http://www.kidk.com/news/national RSS Feed for KIDK - News - National & World en-us Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:03:18 GMT http://www.kidk.com/news/national/50025177.html Robert S. McNamara, the cerebral secretary of defense vilified for his role in escalating the Vietnam War, a disastrous conflict he later denounced as "terribly wrong," died Monday. He was 93. http://www.kidk.com/news/national/50045067.html A judge said Monday that Michael Jackson's longtime attorney and a family friend should take over the pop singer's estate for now, rejecting a request from Jackson's mother to be put in charge or share control. http://www.kidk.com/news/national/50024782.html A South Carolina sheriff said Monday that physical evidence links three shootings to a serial killer blamed for five deaths in a week in a rural community. http://www.kidk.com/news/national/50024522.html The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to buy two types of energy drinks packaged in test-tube like vials, saying that utility knife blades were found in two vials in an apparent case of tampering. http://www.kidk.com/news/national/50024307.html U.S. combat troops pulled out of Iraqi cities this past Tuesday. Fewer than half the 131,000 soldiers there now will remain by September 2010 - and then only to train and assist Iraqi security forces when called upon. http://www.kidk.com/news/national/50024192.html Two decades ago, attacks may have stayed a secret. Victims of hazing, bullying and sexual assault are still often too terrified to report their attackers - though officials say that's starting to change. http://www.kidk.com/news/national/49980447.html Police say former Washington Mayor Marion Barry has been arrested and charged with stalking a woman. The United States Park Police said Barry, a current D.C. Council member, was arrested Saturday in Washington after a woman flagged down an officer http://www.kidk.com/news/national/49979012.html Police are calling the shooting death of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair a homicide, but they haven't yet reached a conclusion about the death of the 20-year-old woman found with him. Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron said Sunday that the two had been dating the past several months. http://www.kidk.com/news/national/49976462.html Two monorail trains crashed early Sunday morning in the Magic Kingdom section of Walt Disney World, killing one train's operator, emergency officials said. http://www.kidk.com/news/national/49976427.html A third worker who had been preparing for an Independence Day celebration died from injuries suffered when a truckload of fireworks exploded on a dock at a remote North Carolina island, authorities said.