http://www.comcast.net?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_ AP - ap.online.headlines.us News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:39:17 -0500 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:32:14 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/national/2009/11/25/US.Thanksgiving.Travel/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_national_US.Thanksgiving.Travel 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-2d5e Millions of Americans got an early jump on their Thanksgiving travel Wednesday, with many opting to drive or take trains and buses instead of shelling out more money for flights amid a sour economy still hitting household budgets hard. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:35:09 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/national/2009/11/25/US.Teen.Set.on.Fire/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_national_US.Teen.Set.on.Fire 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-296e In the days after 15-year-old Michael Brewer was set on fire by a group of teens, his mother, Valerie Brewer, sat at his hospital bedside and worried. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:36:49 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/national/2009/11/25/US.Walmart.Death/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_national_US.Walmart.Death 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-5c8728f0:1252c70aea7:-761c Victoria Rogers had originally planned to make an early stop the day after Thanksgiving last year at the Walmart store in Valley Stream on Long Island. Her last-minute decision against it might have saved her life. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:56:36 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/national/2009/11/25/US.Winfrey.Vicki.Kennedy/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_national_US.Winfrey.Vicki.Kennedy 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-28d3 The widow of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast Wednesday that even as her husband knew he was dying of brain cancer he had been "in training" to make sure he had enough strength to attend President Barack Obama's inauguration. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:18:58 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/national/2009/11/23/US.Chinese.Drywall/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_national_US.Chinese.Drywall 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-46ec A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:39:47 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/national/2009/11/24/US.Space.Shuttle/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_national_US.Space.Shuttle 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-37d3 Shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station early Wednesday and headed home with one astronaut eager to hold his newborn daughter for the first time and another who's been away from her young son since the summer. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:40:15 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/national/2009/11/25/US.Cave.Rescue/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_national_US.Cave.Rescue 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-5c8728f0:1252c70aea7:-7df4 Rescuers chipped away with air-powered tools in a narrow tunnel Wednesday to free a man trapped upside down about 150 feet below ground in a popular Utah cave. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:20:19 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/national/2009/11/25/US.Anesthesia.Assault/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_national_US.Anesthesia.Assault 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-5c8728f0:1252c70aea7:-76ae A metro Atlanta nurse anesthetist has been charged with molesting and sodomizing anesthetized patients in dental and medical offices, and police say the videotaped abuses could involve 100 or more victims. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:05:47 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/national/2009/11/25/US.Aircraft.Carrier.Donation/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_national_US.Aircraft.Carrier.Donation 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-5c8728f0:1252c70aea7:-7625 The U.S. Navy plans to give away the retired aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy for a museum or memorial. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:35:34 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/national/2009/11/25/SCI.Climate.Health/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_national_SCI.Climate.Health 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-296d Cutting global warming pollution would not only make the planet healthier, it would make people healthier too, new research suggests.