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Video: Big fight in Foxboro

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 07:30 AM PST

Dec. 6: With control of the AFC East on the line, Mike Florio is anticipating a chess match when the Jets and Patriots take to the field. (NBC Sports)With control of the AFC East on the line, Mike Florio is anticipating a chess match when the Jets and Patriots take to the field. (NBC Sports)




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If seas swallow island state, is it still a nation?

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 12:30 PM PST

This cemetery on the Majuro Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands, is among the areas being overtaken by slowly rising seas.Slowly rising seas tied to warming raise the question of what would happen to tens of thousands who live in low-lying nations like the Marshall Islands.




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Broncos fire McDaniels

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:37 PM PST

Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley hugs Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniels following an NFL football game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. The Chiefs defeated the Broncos 10-6. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)The Denver Broncos have fired coach Josh McDaniels, whose nearly two-year stint was marred by the Spygate II videotape scandal, a series of personnel blunders and the franchise's worst skid in four decades.




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Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:37 PM PST

Newton, James among 4 Heisman Trophy finalists

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 03:36 PM PST

Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton (2) jumps over the tackle of South Carolina's Akeem Auguste (3) in the second half of the Southeastern Conference Championship NCAA college football game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. Auburn won 56-17. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)Auburn quarterback Cam Newton and Oregon running back LaMichael James will meet up in New York before heading to Arizona for next month's national championship game.




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Newsweek: What's missing from the budget proposals

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 01:34 PM PST

What's missing from proposals to balance the budget is a moral rationale for change, except for some familiar platitudes: "American cannot be great if we go broke." The trouble with these pleasing lines is that they don't address the practical question of why existing recipients of government support—farmers, the elderly, local governments, for example—should lose it.

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Country boys got it going on, puberty study finds

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 01:11 PM PST

Is everything really bigger in the country?  Bulgarian doctors report results of a 6,200-boy survey showing "a modest though significant difference" when it comes to penis size.

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5-alarm fire roars in Baltimore's adult district

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 03:26 PM PST

Firefighters head toward the scene of the blaze Monday in downtown Baltimore.A five-alarm fire broke out Monday afternoon in a building in Baltimore's adult-entertainment district, spreading quickly, sending thick smoke throughout downtown and snarling traffic.




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PFT: 3-9 record, Spygate II get McDaniels fired

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 03:28 PM PST




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Obama, GOP reach deal to extend tax cuts

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:41 PM PST

President Barack Obama delivers a statement to the press on tax cuts and unemployment insurance Monday in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House in Washington, D.C.Brushing past Democratic opposition, President Barack Obama announced agreement with Republicans Monday night to extend expiring tax cuts for all Americans, renew jobless benefits and grant a one-year reduction in Social Security taxes for millions.




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Elizabeth Edwards' cancer takes turn for the worse

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 01:58 PM PST

Family sources tell NBC News that doctors told Edwards last week that her cancer has reached the point where aggressive treatment is no longer advisable.'Grateful' and gravely ill Elizabeth Edwards stops treatment as her cancer worsens; doctors advise against further treatment. Edwards is resting at home with friends and family, including her estranged husband, John.




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2,000 dead of cholera in Haiti, officials say

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 11:09 AM PST

Haitian officials say more than 90,000 people have been sickened and 2,000 people have died of cholera since late October. The outbreak has now spread to every region in Haiti.

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Posted: 06 Dec 2010 11:09 AM PST

Japan to China: You've hijacked our high-speed rails 

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 11:17 AM PST



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Video: Alaska National Wildlife Refuge turns 50

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 12:41 PM PST

Dec. 6: The nation's largest wildlife refuge, ANWR, celebrates 50 years. TODAYshow.com's Dara Brown talks with award-winning conservationist Dr. George Schaller about the controversial future of the protected area.  (Other)The nation's largest wildlife refuge, ANWR, celebrates 50 years. TODAYshow.com's Dara Brown talks with award-winning conservationist Dr. George Schaller about the controversial future of the protected area. (Other)




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Video: Obama: America faces new 'Sputnik moment'

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 11:10 AM PST

Dec. 6: President Obama says the U.S. now faces a new "Sputnik moment" and must respond with a new vigor to global competition. (NBC News)President Obama says the U.S. now faces a new "Sputnik moment" and must respond with a new vigor to global competition. (NBC News)




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Video: Billions in $100 bills may have to burned

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 09:36 AM PST

Dec. 6: The Federal Reserve is having major problems with the roll-out of its new $100 bills, and more than a billion bills may be unusable. CNBC's Eamon Javers has the details. (CNBC)The Federal Reserve is having major problems with the roll-out of its new $100 bills, and more than a billion bills may be unusable. CNBC's Eamon Javers has the details. (CNBC)




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Ex-Cowboys QB, 'Monday Night' announcer dies at 72

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 03:54 PM PST

FILE - This Aug. 31, 2002, file photo shows former Dallas Cowboys and Southern Methodist University quarterback Don Meredith walking out for the coin toss before the Navy-SMU football game in Dallas. Meredith died in Santa Fe, N.M.,  after suffering a brain hemorrhage and lapsing into a coma,  on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. He was 72. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)Don Meredith was the happiest, most fun-loving guy wherever he went, whether crooning country tunes in the huddle as quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys or jawing with Howard Cosell in the broadcast booth as analyst on the groundbreaking "Monday Night Football."




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Video: Publicist murder case back at square one

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:47 AM PST

Dec. 6: The Beverly Hills police department is back at square one in solving the murder of well-known Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen as the one lead they had appears not to be connected to the case at all. Martha Smilgis, friend of Chasen, talks to TODAY's Matt Lauer.  (Today Show)The Beverly Hills police department is back at square one in solving the murder of well-known Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen as the one lead they had appears not to be connected to the case at all. Martha Smilgis, friend of Chasen, talks to TODAY's Matt Lauer. (Today Show)




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Pat Gillick elected to baseball Hall of Fame

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:23 AM PST

FILE - This Jan. 24, 2002, file photo shows Seattle Mariners general manager Pat Gillick smiling during a news conference in Seattle. Gillick, a former general manager whose teams won three World Series titles, has been elected to baseball's Hall of Fame, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010.  (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)Pat Gillick, whose teams won three World Series titles in 27 years as a major league general manager, was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Monday by the Veterans Committee.




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