MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlineshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id//MSNBC.com is a leader in breaking news and original journalism.Copyright 2008 msnbc.comen-ushttp://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/SiteManagement/SiteWide/Images/msnbc_logo.gifMSNBC.comhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:14:22 GMTNews60Biden joins Obama on the ticketSen. Barack Obama joins his running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, at the podium Wednesday night after Biden delivered his speech accepting the vice presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention.Joe Biden set the stage Wednesday for Barack Obama’s historic address as the Democratic nominee by launching a heated attack tying John McCain to the Bush White House.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26420389/EPASen. Barack Obama joins his running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, at the podium Wednesday night after Biden delivered his speech accepting the vice presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention.


]]>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:35:43 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26420389/La. declares Gustav emergencyIn this satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Storm Gustav moves northwest over Haiti on Wednesday. Forecasters warned that Gustav could grow into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane in the next several days and hit somewhere along a swath of the Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle to Texas.On the eve of Hurricane Katrina’s third anniversary, a nervous New Orleans watched Wednesday as another storm threatened to test everything the city has rebuilt.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26425142/AFP - Getty ImagesIn this satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Storm Gustav moves northwest over Haiti on Wednesday. Forecasters warned that Gustav could grow into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane in the next several days and hit somewhere along a swath of the Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle to Texas.


]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:00:03 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26425142/McCain to reveal VP pick FridayNYT: Senator John McCain has decided on his running mate, two Republican strategists in contact with Mr. McCain’s campaign said Wednesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26429622/Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:55:50 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26429622/Arctic sea ice drops to 2nd lowest levelA polar bear is seen outside Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. According to a report released by the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center, Arctic ice levels have dropped sharply because of global warming. More ominous signs have scientists saying that a global warming "tipping point" in the Arctic seems to be happening before their eyes.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26426382/AFP - Getty Images fileA polar bear is seen outside Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. According to a report released by the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center, Arctic ice levels have dropped sharply because of global warming.


]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:55:22 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26426382/Study: Bankruptcies soar for senior citizensFirst came the health problems. Then, unable to work, Ada Noda watched the bills pile up. And then, suffocating in debt, the 80-year-old did something she never thought she'd be forced to do.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26427259/Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:17:20 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26427259/Russia-U.S. nuclear deal on holdA key civil nuclear agreement between Russia and the U.S. looks likely to be shelved until next year at the earliest amid mounting tensions over the fate of Georgia's breakaway republics.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26425079/Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:39:19 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26425079/Obama claims historic nominationMoe Spencer, left, cries after the nomination of Sen. Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Wednesday.Barack Obama became the first African-American ever nominated for president by a major political party after delegates to the Democratic National Convention chose him as their standard-bearer Wednesday.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26428950/Getty ImagesMoe Spencer, left, cries after the nomination of Sen. Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Wednesday.


]]>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:43:38 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26428950/Computer virus hits space stationNASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17 flight engineer, uses a computer while working with an experiment in the Japanese Kibo laboratory of the international space station. A computer virus was detected aboard the space station on July 25, 2008, but did not infect the space station's command and control computers. A virus designed to swipe passwords from online gamers has inexplicably popped up in some laptop computers aboard the international space station.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26425974/NASANASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17 flight engineer, uses a computer while working with an experiment in the Japanese Kibo laboratory of the international space station. A computer virus was detected aboard the space station on July 25, 2008, but did not infect the space station's command and control computers.


]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:49:26 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26425974/Union tip led to huge immigration raidU.S. Marshal deputies direct several suspected illegal immigrants from the federal courthouse in Hattiesburg, Miss., to a waiting van for transportation to a overnight holding facility, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. Union bosses in this region of rural Mississippi have long grumbled that the largest factories here hire illegal immigrants, and that the immigrants were starting to get more overtime and supervisory positions.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26429127/APU.S. Marshal deputies direct several suspected illegal immigrants from the federal courthouse in Hattiesburg, Miss., to a waiting van for transportation to a overnight holding facility, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008.


]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:55:54 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26429127/NYT: New hope 45 years after King's dreamMany veterans of the March on Washington will gather at televisions Thursday night and watch an event they would have considered impossible not just in 1963, but perhaps in 1983, or 1993.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26432208/Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:36:50 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26432208/2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls to go onlineFragments of the Dead Sea scrolls before infrared imaging, right, and after, left. Israeli and American scientists are bringing the oldest known version of the Hebrew Bible into the 21th century by digitally reproducing the Dead Sea Scrolls online. Scientists in Israel are taking digital photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls with the aim of making the 2,000-year-old documents available to the public and researchers on the Internet.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26421696/APFragments of the Dead Sea scrolls before infrared imaging, right, and after, left. Israeli and American scientists are bringing the oldest known version of the Hebrew Bible into the 21th century by digitally reproducing the Dead Sea Scrolls online.


]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:17:06 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26421696/Scoop: Tim Gunn calls Miley Cyrus ‘tarty’“I don’t want her to look like she’s going into a convent school, but it’s just a little too much for a 15-year-old,” Tim Gunn, “Project Runway” mentor, told OK! magazine about Cyrus’ style.“I don’t want her to look like she’s going into a convent school, but it’s just a little too much for a 15-year-old,” the “Project Runway” mentor told OK! magazine about Cyrus’ style.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26427998/Getty Images file2007 Getty Images“I don’t want her to look like she’s going into a convent school, but it’s just a little too much for a 15-year-old,” Tim Gunn, “Project Runway” mentor, told OK! magazine about Cyrus’ style.


]]>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:58:27 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26427998/Gustav may hike gas before Labor Day weekendAug. 27: Planalytics analyst Paul Corby tells CNBC that Tropical Storm Gustav may temporarily close Gulf Coast oil and gas facilities, but production levels should quickly return to normal. (CNBC)The brief respite for consumers at the gasoline pump may come to an abrupt end if Tropical Storm Gustav slams into the petroleum-rich Gulf Coast and its numerous refineries, just as Americans begin packing up cars for the Labor Day weekend.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26427059/CNBCCopyright msnbc.com 2008Aug. 27: Planalytics analyst Paul Corby tells CNBC that Tropical Storm Gustav may temporarily close Gulf Coast oil and gas facilities, but production levels should quickly return to normal. (CNBC)


]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:48:49 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26427059/Baghdad plans giant Ferris wheelResidents ride in a Ferris wheel in al-Numan Square park in northern Baghdad's Adhamiya district on June 29. There are plans to build a new giant Ferris wheel in Baghdad. Iraq is calling on companies to submit designs to build a giant Ferris wheel in Baghdad — the latest in a string of lavish proposals painting the capital as a leisure friendly city.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26425911/Reuters fileResidents ride in a Ferris wheel in al-Numan Square park in northern Baghdad's Adhamiya district on June 29. There are plans to build a new giant Ferris wheel in Baghdad.


]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:48:02 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26425911/The world’s most powerful womenGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel tops the list for the third year running.Hopeful signs for women: Forbes fifth annual ranking showcases women who have beat out men for top posts this year.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26426065/AFP - Getty Images fileGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel tops the list for the third year running.


]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:18:30 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26426065/Blogger arrested over Guns N’ Roses song leakA blogger suspected of streaming songs from the unreleased Guns N’ Roses album “Chinese Democracy” on his Web site was arrested Wednesday and appeared in court, where his bail was set at $10,000.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26429013/Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:19:12 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26429013/Godly or gimmick? Churches offer free gasTo boost attendance and help people deal with high energy costs, churches are trying everything from holding gas card raffles to holding 99 cent gas sales at local stations.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26425283/Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:14:10 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26425283/Swiss clear Europe's last executed witchDocuments, paintings, engravings, illustrations and torture instruments are on display at the Anna Goeldi Musueum in Mollis, Switzerland.  Anna Goeldi was executed for being a witch more than 220 years ago — the last witch beheaded in Europe. On Wednesday, the Swiss decided the least they could do was clear her name.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26422359/AP fileDocuments, paintings, engravings, illustrations and torture instruments are on display at the Anna Goeldi Musueum in Mollis, Switzerland. 


]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:05:19 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26422359/Michael Phelps to host ‘Saturday Night Live’A Daryl Cagle editorial cartoon roundup of the fascination surrounding the Olympic swimmer.Michael Phelps and hip-hop superstar Lil’ Wayne are set to appear on the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live" on Sept. 13.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26427117/A Daryl Cagle editorial cartoon roundup of the fascination surrounding the Olympic swimmer.more photosCopyright msnbc.com 2008A Daryl Cagle editorial cartoon roundup of the fascination surrounding the Olympic swimmer.


]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:55:49 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26427117/Jury: Death for child killer DuncanIn this courtroom sketch, Joseph Edward Duncan III taks the stand in his own defense in court in Boise, Idaho on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. A federal jury recommended the death sentence for convicted child killer Joseph Edward Duncan III on charges related to the kidnapping and murder of Dylan Groene.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26427141/APIn this courtroom sketch, Joseph Edward Duncan III taks the stand in his own defense in court in Boise, Idaho on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.


]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:45:29 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26427141/Top 10 Labor Day escapesLabor Day weekend very well could be your last chance to enjoy what summer has to offer. If you're looking for a close, easy escape for a 3-day weekend, you might consider Big Sky Country.Labor Day weekend translates to the last hurrah of summer, when sun-lovers prepare for a bittersweet farewell to the season. Enjoy summer's last gasps at one of these close-to-home locales.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26425278/Montana Wilderness Association vLabor Day weekend very well could be your last chance to enjoy what summer has to offer. If you're looking for a close, easy escape for a 3-day weekend, you might consider Big Sky Country.


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