http://www.bradenton.com/nation/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Bradenton.com en-us Copyright 2008 Bradenton.com Nation 60 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:29:42 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's Workbench webmaster@bradenton.com http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/748035.html http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/748035.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:23 EDT An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after a passenger stripped nude and later tried to open an emergency exit door before being subdued by members of a professional soccer team and others, the FBI said. http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/747803.html http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/747803.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:23 EDT The parents of a North Carolina mother found slain near her home tearfully asked Friday for the culprit to show "a shred of decency" by confessing, while her husband's attorney said he's an innocent man who wants to grieve in private. http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/748052.html http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/748052.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:43 EDT A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall. http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/748133.html http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/748133.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:05 EDT Fire crews on Friday had extinguished all but 38 of the more than 2,000 blazes ignited over the past month, allowing most mandatory evacuations to be lifted so residents could return home for the weekend. http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/748074.html http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/748074.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:33 EDT A man shot his ex-girlfriend to death at her office Friday and wounded a supervisor who came to her aid before killing himself, police said. http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/748183.html http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/748183.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:43 EDT Police say a Fort Bliss soldier is considered in danger after she did not report for work Friday and evidence of foul play was found in her apartment. http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/748292.html http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/748292.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:08 EDT Federal prosecutors say they should not be forced to drop references to al-Qaida and jihad from the indictment of five men accused of plotting to attack soldiers on Fort Dix. http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/748149.html http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/748149.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:03 EDT A Mexicana Airlines flight overshot a runway while landing at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport Friday night and struck a safety barrier, injuring a flight attendant, authorities said. http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/748264.html http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/748264.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:18 EDT A man charged with killing three people with a knife and a hammer said "I had fun" and blew a kiss to reporters while being led into court after his arrest. http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/746695.html http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/746695.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:28 EDT Police said Friday they found the body of a woman with her hands bound in the apartment of another woman who showed up at a hospital with a newborn she falsely claimed as her own. http://www.bradenton.com/nation/story/748228.html http://www.bradenton.com/nation/story/748228.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:05 EDT The United States and Iraq have agreed to a "general time horizon" for further reductions of U.S. combat troops in Iraq, the White House said Friday, the first time the Bush administration has agreed to set any kind of timeline for troop withdrawals. http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/747765.html http://www.bradenton.com/439/story/747765.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:28 EDT Hitting the ground with enough force to lift a worker off the ground, one of the nation's largest mobile cranes collapsed at a Houston oil refinery, killing four workers and injuring seven others.