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Suspicious bag delays Germany flight

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 05:15 PM PST

An Air Berlin flight carrying more than 300 people from Namibia's capital to Munich was delayed after police found an "unlabeled" parcel. An Air Berlin flight from Namibia to Munich was delayed after police found a suspicious bag in the luggage hall of the airport in the southern African nation's capital, authorities said Thursday.




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Posted: 18 Nov 2010 05:15 PM PST

Democrats plan vote on middle-class tax cuts

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 03:04 PM PST

Congressional Democrats said on Thursday they would vote to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the lower and middle classes only, setting up a clash with Republicans only two weeks after midterm elections.

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Just for the record, it’s Guinness World Records Day

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 10:12 AM PST

From jumping rope to hopping on pogo sticks, walking in heavy shoes to dressing up dogs, some 300,000 people around the world are expected to attempt record-breaking stunts on the sixth annual Guinness World Records Day.

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Fliers liken pat-downs to sexual assault

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 12:52 PM PST

A Transportation Security Administration agent performs an enhanced pat-down Wednesday on a traveler at a security area at Denver International Airport in Denver.Travelers who have undergone full-body put-downs by federal security agents describe a procedure that they say would be illegal sexual assault if it weren't being done by the government.




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How GM's return played in 3 cities with a stake

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 03:12 PM PST

General Motors CEO Dan Akerson is interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange by a remote camera after he rang the opening.General Motors returned to Wall Street with the satisfying roar of a muscle car's engine, embraced by traders at the New York Stock Exchange.




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CDC: Haiti's cholera part of old pandemic

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 12:21 PM PST

The cholera epidemic that has killed 1,110 people and sickened thousands more in Haiti is part of a 49-year-old global pandemic and was likely brought to the Caribbean country by a single infected person, scientists said on Thursday.

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Video: Obama: Tough decisions paying off for auto industry

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 01:38 PM PST

Nov. 18: President Obama discusses the financial progress GM has made over the past year while pointing out that the company recently posted its most successful quarter in 11 years. (Other)President Obama discusses the financial progress GM has made over the past year while pointing out that the company recently posted its most successful quarter in 11 years. (Other)




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Government insists full-body scanners are safe

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 01:15 PM PST

An airline passenger undergoes a full-body scan Wednesday at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. They look a little like giant refrigerators and pack a radiation dose big enough to peer through clothing for bombs or weapons, yet too minuscule to be harmful, federal officials insist.




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Chevrolet Volt wins green car prize

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 12:36 PM PST

Joel Ewanick, General Motors Co. vice president for U.S. Marketing, holds the award won by the Chevy Volt as 2011 Green Car of the Year.While General Motors Co. was seeing greenbacks in its initial public offering on Wall Street Thursday, its Chevrolet brand was burnishing its green credentials.




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Posted: 18 Nov 2010 12:36 PM PST

'Teen Mom' star charged for domestic violence

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 11:19 AM PST

Police in Anderson, Ind., have officially charged "Teen Mom" star Amber Portwood with two felonies and one misdemeanor for domestic violence.Police in Anderson, Ind., have officially charged "Teen Mom" star Amber Portwood with two felonies and one misdemeanor for domestic violence.




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Mom pleads guilty to giving tot pot

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 11:50 AM PST

A woman has admitted giving her 2-year-old daughter marijuana and using her cell phone to record the child smoking it.

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Newsweek: Why Ghailani verdict is a victory

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 10:44 AM PST

Here's a piece of news for: yesterday, the U.S. government successfully prosecuted a major terror suspect, putting him away for 20 years to life and showing that the civil trials offer a method that is both constitutional and effective for prosecuting the war on terror.

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Drug-resistant malaria feared in Southeast Asia

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 03:01 PM PST

A form of malaria resistant to the most powerful drugs available may have emerged along the Thai-Myanmar border as well as Vietnam, and containment measures are planned, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.

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Video: Deputy tackles motorcycle rider

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 07:00 AM PST

Nov. 18: Police dashcam video shows a Texas Sheriff's deputy using a flying tackle on a motorcycle rider after a chase. KXAS-TV's Randy McIlwain reports. (NBC News Channel)Police dashcam video shows a Texas Sheriff's deputy using a flying tackle on a motorcycle rider after a chase. KXAS-TV's Randy McIlwain reports. (NBC News Channel)




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Video: Yankee Stadium transformation

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 09:24 AM PST

Nov. 17: Check out this footage of Yankee Stadium being transformed into a football field as they gear up for Notre Dame vs. Army Saturday at 7 p.m. ET. (NBC Sports)Check out this footage of Yankee Stadium being transformed into a football field as they gear up for Notre Dame vs. Army Saturday at 7 p.m. ET. (NBC Sports)




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Bodies of missing boy, women found

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 04:43 PM PST

Kody Maynard, 10, Tina Herrmann, 32, and Stephanie Sprang, 41, were found dead on Thursday.An unemployed tree-trimmer arrested after a teenage girl was found bound and gagged in his basement pointed the way Thursday to the bodies of her brother, mother and another woman, authorities said.




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One disaster after another for Haitian amputee

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 11:09 AM PST

Schneily Similien, 4, lost his leg in Haiti's January earthquake, but his family, like millions in Haiti, has faced poverty, hunger, the devastation of a hurricane, and, now, a growing cholera epidemic. He's still a happy boy, eager to run and ride his bike, but his parents worry because there's no money for school. Schneily Similien, 4, lost his leg in Haiti's January earthquake, but his family, like millions in Haiti, has faced poverty, hunger, the devastation of a hurricane, and, now, a growing cholera epidemic. He's still a happy boy, eager to run and ride his bike, but his parents worry because there's no money for school.




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Posted: 18 Nov 2010 11:09 AM PST