http://www.macon.com/nation//index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Macon Telegraph en-us Copyright 2008 Macon Telegraph Nation 60 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:52:14 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@macon.com http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408561.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408561.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:31 EDT A missing Fort Bliss soldier sent a text message about leaving her husband two days before she vanished, her sister said Saturday. http://www.macon.com/nation//story/409061.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/409061.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:51 EDT A single-engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff Saturday, killing all three people aboard and sparking a fire that burned two rural acres, authorities said. http://www.macon.com/nation//story/409058.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/409058.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:31 EDT Rapper DMX has been arrested at a Phoenix mall on a felony charge of taking the identity of another. http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408910.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408910.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:26 EDT Investigators on Saturday were trying to identify the body of a woman found bound with duct tape with her uterus cut open in the apartment of another woman who falsely claimed a newborn baby was her own. http://www.macon.com/nation//story/409057.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/409057.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:21 EDT A man charged with murder escaped from jail early Saturday by climbing through an air conditioner vent, authorities said. http://www.macon.com/nation//story/409020.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/409020.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:21 EDT Federal investigators on Saturday began trying to figure out why one of the world's largest mobile cranes toppled over, killing four contract workers and injuring seven others. http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408996.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408996.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:16 EDT Where's the pork? http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408817.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408817.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:21 EDT For years, they were the picture of solidarity: the four children of Martin Luther King Jr. carrying on the legacy of the civil rights icon. http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408519.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408519.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:16 EDT Cooler weather has allowed fire crews to corral most of the wildfires across California, but a handful of stubborn, hard-to-reach mountain blazes Saturday were still keeping residents from their homes. http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408878.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408878.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:36 EDT Far from the combat zones, the strains and separations of no-end-in-sight wars are taking an ever-growing toll on military families despite the armed services' earnest efforts to help. http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408965.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408965.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:21 EDT Tropical Storm Cristobal churned off the Southeast seaboard after it formed Saturday, the first storm to threaten the U.S. this hurricane season, forecasters said. http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408917.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408917.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:35 EDT Drivers on the New Jersey Turnpike have to cope every day with traffic jams, pollution and even the occasional deer. http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408953.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408953.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:06 EDT A measure that aims to keep prostitutes from facing criminal charges has qualified for the November ballot in San Francisco. http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408954.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408954.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:06 EDT A staircase people used to escape the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11, 2001, attack has been moved for a second time on the ground zero site. http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408914.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408914.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:46 EDT A Croatian terrorist has been granted parole and will be deported to his homeland after serving 30 years of a life prison term for hijacking an airliner and planting a bomb that killed a New York City police officer. http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408904.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408904.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:16 EDT Stunt pilot Sean Tucker, who has thrilled air show audiences with daredevil moves in more than 1,000 performances, said he got his start by trying to face his flying fears. http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408877.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408877.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:51 EDT Children's librarian Judith Flint was getting ready for the monthly book discussion group for 8- and 9-year-olds on "Love That Dog" when police showed up. http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408871.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408871.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:42 EDT Barack Obama may have abandoned public financing for his presidential campaign, but in Connecticut legislative candidates are lining up to get campaign cash from the state government. http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408157.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408157.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:56 EDT An autopsy on a woman's body found in an apartment linked to a mystery newborn baby found that the woman was partially eviscerated and her uterus was cut open, authorities said Saturday. http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408338.html http://www.macon.com/nation//story/408338.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:16 EDT Federal officials started their investigation Saturday in the collapse of one of the nation's largest mobile cranes, which toppled at a Houston oil refinery, killing four workers and injuring seven others.