http://www.katu.com/news/national RSS Feed for KATU - News - National & World en-us Wed, 14 May 2008 00:38:40 GMT http://www.katu.com/news/national/18912474.html Chinese communities around the country are mobilizing to help victims of a catastrophic earthquake that destroyed countless buildings and killed thousands of people in China's Sichuan province, where many immigrants have roots. http://www.katu.com/news/national/18910189.html Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton added at least 15 delegates on Tuesday, but still trails Sen. Barack Obama by a large margin in the race for the Democratic nomination. The remaining 13 delegates were still to be awarded. http://www.katu.com/news/national/18909879.html Hillary Rodham Clinton won a large but largely symbolic victory in the West Virginia primary Tuesday over Barack Obama, still the leader and closing in on the Democratic presidential nomination. http://www.katu.com/news/national/18893239.html Old barriers to peace such as distrust, violence and little movement on the most difficult issues concerning borders, Palestinian refugees and how to resolve both sides' claim to Jerusalem have run up against new ones, mainly in the form of leaders possibly too weak among their own people to cut deals. http://www.katu.com/news/national/18893139.html Bombing ranges have become prime hunting grounds for so-called "scrappers," who are motivated by soaring commodity prices to take greater risks in their quest for brass, copper and aluminum. http://www.katu.com/news/national/18893029.html A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit on the toilet for more than three hours on a flight from California. http://www.katu.com/news/national/18892954.html The May 14, 1988 tragedy helped change Americans' attitudes toward drunken driving, and may also have contributed to a nationwide decline in alchohol-related highway deaths. http://www.katu.com/news/national/18892844.html Barack Obama's wave of superdelegate endorsements puts him within reach of the Democratic presidential nomination by the end of the primary season on June 3 - even if he loses half of the remaining six contests. http://www.katu.com/news/national/18881384.html A U.S. plane ferried relief to Myanmar for the first time Monday to help nearly 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation, but both President Bush and the U.N. chief strongly criticized the military junta over its response to the deepening crisis. http://www.katu.com/news/national/18858654.html On Monday, jury selection is expected to begin in the trial of the man prosecutors say was the attacker: Jeff Pelo, a 17-year veteran of the Bloomington Police Department and married father of three.