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=120593843&ft=1&f=1003" class="rssHeadline">How Safe Are Our Roads?</a><br><span class="rssDate">Sat Nov 21 00:49:00 EST 2009</span><br><span class="rssTease">Highway safety has improved through better vehicle technology, smarter road designs and reformed behaviors, such as reduced drunken driving. But fatalities are still high: In 2008, more than 37,000 people were killed in crashes involving motor vehicles. This week, as the holiday travel season begins, NPR will explore these issues.</span><br></p></td></tr><tr><td class="rssHeadlineCell"><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120586883&ft=1&f=1003" class="rssHeadline">Berry Bad: Threat To Trees Lurks On Holiday Tables</a><br><span class="rssDate">Sat Nov 21 00:01:00 EST 2009</span><br><span class="rssTease">Its alluring crimson fruit makes it an enduring star of the Thanksgiving centerpiece, but Asiatic bittersweet  is strangling trees across New England. In many states, it&#146;s illegal to collect or move the invasive vine.</span><br></p></td></tr></table>')