http://www.msnbc.msn.com/rss/RssSitemap2616.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/One of the nation’s few jail dormitories specifically for gay or transgender prisoners is closing on Rikers Island, prompting complaints from some activists who say it is a needed safe haven.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10644244/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/12/30/2005 12:44:52 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10644244/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/The White House said Friday its Web site will keep using Internet tracking technologies, deciding that they aren’t prohibited after all under 2003 federal privacy guidelineshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10644090/ns/technology_and_science-security/12/30/2005 8:48:52 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10644090/ns/technology_and_science-security/That awful tsunami a year ago brought forth the largest outpouring of assistance in disaster history. And hundreds of Americans are still in the region helping victims rebuild their lives. But none more committed than David Murphy, a man making a difference at great personal sacrifice.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10644084/ns/nightly_news-making_a_difference/1/6/2006 9:54:02 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10644084/ns/nightly_news-making_a_difference/A scorecard of fallen soldiers in Iraq is at the center of a community divide in Duluth, Minn.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10644013/ns/nightly_news/12/30/2005 1:51:55 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10644013/ns/nightly_news/A new study finds that guppies experience menopause just like humans and other animals, the first such discovery in fish.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643970/ns/technology_and_science-science/12/30/2005 4:08:59 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643970/ns/technology_and_science-science/Excepts from an essay written recently by Farris Hassan, 16, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., who traveled to Iraq without telling his parents.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643929/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/12/29/2005 11:58:20 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643929/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/Are Iraqi police engaging in torture tactics? An NBC News exclusive interview with an Iraqi policeman who says, "it's just how things are done"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643911/ns/nightly_news/12/30/2005 1:52:15 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643911/ns/nightly_news/The U.S. economy's stalwarts will find themselves tested by higher prices for everything from bleach to natural gas in 2006.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643900/ns/business-us_business/12/29/2005 11:24:47 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643900/ns/business-us_business/The TWU forced the city to drop its proposal to make future employees pay more into their pension plans. But some economists say New York missed a critical opportunity to rein in soaring pension costs.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643855/ns/nightly_news/12/30/2005 1:52:46 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643855/ns/nightly_news/Timeline of U.S. teen's solitary journey to Iraqhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643854/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/12/29/2005 11:46:58 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643854/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/In his second book, the mythical Bigfoot explains what happens when America’s celebrity-obsessed culture forgets you exist.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643849/ns/newsweek-newsweek_entertainment/12/30/2005 12:25:06 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643849/ns/newsweek-newsweek_entertainment/Wall Street wrapped up a disappointing year Friday with a rally-killing selloff, sending the stock market to its lowest levels since before Thanksgiving and dunking the Dow Jones industrial average into negative territory for the year.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643624/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/12/30/2005 11:10:14 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643624/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/Senators stepped up their scrutiny of the Red Cross on Thursday as Sen. Charles Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee asked the organization for correspondence, minutes of board meetings and other records.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643618/ns/us_news-katrina_the_long_road_back/12/30/2005 12:28:50 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643618/ns/us_news-katrina_the_long_road_back/A proposed settlement of lawsuits against Sony BMG Music Entertainment would let some consumers receive free music downloads to compensate them for Sony surreptitiously including spyware on millions of CDs, lawyers said Thursday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643583/ns/technology_and_science-security/12/29/2005 10:43:02 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643583/ns/technology_and_science-security/Where do you think the economy and stock market are headed in 2006? Take our survey.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643529/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/12/30/2005 10:06:00 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643529/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/Farris Hassan, a 16-year-old from Florida, realized that traveling to Iraq by himself was not the safest thing he could have done with his Christmas vacation. And he didn’t even tell his parents.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643329/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/12/30/2005 1:44:01 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643329/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/HealthSouth Corp. held its first annual meeting without fired CEO Richard Scrushy on Thursday, presenting investors with a no-nonsense plan for continued recovery from a fraud that nearly drove the rehabilitation chain to ruin.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643133/ns/business-corporate_scandals/12/30/2005 1:43:21 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10643133/ns/business-corporate_scandals/The e-cycling movement aims to makes everyday products out of toxic electronic trash too poisonous to dump just anywhere.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642954/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/1/2/2006 2:23:55 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642954/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/The plea deal accepted by former top Enron accountant Richard Causey could spell trouble for Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay — that is, if prosecutors don't overplay their hand.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642943/ns/business-us_business/12/30/2005 12:59:22 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642943/ns/business-us_business/With challenges still ahead for America’s big automakers, MSNBC.com looks at some of the most pressing issues now facing the U.S. automotive industry. By MSNBC.com’s Roland Jones.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642724/ns/business-autos/5/9/2006 8:01:03 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642724/ns/business-autos/Democratic lawmakers are girding for battle, rallying to challenge a voter-identification law they say unduly affects the poor. Supporters argue that the measure would help prevent fraud.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642684/ns/us_news-life/12/30/2005 1:05:43 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642684/ns/us_news-life/Thinking of spending that next vacation on the moon or Mars or circling the Earth? Before liftoff, there's a list of things the would-be "space flight participant" should know.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642660/ns/technology_and_science-space/12/29/2005 11:15:19 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642660/ns/technology_and_science-space/London Mayor Ken Livingstone looks back at 2005’s Olympic coup and the awful terror attacks that followed.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642655/ns/newsweek-newsweek_world_news/12/29/2005 8:40:16 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642655/ns/newsweek-newsweek_world_news/The biggest boulder in New England may soon return to its old function as the site of Indian tribal councils. The Boy Scouts’ governing council in Connecticut wants to give Cochegan Rock back to the Mohegans.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642563/ns/us_news-life/12/30/2005 1:51:06 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642563/ns/us_news-life/For the first time in four years, a gourmet extravagance — authentic Japanese Kobe beef — is allowed back into the United States.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642546/ns/business-retail/12/29/2005 8:46:49 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642546/ns/business-retail/Dr. Bradford Cannon, a surgeon who helped pioneer a new treatment for burns, has died at 98.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642338/ns/health-health_care/12/29/2005 7:55:00 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642338/ns/health-health_care/Divers found the body of a Jersey City police officer Thursday afternoon near the drawbridge where he and another officer plunged to their deaths on Christmas night, New York City police said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642255/ns/us_news-life/12/29/2005 11:03:02 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642255/ns/us_news-life/Natasha Richardson on her latest role, films vs. live theater and her famous family.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642158/ns/newsweek-newsweek_entertainment/12/30/2005 12:13:03 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642158/ns/newsweek-newsweek_entertainment/In 2002, Botswana became the first African country to offer free treatment to all who needed it. The desert nation now has half the estimated 110,000 people in immediate need on life-prolonging anti-retroviral medicines.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642125/ns/health-aids/12/29/2005 8:18:11 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10642125/ns/health-aids/We stay at great hotels the way most other people eat home-cooked meals: We do it all the time. But don't think we are blasé about it or take our good fortune for granted. We don't. In fact, the only tough part, aside from convincing our editors that it's worthwhile to pay to send us to five-star resorts in the Caribbean, is coming up with our list at the end of the year in which we are compelled to pick those hotels or resorts we liked most.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10641980/ns/travel-forbescom/1/3/2006 9:02:49 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10641980/ns/travel-forbescom/Should you intervene when your child's friend is overweight and has bad eating habits? What should you do when a youngster has an imaginary friend? Growing Up Healthy answers your queries.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10641487/ns/health-childrens_health/1/2/2006 7:01:16 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10641487/ns/health-childrens_health/While most people are still sleeping off the effects of their New Year's Eve debauchery, more than 130,000 industry gearheads and 2,500 hopeful exhibitors will flock to Sin City for the annual Consumer Electronics Show.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10641257/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/1/4/2006 2:17:41 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10641257/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/A house cat survived being locked in a cage, thrown off a bridge and then stranded in an icy puddle of river slush. Missoula firefighters rescued "Lucky" and one adopted her.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10641195/ns/us_news-life/12/29/2005 5:47:08 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10641195/ns/us_news-life/An Illinois family man once regarded as a pillar in his community was sentenced Thursday to 40 years for bank robberies, after being turned in by his own sons.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10641167/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/12/29/2005 6:40:30 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10641167/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/Sony Corp. scouted out an unusual place to advertise its PlayStation Portable before the holidays: the side of an abandoned building in a gritty North Philadelphia neighborhood.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10641138/ns/technology_and_science-games/12/29/2005 11:17:54 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10641138/ns/technology_and_science-games/College student Janet Lee filed a federal lawsuit against Philadelphia police for jailing her for three weeks on mistaken drug charges.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10641052/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/12/29/2005 6:08:03 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10641052/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/A young “Sopranos” actor accused in the slaying of an off-duty New York police officer said in a jailhouse interview that he didn’t know his alleged burglary accomplice was carrying a gun.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10641042/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/12/29/2005 5:35:27 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10641042/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/The population of the tiny delta smelt fish -- considered an indicator of the health of the waterway that funnels water to two-thirds of Californians -- has hit a record low in the  estuary east of San Francisco Bay, according to new survey figures.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10640943/ns/us_news-environment/12/29/2005 5:20:16 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10640943/ns/us_news-environment/Members of Mexico’s 60 Indian groups, who are working to preserve traditional health care customs, are even more likely than other recent immigrants to fall outside the reach of the American health care system.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10640575/ns/health-health_care/12/29/2005 4:28:00 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10640575/ns/health-health_care/The Italian government named Goldman Sachs managing director Mario Draghi as its new central banker Thursday, moving to contain the damage at the embattled Bank of Italy 10 days after its governor resigned amid a widening banking scandal.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10640566/ns/business-world_business/12/29/2005 4:20:51 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10640566/ns/business-world_business/Catching up with a New Yorker on quest to visit 1,000 taverns in '05http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10640449/ns/msnbc_tv-countdown_with_keith_olbermann/12/30/2005 6:25:03 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10640449/ns/msnbc_tv-countdown_with_keith_olbermann/A man trimming trees was killed after he apparently was pulled into a wood chipper, police said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10640346/ns/us_news-life/12/31/2005 12:20:58 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10640346/ns/us_news-life/'Scarborough Country' looks at the way Americans' donations were handledhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10640252/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_joe/12/29/2005 5:26:43 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10640252/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_joe/Norah O'Donnell and guests discuss the future of the administrationhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10640214/ns/msnbc_tv-hardball_with_chris_matthews/12/29/2005 5:08:07 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10640214/ns/msnbc_tv-hardball_with_chris_matthews/A storm that dumped heavy snow from the Czech Republic to Italy caused dozens of road crashes in Austria and stranded hundreds of motorists overnight in northern France.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10640122/ns/weather-weather_news/12/29/2005 3:37:28 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10640122/ns/weather-weather_news/Sales of previously owned homes fell by 1.7 percent in November, a fresh sign that the high-flying housing market is losing altitude.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10640034/ns/business-real_estate/12/29/2005 6:20:12 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10640034/ns/business-real_estate/Read the transcript to the Wednesday showhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639997/ns/msnbc_tv-the_ed_show/12/29/2005 3:35:37 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639997/ns/msnbc_tv-the_ed_show/Read the transcript to the Wednesday showhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639983/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_joe/12/29/2005 3:31:23 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639983/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_joe/Read the transcript to the Wednesday showhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639915/ns/msnbc_tv-rita_cosby_specials/12/29/2005 3:34:21 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639915/ns/msnbc_tv-rita_cosby_specials/Read the transcript to the Wednesday showhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639901/ns/msnbc_tv-hardball_with_chris_matthews/12/29/2005 3:55:49 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639901/ns/msnbc_tv-hardball_with_chris_matthews/Read the transcript to the Wednesday showhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639895/ns/msnbc_tv-countdown_with_keith_olbermann/12/29/2005 3:25:42 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639895/ns/msnbc_tv-countdown_with_keith_olbermann/Read the transcript to the Wednesday showhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639889/ns/msnbc_tv-the_abrams_report/12/29/2005 3:21:58 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639889/ns/msnbc_tv-the_abrams_report/After sending Christmas traditionalists into a tizzy, "Slasher Santa," a Manhattan family's gory portrayal of the jolly old elf, went up for auction on Christmas Day.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639793/ns/business-small_business/12/29/2005 11:09:15 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639793/ns/business-small_business/The number of new people signing up for unemployment benefits rose last week, but even with the pickup the level of applications still pointed to an improving job climate.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639609/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/12/29/2005 3:26:02 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639609/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/By the end of next year, it may take more than just a user ID and password for bank customers to access their accounts online.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639292/ns/business-personal_finance/12/29/2005 2:10:22 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639292/ns/business-personal_finance/Indonesia’s military acknowledged for the first time Thursday that its commanders in Papua had received “support” from a U.S. gold-mining giant — responding to allegations that Freeport-McMoRan Co. gave the army millions of dollars to protect its facilities in the remote province.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639204/ns/world_news-asiapacific/12/29/2005 1:50:36 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639204/ns/world_news-asiapacific/Flyi Inc, the parent company of Independence Air, will cease operating Jan. 7 if it is unable to find a major investor or buyer, the airline said in a letter received by its employees this week.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639197/ns/business-washington_post/12/29/2005 1:29:17 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10639197/ns/business-washington_post/Hilton Hotels Corp. said Thursday it will buy the hotel assets of Britain’s Hilton Group PLC for 3.3 billion pounds ($5.7 billion) cash, reuniting two brands that split in the 1960s and creating the world’s biggest hotel company.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10637107/ns/business-world_business/12/29/2005 5:28:36 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10637107/ns/business-world_business/In a program to help businesses after Sept. 11, a high percentage of government-backed loans went to recipients who appeared to be unqualified — some of them unaware they were receiving terrorism-recovery money, investigators report.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10637043/ns/business-small_business/12/29/2005 5:38:27 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10637043/ns/business-small_business/About 300 million people living in China’s vast countryside drink unsafe water tainted by chemicals and other contaminants, the government said Thursday in its latest acknowledgment of mounting risks from widespread pollution.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10636979/ns/health-health_care/12/29/2005 1:16:16 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10636979/ns/health-health_care/It's all about two leaders -- one dangerously overweight and one dangerously lightweight.  NBC News' Martin Fletcher analyzes the chances for Mideast peace in 2006.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10636970/ns/us_news-year_in_review/12/29/2005 5:21:04 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10636970/ns/us_news-year_in_review/A foul-smelling plant that turns turkey byproducts into fuel oil was ordered closed by the governor Wednesday until the company finds a way to clear the air.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10636943/ns/business-oil_and_energy/12/29/2005 2:24:39 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10636943/ns/business-oil_and_energy/South Korea’s leading university said Thursday that researcher Hwang Woo-suk did not produce any of the stem cells lines he claimed he had done in a landmark research paper.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10636721/ns/health-cloning_and_stem_cells/12/29/2005 6:47:45 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10636721/ns/health-cloning_and_stem_cells/A U.S. helicopter crashed Tuesday northeast of Baghdad, killing the two Americans aboard, Iraqi police said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10636018/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/1/3/2006 4:03:52 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10636018/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/The Islamic Jihad militant group claimed responsibility Friday for a suicide bombing in the West Bank that killed one soldier and two other Palestinians.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10635830/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/12/30/2005 9:05:31 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10635830/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/A New York  man was charged with child endangerment after one of two toddlers he was baby-sitting was found drunk, authorities said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10634256/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/12/29/2005 4:58:39 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10634256/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/A private jet crashed in a ball of flame Wednesday as it approached an airport north of Lake Tahoe, killing two people on board.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10633630/ns/us_news-life/12/29/2005 3:46:28 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10633630/ns/us_news-life/U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has nominated a Belgian prosecutor to lead the probe into the assassination of Rafik Hariri, U.N. officials said Wednesday. A pro-Syrian group has threatened to kill the next head of the commission investigating the killing.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10632493/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/12/29/2005 3:04:01 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10632493/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday widened a state of emergency, expanding it to 16 counties affected by the recent rain. Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn likewise declared a state of emergency across several counties hit hard by flooding.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10632481/ns/weather-weather_news/1/4/2006 12:57:49 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10632481/ns/weather-weather_news/When it comes to buying and customizing rare automobiles, the sky’s the limit for some millionaire celebrity car owners. A photo slide show.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10632339/ns/business-autos/1/5/2006 1:17:02 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10632339/ns/business-autos/British ladybugs are in danger of being overrun by insects from Central and Southeast Asia that are encroaching on their food supply, experts said Wednesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631922/ns/technology_and_science-science/12/29/2005 2:47:09 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631922/ns/technology_and_science-science/Massachusetts' tech adviser is resigning after leading the state to embrace an open, nonproprietary electronic data format that challenges Microsoft Corp.'s dominant Office suite of business software.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631908/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/12/29/2005 2:02:00 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631908/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/A man pleaded guilty to infecting about 20,000 computers with a worm and using them to launch denial of service attacks against eBay Inc. and other online businesses in 2003.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631907/ns/technology_and_science-security/12/29/2005 1:55:12 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631907/ns/technology_and_science-security/Daily Dose: Tips to help you shape up and slim down in 2006http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631613/ns/health-fitness/2/3/2006 9:12:53 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631613/ns/health-fitness/Take our 2005 health year in review quiz.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631470/ns/health-health_care/12/30/2005 12:05:51 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631470/ns/health-health_care/But 2005 still offered its share of memorable moments in the world of sports. Our picks of the top stories.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631254/ns/newsweek-newsweek_society/12/29/2005 7:44:36 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631254/ns/newsweek-newsweek_society/HealthSouth Corp. accused ousted CEO Richard Scrushy of trying to "pillage" the company of more than $100 million in court papers filed Wednesday and said he isn't due anything for his firing.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631183/ns/business-corporate_scandals/12/28/2005 11:41:04 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631183/ns/business-corporate_scandals/A Carnegie Mellon University professor is hoping that computer models will identify the traits of good wine — eventually helping vintners produce more of it.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631169/ns/technology_and_science-science/12/29/2005 2:41:05 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631169/ns/technology_and_science-science/As Pyongyang’s Stalinist government moves to reassert control over the food supply, some experts fear that it could lead the isolated country into another famine. By Kari Huus.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631108/ns/world_news-asiapacific/12/29/2005 9:26:05 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631108/ns/world_news-asiapacific/Are we nearing the end of those sky-rocketing real estate prices?  The typical home in America has appreciated 55 percent since 2000. But many areas of the country saw even more dramatic appreciation than that. Now, there’s strong evidence that the record pace is starting to slow. Has the housing bubble has sprung a leak?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631066/ns/nightly_news/12/28/2005 11:23:33 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10631066/ns/nightly_news/Hurricane Katrina left New Orleans bruised and battered, sweeping away billions of dollars of potential tourism business. But like the city, the tourism industry is on the mend. Visitors are returning to New Orleans in bigger numbers, and they aren’t just going for the nightlife on Bourbon Street: One of the biggest attractions is storm damage.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10630913/ns/nightly_news/12/28/2005 11:25:31 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10630913/ns/nightly_news/John Demjanjuk, a retired autoworker accused of being a Nazi concentration camp guard, could appeal an immigration judge's ruling Wednesday that he be deported to his native Ukraine.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10630835/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/12/29/2005 3:38:29 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10630835/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10630802/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/12/28/2005 11:58:48 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10630802/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/Two U.S. pilots were killed after their Apache collided in midair with another helicopter just west of Baghdad, according to a senior Defense Department official.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10630753/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/12/29/2005 12:03:40 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10630753/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/Women are now as likely to use the Internet as men _ about two-thirds of both genders _ yet a new study shows that gaps remain in what each sex does online.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10630704/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/12/28/2005 11:47:33 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10630704/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/The Army can’t account for $68 million in parts and tools shipped to contractors for repairs in 2004, the Government Accountability Office reported. Earlier GAO audits found similar lack of oversight with parts and tool shipments to the Navy and Air Force.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10630457/ns/politics/12/29/2005 12:20:14 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10630457/ns/politics/Weaknesses in FEMA’s response system during Hurricane Katrina were one indicator of major management challenges at the Homeland Security Department, according to an internal report issued Wednesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10630211/ns/us_news-security/12/29/2005 1:10:38 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10630211/ns/us_news-security/During its live coverage of the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, NBC did not tell viewers that a giant balloon had caught on a street lamp and injured two sisters.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10629942/ns/us_news/12/28/2005 9:40:23 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10629942/ns/us_news/Key figures in the Enron scandalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10629898/ns/business-corporate_scandals/9/26/2006 4:27:27 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10629898/ns/business-corporate_scandals/As 2005 began, President Bush set the spread of democracy as his primary goal. How did he do?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10629784/ns/newsweek-newsweek_politics/12/28/2005 9:25:42 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10629784/ns/newsweek-newsweek_politics/Spanish government ministries will now close by 6 p.m. as part of a package of measures designed to help Spaniards balance jobs and families. The new measures went into effect on Tuesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10629643/ns/world_news-europe/12/28/2005 10:41:19 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10629643/ns/world_news-europe/The National Security Agency's Internet site has been placing files on visitors' computers that can track their Web surfing activity despite strict federal rules banning most of them.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10629515/ns/technology_and_science-security/12/28/2005 9:23:24 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10629515/ns/technology_and_science-security/The creator of the left’s favorite political blog, The Daily Kos, handicaps the 2006 elections and shares his advice for the Democratic Party.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10629288/ns/newsweek-newsweek_politics/12/29/2005 8:05:03 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10629288/ns/newsweek-newsweek_politics/Odd as it may be, it is you and I who determine the extent to which drug doping permeates the Olympics, writes Arthur Caplan.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10629211/ns/health-health_care/2/26/2006 2:42:01 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10629211/ns/health-health_care/Millions of senior citizens will become eligible for Medicare's new prescription drug benefit Jan. 1, but many are still confused about the program.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10629101/ns/health-aging/12/28/2005 9:27:03 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10629101/ns/health-aging/Hundreds of environmental groups who receive grant money from the EPA find themselves explaining how they can be watchdogs while also receiving funds.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10629004/ns/us_news-environment/12/28/2005 8:12:28 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10629004/ns/us_news-environment/