http://www.msnbc.msn.com/rss/RssSitemap2816.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/The EPA issued a report Monday that found unusually high levels of asbestos in the soil of a California school. NBC's Mark Mullen reports.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7712150/ns/nightly_news/5/2/2005 11:36:06 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7712150/ns/nightly_news/Despite being under house arrest, Martha Stewart is holding press conferences and attending  star-studded galas. NBC's Carl Quintanilla investigates whether Stewart is getting the star treatment.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7712143/ns/nightly_news/5/2/2005 11:34:56 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7712143/ns/nightly_news/Spurred by the killing of a 9-year-old girl, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Monday signed the Jessica Lunsford Act into law, imposing tougher penalties on child molesters and requiring many parolees to be subject to satellite tracking for the rest of their lives.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7712095/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/5/3/2005 1:39:05 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7712095/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/The Puget Sound region has an unusually large number of unconventional commuters who trade in their cars or bus passes to brave the outdoor elements through walking, biking, rowing, kayaking, in-line skating — even unicycling.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7712087/ns/business-local_business/5/4/2005 5:59:15 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7712087/ns/business-local_business/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7712078/ns/us_news-life/5/2/2005 9:13:03 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7712078/ns/us_news-life/I don’t think I’ve ever received so much email so quickly as with last week’s column on the cut-off of analog television, ranging from puzzlement and outrage to predictions of sudden increases in both book sales and pregnancies. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7711731/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/5/2/2005 8:22:14 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7711731/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/Trying to eat more fish for a healthy heart? Fish sticks don’t count. So says a study suggesting only fish that’s broiled or baked actually protects against heart disease.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7711701/ns/health-fitness/5/2/2005 10:01:07 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7711701/ns/health-fitness/The makers of that American cultural icon—the Oreo—are planning to make their product healthier. Our columnist carries out his own taste experiment.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7711463/ns/newsweek-newsweek_society/5/14/2005 1:08:30 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7711463/ns/newsweek-newsweek_society/For Leo Hogan, there's only one place to go for a steaming cup of freshly roasted and brewed gourmet coffee: his local used CD shop.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7711273/ns/business-retail/6/22/2005 10:12:37 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7711273/ns/business-retail/A few tips on saving money, particularly for young adults.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7711260/ns/business-personal_finance/5/13/2005 6:29:41 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7711260/ns/business-personal_finance/Why is the runaway bride's husband sticking around? Dan thinks Pat Benatar said it best when she said “Love is a battlefield.” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7711089/ns/msnbc_tv-the_abrams_report/5/17/2005 5:58:51 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7711089/ns/msnbc_tv-the_abrams_report/Space.com: The search is back on again for a spacecraft that disappeared during a landing attempt nearly six years ago. And hints suggest that the probe may have been found.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710992/ns/technology_and_science-space/5/3/2005 3:24:25 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710992/ns/technology_and_science-space/In a land packed with highly visible monuments to our courageous forefathers, we were pleased to discover a fair quantity of "mom-uments" around the US - statues and memorials honoring our heroic foremothers.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710888/ns/travel-road_trips/5/12/2006 9:43:02 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710888/ns/travel-road_trips/Pfc. Lynndie England, who appeared in some of the most notorious and graphic photos from the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, plead guilty to charges related to her role in the events on Monday. NBC News' Jim Cummins explains what will come next in the judicial process.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710828/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/5/2/2005 7:04:52 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710828/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/Huge areas of the Pacific Ocean are loaded with discarded fishing nets that entangle marine mammals, turtles and sea birds, a new study found.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710827/ns/technology_and_science-science/5/2/2005 6:21:58 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710827/ns/technology_and_science-science/Read the transcript to the Friday showhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710825/ns/msnbc_tv-about_msnbc_tv/5/2/2005 6:09:50 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710825/ns/msnbc_tv-about_msnbc_tv/The Republicans won an important victory Monday in their legal challenge to the election of Gov. Christine Gregoire when a judge allowed them to use a type of statistical analysis to try to prove illegal votes swayed the race.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710815/ns/politics/5/2/2005 6:10:52 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710815/ns/politics/Read the transcript to the Friday showhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710812/ns/msnbc_tv-about_msnbc_tv/5/2/2005 6:22:59 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710812/ns/msnbc_tv-about_msnbc_tv/Read the transcript to the Friday showhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710768/ns/msnbc_tv-about_msnbc_tv/5/2/2005 6:04:35 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710768/ns/msnbc_tv-about_msnbc_tv/It's a cold day in hell: we're about to recommend a Saturn. It gets worse: we're actually about to recommend two Saturns. We assure you our endorsement of these vehicles only comes in the name of objectivity: it's time for our annual look at the safest and most affordable cars for teenagers.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710760/ns/business-forbescom/5/9/2005 8:33:03 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710760/ns/business-forbescom/Read the transcript to the Friday showhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710752/ns/msnbc_tv-about_msnbc_tv/5/2/2005 6:01:57 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710752/ns/msnbc_tv-about_msnbc_tv/A nurse who shared Adolf Hitler’s final days in a Berlin bunker is at last talking about her experience, saying the Nazi leader “sank into himself” and “aged greatly” before committing suicide as the Allied troops closed in.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710719/ns/world_news-europe/5/2/2005 9:41:19 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710719/ns/world_news-europe/An ad war broke out Monday over President Bush’s  court nominees.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710547/ns/politics/5/2/2005 5:39:59 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710547/ns/politics/Produce companies are putting freshly sliced fruit into fun packages for kids and packaging carrot and celery sticks to fit in a car cup-holder. Some on the new lines are on display at the Food Marketing Institute show, the supermarket industry’s annual convention.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710091/ns/health-fitness/5/2/2005 5:22:06 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7710091/ns/health-fitness/Tagging may change how we keep track of and discover everything digital. And with the growing production of photos, sound and video clips — material not easily searchable — some are banking their futures on it.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709996/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/5/2/2005 4:53:29 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709996/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/Emergency managers in Florida's Indian River County thought e-mail alerts about weather emergencies was a great idea, but AOL won't get the messages through.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709995/ns/technology_and_science-security/5/2/2005 5:29:36 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709995/ns/technology_and_science-security/Whipped up by last year's hurricanes, toxic algae on a huge Everglades lake threatens work to restore the health of the vast wetlands.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709910/ns/us_news-environment/5/3/2005 4:04:34 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709910/ns/us_news-environment/A Vermont woman won’t face criminal charges for leading police on a high-speed chase, because she was rushing her burned baby to the hospital.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709848/ns/health-health_care/5/2/2005 7:12:41 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709848/ns/health-health_care/A West Texas town that grew up on oil, may hang its hopes on what some folks believe is their next boom: storage and disposal of radioactive waste.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709778/ns/us_news-environment/5/2/2005 4:21:20 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709778/ns/us_news-environment/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709765/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/5/2/2005 4:07:27 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709765/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/Pfc. Lynndie England’s plea deal follows the convictions of seven other Army reservists on charges of abusing detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709487/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/5/4/2005 6:49:04 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709487/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/A new study emphasizes what every parent must know: children are safer in car crashes when they sit in the back seat and are less likely to be injured when safety seats and seat belts are used.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709485/ns/health-childrens_health/5/2/2005 3:58:06 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709485/ns/health-childrens_health/Are the pressure's of today's weddings so great that one has to flee half-way across the country and fake an abduction to escape? Not so says one bride-to-be to another.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709261/ns/us_news/5/2/2005 5:15:01 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709261/ns/us_news/Grist magazine interviews a Mexican activist who won a $125,000 prize for his work defending forests from logging.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709168/ns/us_news-environment/5/4/2005 7:35:55 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709168/ns/us_news-environment/Grist magazine interviews a Haitian agronomist whose work to replant trees in his native land earned him a 2005 Goldman Environmental Prize.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709150/ns/us_news-environment/5/2/2005 3:28:58 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7709150/ns/us_news-environment/At a time of growing nuclear tensions, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday urged nonweapons states like Iran to step back from the nuclear temptation, and America and Russia to cut their arsenals.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7708862/ns/world_news/5/2/2005 11:38:42 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7708862/ns/world_news/At least 50 percent of all people getting married get a case of either cold feet or seem to have feet that want to run away from the altar. Jennifer violated no law by running away (other than the law of common sense), but she crossed the line when she reported herself as an interstate kidnap victim. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7708829/ns/msnbc_tv-the_abrams_report/10/10/2005 1:25:51 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7708829/ns/msnbc_tv-the_abrams_report/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7708773/ns/today-entertainment/5/24/2005 7:54:16 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7708773/ns/today-entertainment/The manufacturing sector expanded in April for the 23rd consecutive month, but at a slower pace than in March.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7708769/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/5/2/2005 6:57:02 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7708769/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7708761/5/3/2005 2:26:16 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7708761/Springtime on the Columbia River usually means hordes of Chinook salmon swimming up the river, nourishing on their way centuries-old Indian traditions and a voracious commercial fishery. But not this year. NBC News' K.C. Johnston reports.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7708591/ns/us_news-environment/5/5/2005 11:54:43 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7708591/ns/us_news-environment/To save an endangered fox species found only on an island off California, federal officials say they must kill wild pigs that have run roughshod over the place.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7708293/ns/us_news-environment/5/3/2005 11:37:57 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7708293/ns/us_news-environment/A push to allow women to participate in Kuwait's local elections stalled Monday when Islamist and conservative lawmakers abstained en masse from a key vote in parliament, leaving the measure undefeated but short of the number of votes needed for passage.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7708240/ns/world_news/5/2/2005 2:41:51 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7708240/ns/world_news/A blast at an ammunition dump in a northern Afghan village killed 28 people and wounded 70 on Monday, a government spokesman said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7707618/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/5/2/2005 4:20:42 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7707618/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/Sirius Satellite Radio is launching a show that will feature a daily selection of the increasingly popular do-it-yourself audio programs called "podcasts'.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7707615/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/5/2/2005 12:40:25 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7707615/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/Two teens who were given up for dead were found alive six days after strong winds pushed their small boat out to sea off the North Carolina coast.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7706851/ns/us_news/5/3/2005 5:19:04 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7706851/ns/us_news/Texas Pacific Group and Warburg Pincus are negotiating to purchase the Neiman Marcus Group Inc., which includes a chain of 37 luxury department stores, for about $5 billion, according to published reports.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7706677/ns/business-us_business/5/2/2005 1:15:00 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7706677/ns/business-us_business/Obesity has long been a problem mostly of the poor, but new research shows that the more affluent are catching up fast.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7706383/ns/health-fitness/5/3/2005 12:14:34 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7706383/ns/health-fitness/Tony Blair, elected to a historic third term as Britain’s prime minister, acknowledged Friday that the Iraq war was “a deeply divisive issue” that hurt his Labour Party, but he said Britons were ready to “move on” and focus on the future.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7706165/ns/world_news-europe/5/6/2005 8:52:24 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7706165/ns/world_news-europe/Teenagers realize that tanning is dangerous, but don't worry about it, according to a survey from the American Academy of Dermatology.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7706126/ns/health-cancer/5/2/2005 3:23:42 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7706126/ns/health-cancer/A man who pedaled across the country after heart bypass surgery gave him a second chance at life has died of a heart attack, one day after completing the 2,400-mile trip.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7705835/ns/health-heart_health/5/2/2005 4:47:11 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7705835/ns/health-heart_health/Kenneth B. Clark, an educator and psychologist who spent his life working for racial integration and improvement in the education of black children, has died. He was 90.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7704314/ns/us_news-life/5/2/2005 12:04:39 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7704314/ns/us_news-life/Determined to pressure wavering Republicans, an independent group is launching a costly ad campaign designed to make sure President Bush’s conservative judicial nominees receive swift confirmation.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7704273/ns/politics/5/2/2005 8:26:52 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7704273/ns/politics/An Israeli soldier was killed in a West Bank clash on Monday in which a Palestinian gunman also died, Al Jazeera television reported.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7702948/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/5/2/2005 6:20:55 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7702948/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/Is there anyone alive who doesn't love, at least just a little bit, good old fashioned gossip? Especially when the gossipee happens to be the famously sympathetic “American Idol” judge, apparently sweet, apparently loveable, Paula Abdul. Of course, the truly juicy bit of gossip is that she may have known at least one of those contestants a little too well.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7702779/ns/dateline_nbc-newsmakers/5/9/2005 1:45:59 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7702779/ns/dateline_nbc-newsmakers/Scientists show off an ultra-thin synthetic material that could someday be used in interplanetary solar-sail spacecraft.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7702721/ns/technology_and_science-space/5/2/2005 5:00:25 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7702721/ns/technology_and_science-space/The commander of the first space shuttle mission in more than two years counsels patience as she and her crewmates begin a dress rehearsal for their oft-delayed launch.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7702375/ns/technology_and_science-space/5/2/2005 4:25:36 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7702375/ns/technology_and_science-space/For the seventh time since it took force in 1970, the world’s nations gather Monday to reassess how well the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty is keeping the lid on man’s most terrible weapons.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7702335/ns/world_news/5/2/2005 6:28:55 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7702335/ns/world_news/A researcher who was a pioneer in purifying the toxin used in Botox injections, has died at age 96.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7702160/ns/technology_and_science/5/2/2005 1:15:50 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7702160/ns/technology_and_science/A small plane carrying Honduran President Ricardo Maduro went down in the Caribbean Sea near the shore Sunday after its engine failed, and Maduro was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, a spokesman said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7702083/ns/world_news/5/2/2005 12:55:37 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7702083/ns/world_news/President Bush’s chief of staff appealed on Sunday for congressional Democrats to work with the administration  rather than complain and stall action.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7702061/ns/politics/5/2/2005 12:47:06 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7702061/ns/politics/Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is starting a consulting company that will advise clients on homeland security, law enforcement and other matters of business and government.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7701480/ns/us_news/5/2/2005 4:17:31 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7701480/ns/us_news/Disney on Sunday declined to say whether it wants to build a theme park in India, but denied a newspaper report in Hong Kong that it lobbied the Indian government on the matter.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7701327/ns/business-world_business/5/1/2005 10:35:51 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7701327/ns/business-world_business/Latest tanning survey shows teens know risks but tan anyway.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7701260/ns/health-cancer/5/2/2005 1:34:24 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7701260/ns/health-cancer/An association representing more than 36,000 pharmacies is issuing guidelines for possible federal legislation to restrict sales of cold medications containing a substance often used in the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine — or “speed.”http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7701037/ns/health-health_care/5/1/2005 9:52:13 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7701037/ns/health-health_care/While owning a private plane remains a dream few can realize, creative financing options and advances in technology have helped manufacturers inch closer to their far-off dream of putting a plane in every garage.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7701019/ns/business-us_business/5/4/2005 11:43:12 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7701019/ns/business-us_business/Cairo suicide bomber Ehab Yousri Yassin underwent a drastic change a few years ago, mingling with Islamic extremists, talking only about religion and forcing his sisters to wear head-to-toe veils.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7700920/ns/world_news/5/1/2005 10:02:05 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7700920/ns/world_news/The nation’s apple growers, who have been fighting flat prices for years, are helpful about the future now that McDonald’s Corp. has become their biggest foodservice customer. The shift couldn’t have come at a better time.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7700617/ns/business-us_business/5/1/2005 9:18:47 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7700617/ns/business-us_business/Like many American cities, Las Vegas began as an accident of nature. But in the 100 years since the its official founding, the city’s economic vitality has been entirely man-made, fueled by a series of entrepreneurs who were as quick to tear up the city’s business plan and start over. By MSNBC.com's John W. Schoen.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7700346/ns/business-us_business/5/2/2005 7:57:12 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7700346/ns/business-us_business/Qwest dropped out of the bidding war for MCI Inc. on Monday after MCI agreed to another new deal with Verizon, rejecting a higher-priced bid from Qwest for the fourth time.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7700157/ns/business-us_business/5/2/2005 7:35:55 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7700157/ns/business-us_business/Millions of workers staged largely peaceful May Day rallies worldwide, from a rally of 5,000 Bangladeshis seeking a minimum wage to the streets of Moscow where labor union workers rallied against sweeping social reforms.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7700091/ns/world_news/5/1/2005 8:19:02 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7700091/ns/world_news/Now that the government says fat might not kill so many of us after all, is it OK to be just a little pudgy?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7699766/ns/health-fitness/5/1/2005 6:07:53 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7699766/ns/health-fitness/Stocks ended Monday's session higher after crude oil prices rallied higher and anticipation of the Federal Reserve’s upcoming meeting prompted investors to pull money out of the market.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7699489/ns/business/5/2/2005 11:46:30 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7699489/ns/business/Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues are being buffeted by strong economic crosscurrents — rising inflation pressures on one hand and a sudden slowing in economic growth on the other.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7699455/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/5/3/2005 3:53:12 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7699455/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/After a year and a half of failed negotiations and months of arbitration, Alaska Airlines and its pilots have a new contract, the company announced.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7699430/ns/business-us_business/5/1/2005 5:00:23 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7699430/ns/business-us_business/Guests: Andrew Card, White House Chief of Staff; Sen. George Allen, R-Va.; Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7698687/ns/meet_the_press/5/1/2005 3:00:40 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7698687/ns/meet_the_press/Iraqi forces backed by the U.S. military on Sunday detained a number of suspects in the abduction of a British aid worker believed killed last year, the American military said.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7698191/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/5/1/2005 3:06:35 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7698191/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/Israel and Turkey agreed to set up a hot line for instant communication between the nations’ leaders, it was announced Sunday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7698145/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/5/2/2005 1:07:27 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7698145/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/The U.N. atomic watchdog on Friday warned that a North Korean nuclear test would have "disastrous political repercussions" and called on world leaders to pressure Pyongyang not to cross that line.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7696261/ns/world_news-asiapacific/5/6/2005 11:12:07 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7696261/ns/world_news-asiapacific/Chinese computer maker Lenovo has completed its $1.75 billion purchase of IBM’s personal computer division, creating the third-largest PC maker in the world, the company says.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7695811/ns/business-world_business/5/1/2005 10:18:41 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7695811/ns/business-world_business/Members of the Minuteman Project, volunteers who were monitoring illegal immigrant activity along a stretch of Arizona’s border, ended their monthlong campaign this weekend as they began -- by peering through binoculars along a dusty border road.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7695652/ns/us_news/5/1/2005 9:23:10 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7695652/ns/us_news/Six months ago Dateline went along with health inspectors on unannounced visits to school cafeterias across the country and found a host of problems. In some of the schools, those problems included food temperature violations, the presence of mice, broken glass and even bugs mixed in with food.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694155/ns/dateline_nbc-consumer_alert/5/1/2005 10:56:33 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694155/ns/dateline_nbc-consumer_alert/Ken Langone has his own big plans for the Big Board.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694070/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/5/1/2005 7:43:19 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694070/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/Gas prices, Social Security, Tom DeLay. What else can go wrong for Bush?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694069/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/5/1/2005 5:40:32 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694069/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/When officials dreamed up catchphrases like 'the people's Olympics,' who knew the public would take the words seriously?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694068/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/5/1/2005 7:30:30 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694068/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/Haier's CEO aims to create a global brand, even if he has to break a few things to do it.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694063/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/5/1/2005 7:33:24 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694063/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/A new power is emerging in the East. How America should handle unprecedented new challenges, threats—and opportunities.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694062/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/5/1/2005 6:11:58 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694062/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/Sumo and the Art of Blogginghttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694044/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/5/1/2005 5:40:13 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694044/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/The upside to China's rise is increased trade and investment, at least for some.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694043/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/5/1/2005 7:36:13 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694043/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/Western admen are thriving, yet struggling not to offend, in a complicated market.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694042/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/5/1/2005 7:35:26 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694042/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/A Marine accused of murdering two Iraqi detainees intended to make an example of them by shooting them 60 times and hanging a sign over their bodies, prosecutors said Saturday during closing arguments in a pretrial hearing.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694015/ns/world_news/5/1/2005 5:26:13 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7694015/ns/world_news/Iraqi Mission Accomplishedhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7693906/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/5/1/2005 5:40:13 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7693906/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7693899/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/5/1/2005 5:40:13 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7693899/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7693889/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/5/1/2005 5:40:13 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7693889/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/First lady Laura Bush stole the show with a surprise comedy routine that ripped President Bush and brought an audience that included much of official Washington and a dash of Hollywood to a standing ovation at a dinner honoring award-winning journalists.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7693810/ns/politics/5/1/2005 5:32:32 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7693810/ns/politics/A weird schizophrenia grips the nation, as Putin's power fades and new threats emerge.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7693664/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/5/1/2005 5:40:32 AM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7693664/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/A flow of information from the outside world is changing the Hermit Kingdom.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7693649/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/5/1/2005 7:31:40 PM+00:00Nationalhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7693649/ns/newsweek-newsweek_international_editions/