http://deseretnews.com/world-nation The latest World and National news from the Deseret Morning News en-us Copyright 2007, Deseret News Publishing Company Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:00:01 MST Fri, 5 Dec 2008 02:01:14 MST Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268166,00.html Desperate U.S. automakers ran into fresh obstacles from skeptical lawmakers Thursday as they appealed with rising urgency and a new dose of humility for a $34 billion bailout. Without help, said one senator, "we're looking at a death sentence." Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268198,00.html A Pakistani militant group apparently used an Indian operative as far back as 2007 to scout targets for the elaborate plot against India's financial capital, authorities said Thursday, a blow to Indian officials who have blamed the deadly attacks entirely on Pakistani extremists. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268197,00.html A security pact with a timetable for pulling U.S. forces from Iraq won final government approval Thursday, even as suicide bombers killed 17 people and wounded more than 100. Two Americans were among the dead. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268189,00.html Democrats are growing impatient with President-elect Barack Obama's refusal to inject himself in the major economic crises confronting the country. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268185,00.html When you're smiling, the whole world really does smile with you. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268190,00.html President-elect Barack Obama's vast list of donors is being asked to donate to Hillary Rodham Clinton as she scrambles to reduce her massive campaign debt before she becomes secretary of state and federal ethics rule limit her fundraising, an Obama adviser said Thursday night. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268187,00.html NASA is delaying a mission to Mars that already had been over budget and will get even more costly. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268080,00.html Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, raised the possibility Thursday of attaching an extreme, unusual condition to any taxpayer bailout of U.S. automakers: forcing General Motors and Chrysler to merge to save what they have estimated could be $8 billion to $10 billion a year. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:21 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268221,00.html For more than two months, Somali pirates and their hostages aboard a Greek cargo ship played cards, caught fish under the blazing sun, and swapped tales of home. By the time all 25 hostages were released unharmed last week, the pirates even made one of the captives a startling offer: Would he like to join them? Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268156,00.html The Bush administration is trying to make it tougher for Congress to block mining and oil and gas drilling on public lands. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268162,00.html Prime Minister Stephen Harper suspended Parliament on Thursday to avoid almost certain defeat in a confidence vote an unprecedented move allowing him to retain power and confront Canada's flagging economy. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268193,00.html Europe's top human rights court Thursday struck down a British law that allows the government to store DNA and fingerprints from people with no criminal record a landmark decision that could force Britain to destroy nearly 1 million samples on its database. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268194,00.html President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush have bought a home among business leaders and prominent Republican donors in an affluent North Dallas neighborhood, where they will live after the president leaves office in January. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268195,00.html Many of the thousands of troops who suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan are at risk of long-term health problems including depression and Alzheimer's-like dementia, but it's impossible to predict how high those risks are, researchers say. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268199,00.html Medical marijuana became legal in Michigan on Thursday, but smoking a joint could still get patients arrested because the regulations needed to protect them won't be ready for months. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268184,00.html Zimbabwe declared a national emergency over a cholera epidemic and the collapse of its health-care system, and state media reported Thursday the government is seeking more international help to pay for food and drugs to combat the crisis. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268186,00.html Before evangelist Tony Alamo's arrest on federal sex charges, three girls who lived at his Arkansas compound told an FBI agent that he had sexually abused them, and one said he had threatened to have "someone take care of you" if she talked, according to a newly unsealed FBI affidavit. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268163,00.html If O.J. Simpson is looking for a break from the Nevada judge who will sentence him for kidnapping and armed robbery, he may be in the wrong courtroom. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268165,00.html More than a dozen civil rights pioneers pledged Wednesday to rally behind the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial planned for the National Mall to help raise the final $18 million needed for the project as the nation inaugurates its first black president. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268154,00.html Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268181,00.html The teenage son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez acted in self-defense in a confrontation that left a college student dead from a stab wound, his lawyer said Thursday after his client and three other men pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268183,00.html Some of the five men accused of planning to kill soldiers on New Jersey's Fort Dix told an FBI informant that they lacked the bravery to mount an attack, the informant testified Thursday. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268179,00.html A man who spent three decades in prison after being framed by the FBI for a gangland murder was arrested Thursday on illegal gaming charges. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268180,00.html Three men, including a small-town police chief, were indicted Thursday on involuntary manslaughter counts in the gun-fair death of an 8-year-old who accidentally shot himself in the head with an Uzi that a prosecutor said he never should have been allowed to handle. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268182,00.html A Texas jury has convicted a man of capital murder in the stabbing deaths of his wife and her two young sons. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268178,00.html Leaving on a jet plane? Is the waiting the hardest part? Try airport karaoke! Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268133,00.html Jon Hamm is temporarily trading the offices of Sterling Cooper for "30 Rock." Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705268127,00.html Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:41:26 MST