document.write('<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="rssHeadlines"><tr><td class="rssHeaderCell"><p><span class="rssImage"><img src="http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif"></span><br><span class="rssDescription">NPR coverage of national news, U.S. politics, elections, business, arts, culture, health and science, and technology. Subscribe to the NPR Nation RSS feed.</span><br></p></td></tr><tr><td class="rssHeadlineCell"><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120803307&ft=1&f=1003" class="rssHeadline">&#146;Washington Post&#146; To Close Remaining U.S. Bureaus</a><br><span class="rssDate">Tue Nov 24 19:33:00 EST 2009</span><br><span class="rssTease">The newspaper said it would close bureaus in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago at the end of the year to save money and will focus news efforts on covering the nation&#146;s capital. Six correspondents are being offered jobs in Washington, while three news aides will be let go Dec. 31.</span><br></p></td></tr><tr><td class="rssHeadlineCell"><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120803035&ft=1&f=1003" class="rssHeadline">Washington Wizards Owner Abe Pollin Dies At 85</a><br><span class="rssDate">Tue Nov 24 19:25:00 EST 2009</span><br><span class="rssTease">Pollin, who brought an NBA championship to the nation&#146;s capital, was the NBA&#146;s longest-tenured owner. He considered his greatest accomplishment the construction of an arena in a neglected neighborhood, which has spearheaded a revitalization of downtown Washington since its opening in 1997.</span><br></p></td></tr></table>')