<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Top-US-stories News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=66&amp;catid=364</link><description>News Feed for - Top-US-stories</description><item><title>Couple crashes White House state dinner: Secret Service</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96395654&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T10:58:00</pubDate><description>The US Secret Service is investigating how two White House gatecrashers beat several layers of security to attend a state dinner with President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The </description><source>Bangkok Post</source></item><item><title>Obama's Afghan exit strategy</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96437775&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T05:52:00</pubDate><description>Biden has been the point man in challenging some premises of Gen. Stanley McChrystal's strategy, according to civilian and military officials involved in the review. He was dubious about committing more </description><source>Washington Post</source></item><item><title>White House menu: Prawns, protocol</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96355118&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T04:13:00</pubDate><description>But bad weather is what the Obama administration had to deal with during its first test playing host on an international scale. The Tuesday sky was cloudy; the air was cold; and the rain sprayed down </description><source>Washington Post</source></item><item><title>Family bonds that transcend generations</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96531069&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T03:53:00</pubDate><description>They are not an ordinary couple, a gray-haired man of 66 who is battling lung cancer and an ebullient sixth-grader who loves animals and math and Harry Potter. But they have been a family of two since </description><source>Washington Post</source></item><item><title>U.S. couple attends Hajj</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96566283&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T14:21:00</pubDate><description>Hina Babar had prepared for this day for months. But now, as she landed in Saudi Arabia for the Muslim pilgrimage Hajj, the time seemed to have flown by. 'I never thought this day would come so quickly,' </description><source>CNN</source></item><item><title>US-POLITICS Summary</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96288820&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T13:57:00</pubDate><description>Cost concerns unlikely to sink U.S. health overhaul WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. debt that is topping $12 trillion is raising fresh questions about the cost of President Barack Obama's proposed healthcare </description><source>Washington Post</source></item><item><title>'Leaked' 9/11 text msgs capture chaos</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96505509&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T07:41:00</pubDate><description>Wikileaks site releases text message, pager messages from morning of September 11 Messages reveal people panicking, trying to see if loved ones are OK Text messages include firsthand accounts, many "I </description><source>CNN</source></item><item><title>Google sorry for Michelle Obama's racist caricature</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96348321&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T07:27:00</pubDate><description>LONDON: Google has apologized for a racist caricature of Michelle Obama that became the top result for users searching for images of the US First Lady. Anyone typing 'Michelle Obama' into Google Images </description><source>Times of India</source></item><item><title>Taliban chief: U.S. faces 'bed of thorns' in Afghanistan</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96545684&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T06:30:00</pubDate><description>KABUL - -- As President Barack Obama prepares to unveil his Afghanistan war strategy, the Taliban's supreme commander declared Wednesday that U.S.-led forces would find only defeat, dishonor and 'a bed </description><source>Chicago Tribune</source></item><item><title>Man slain in South L.A. area</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96543297&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T06:03:00</pubDate><description>A man was gunned down and killed this evening in an unincorporated neighborhood near South Los Angeles, authorities said.  The slaying occurred about 6:25 p.m near Normandie Avenue and 104th Street in </description><source>Los Angeles Times</source></item><item><title>White House gate crashers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96542497&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T05:52:00</pubDate><description>The U.S. Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after two people crashed Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House.</description><source>Globe and Mail</source></item><item><title>Parade balloon prep a tradition, too</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96505148&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T04:33:00</pubDate><description>balloon preparation now a tradition, too - CNN.com cnnIsIntl -1) ? true : false;var clickID (cnnIsIntl) ? 212106 : 211911;var cnnShareTitle encodeURIComponent('Macy's parade balloon preparation now a </description><source>CNN</source></item><item><title>Oprah to visit White House for Christmas special</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96398240&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T04:07:00</pubDate><description>(Beijing Time) SINA.com U.S. President Barack Obama answers a question during a joint news conference with Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington November 24, 2009. (AP </description><source>SINA</source></item><item><title>U.S. troops to free up Canadians for rebuilding</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96531298&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T03:46:00</pubDate><description>Daniel Leblanc and Patrick White Ottawa and Kandahar, Afghanistan ? T U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to lay out his new Afghan strategy next week, sending another 25,000 to 34,000 troops who </description><source>Globe and Mail</source></item><item><title>Savior gives orphan a new life</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96530519&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T03:35:00</pubDate><description>In a scene his parents would have been heartened to see, family and friends recently thronged around young Moshe Holtzberg as men in black suits and black hats took turns cutting locks of hair from the </description><source>CNN</source></item><item><title>U.S. sets new climate target</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96519880&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T01:30:00</pubDate><description>WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will attend the U.N. climate summit next month in Denmark, taking with him a target to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent by 2020, the White House said </description><source>MSNBC</source></item><item><title>Chavez: Israel is a 'murderous arm of the Yankee empire'</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96503744&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T08:08:00</pubDate><description>Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday used a visit by his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to brand Israel as a murderous agent of Washington. Chavez and Ahmadinejad, on the last leg </description><source>Haaretz</source></item><item><title>Hossa shines in debut; 'Hawks crush Sharks to win eighth straight</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96504030&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T13:38:00</pubDate><description>Marian Hossa shined in his highly-anticipated Chicago debut with two goals, as the Blackhawks took it to San Jose in a 7-2 final at the Shark Tank. Hossa skated in his first game since signing a 12-year, </description><source>Fox 23 Oklahoma</source></item><item><title>Body found on Delaware River waterfront identified</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96402276&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T08:26:00</pubDate><description>New Jersey State Police today identified the woman whose body was discovered Nov. 14 along the shores of the Delaware River in Burlington County. Farisha Rahamot-Ali, 38, of Queens, N.Y., was reported </description><source>Philadelphia Inquirer</source></item><item><title>Obamas ambitious food plans deserve widespread support</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96532177&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T07:56:00</pubDate><description>A LACK of affordable food is creating an even fatter America. The US Department of Agriculture said 49 million Americans, including nearly 17 million children, lived last year in households that could </description><source>Boston Globe</source></item><item><title>Houston Airports Packed With Travelers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96481714&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T04:38:00</pubDate><description>[HOUSTON] - And they're off -- or at least they are trying to take off. Tens of thousands of people are getting out of town on this, the busiest travel day of the holiday season. Houston airports are </description><source>KURV.com</source></item><item><title>Man and woman rob bank in west Houston grocery</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96499932&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T03:06:00</pubDate><description>Authorities said this woman, shown on this image taken from a surveillance camera, robbed a bank today in a west Houston grocery. A man is also wanted in the robbery. FBI agents are searching for a man </description><source>Houston Chronicle</source></item><item><title>Only a first move by the U.S. can inject momentum into climate-change talks</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96519445&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T01:26:00</pubDate><description>Please enter a valid e-mail address Please enter a comma delimited list of valid e-mail addresses Other ways of sharing: Recommend  | Is this a ??game-changer? or just political game-playing? By setting </description><source>Globe and Mail</source></item><item><title>New York rally planned to protest 9/11 trial</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96409807&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T01:27:00</pubDate><description>A group against bringing the self-professed mastermind of the September 11 attacks to trial in a US civilian court will hold a rally in New York demanding Washington reconsider its decision, the group </description><source>Buenos Aires Herald</source></item><item><title>Obama to plead US case at global warming summit</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96437141&amp;Channel_ID=66&amp;Category_ID=364</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T10:47:00</pubDate><description>WASHINGTON ??  President Barack Obama will commit the United States to substantial cuts in greenhouse gas pollution over the next decade - despite resistance in Congress over higher costs - when he travels </description><source>Star-Telegram</source></item></channel></rss>