list This is a data file meant to be read by an RSS reader. See http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/rss/index.html for more information. National News Headlines Home http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/index.html en-us Copyright 2009, Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc National News Headlines ThePittsburghChannel.com 60 http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/money/21699506/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21699506 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1123/21701102.jpg The federal government says it has found a "strong association" between problematic imported Chinese drywall and corrosion of pipes and wires. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:32:11 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21699503/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21699503 Radioactive dust unexpectedly blew out of a pipe being cut by workers during weekend maintenance at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, and officials on Monday were trying to determine exactly how and why it happened. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:42:21 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21694811/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21694811 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1123/21698016.jpg Rescuers plucked a woman from choppy waters Monday, some 25 hours after she jumped from a crowded ferry that sank in a storm off Indonesia's Sumatra island. At least 29 people drowned, and 20 others were missing. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:32:05 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/technology/21697026/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21697026 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2008/0211/15271652.jpg A pair of astronauts zipped through the third and final spacewalk of their mission Monday, installing an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station and accomplishing everything else on their list. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:51:35 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21699956/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21699956 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2005/0916/4982578.jpg Fire investigators in Philadelphia are trying to determine what caused a weekend apartment fire that left nearly two dozen people hurt, including four firefighters. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:13:41 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21698205/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21698205 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2007/0905/14051603.jpg Reports of hate crimes against gays and religious groups increased sharply in 2008, according to FBI data released Monday. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:48:58 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21697919/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21697919 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1123/21697934.jpg A newborn baby is found in a Dumpster outside of a collision shop in Michigan. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:33:12 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/family/21696356/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21696356 A kangaroo startled by a man walking his dog attacked the pair, pinning the pet underwater and slashing the owner in the abdomen with its hind legs. The Australian, Chris Rickard, was in stable condition Monday after the attack, which ended when the 49-year-old elbowed the kangaroo in the throat. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:30:44 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21678160/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21678160 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2007/0905/14051603.jpg A western Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges she passed a drug-filled balloon to a state prison inmate while kissing him. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:47:14 EST http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21694798/detail.html urn:ibsys:content:21694798 true http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/2009/1123/21696475.jpg The sister of an unruly passenger injured after being removed from a San Francisco Bay area commuter train says transit police used excessive force on the mentally ill man. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:52:36 EST