MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlineshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3053415/MSNBC.com is a leader in breaking news and original journalism.Copyright 2006 MSNBC.comen-ushttp://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/SiteManagement/SiteWide/Images/msnbc_logo.gifMSNBC.comhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:49:20 GMTNews60Ford names Boeing executive CEOPortrait of Alan Mulally, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, and Executive Vice President of The Boeing Company, inside an unfinished Boeing 737.Bill Ford, who struggled for five years to steer Ford Motor Co. toward financial stability, is stepping down as chief executive of the company founded by his great grandfather.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14686147/Portrait of Alan Mulally, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, and Executive Vice President of The Boeing Company, inside an unfinished Boeing 737.


]]>Tue, 5 Sep 2006 22:29:20 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14686147/Intel to lay off 10,500 workersIntel's Ronler Acres Campus is shown here in Hillsboro, Ore., Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2005. Chipmaker Intel Corp. said Tuesday a total of 10,500 jobs will be eliminated over the next year through layoffs, attrition and the sale of underperforming business groups as part of a massive restructuring. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)Chip-maker Intel Corp. said Tuesday it will eliminate 10,500 jobs — about 10 percent of its work force — through layoffs, attrition and the sale of underperforming business groups as part of a massive restructuring.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14679917/APIntel's Ronler Acres Campus is shown here in Hillsboro, Ore., Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2005. Chipmaker Intel Corp. said Tuesday a total of 10,500 jobs will be eliminated over the next year through layoffs, attrition and the sale of underperforming business groups as part of a massive restructuring. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)


]]>Tue, 5 Sep 2006 22:15:02 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14679917/Bush defends anti-terrorism recordPresident Bush used terrorists’ own words Tuesday to battle complacency among Americans about the threat of future attack, defending his record as the fall campaign season kicks into high gear.


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]]>Tue, 5 Sep 2006 22:56:26 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14678251/'Croc Hunter's' death caught on tapeGail Gipp, Australia Zoo's hospital wildlife manager, looks at the display of flowers outside the zoo Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006 at Beerwah, home of Australian international media personality and environmentalist Steve Irwin who died on the Great Barrier Reef in far north Queensland, Australia, Monday, Sept. 4, 2006. Irwin, known as The Crocodile Hunter, was killed Monday by a stingray barb to his heart while filming a new television series. Steve Irwin was videotaped pulling a poisonous stingray barb from his chest in his last moments of life, officials said Tuesday, as tributes poured in for TV’s “Crocodile Hunter.”


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14675529/Gail Gipp, Australia Zoo's hospital wildlife manager, looks at the display of flowers outside the zoo Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006 at Beerwah, home of Australian international media personality and environmentalist Steve Irwin who died on the Great Barrier Reef in far north Queensland, Australia, Monday, Sept. 4, 2006. Irwin, known as The Crocodile Hunter, was killed Monday by a stingray barb to his heart while filming a new television series.


]]>Tue, 5 Sep 2006 16:53:47 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14675529/Mexico court upholds Calderon win(FILES) Mexican conservative presidential candidate Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party (PAN) answers questions during a press conference in his party's headquarters in Mexico City, 11 July, 2006. Mexico's electoral court declared 05 August 2006 Felipe Calderon the winner of the hotly contested presidential vote, but the political turmoil will not be over that quickly. According to the Tribunal, Calderon obtained 14.916.900 votes and Lopez Obrador 14.683.096 with a difference of 0,56 percent for the conservative candidate. AFP PHOTO / Susana GONZALEZ (Photo credit should read SUSANA GONZALEZ/AFP/Getty Images)Felipe Calderon became president-elect of Mexico on Tuesday, two months after disputed elections, when the nation's top electoral court voted unanimously to reject fraud allegations.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14672039/AFP - Getty Images(FILES) Mexican conservative presidential candidate Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party (PAN) answers questions during a press conference in his party's headquarters in Mexico City, 11 July, 2006. Mexico's electoral court declared 05 August 2006 Felipe Calderon the winner of the hotly contested presidential vote, but the political turmoil will not be over that quickly. According to the Tribunal, Calderon obtained 14.916.900 votes and Lopez Obrador 14.683.096 with a difference of 0,56 percent for the conservative candidate. AFP PHOTO / Susana GONZALEZ (Photo credit should read SUSANA GONZALEZ/AFP/Getty Images)


]]>Tue, 5 Sep 2006 19:56:32 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14672039/Rice likens Iraq, Civil War criticsHOLLYWOOD, FL - OCTOBER 25: National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice speaks to the audience at a conference at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on October 25, 2004 in Hollywood, Florida. Rice was the key-note speaker at the American Israel Public Affairs Committe's Annual Summit, a gathering of America's pro-Israel community. AIPAC is currently ranked as the most influential foreign policy lobbying organization on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Rich-Joseph Facun/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Condoleezza RiceSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice is drawing a parallel between the Iraq war and the Civil War. Both had their critics but both were justified, she says.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14684938/Getty ImagesHOLLYWOOD, FL - OCTOBER 25: National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice speaks to the audience at a conference at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on October 25, 2004 in Hollywood, Florida. Rice was the key-note speaker at the American Israel Public Affairs Committe's Annual Summit, a gathering of America's pro-Israel community. AIPAC is currently ranked as the most influential foreign policy lobbying organization on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Rich-Joseph Facun/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Condoleezza Rice


]]>Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:53:09 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14684938/Bush picks next transportation chiefPresident Bush has chosen Mary Peters, a former federal highway administrator, to succeed Norman Mineta as secretary of transportation, a senior administration official said Tuesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14682728/Tue, 5 Sep 2006 16:10:47 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14682728/WP: Will ‘mortgage moms’ tilt vote?In a year when politics is being roiled by angry debates over the Iraq war and immigration, it might seem odd to imagine the midterm elections being waged over square footage and closet space. But flat wages and rising debt nationally have converged to leave millions of middle-class households feeling acutely vulnerable.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14673701/Tue, 5 Sep 2006 04:00:39 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14673701/Secular professors under fire in IranIran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures during a meeting with Iranian students and scientists in Tehran September 5, 2006. Iranian  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Tuesday for a purge of liberal and secular teachers from the country's universities, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14676069/Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures during a meeting with Iranian students and scientists in Tehran September 5, 2006.


]]>Tue, 5 Sep 2006 10:17:36 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14676069/Pope John Paul was 'spied on'Pope John Paul was spied on by Vatican informers working for the Polish secret services in the communist era, a Polish cardinal was quoted as saying on Tuesday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14679895/Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:39:35 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14679895/NBC: Lebanon embargo reality checkNBC News’ Jim Maceda reports from Beirut on the effects of the Israeli blockade on the Lebanese economy and the likelihood that it will come to a close anytime soon.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14685201/Tue, 5 Sep 2006 19:19:50 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14685201/WP: Salafi Muslims try to allay fearsME/muslims5 Date 1 Sept 2006 Location: Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences, Fairfax, Va Caption: Friday prayers at a packed Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences . StaffPhoto imported to Merlin on Sat Sep 2 20:49:02 2006Salafi Muslims, followers of conservative sect, try to allay fears that their brand of Islam fosters extremism.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14673707/The Washington PostME/muslims5 Date 1 Sept 2006 Location: Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences, Fairfax, Va Caption: Friday prayers at a packed Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences . StaffPhoto imported to Merlin on Sat Sep 2 20:49:02 2006


]]>Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:10:52 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14673707/Jogger stuck in muck for four daysA runner was rescued from a Florida swamp after spending four days stuck in the muck. His first request: some good, old-fashioned drinking water.


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]]>Tue, 5 Sep 2006 17:00:33 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14681538/New tropical storm in AtlanticTropical Storm Florence formed Tuesday in the Atlantic, becoming the sixth named storm of the 2006 hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center reported.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14671714/Tue, 5 Sep 2006 21:45:56 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14671714/Huge Mont. fire out of controlMina Cox walks through the rubble of her burned out home Friday, Sept. 1, 2006 near the Stillwater River and Absarokee, Mont. The Derby fire ripped through the area and burned the Cox's home but left the guest house at left untouched. (AP Photo/Billings Gazette, David Grubbs)Winds didn't kick up to the extent firefighters had feared Monday and crews were able to get some additional line around the massive blaze, but officials warned that the fire is still far from being contained.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14680817/AP fileMina Cox walks through the rubble of her burned out home Friday, Sept. 1, 2006 near the Stillwater River and Absarokee, Mont. The Derby fire ripped through the area and burned the Cox's home but left the guest house at left untouched. (AP Photo/Billings Gazette, David Grubbs)


]]>Tue, 5 Sep 2006 19:09:12 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14680817/Japan fixated on royal birthThe expectant mother is at the hospital and the news conference schedule is set. Stocks of maternity product companies are rallying and some Japanese are even predicting a mini-baby boom.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14680667/Tue, 5 Sep 2006 13:52:30 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14680667/For Today's School Kids, Pressure Starts EarlyAt Lafayette Elementary School in Lafayette, Colo., all kindergarteners and first graders, including Hagan Modesitt, 6, start school with a test to determine how well they readKids as young as 6 are tested, and tested again, to ensure they're making sufficient progress. Then there's homework, more workbooks and tutoring.


]]>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14638573/site/newsweek/At Lafayette Elementary School in Lafayette, Colo., all kindergarteners and first graders, including Hagan Modesitt, 6, start school with a test to determine how well they read


]]>Sun, 3 Sep 2006 15:01:11 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14638573/site/newsweek/Grandson wants Mussolini exhumedThe grandson of Benito Mussolini has filed a request to exhume the body of Italy’s fascist dictator to find out how “Il Duce” really died, his lawyer said Monday.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14670258/Mon, 4 Sep 2006 18:56:30 GMTNewshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14670258/