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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 02:54 PM PDT
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens addresses the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation luncheon in Washington on Thursday.Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens draws on his own experience in saying New Yorkers should be more tolerant of the plan.



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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 03:57 PM PDT
Nov. 4: With Tropical Storm Tomas bearing down, a Haitian government plan to evacuate a massive tent camp met with loud resistance before finally getting underway on Thursday. NBC's Mark Potter reports.  (Nightly News)With Tropical Storm Tomas bearing down, a Haitian government plan to evacuate a massive tent camp met with loud resistance before finally getting underway on Thursday. NBC's Mark Potter reports. (Nightly News)





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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 03:32 PM PDT
Nov. 4: The Xbox 360 joins the motion control universe but can it compete with the Wii and the PlayStation Move? Msnbc.com's Todd Kenreck reviews the game. (msnbc.com)Looking to debunk a report that Microsoft's new motion-sensing video game controller might be racist, Consumer Reports says it found no evidence that Kinect has problems recognizing users with darker skin.



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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 03:32 PM PDT
Posted: 04 Nov 2010 03:58 PM PDT
Nov. 4: After spending 69 days trapped underground in a Chilean mine, Edison Pena has decided to take on another test of endurance: The New York City Marathon. NBC's Mara Schiavocampo reports.  (Nightly News)After spending 69 days trapped underground in a Chilean mine, Edison Pena has decided to take on another test of endurance: The New York City Marathon. NBC's Mara Schiavocampo reports. (Nightly News)



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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 02:43 PM PDT
Obesity in America won't plateau until 42 percent of adults are obese, according to a new study.

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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 03:36 PM PDT
The Tea Party is being blamed for nominating weaker Republicans in Colorado, Nevada, and Delaware. But you can never prove a counterfactual.

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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:35 PM PDT
An elderly couple who won $11 million from a lottery ticket in Canada have given the money away to good causes and family, according to media reports.

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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:00 AM PDT
Jaguars are the largest and most dangerous big cats in the Western Hemisphere. Peru's sprawling Manu National Park is ideal habitat for jaguars — thick rainforest with numerous streams and oxbow lakes where prey like deer gather.Despite mankind's mastery of planet Earth, there are still an awful lot of creatures out there willing to kill and eat you if given a chance.



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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 01:36 PM PDT
Just days after U.S. voters threw overboard one of their top privacy advocates in Congress, the European Commission announced Thursday that it will push for creation of a Web users' "right to be forgotten."

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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:35 AM PDT
It's become a truism that governors are an important (though not crucial) asset for any presidential campaign. The only problem with that morsel of wisdom is there isn't any data for it.

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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:04 AM PDT
Nov. 4: Candidates from the hard-fought race to win President Obama's former Illinois Senate seat join each other for a toast at a Chicago restaurant. WMAQ's Mary Ann Ahern reports. (NBC News Channel)Candidates from the hard-fought race to win President Obama's former Illinois Senate seat join each other for a toast at a Chicago restaurant. WMAQ's Mary Ann Ahern reports. (NBC News Channel)



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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:04 AM PDT
Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:59 AM PDT
Two decades after the Soviet Union's humiliating retreat from Afghanistan, NATO is working to get Russia back into the country to help fight drug trafficking and rebuild Afghan security forces.

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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:00 AM PDT
Safety advocates are still teasing out cell phone-related traffic accident statistics from the larger distracted-driver category, and now they've got another wireless wonder to deal with -- the e-reader.Safety advocates are still teasing out cell phone-related traffic accident statistics from the larger distracted-driver category, and now they've got another wireless wonder to deal with -- the e-reader.



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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:44 PM PDT
When then-President George W. Bush was asked to approve a tough interrogation technique known as waterboarding on September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, he wasted little time in deciding.

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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:33 AM PDT
U.S. Army Col. Kathy Platoni looks at the decorations placed in her yard and on her mailbox by her neighbors to welcome her home from a tour in Afghanistan, in Beaver Creek, Ohio, on Nov. 1. Col. Platoni was at Fort Hood, Texas, last year when a gunman killed 13 people. On the doors of the U.S. Army Reserve's low-slung offices hang posters that proclaim "Battlemind — Armor For Your Mind."



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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:24 AM PDT
Matt Hughes passed away on May 26 in Wichita, Kan., and was remembered on the Nov. 3 episode.

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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:49 AM PDT
Nov. 4: To ensure everyone had a chance to vote on election day, one Nebraska town pressed car dealerships, hotels and theaters into service as temporary polling places. WOWT's Ann McIntire reports. (NBC News Channel)To ensure everyone had a chance to vote on election day, one Nebraska town pressed car dealerships, hotels and theaters into service as temporary polling places. WOWT's Ann McIntire reports. (NBC News Channel)



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Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:45 AM PDT
The venerable test used to be the only one that mattered for college-bound seniors, but a growing number of schools are not requiring it.

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