United States http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/government/national-government/united-states-ORGOV0000001.topic A collection of news and information related to United States published by Tribune Company sources. en-us <![CDATA[Polanski's defenders lose sight of the true victim]]> http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-lopez30-2009sep30,0,2974230.column?track=rss-topicgallery 2009-09-30 00:00:00 <![CDATA[Album review: Muse, 'The Resistance']]> http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-lopez30-2009sep30,0,2974230.column?track=rss-topicgallery 2009-09-17 08:54:01 <![CDATA[Thursday's TV Highlights: Quinn gets jealous on 'Glee']]> http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-lopez30-2009sep30,0,2974230.column?track=rss-topicgallery 2009-10-14 04:34:16 <![CDATA[One ER doc's take on what's driving healthcare costs inexorably higher]]> http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-lopez30-2009sep30,0,2974230.column?track=rss-topicgallery 2009-09-17 08:54:11 <![CDATA[MRIs plus low-back pain equals more dubious surgeries]]> http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-lopez30-2009sep30,0,2974230.column?track=rss-topicgallery 2009-10-14 16:32:28 <![CDATA[Kosher chicken wars heat up]]> http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-lopez30-2009sep30,0,2974230.column?track=rss-topicgallery 2009-09-17 08:54:28 <![CDATA[Want to enter a ?!",;??!:""! baking contest?]]> http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-lopez30-2009sep30,0,2974230.column?track=rss-topicgallery 2009-09-17 08:53:21 <![CDATA[U.S. House OKs National Women's History Museum on National Mall; Senate vote sought]]> http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-lopez30-2009sep30,0,2974230.column?track=rss-topicgallery 2009-10-15 16:32:34 <![CDATA[Sram recalls bicycle chains with connectors that can crack]]> http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-lopez30-2009sep30,0,2974230.column?track=rss-topicgallery 2009-09-17 08:54:29 <![CDATA[President Obama and the big scary education speech - and other fairy tales]]> http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-lopez30-2009sep30,0,2974230.column?track=rss-topicgallery 2009-09-17 08:54:11 <![CDATA[South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson yells 'You lie!' to the president]]> http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-lopez30-2009sep30,0,2974230.column?track=rss-topicgallery 2009-09-17 08:53:11 <![CDATA[Hector Tobar learns some lessons in Tijuana]]> http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-lopez30-2009sep30,0,2974230.column?track=rss-topicgallery 2009-09-17 08:53:54 <![CDATA[Hazel O'Leary, a Newport News native, was the seventh United States Secretary of Energy.]]> http://www.latimes.com/topic/dp-hazel-oleary-photo,0,2649159.photo?track=rss-topicgallery 2009-10-15 12:04:09 <img src="http://www.dailypress.com/media/photo/2009-10/49872818.JPG" alt="Hazel O'Leary" width="52" height="75" title="Hazel O'Leary" > <![CDATA[Sara checks an apartment in Jersey City, N.J. Bed bugs have invaded city after city in the last four years, leaving painful skin welts and pricey pest control bills from Boston to San Francisco.]]> http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-na-bedbugdog02_kqt8dmnc,0,7190689.photo?track=rss-topicgallery 2009-10-15 10:37:28 <img src="http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-10/49871187.jpg" alt="Sniff factor" width="75" height="50" title="Sniff factor" > <![CDATA[A pedestrian jumps over standing water during a rain storm October 13, 2009 in San Francisco , United States . The San Francisco Bay Area is being hit with heavy rains and high winds as the first major storm of the year passes through. The storm is expected to dump over 5 inches of rain today and]]> http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-pod-1014-rain-jpg,0,3602052.photo?track=rss-topicgallery 2009-10-14 04:52:07 <img src="http://snsimages.tribune.com/media/photo/2009-10/49844248.jpg" alt="Western rain" width="75" height="52" title="Western rain" >