<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://wcco.com/national/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>WCCO-TV - Minnesota's Breaking News, Video, Weather, Traffic and Sports</title><link>http://wcco.com/national</link><description><![CDATA[WCCO-TV - Minnesota's Breaking News, Video, Weather, Traffic and Sports]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:04:52 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Ike Weakens To Cat 2 Over Cuba; Fla. Evacuates]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/Hurricane.Ike.storm.2.812162.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/Hurricane.Ike.storm.2.812162.html</link><description><![CDATA[Hurricane Ike's winds and massive storm surge ripped apart houses and toppled trees Monday as the deadly storm roared across Cuba toward Havana and its historic but decaying old buildings. Forecasters said it could enter the Gulf of Mexico next, with Louisiana among the likely targets.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:58:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Markets Soar After Fannie, Freddie Bailouts]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/stocks.Fannie.Mae.2.812166.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/stocks.Fannie.Mae.2.812166.html</link><description><![CDATA[World stock markets soared Monday after Washington announced a bailout of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - a move that could help bolster a shaky U.S. housing market and renew global investor confidence. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:33:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Does Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Takeover Mean?]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/mortgage.company.takeover.2.812122.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/mortgage.company.takeover.2.812122.html</link><description><![CDATA[The federal government made an historic move on Sunday in an effort to try to help the housing market. The Bush Administration officially took control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Those two mortgage companies together own or back half of the nation's mortgage debt, about $5 trillion. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:18:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[One More Time: Britney Returns To MTV VMAs]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/Michael.Phelps.britney.2.811078.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/Michael.Phelps.britney.2.811078.html</link><description><![CDATA[Really, all Britney Spears needed to do was show up to the MTV Video Music Awards without stumbling and her appearance would've been considered a rousing success. She did more than that &#151; including opening the show without a hitch and picking up her first Moonmen.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:34:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain Takes On GOP And Bush Along With Obama]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/mccain.bush.obama.2.812106.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/mccain.bush.obama.2.812106.html</link><description><![CDATA[Barack Obama isn't John McCain's only opponent. Sometimes McCain sounds
like he's running almost as hard against President Bush and the
Republican Party as he is against Obama, his Democratic rival for the
White House.									]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:47:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palin's Church Promotes Conversion Of Gays]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/sarah.palin.church.2.812110.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/sarah.palin.church.2.812110.html</link><description><![CDATA[Gov. Sarah Palin's church is promoting a conference that promises to
convert gays into heterosexuals through the power of prayer. Palin's conservative Christian views have energized that part of the
GOP electorate, which was lukewarm to John McCain's candidacy before he
named her as his vice presidential choice.<br />									]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:58:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paulson: Mortgage Giants Under Gov't Control]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/Fannie.Mae.Freddie.2.811440.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/Fannie.Mae.Freddie.2.811440.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Bush administration, acting to avert the potential for major
financial turmoil, says the federal government was taking control of
mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:25:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sarah Palin Agrees To First Televised Interview]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/sarah.palin.abc.2.811953.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/sarah.palin.abc.2.811953.html</link><description><![CDATA[		Republican vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin is offering her first televised interview to ABC News in the coming week in Alaska.<br />									]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:46:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Rebukes Palin On Earmarks Claims]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/barack.obama.sara.2.811867.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/barack.obama.sara.2.811867.html</link><description><![CDATA[Barack Obama made his first direct criticism of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Saturday, saying she pretends to oppose spending earmarks when she actually has embraced them. <br />									]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:07:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fla. Keys Residents Evacuated Ahead Of Ike]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/residents.keys.hurricane.2.811876.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/residents.keys.hurricane.2.811876.html</link><description><![CDATA[Monroe County officials took a look at the forecast for Hurricane Ike and decided to go ahead with plans to evacuate all residents from the Florida Keys Sunday, starting at 8 a.m. That follows Saturday's evacuation of all tourists from the Keys as the dangerous Category 4 hurricane closes in on the chain of islands. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:50:47 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>