Newser - UShttp://www.newser.com/2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorMon, 23 Nov 2009 4:09:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74585/911-defendants-to-explain-why-they-did-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usThe five men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks will plead not guilty, but only so they have an opportunity to air their grievances against the US. The accused freely admit organizing the devastating terrorist attack, but wish to “explain what happened and why they did it," said a lawyer...http://www.newser.com/story/74585/911-defendants-to-explain-why-they-did-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usMon, 23 Nov 2009 2:52:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74575/provincetown-pilgrims-landed-here-first.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usProvincetown, Mass., wants you to know: The Pilgrims landed here first. Sure, the fresh water was lacking, the sand not so great for growing things, and the Native Americans were a bit scary, causing them to move a few weeks later to Plymouth—the same Plymouth that gets all the...http://www.newser.com/story/74575/provincetown-pilgrims-landed-here-first.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usSun, 22 Nov 2009 12:26:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74570/us-backs-afghan-militias-against-taliban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usThe US is actively supporting local militia groups against the Taliban as American and Afghan officials move to encourage a demoralized Afghan population to re-engage in the war, reports Dexter Filkins of the New York Times . Tapping into the militias’ resources could fill the manpower gap as a vacillating White...http://www.newser.com/story/74570/us-backs-afghan-militias-against-taliban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usSun, 22 Nov 2009 9:38:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74572/orbiting-astronaut-a-new-dad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usRandolph Bresnik is a new dad, and almost literally over the moon—a day after taking his first spacewalk, the astronaut this morning announced the birth of his daughter, Abigail. His wife, Rebecca, gave birth to their second child back home in Houston last night at 11:04pm CST. They...http://www.newser.com/story/74572/orbiting-astronaut-a-new-dad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usSun, 22 Nov 2009 9:14:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74566/judge-orders-hasan-held-til-court-martial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usThe Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said yesterday. A magistrate ruled there was probable cause that Maj. Nidal Hasan committed the Nov. 5 shooting...http://www.newser.com/story/74566/judge-orders-hasan-held-til-court-martial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usSun, 22 Nov 2009 6:34:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74557/college-threatens-to-fail-students-for-obesity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usTwenty-five seniors at a university in Pennsylvania must prove they've lost weight in order to graduate this spring. The unusual requirement stems from a policy Lincoln University put in place fours ago: Incoming freshmen with a body mass index of 30, the threshold for obesity, must take a nutrition class...http://www.newser.com/story/74557/college-threatens-to-fail-students-for-obesity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usSat, 21 Nov 2009 11:25:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74550/us-fears-53b-in-iraq-reconstruction-will-go-to-ruin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usAs the American troop withdrawal nears, US officials fear the $53 billion taxpayers have spent since 2003 to rebuild Iraq will be squandered. Facilities from power plants and water treatment facilities to schools and hospitals are at risk of being neglected or abandoned for lack of funding or expertise, the...http://www.newser.com/story/74550/us-fears-53b-in-iraq-reconstruction-will-go-to-ruin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usSat, 21 Nov 2009 10:35:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74541/46-years-after-kennedy-the-virus-of-hate-is-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usTomorrow’s 46th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination provides an occasion for Mark Warren to examine “the paranoid strain in the American polity” that has reasserted itself since the election of President Obama, and finds in a Texas Republican congressman just the sort of “skinhead reprobate” whose demagoguery could move one...http://www.newser.com/story/74541/46-years-after-kennedy-the-virus-of-hate-is-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usSat, 21 Nov 2009 9:08:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74554/us-recruits-allies-for-afghan-surge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usPresident Obama isn't planning to go it alone: The administration has hopes that from 3,000 to 7,000 NATO troops will be committed to joining the US troop surge in Afghanistan by the time he rolls out his new strategy after Thanksgiving. Advanced talks are underway, the Wall Street...http://www.newser.com/story/74554/us-recruits-allies-for-afghan-surge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usSat, 21 Nov 2009 8:39:35 CST