http://www.klewtv.com/news/national RSS Feed for KLEW - News - National & World en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:04:49 GMT http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/25871044.html An ex-convict was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the sadistic, 19-hour rape and torture of a Columbia University graduate student. http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/25868224.html Cheered by an enormous international crowd, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it" as surely as they conquered communism a generation ago. http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/25868114.html Three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices this month, triggering an investigation by military and National Security Agency experts, the Air Force said Thursday. http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/25867419.html A 21-year-old Utah woman was attacked by a grizzly bear about 25 yards from a lodge. The attack happened late Wednesday as Abby Sisk returned to the Kenai Princess Lodge in Cooper Landing from a hike. http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/25860804.html A crane holding a church steeple toppled Thursday morning, crushing a car and killing an 80-year-old man who was watching the construction from inside the vehicle, firefighters said. http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/25852259.html The towering trucks that give U.S. troops the best protection against roadside bombs and enemy bullets also make them vulnerable to routine hazards like sharp turns, rutted roads and rickety bridges. http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/25852159.html Ailing Fidel Castro said Wednesday that Cuba's president was right to adopt a "dignified silence" over a Moscow newspaper report that Russia may send nuclear bombers to the island, and said Cuba doesn't owe any explanation to Washington about the story. http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/25852024.html After eight years of the sentence-mangling George W. Bush, eight years of the windy Bill Clinton, four years of the squeaky George H.W. Bush, it's been some time since Americans have had a compelling orator in the White House or even running for the job. http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/25851819.html A German woman was charged Wednesday with bludgeoning two toddlers to death with a hammer and seriously injuring their mother in a rampage in Sweden spurred by jealousy over an ex-boyfriend. http://www.klewtv.com/news/national/25851689.html Wiping away tears several times, Nicole Boyd told the judge in a quiet voice that she was sorry for what she did and learned a lot from it - but that she still has feelings for her partner in crime, Roger Dillon.