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How to steal a body-scan picture
China Web hijacking shows Net at risk
GOP governors meet in San Diego, some eyeing 2012
Tactical Thanksgiving: holiday travel game plan
A chance to test GOP's governing strengths
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Chicken abuse alleged at largest egg producer
Cosmic Log: Antimatter atoms caught at last
Video: Hillary Clinton urges action on START treaty
Candid camera, in his head
Next big thing? Big cholesterol drop with new drug
Rastafarian inmates no longer isolated over hair
Video: Tensions rise as cholera claims more victims
Video: Testing of imported seafood a fishy business
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Poll: Nation wants change, skeptical D.C. can deliver
Detainee guilty of 1 count in embassy bombings
NBC: Murkowski apparent winner in Alaska Senate race
It's official: GM sets stock price for massive IPO
Best time to see Leonid meteor shower: now

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 02:11 PM PST

Cosmic Log: The Transportation Security Administration says the revealing images made by full-body scanners can't possibly be stored or copied. But critics say it can be done.

China Web hijacking shows Net at risk

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 04:10 PM PST

The cyber cold war between China and the U.S. just got a little chillier. Twice this year, China demonstrated its ability to "substantially manipulate" the Internet. These incidents, both of which took advantage of well-known vulnerabilities, are a wake-up call for U.S. authorities.

GOP governors meet in San Diego, some eyeing 2012

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 12:35 PM PST

As the Republican governors gather in California on Wednesday for their annual meeting, some of them are staring directly at the 2012 presidential race.

Tactical Thanksgiving: holiday travel game plan

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 01:43 PM PST

Between crowded airports, packed planes and new, potentially confusing security initiatives, this holiday travel period is shaping up to be a rough one.

A chance to test GOP's governing strengths

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 12:37 PM PST

President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Senate can foil the new Republican majority in the House, but for the next two years new GOP governors will have a chance to test a Republican way of governing in hard times.

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Posted: 17 Nov 2010 12:37 PM PST

Chicken abuse alleged at largest egg producer

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 11:42 AM PST

The U.S. Humane Society took aim at the largest producer of fresh eggs in the country, releasing images and a report it said documents federal safety violations and inhumane treatment of chickens.

Cosmic Log: Antimatter atoms caught at last

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 10:26 AM PST

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: After five years of effort, scientists confirm that they've corralled individual atoms of antimatter.

Video: Hillary Clinton urges action on START treaty

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 03:53 PM PST

Senate Republicans are blocking the required approval of a nuclear arms treaty, saying there isn't enough time to work out differences with the White House before this Congress ends. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports. (Nightly News)

Candid camera, in his head

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 12:24 PM PST

An assistant arts professor at New York University is going under the knife for his art (photography), having surgery in three weeks to install a camera in the back of his head that will broadcast a live stream of images to the museum in Qatar that commissioned the project.

Next big thing? Big cholesterol drop with new drug

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 08:48 AM PST

An experimental Merck drug safely boosted good cholesterol to record highs while dropping bad cholesterol to unprecedented lows in a study that stunned researchers and renewed hopes for an entirely new way of lowering heart risks.

Rastafarian inmates no longer isolated over hair

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 01:01 PM PST

Many Rastafarians and other inmates in Virginia who have spent years in isolation for refusing to cut their hair were moved to a prison where they can live together, the state Corrections Department said Wednesday.

Video: Tensions rise as cholera claims more victims

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST

Health officials warn that Haiti's deadly cholera epidemic will strike at least 200,000 people in the coming months. NBC's Kerry Sanders reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Testing of imported seafood a fishy business

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 04:08 PM PST

Our Planet: While the U.S. imports more than 80 percent of the fish eaten in this country, the FDA tests less than two percent--an equation that food safety officials say puts consumers at risk. NBC's Jeff Rossen reports. (Nightly News)

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Posted: 17 Nov 2010 04:08 PM PST

Poll: Nation wants change, skeptical D.C. can deliver

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 03:33 PM PST

According to the latest NBC/WSJ poll, almost seven in 10 registered voters say they voted in the midterm elections with the hope of seeing change. But they are doubtful of just how much change will actually take place.

Detainee guilty of 1 count in embassy bombings

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 04:59 PM PST

The first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial has been acquitted in New York City of all but one charge accusing him of a deadly 1998 plot to bomb two U.S. embassies in Africa.