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Video: Attorney: Assange rape case ‘personal, not political’

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:41 PM PST

Dec. 2: An attorney for two woman charging WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with sexual assault asserts that politics and the current intrigue caused by the site's latest data dump have nothing to do with reinstating the allegations. NBC's Lisa Myers reports.  (Nightly News)An attorney for two woman charging WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with sexual assault asserts that politics and the current intrigue caused by the site's latest data dump have nothing to do with reinstating the allegations. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (Nightly News)




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Tiger roars to lead at his own tournament

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 04:56 PM PST

Tiger Woods looks at his club after he bent it hitting out of the rough on the 18th fairway. Woods carded a 7-under-par 65 to take a one-shot lead over two others after the opening round.Tiger Woods has opened with a 7-under 65 to take the lead in the Chevron World Challenge, only the second time all year his name has been atop the leaderboard.




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NYT: Cables describe scale of Afghan corruption

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 02:11 PM PST

An August 2009 report from Kabul complains that President Hamid Karzai, above, and his attorney general NYT:  Corruption in Afghanistan is pervasive and dispiriting for American officials trying to build support for the Afghan government.




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Nigeria to charge Cheney over Halliburton

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:47 PM PST

Nigerian authorities plan to charge former vice president Dick Cheney, above, in connection with a bribery scandal allegedly involving energy firm HalliburtonNigeria's anti-corruption police said on Thursday they planned to file charges against former Vice President Dick Cheney in a $180 million bribery case.




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For jobless '99ers,' holidays are about surviving

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:02 AM PST

"I am not searching for a job, I am begging for one," says Felicia Robbins. She is preparing to move out of a homeless shelter in Pensacola, Fla., where she and her five children have been living.Unless Congress approves another extension of jobless benefits, the Labor Department estimates about 2 million people will be cut off by Christmas.




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Video: Scientist describes arsenic-gobbling microbe

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:43 AM PST

Dec. 2: Astrobiology scientist Felisa Wolfe-Simon describes the process leading up to the discovery of bacteria that survives on normally toxic arsenic. (Other)Astrobiology scientist Felisa Wolfe-Simon describes the process leading up to the discovery of bacteria that survives on normally toxic arsenic. (msnbc tv)




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Town that Disney built has first homicide

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:23 AM PST

The crime scene at a condominium in Celebration, Fla., where police are investigating the first-ever homicide in the Disney-developed community.Celebration, Disney's master-planned, picture-perfect central Florida community, has never reported a homicide in its 14-year existence — until this week.




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Convicted killer preens on Facebook from prison

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:34 AM PST

A man convicted of killing an Oklahoma sheriff used a smart phone from his prison cell to access Facebook, sharing photos of himself licking a prison-made knife and smoking from a bong behind bars.A man convicted of killing an Oklahoma sheriff used a smart phone from his prison cell to access Facebook, sharing photos of himself licking a prison-made knife and smoking from a bong behind bars.




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Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:34 AM PST

Newsweek: 'Blue bonnet' novels bring Amish life to mainstream

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 07:02 AM PST

Amish romance novels are touching a nerve and being embraced by non-Mennonite followers. In fact, 'bonnet fiction,' sales are a sure bet in the weary publishing industry. What gives?

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Video: Eminem earns 10 Grammy nods

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:58 PM PST

Dec. 2: Rapper Eminem gets nominated for 10 Grammy awards, LeBron James returns to Cleveland, and Steve Martin fans get a refund. TODAYshow.com's Courtney Hazlett has the scoop. (MSNBC)Rapper Eminem gets nominated for 10 Grammy awards, LeBron James returns to Cleveland, and Steve Martin fans get a refund. TODAYshow.com's Courtney Hazlett has the scoop. (msnbc tv)




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Incredible trips guaranteed to change your life

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 06:45 AM PST

Traverse Australia from urban to remote. Start in Sydney with an Opera House tour and a flight to a secret lunch location. Follow a night in the Blue Mountains with a wine tasting in Hunter Valley, then a plush bush-camp stay in Jervis Bay. Finally, hole up at the Capella Lodge on Lord Howe Island, for diving and spa treatments.These trips, offered by top tour operators and created exclusively for Travel + Leisure, are sure to change your life.




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Newsweek: 10 best stores for customer service

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:12 AM PST

This month, the National Retail Federation put out its annual list of the 10 stores with the best customer service, based on surveys of more than 9,000 shoppers.

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Video: Why won’t this little boy eat food?

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 05:04 AM PST

Dec. 2: After suffering severe acid reflux as a baby, autistic toddler Daniel is afraid to eat solid foods, forcing his parents to feed him through a tube. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports.  (Today Show)After suffering severe acid reflux as a baby, autistic toddler Daniel is afraid to eat solid foods, forcing his parents to feed him through a tube. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports. (TODAY show)




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LeBron makes return to Cleveland

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 05:47 PM PST

LeBron James performs his pregame ritual of throwing powder into the air before playing the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena on Thursday.Fire trucks welcomed LeBron James home. Police and security officials escorted him from there. And, once inside his old home, boos rained down from above.




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Ventre: Star-studded cast fails to bring Heat

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:45 PM PST

Ventre: For all the talk of utter domination the Miami Heat were about to unleash, the super team of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh is about as boring as can be.




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House passes extension on middle-class tax cuts only

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 06:07 AM PST

House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio takes part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday.The House passed a bill Thursday to extend middle class tax cuts while letting those for the wealthy expire, even as talks continued on extending them all.




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Posted: 02 Dec 2010 06:07 AM PST

Video: Fo' Shizzle? Snoop to attend royal bachelor party

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:51 AM PST

Dec. 2: England's Prince William has reportedly invited rapper Snoop Dogg to his bachelor party after Dogg wrote a song about William's last days being single. Msnbc's Contessa Brewer reports. (Other)England's Prince William has reportedly invited rapper Snoop Dogg to his bachelor party after Dogg wrote a song about William's last days being single. Msnbc's Contessa Brewer reports. (msnbc tv)




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Boehner calls middle-class tax bill 'chicken crap'

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:28 AM PST

Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner called the House Democrats' new bill to extend Bush-era tax cuts only for those making less than $250,000 "chicken crap" and "nonsense."

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