Associated Press - Latest National Headlines http://www.springfieldnewssun.com The latest headlines from SpringfieldNewsSun en-us Copyright 2008, Cox Newspapers Inc., SpringfieldNewsSun Fri, 16 May 2008 08:15:12 EDT Newspapers COXnet RSS Generator v1.0 http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/07/98/58/image_1358987.jpg Associated Press - Latest National Headlines http://www.springfieldnewssun.com 5 Spree of jewel heists puts Houston dealers on edge http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Houston_Jewel_Thieves.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Houston_Jewel_Thieves.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Fri, 16 May 2008 07:40:35 EDT HOUSTON — Brazen jewel thieves are robbing traveling dealers around Houston in a spree of heists that has jewelers on edge. Tours of Hanford nuclear waste site draw interest http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Radioactive_Tourism.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Radioactive_Tourism.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Fri, 16 May 2008 07:34:30 EDT RICHLAND, Wash. — In a cramped control room, a bright yellow sticker cautions workers about critical radiation alarms. Now a novelty stuck on a wall between dials that haven't spun in decades, the sign hints at the enormity of the plant's mission. Gay marriage opponents vow to fight Calif. ruling http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Gay_Marriage.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Gay_Marriage.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Fri, 16 May 2008 06:44:52 EDT SAN FRANCISCO — Even as same-sex couples across California begin making plans to tie the knot, opponents are redoubling their efforts to make sure wedding bells never ring for gay couples in the nation's most populous state. Arizona man charged in serial predator investigation http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Unsolved_Slayings.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Unsolved_Slayings.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Fri, 16 May 2008 06:15:17 EDT PHOENIX — A suspected serial predator accused of sexually assaulting four women, killing two of them, was described by co-workers as a polite, soft-spoken car salesman who mostly kept to himself. Ask AP: Global warming and the Earth's rotation http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Ask_AP.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Ask_AP.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Fri, 16 May 2008 06:07:11 EDT As the Earth warms, is it starting to feel a little slow?