<?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>Minneapolis/St. Paul Breaking News, Weather, Video, Traffic and Sports for Minnesota from WCCO-TV</title><link>http://wcco.com/national</link><description><![CDATA[Minneapolis/St. Paul Breaking News, Weather, Video, Traffic and Sports for Minnesota from WCCO-TV]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:47:55 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Appeals For Votes, Health Debate Underway]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/health.care.vote.2.1298108.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/health.care.vote.2.1298108.html</link><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation. His appeal came during a visit to Capitol Hill on Saturday as the House
began debating a bill to expand coverage to millions who lack it. Obama made his trip to the Capitol complex as abortion rights lawmakers
voiced anger at a last-minute concession granted to foes of the
procedure.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:28:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawyer: Accused Orlando Shooter Mentally Ill]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/orlando.shooter.jail.2.1298159.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/orlando.shooter.jail.2.1298159.html</link><description><![CDATA[The engineer accused of fatally shooting one employee and wounding five
others at the firm where he once worked is "very mentally ill" and
crumbled under the stress of his divorce, bankruptcy and unemployment,
his attorney said Saturday. Jason Rodriguez, 40, was ordered
held without bail at the Orange County Jail, where he is under suicide
watch after Friday's shooting. His mother, Ana Rodriguez, also
apologized Saturday, telling reporters she is "so sorry for everything
that has happened."
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:33:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Banks Shut Nationwide, Bringing Total To 120]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/bank.failure.fdic.2.1298120.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/bank.failure.fdic.2.1298120.html</link><description><![CDATA[Regulators on Friday shut banks in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and California, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 120 amid the struggling economy and a cascade of defaults on loans. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over United Commercial Bank in San Francisco, with $11.2 billion in assets and $7.5 billion in deposits. East West Bancorp Inc., parent company of East West Bank based in Pasadena, Calif., is buying all of the deposits and most of the failed bank's assets.
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:28:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds Mourn Fort Hood Shooting Victims]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/fort.hood.shooting.2.1298126.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/fort.hood.shooting.2.1298126.html</link><description><![CDATA[A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight
vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community
looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly
went on a deadly shooting spree at the military post. A grief
counseling center was set up Friday at the Killeen Community Center to
help residents struggling to make sense of one of the worst mass
shootings ever on a military facility in the United States. At least 13
people died and more than two dozen were wounded in the attack a day
earlier.
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:28:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fort Hood Suspect Worried About Fighting Muslims]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/fort.hood.shooter.2.1298139.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/fort.hood.shooter.2.1298139.html</link><description><![CDATA[An Army psychiatrist who authorities say went on a shooting rampage at
Fort Hood was so conflicted over what to tell fellow soldiers about
fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan that a local Islamic leader said
Saturday he was deeply troubled by it.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:30:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Look At The Lives Taken At Fort Hood Shooting]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/fort.hood.victims.2.1297565.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/fort.hood.victims.2.1297565.html</link><description><![CDATA[The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ago, a newlywed who had served in Iraq and a woman who had vowed to take on Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Here is a look at some of the victims.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:54:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Afghan Officials: NATO Strike Killed Afghan Troops]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/afghanistan.nato.topps.2.1298135.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/afghanistan.nato.topps.2.1298135.html</link><description><![CDATA[Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in
the western province of Badghis the previous day mistakenly hit a joint
base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four
Afghan soldiers and three policemen. NATO said it and Afghan
authorities were investigating whether an alliance airstrike during an
operation Friday to rescue two missing American paratroopers had caused
casualties. It said it could not confirm whether the base had been hit.
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:54:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[6th Suspect Charged In Calif. Teen's Gang Rape]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/san.francisco.suspect.2.1298383.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/san.francisco.suspect.2.1298383.html</link><description><![CDATA[A sixth suspect has been charged in connection with the Oct. 24 gang rape of a 15-year-old girl at Richmond High School's homecoming dance.
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:15:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[St. Paul Soldier Among Those Killed At Fort Hood]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/fort.hood.shooting.2.1296782.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/fort.hood.shooting.2.1296782.html</link><description><![CDATA[A 23-year-old soldier from St. Paul was among those killed in the Fort Hood shootings Thursday afternoon. Kham Xiong was one of the 13 people confirmed killed in Texas when Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:02:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Watches Issued Ahead Of Ida]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/national/Tropical.Depression.Tropical.2.1298389.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/national/Tropical.Depression.Tropical.2.1298389.html</link><description><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Ida has gained strength in the last 3 hours with maximum winds now up to 60 miles per hour. The storm reemerged into the Gulf of Mexico late last night and has begun a north-northwestward track towards the Yucatan Peninsula and the U.S. Gulf Coast. The storm regained tropical storm status overnight and has prompted hurricane watches and tropical storm warnings for parts of the Yucatan Peninsula, Grand Cayman Island and parts of Cuba.<br />
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