http://www.abc4.com/news/national/ ABC 4: National News en-us Copyright 2008 Clear Channel Broadcasting. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:01 GMT Tue, 13 May 2008 09:00:41 GMT National News http://www.centralmediaserver.com/ktvx/abc4logo.jpg http://www.abc4.com/news/national/ 72 50 15 http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=a0d6e45f-df0a-4946-bd9e-c9e78bbe5f87&rss=21 http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=a0d6e45f-df0a-4946-bd9e-c9e78bbe5f87&rss=21 Tens of thousands of homes and businesses are in the dark after heavy rains. CCTVI AP National APTV Mon, 12 May 2008 22:55:32 GMT http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=a803c62f-dd3c-4806-a266-42c9d6aa8063&rss=21 http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=a803c62f-dd3c-4806-a266-42c9d6aa8063&rss=21 Governor Charlie Crist has declared a state of emergency as several wildfires burn along the state's central Atlantic coast. CCTVI AP National APTV Mon, 12 May 2008 22:49:43 GMT http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=e8d8f0a8-34c7-49e3-b1bf-7c63e756ecf5&rss=21 http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=e8d8f0a8-34c7-49e3-b1bf-7c63e756ecf5&rss=21 Federal immigration agents in northeastern Iowa have arrested at least 300 people in a raid on the world's largest kosher meatpacking plant. CCTVI AP National APTV Mon, 12 May 2008 20:32:33 GMT http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=a40bfc12-163f-4b52-8e05-3c130f154602&rss=21 http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=a40bfc12-163f-4b52-8e05-3c130f154602&rss=21 The man is suing because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit on the toilet for more than three hours on... CCTVI AP National APTV Mon, 12 May 2008 18:38:00 GMT http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=7816fe52-e741-4ee0-bc9d-49551d0f1475&rss=21 http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=7816fe52-e741-4ee0-bc9d-49551d0f1475&rss=21 The director of the ATF says violent crime has increased in some cities in part because local police are too cash-strapped to fight it. CCTVI AP National APTV Mon, 12 May 2008 18:36:57 GMT http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=ddf36e86-5679-45fc-9898-e7b0f1ade460&rss=21 http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=ddf36e86-5679-45fc-9898-e7b0f1ade460&rss=21 The news that scientists have genetically altered a human embryo for the first time is drawing sharp criticism from some watchdog groups. CCTVI AP National APTV Mon, 12 May 2008 15:39:00 GMT http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=763294f3-e25b-4987-8b83-26edee7d587c&rss=21 http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=763294f3-e25b-4987-8b83-26edee7d587c&rss=21 The Supreme Court says it can't intervene in an important dispute over the rights of apartheid victims to sue U.S. corporations in U.S. courts because four of the nine justices... CCTVI AP National APTV Mon, 12 May 2008 14:35:17 GMT http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=2af9d41b-ad8b-4a80-9668-a14a552a6ae2&rss=21 http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=2af9d41b-ad8b-4a80-9668-a14a552a6ae2&rss=21 Several foam manufacturers have agreed to pay $30 million to settle lawsuits brought by survivors and family members of those who died in a 2003 fire that killed 100 people... CCTVI AP National APTV Mon, 12 May 2008 13:47:00 GMT http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=77c8e3c0-741d-42bd-96ea-728863553f5f&rss=21 http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=77c8e3c0-741d-42bd-96ea-728863553f5f&rss=21 Hundreds of thousands of taxpayers from legal immigrants to soldiers based abroad are missing out on the tax rebates going out to millions of others to stimulate the economy. CCTVI AP National APTV Mon, 12 May 2008 11:53:00 GMT http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=9472930a-2e19-4f4d-a131-868c0b94f3f6&rss=21 http://www.abc4.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=9472930a-2e19-4f4d-a131-868c0b94f3f6&rss=21 Once a boom town of about 20,000, Picher's population had dwindled to about 800 after waste from lead and zinc mines turned the area into an environmental disaster and Superfund... CCTVI AP National APTV Mon, 12 May 2008 11:05:00 GMT