns/msnbc_tv-rita_cosby_specials/Read the transcript to the Wednesday showhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387224/ns/msnbc_tv-hardball_with_chris_matthews/2/16/2006 4:34:28 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387224/ns/msnbc_tv-hardball_with_chris_matthews/Read the transcript to theWednesday showhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387115/ns/msnbc_tv-the_abrams_report/2/16/2006 4:32:31 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11387115/ns/msnbc_tv-the_abrams_report/Three coral atolls in the South Pacific will remain a colony of New Zealand because not enough islanders endorsed a plan for self-government in voting that ended Thursday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11386997/ns/world_news-asiapacific/2/16/2006 4:55:35 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11386997/ns/world_news-asiapacific/All but two of the vice presidents in the past 50 years have either run for president or become president when their predecessor died. Dick Cheney, unlike almost all his recent vice-presidential predecessors, will not run for president. This allows him to sail above the normal rules of political behavior.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11386611/ns/politics-tom_curry/2/16/2006 5:40:41 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11386611/ns/politics-tom_curry/The Senate overwhelmingly rejected an effort Thursday to block renewing the Patriot Act, the 2001 law passed weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks to help the government hunt down terrorists.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11386597/ns/us_news-security/2/16/2006 7:19:05 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11386597/ns/us_news-security/President Bush said Thursday he was satisfied with Vice President Dick Cheney's explanation about his shooting accident in Texas.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11386566/ns/politics/2/17/2006 1:08:25 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11386566/ns/politics/A Chinese newspaper supplement known for hard-hitting coverage of sensitive issues will resume publishing more than a month after being shut down, but its two top editors were fired, one of the editors said Thursday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11386385/ns/world_news-asiapacific/2/16/2006 4:30:56 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11386385/ns/world_news-asiapacific/Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was set Thursday to repeat an upbeat assessment of the U.S. economy’s health and warn anew on inflation risks in a second day of testimony and questioning on Capitol Hill.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11386291/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/2/16/2006 5:11:49 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11386291/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/Spurred by deals with high-profile talker Howard Stern and Oprah Winfrey, along with deep price cuts in satellite radio receivers, Sirius and rival XM Satellite Radio are writing a new chapter in the history of radio. But it’s not at all clear how this chapter will end.   By MSNBC.com’s John W. Schoenhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11386154/ns/business-us_business/2/16/2006 5:05:03 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11386154/ns/business-us_business/Yale University is selling off its oil stocks linked to the African nation of Sudan because the country has been accused of genocide.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11386152/ns/world_news-africa/2/16/2006 3:22:55 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11386152/ns/world_news-africa/Stocks finished Wednesday modestly higher after investors bobbed and weaved with every word of new Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s testimony before Congress.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11385746/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/2/16/2006 2:52:53 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11385746/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/Biochemists someday may be able to figure out what dinosaurs ate, what diseases afflicted them and how they were related to each other — all by analyzing a bit of organic goo.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11385533/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/2/20/2006 8:28:06 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11385533/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/Satellite observations indicate that Greenland's glaciers have been dumping ice at a rate that's doubled over the past five years, adding a new factor to the global-warming debate.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11385475/ns/technology_and_science-science/2/17/2006 12:37:17 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11385475/ns/technology_and_science-science/The U.S. Army on Thursday donated to Pakistan its last “MASH” field hospital made famous by a television show about fictional doctors and nurses who found laughs as they treated casualties of the Korean War.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11385413/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/2/16/2006 2:54:26 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11385413/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/A day after being grilled by senators over Katrina relief efforts, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was  testifying again Thursday, this time about the resources he feels his agency needs.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11385187/ns/us_news-katrina_the_long_road_back/2/16/2006 2:44:17 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11385187/ns/us_news-katrina_the_long_road_back/South Korean firm LG Electronics has decided to battle bird flu with an air conditioner using a filter made from the pungent national dish kimchi.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11385075/ns/business-small_business/2/18/2006 12:36:22 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11385075/ns/business-small_business/A dust storm caused four separate car accidents on an interstate near Phoenix, leaving two people dead and 12 injured and closing the highway for hours.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11384942/ns/weather-weather_news/2/16/2006 2:04:23 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11384942/ns/weather-weather_news/Construction of new homes and apartments, defying forecasts of a housing slowdown, shot up in January at the fastest pace in more than three decades.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11384566/ns/business-real_estate/2/16/2006 7:17:44 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11384566/ns/business-real_estate/As a federal probe into the insurance industry widens, four former top executives of giants General Re and American International Group are pleading not guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11384433/ns/business-us_business/2/16/2006 1:45:54 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11384433/ns/business-us_business/The British man accused of killing his American wife and infant daughter pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges on Thursday and was ordered held without bail.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11384396/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/2/17/2006 1:09:28 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11384396/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/The survivor of the Sago Mine disaster is sometimes responding with a single word, but also uses phrases to answer relatives and therapists.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11384330/ns/us_news-life/2/16/2006 1:31:04 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11384330/ns/us_news-life/New images of naked prisoners, some bloodied and lying on the floor, threatened to revive public anger over abuse by U.S. guards at Abu Ghraib prison at a time when tensions are already running high in the Middle East.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11383850/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/2/16/2006 9:27:02 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11383850/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/Environmental hearings on Canada's proposed $6 billion Mackenzie Valley pipeline opened with warnings that the safety of the pipeline and the natural gas fields that feed it is threatened by climate change.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11383809/ns/world_news-world_environment/2/17/2006 3:00:09 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11383809/ns/world_news-world_environment/XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. posted a much wider loss in the fourth quarter on higher costs for marketing and acquiring subscribers. At the same time, a key director quit over disagreements about the company’s direction, warning of a looming “crisis.”http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11383797/ns/business-us_business/2/16/2006 8:45:39 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11383797/ns/business-us_business/Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Thursday the United States should close the prison at Guantanamo Bay for terror suspects as soon as possible, backing a key conclusion of a U.N.-appointed independent panel.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11381321/ns/us_news-security/2/17/2006 11:42:32 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11381321/ns/us_news-security/Vice President Dick Cheney says he has the power to declassify government secrets, raising the possibility that he authorized his former chief of staff to pass along sensitive prewar data on Iraq to journalists.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11381222/ns/politics/2/16/2006 10:34:32 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11381222/ns/politics/Which are your favorites to advance?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11376917/ns/today-entertainment/2/16/2006 4:11:23 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11376917/ns/today-entertainment/Multigrain, oat bran, cracked wheat, or seven-grain. Which has the heart-healthy whole grains recommended by the government?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11376377/ns/health-fitness/2/16/2006 4:51:24 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11376377/ns/health-fitness/A record 72 metropolitan areas had double-digit gains in sales prices for existing homes in the final three months of 2005 when compared with the same period a year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11376084/ns/business-real_estate/2/16/2006 4:44:05 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11376084/ns/business-real_estate/A group of scientific advisers to the Environmental Protection Agency voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a recommendation that a chemical used in the manufacture of Teflon and other nonstick and stain-resistant products should be considered a likely carcinogen.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11376032/ns/health-health_care/2/16/2006 2:42:49 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11376032/ns/health-health_care/A campaign will be announced Thursday that aims to educate military service members and their spouses on financial matters.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11374860/ns/business-personal_finance/2/16/2006 5:08:23 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11374860/ns/business-personal_finance/A gay-rights uproar in the popular "World of Warcraft" online game has spurred the game's maker to review its treatment of gay players.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11374783/ns/technology_and_science-games/2/16/2006 12:52:55 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11374783/ns/technology_and_science-games/Some people go online just for the sake of it: A new study finds that on any given day, nearly a third of U.S. Internet users log on just for fun or to pass the time.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11374782/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/2/16/2006 12:54:18 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11374782/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/The social networking site MySpace is about to become even more ubiquitous with the launch of a cellular service that will let users read and post to the site.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11374772/ns/technology_and_science-wireless/2/16/2006 5:01:03 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11374772/ns/technology_and_science-wireless/Officials of Haiti’s interim government and electoral council announced Thursday they have reached agreement to declare front-runner Rene Preval the winner of Haiti’s presidential elections.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11374414/ns/world_news-americas/2/16/2006 12:55:04 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11374414/ns/world_news-americas/Teresa Fritschi seeks out artisans in hidden corners of Scotland, pays generously for their lamb’s-wool blankets, Orkney driftwood chairs and organic-tweed jackets, and peddles their indigenous craftsmanship to a far-flung audience over the Internet.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11373993/ns/business-small_business/2/15/2006 11:51:32 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11373993/ns/business-small_business/Office Depot Inc., the nation’s second-largest chain of office supply stores, said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter profit doubled on lower costs and an uptick in revenue.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11373884/ns/business-us_business/2/15/2006 11:13:32 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11373884/ns/business-us_business/Strong notebook computer sales and cost cutting helped drive a 30 percent increase in Hewlett-Packard Co.’s fiscal first-quarter earnings as the computer and printer company continued its turnaround under CEO Mark Hurd.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11373858/ns/business-us_business/2/16/2006 12:18:49 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11373858/ns/business-us_business/