http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/default.aspx National and World News en-us Copyright 2009 The E.W. Scripps Co. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:00:01 GMT Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:10:26 GMT News http://abcactionnews.com/sites/wfts/images/rss-logo.jpg http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/default.aspx 144 76 15 http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/Health-care-bill-clears-first-Senate-hurdle-on/yiktH_1ISUSb5AsNCBVTPg.cspx?rss=796 http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/Health-care-bill-clears-first-Senate-hurdle-on/yiktH_1ISUSb5AsNCBVTPg.cspx?rss=796 Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans. National News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:51:00 GMT http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/Fort-Hood-shooting-suspect-to-remain-hospitalized/LSCupE-pA0i49J6mBfLErw.cspx?rss=796 http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/Fort-Hood-shooting-suspect-to-remain-hospitalized/LSCupE-pA0i49J6mBfLErw.cspx?rss=796 A military magistrate has ruled that the Army psychiatrist charged in one of the worst mass shootings on a U.S. military base will be held until trial. National News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:09:58 GMT http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/Suspicious-note-and-package-found-at-Fort-Benning/XafpGaZJFk2rmQ0UyLohbg.cspx?rss=796 http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/Suspicious-note-and-package-found-at-Fort-Benning/XafpGaZJFk2rmQ0UyLohbg.cspx?rss=796 A Fort Benning spokesman says Army officials are investigating whether a suspicious note and package found at the west Georgia post is a viable threat. National News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:49:37 GMT http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/Police-Ohio-suspect-may-have-eaten-evidence/rFiPldcGkUCQq0Lts2bGOw.cspx?rss=796 http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/Police-Ohio-suspect-may-have-eaten-evidence/rFiPldcGkUCQq0Lts2bGOw.cspx?rss=796 Police say a bank robbery suspect in Ohio may have eaten evidence when he gobbled a piece of paper while handcuffed and lying across the hood of a police cruiser. National News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:53:34 GMT http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/Five-Long-Beach-students-arrested-in-alleged/_RcV6bslDEiffccOFXJf2g.cspx?rss=796 http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/Five-Long-Beach-students-arrested-in-alleged/_RcV6bslDEiffccOFXJf2g.cspx?rss=796 Authorities say five male students have been arrested on suspicion of sexual battery after two ninth-grade girls were attacked at a Long Beach high school. National News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:12:38 GMT http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/Atlantis-astronauts-complete-second-spacewalk-of/ROsxrzEm00-bcpReLy65mw.cspx?rss=796 http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/Atlantis-astronauts-complete-second-spacewalk-of/ROsxrzEm00-bcpReLy65mw.cspx?rss=796 Atlantis' astronauts have completed their spacewalk outside the International Space Station. National News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:48:41 GMT http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/More-Americans-expected-to-travel-for-Thanksgiving/Gvxf7zZn7UiI-yUCc7rovg.cspx?rss=796 http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/More-Americans-expected-to-travel-for-Thanksgiving/Gvxf7zZn7UiI-yUCc7rovg.cspx?rss=796 The AAA auto club says a few more Americans will be traveling away from home for Thanksgiving this year, though most people are making their holiday treks by car. National News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:27:46 GMT http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/Report-finds-wide-disparities-in-gifted-education/TuyFVUd_1kqzL0C8DDkfuQ.cspx?rss=796 http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/Report-finds-wide-disparities-in-gifted-education/TuyFVUd_1kqzL0C8DDkfuQ.cspx?rss=796 A new report says gifted children are being ignored in the U.S., as most federal education funding goes to help struggling students learn the basics. National News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:03:02 GMT http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/Mental-health-cases-tax-police-emergency-workers/JBd152In4E2Nu5Rwv9cbwg.cspx?rss=796 http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/Mental-health-cases-tax-police-emergency-workers/JBd152In4E2Nu5Rwv9cbwg.cspx?rss=796 Police and emergency responders around the nation have long struggled to deal with people who have mental illness. Now some say the situation is getting worse. National News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:43:56 GMT http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/UC-Santa-Cruz-remains-barricaded-after-Berkeley/NZJUASkFDU29bV7JwLjlnw.cspx?rss=796 http://www.abcactionnews.com:80/news/national/story/UC-Santa-Cruz-remains-barricaded-after-Berkeley/NZJUASkFDU29bV7JwLjlnw.cspx?rss=796 Students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, aren't ceding any ground in their protests against fee hikes and budget cuts after 41 demonstrators were arrested at UC Berkeley. National News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:43:23 GMT