http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/?track=rss Headlines from baltimoresun.com en ©2009, baltimoresun.com Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:45:00 -0400 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~3/oMGnW_nakQs/dp-now-barges-damage-bridge-tunnel.j6,0,708575.story Two barges struck a trestle at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel early this morning, and the resulting maintenance will cause delays throughout the morning for motorists traveling to and from the Eastern Shore. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/UiumSE-7-fhKFA--vze9o-H_B9g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/UiumSE-7-fhKFA--vze9o-H_B9g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/UiumSE-7-fhKFA--vze9o-H_B9g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/UiumSE-7-fhKFA--vze9o-H_B9g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~4/oMGnW_nakQs" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 6 Jul 2009 07:42:00 -0400 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/dp-now-barges-damage-bridge-tunnel.j6,0,708575.story?track=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~3/KIXrpHZkvVE/bal-mcnamara-obit0706,0,6175594.story Robert S. McNamara, the cerebral secretary of defense who was vilified for his role in escalating the Vietnam War, a role he later deeply regretted, died Monday. He was 93. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CZ3pLBjhIMyYijgy1SKBggkS0jE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CZ3pLBjhIMyYijgy1SKBggkS0jE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CZ3pLBjhIMyYijgy1SKBggkS0jE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CZ3pLBjhIMyYijgy1SKBggkS0jE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~4/KIXrpHZkvVE" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 6 Jul 2009 10:39:00 -0400 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/bal-mcnamara-obit0706,0,6175594.story?track=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~3/mUXeFyrqs9c/sns-ap-obama,0,3524160.story MOSCOW (AP) &#8212; Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev confidently committed to a year-end deal to slash nuclear stockpiles by about a third on Monday, but the U.S. leader failed to crack stubborn Kremlin objections to America's missile defense plans &#8212; a major stumbling block to such an agreement. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/aFU7tZtEkr8-fNwL1A7WscArgyA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/aFU7tZtEkr8-fNwL1A7WscArgyA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/aFU7tZtEkr8-fNwL1A7WscArgyA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/aFU7tZtEkr8-fNwL1A7WscArgyA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~4/mUXeFyrqs9c" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:31:00 -0400 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/sns-ap-obama,0,3524160.story?track=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~3/EPmaoZRZczc/bal-te.obama06jul06,0,4905072.story President, starting in Russia, wants to be seen as tough <br/><br/> - On his four previous foreign trips, President Barack Obama has been greeted by cheering crowds and smiling world leaders, a carefully crafted global introduction that emphasized listening, collaboration and cooperation. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/fHRQhPBifOPBCppBW7gqID2xCls/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/fHRQhPBifOPBCppBW7gqID2xCls/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/fHRQhPBifOPBCppBW7gqID2xCls/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/fHRQhPBifOPBCppBW7gqID2xCls/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~4/EPmaoZRZczc" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/bal-te.obama06jul06,0,4905072.story?track=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~3/bAX0EH3yuhU/bal-te.honduras06jul06,0,5017870.story Ousted president's attempt to return is thwarted as his backers, security forces clash <br/><br/> Ousted president's attempt to return is thwarted as his backers, security forces clash <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/edJDOmjkzv0n--Ey6Ac0AFyd_Kk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/edJDOmjkzv0n--Ey6Ac0AFyd_Kk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/edJDOmjkzv0n--Ey6Ac0AFyd_Kk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/edJDOmjkzv0n--Ey6Ac0AFyd_Kk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~4/bAX0EH3yuhU" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/bal-te.honduras06jul06,0,5017870.story?track=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~3/FXOibwwglek/bal-md.regiondigest060jul06,0,6882740.story Former District of Columbia Mayor Marion S. Barry Jr. was arrested Saturday and charged with stalking a female acquaintance, the latest in a long string of legal troubles for the politician. U.S. Park Police said Barry, a current D.C. Council member, was arrested after a woman flagged down an officer and claimed that Barry was stalking her. He was charged with misdemeanor stalking and released. Police did not name Barry's accuser, but his spokeswoman, Natalie Williams, said Sunday afternoon that the 40-year-old woman is somebody that Barry had helped financially during "various stages of instability" in her life. Barry plans to fight the charges and questions his treatment by police, she said. Barry was in church all day Sunday and unavailable for comment, Williams said, but he planned to address reporters this morning. A court appearance was scheduled for Thursday. Barry served four terms as mayor. In his third, he was videotaped in 1990 in a hotel room smoking crack cocaine in an FBI sting. He served six months in prison and in 1994 regained the mayor's office. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y6q7LjJWjn480XvJYz41Opxnn9Y/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y6q7LjJWjn480XvJYz41Opxnn9Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y6q7LjJWjn480XvJYz41Opxnn9Y/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y6q7LjJWjn480XvJYz41Opxnn9Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~4/FXOibwwglek" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/bal-md.regiondigest060jul06,0,6882740.story?track=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~3/XUgj2Aj0cms/sns-ap-us-disney-monorail-crash,0,7202583.story ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) &#8212; A witness to the monorail accident that killed a train operator at Walt Disney World over the weekend described it as "a head-on collision" between two trains in a 911 call released Monday. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4moZY7nHnBoapwIqy63_0CxuN4c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4moZY7nHnBoapwIqy63_0CxuN4c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4moZY7nHnBoapwIqy63_0CxuN4c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4moZY7nHnBoapwIqy63_0CxuN4c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~4/XUgj2Aj0cms" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:15:00 -0400 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/sns-ap-us-disney-monorail-crash,0,7202583.story?track=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~3/Izq9O8SM-68/bal-te.afghanjul06,0,3540374.story In Afghan farming village, Illinois soldiers are polite&#8212; but never let guard down <br/><br/> -The reception for the U.S. troops became a little chillier in this village Sunday when the topic turned from the offer of construction assistance to whether the locals might volunteer to join the Afghan police. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/a60AIHW4PEWjHpJBGuRfQBisFkA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/a60AIHW4PEWjHpJBGuRfQBisFkA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/a60AIHW4PEWjHpJBGuRfQBisFkA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/a60AIHW4PEWjHpJBGuRfQBisFkA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~4/Izq9O8SM-68" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/bal-te.afghanjul06,0,3540374.story?track=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~3/qguOtUwdvUE/bal-te.briefs063jul06,0,6600989.story LOS ANGELES - Detectives for the Los Angeles Police Department have executed at least three search warrants in their attempts to determine whether prescription medication played a role in Michael Jackson's death. Sources familiar with the investigation told the Los Angeles Times the warrants were part of an effort to reconstruct the performer's medical history, a task made difficult by the number of physicians who have treated Jackson over the years. At least five physicians who have prescribed medication to him are under investigation, sources have told the Times . The searches by detectives of the robbery-homicide division were dated Wednesday, indicating they had been completed in the week after his death. Police seized prescription drugs from Jackson's rented Los Angeles home June 25, the day he died, and then returned four days later and retrieved two bags of medical evidence. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/37SAhrkE3OIiMHfzMNgJazlGfoE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/37SAhrkE3OIiMHfzMNgJazlGfoE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/37SAhrkE3OIiMHfzMNgJazlGfoE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/37SAhrkE3OIiMHfzMNgJazlGfoE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~4/qguOtUwdvUE" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/bal-te.briefs063jul06,0,6600989.story?track=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~3/FxBtlRWorYg/bal-te.briefs064jul06,0,6994206.story WASHINGTON - One of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's potential presidential rivals said Sunday that her abrupt resignation won't help her dodge scrutiny. President George W. Bush's chief political adviser said her strategy is, at best, unclear. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Palin's announcement that she would not seek a second term - and leave office before finishing her first - simply doesn't make sense in a conventional political setting. Karl Rove, a longtime Bush counselor, said Palin has engaged in a "risky strategy." Palin on Friday announced she wouldn't seek re-election in 2010. She pointed to continuing ethics complaints and the financial toll they were taking on the state and her personal finances. She also blamed the news media for sensational attention and attacks on her family, although she didn't offer details. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/xG_fXBYb2kynjriKQmjs8iT-dBk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/xG_fXBYb2kynjriKQmjs8iT-dBk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/xG_fXBYb2kynjriKQmjs8iT-dBk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/xG_fXBYb2kynjriKQmjs8iT-dBk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/baltimoresun/news/nation/rss2/~4/FxBtlRWorYg" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/bal-te.briefs064jul06,0,6994206.story?track=rss