http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Nation 60 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:09:48 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1347235.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1347235.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:52 EST The Senate is ready to begin a volatile, high-stakes healthcare debate that's sure to be punctuated by tense and unpredictable battles over some of the most incendiary issues in American politics today. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1346609.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1346609.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:27 EST The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1346598.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1346598.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:12 EST An Algerian court on Sunday acquitted two men once held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, who were returned home to face trial on links to terrorism, their defense lawyer said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1344610.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1344610.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:37 EST A federal judge Friday ordered the Obama administration to free a long-held Guantánamo captive who fled his native Algeria years ago and kicked around Europe as a construction worker for a decade before his capture in Pakistan. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1344671.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1344671.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:52 EST Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said Friday that prosecuting terror suspects in federal court in New York rather than a military tribunal jeopardizes the safety of Americans. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1338879.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1338879.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:37 EST Guards didn't go through the prison camps Wednesday and unpin the presidential closure order from detainee bulletin boards. And the detention center didn't put in an urgent call for reinforcements. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1340676.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1340676.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:07 EST With a prison camps closure date now uncertain, the Pentagon gaveled into business a military commissions session Wednesday with an Afghan foot soldier case. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1339798.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1339798.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:37 EST An Illinois congressman says his comment that suspected terrorists detained at Guantánamo Bay follow a "savage religion'' has been misinterpreted. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1339323.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1339323.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:57 EST President Barack Obama says he won't set a new deadline for closing the Guantánamo Bay military prison, but does expect the facility to shut down sometime next year. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1338372.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1338372.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:42 EST The alleged 9/11 conspirators neither greeted with joy nor trepidation the news that they would be taken to New York City to face a civilian trial for the Sept. 11 attacks. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1336034.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1336034.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:50 EST Some folks in this dying Mississippi River town would rather take their chances with suspected terrorists in their backyard than watch their neighbors continue to move away in despair over the lack of jobs. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1335533.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1335533.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:00 EST What can stay? What can go? And what can be destroyed? Undaunted, Guantánamo is preparing for the day when the detainees are gone. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1332775.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1332775.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Confessed mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 plotters will face a federal trial in New York, Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday in an announcement that left intact the war court at Guantánamo. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1332599.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1332599.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:02 EST Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to prosecute confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four alleged underlings in civilian courts ignited a debate Friday about whether the trial would invite new attacks on New York and if the proceeding would be stymied by legal wrangling over the defendants' rights. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1332361.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1332361.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:50 EST The move to put the self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind on trial just blocks from ground zero raises a host of legal, political and security questions, chief among them: Can a fair-minded jury be found in a city still nursing deep wounds from the attack on the World Trade Center? http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1331792.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/guantanamo/story/1331792.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:10 EST The federal government argued before the Supreme Court Friday that Canadian courts do not have the right to order authorities to seek the repatriation of the youngest detainee held by the U.S. at Guantánamo Bay. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348517.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348517.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:58 EST The corruption case against former New York state Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno has gone to the jury, which will return Tuesday morning to begin deliberations. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348516.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348516.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:58 EST The offices of Oklahoma's governor and lieutenant governor were temporarily evacuated Monday after a man wearing a military fatigue jacket threw a briefcase onto a security checkpoint X-ray machine while attempting to bypass Capitol guards. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348490.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348490.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:38 EST Federal investigators in Philadelphia say they have arrested a man who wanted to obtain weapons to ship to Syria, including anti-aircraft missiles. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348489.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348489.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:33 EST A federal judge is sentencing a man who firebombed a mosque in central Tennessee to 14 years in prison. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348488.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348488.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:33 EST Sen. Schumer vows Democrats will pass health care bill with or without GOP support http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348477.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348477.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:23 EST An animal protection group is asking a federal judge to block the government's planned roundup of thousands of wild mustangs in Nevada next month. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348476.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348476.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:23 EST A Kansas nurse convicted of enslaving mentally ill residents of a Newton group home has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after a judge acknowledged the original seven-year term was too short. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1342963.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1342963.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A day after two men described as soldiers in a terrorism plot to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices were sentenced to less than a decade behind bars -- far less than federal prosecutors sought -- two more men received similar sentences Thursday in Miami federal court. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1337124.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1337124.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:00 EST In a highly controversial move, an influential government-sponsored organization is recommending against routine annual mammograms for healthy women in their 40s. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1335533.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1335533.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00 EST What can stay? What can go? And what can be destroyed? Undaunted, Guantánamo is preparing for the day when the detainees are gone. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1332775.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1332775.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Confessed mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 plotters will face a federal trial in New York, Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday in an announcement that left intact the war court at Guantánamo. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1332784.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1332784.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:00 EST In a shake-up, White House Counsel Greg Craig abruptly announced his resignation Friday, just weeks after telling reporters that he had no plans to leave. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1331741.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1331741.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:57 EST Confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his four co-accused will face a federal trial in New York City -- not a military tribunal in Guantánamo, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1330865.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1330865.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00 EST People came armed with passion and questions.<p/> And they got plenty of answers -- from a decidedly Democratic perspective.<p/> But after close to two hours of healthcare talk Thursday afternoon, few of the 350 people at a town-hall meeting sponsored by U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, seemed to have changed their minds. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1330906.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1330906.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Chalk up another national-security threat -- this one looming with each excess pound, failing grade and drug bust affecting young adults.<p/> An alarming 75 percent of Americans ages 17 to 24 would not qualify for military service today because they are physically unfit, failed to finish high school or have criminal records. So says a new report from an organization of education and military leaders calling for immediate action on the early-education front. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1328991.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1328991.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:22 EST Fewer Americans than anticipated filed claims for jobless benefits last week, signaling the worst employment slump in the post-World War II era is easing as the economy expands. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1328994.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1328994.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:00 EST (AP) -- Much like its death-defying dives for fish, the brown pelican has resurfaced after plummeting to the brink of extinction.<p/> Interior Department officials on Wednesday announced that they were taking the bird off the endangered species list, after a nearly four-decade struggle to keep the brown pelican population afloat. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1326452.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1326452.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:24 EST A United Airlines pilot who failed a breath test shortly before he was due to take off has been charged with having too much alcohol in his system, British police said. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1327183.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1327183.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The fuel company whose tank farm exploded in a massive fire last month has been cited for sweeping environmental violations dating back 10 years, costing $1.3 million in penalties and fines for leaking hazardous waste in the water, air and soil, a nonprofit investigative news organization has reported. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348423.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348423.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:43 EST A Wisconsin man transformed his apartment into a pornographic shrine to young girls, arranging mannequins in a sex act, plastering every flat surface with pictures and setting up a bed covered with stuffed animals, investigators said Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348412.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348412.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:33 EST A judge reserved ruling Monday on whether a former Philippine National Police officer who served prison time for receiving classified U.S. government documents will be extradited to face murder charges back home. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348408.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348408.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:28 EST Clemson University is getting nearly $100 million in federal stimulus funds to study wind energy. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348407.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348407.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:28 EST Development officials say almost half the world's population lacks modern fuels to cook or heat or any electricity, and insist negotiators must address that "energy poverty" as part of any global climate pact next month in Denmark. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348348.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348348.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:48 EST The U.N. humanitarian chief says Sri Lanka's decision to release Tamil refugees confined to government camps is good news but the United Nations is concerned about how they are being returned home. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348347.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348347.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:48 EST The District of Columbia has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a lawsuit by protesters arrested during demonstrations nine years ago. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348186.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348186.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:33 EST Federal prosecutors unsealed new terror-related charges against eight people on Monday as part of the long-running investigation of young men who left the United States to fight in Somalia. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348327.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348327.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:25 EST Prosecutors say John Kerry's eldest daughter won't be charged with drunken driving in Los Angeles. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348293.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348293.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:13 EST A former Las Vegas supervisor for the political advocacy group ACORN was sentenced Monday to up to three years' probation for his role in a plan to pay canvassers to register Nevada voters during last year's presidential campaign. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348267.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348267.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:53 EST Brynwood Partners VI LP, a private investment firm in Greenwich, Conn., said Monday it bought energy bar company Balance Bar Co. from Kraft Foods for an undisclosed sum. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348238.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348238.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:38 EST A jury in Philadelphia has ordered Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to pay a woman $75 million in punitive damages after finding a link between her breast cancer and a hormone-replacement drug. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348234.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1348234.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:33 EST A Maui man accused of selling military secrets to China has been found competent to stand trial. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1347244.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1347244.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:23 EST It's a phrase people are loath to hear when they're looking for a new primary-care doctor: Not accepting new patients.<p/> Some parts of the country already lack an ample supply of general internists, pediatricians and family physicians, forcing patients to drive further or wait longer for care. If a comprehensive health reform bill passes and extends coverage to millions of uninsured Americans, many are asking if there will be enough primary-care doctors to handle the increased demand for medical services. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1344839.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1344839.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Thirty years of spying for Cuba will send a retired State Department official to prison for life after he and his wife pleaded guilty Friday to sending secrets to the United States' longtime antagonist. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1343131.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/1343131.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Cuba's celebrated and increasingly brassy blogger Yoani Sánchez emerged Thursday as a player in U.S.-Cuba relations, scoring a lengthy reply from President Barack Obama to her questions and playing a starring role in a congressional hearing on efforts to let American tourists visit Cuba.