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FCC set to back Internet traffic rules

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 04:11 PM PST

The Federal Communications Commission is poised to adopt Internet traffic rules on Tuesday that would ban the blocking of lawful content, but allow high-speed Internet providers to manage their networks, senior agency officials said.

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Video: Aretha tells Jet magazine she's 'grateful'

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:37 PM PST

Dec. 20: Msnbc's Tamron Hall talks with Jet magazine's Clarence Waldron about his interview with the "Queen of Soul," who is reported battling pancreatic cancer. (Other)Msnbc's Tamron Hall talks with Jet magazine's Clarence Waldron about his interview with the "Queen of Soul," who is reported battling pancreatic cancer. (msnbc tv)




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Video: Scoop: Eminem, Lil Wayne on SNL

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:42 PM PST

Dec. 20: Today show's Courtney Hazlett talks with Msnbc's Tamron Hall about Eminem and Lil Wayne's appearance on Saturday Night Live.  (MSNBC)Today show's Courtney Hazlett talks with Msnbc's Tamron Hall about Eminem and Lil Wayne's appearance on Saturday Night Live. (msnbc tv)




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Video: Family digs out of snow-filled home

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:51 AM PST

Dec. 20: Blizzard winds blasted the front door open of one Iowa family's home, burying their kitchen and living room under inches of  snow – giving a new meaning to being snowed in. KTIV's Katie Gannon reports. (NBC News Channel)Blizzard winds blasted the front door open of one Iowa family's home, burying their kitchen and living room under inches of  snow – giving a new meaning to being snowed in. KTIV's Katie Gannon reports. (NBC News Channel)




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Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:51 AM PST

Video: Deer rescued from icy Mississippi

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 02:19 PM PST

Dec. 20: A helicopter was able to generate enough wind to blow one of the deer to shore, where it soon made its way back to the woods. Two men went out onto the ice with a rope and dragged the other deer to shore. (NBC News Channel)A helicopter was able to generate enough wind to blow one of the deer to shore, where it soon made its way back to the woods. Two men went out onto the ice with a rope and dragged the other deer to shore. (NBC News Channel)




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It's showtime for the total lunar eclipse

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 04:35 PM PST

Dec. 20: Neil Degrasse Tyson with the Hayden Planetarium explains tonight's total eclipse of the moon. (Other)After weeks of buildup, it's finally time to go outside and see the full moon go dark — or, if it's cloudy, watch the total lunar eclipse over the Internet.




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Hollywood-style special effects give girl new ear

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:35 PM PST

Elise Lutz looks into a mirror and admires her new prosthetic ear at the Anaplastology Clinic in Durham, N.C. "It kind of took forever, but it was worth it," says Elise, 14, as she headed to show her transformation to her dad and sisters. "I'm so excited, I'm more than 100 excited." Elise Lutz never let her friends see what was left of her ear after she was badly burned as a toddler. Now, medical artists using a highly-specialized technique have given her an ear she no longer hides.




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Amazon pedophilia author arrested

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:08 AM PST

"The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-lover's Code of Conduct" by Philip R. Greaves II, offers advice to pedophiles afraid of becoming the center of retaliation. Florida officials filed an obscenity charge Monday against the author of a self-published how-to guide for pedophiles that was yanked from Amazon.com last month after it generated online outrage.




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Holy Land a theme park of biblical proportions

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 02:40 PM PST

Biblical stories are brought to life at Holy Land Experience in Orlando, Fla. The Bible-based theme park typically sees about 2,000 visitors a day.Orlando's Holy Land Experience aims to look, sound, and feel a world away from the gravity drops, splashy screams and mouse ears that fill other nearby family attractions.




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Israel, Palestinians worked against Hamas

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:26 AM PST

A U.S. cable leaked on Monday said Israel and President Mahmoud Abbas's forces worked closely together against Hamas as it took over Gaza in 2007, a potentially embarrassing revelation for the Palestinian leader.

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NY gov fined for soliciting World Series tickets

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 02:57 PM PST

New York Gov. David Paterson was fined $62,125 for obtaining free tickets to a 2009 World Series game at Yankee Stadium, the state's Commission on Public Integrity announced on Monday.

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Blimey, a ban on Web porn in Britain?

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:30 AM PST

Britain's minister for culture, communications and creative industries is taking aim at all three areas by asking the nation's ISPs to block porn from going to home Internet users.

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Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:30 AM PST

Video: Obama gets key victories with DADT, taxes

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 04:30 AM PST

Dec. 20: More than a month after the president took a More than a month after the president took a "shellacking" in the midterm elections, he scores a bipartisan victory over tax cuts and job benefits while also securing historic legislation on gays serving in the military. NBC's Savannah Guthrie reports. (TODAY show)




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Video: Cord blood transplant saves boy, 6, from rare illness

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 05:31 AM PST

Dec. 20: Nic Volker spent almost two years of his young life in the hospital and was down to just 17 pounds. Thanks to a cord blood transplant, he's possibly cured.  (Today Show)Nic Volker spent almost two years of his young life in the hospital and was down to just 17 pounds. Thanks to a cord blood transplant, he's possibly cured. (TODAY show)




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Why Google's Chrome notebook will succeed

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 05:52 AM PST

Google's Cr-48 notebook is only available to testers, but it is the start of a major OS move for Google.In the past two weeks, Google has started sending out its pilot notebook for testing. It is little more than a Web browser tucked inside a netbook. Yes, all it does is surf the Web. And it's going to be huge.




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Video: Police: Mom admits suffocating baby

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 04:59 AM PST

Dec. 20: After a yearlong investigation, police in Arizona say that a taped phone call reveals Elizabeth Johnson, the mother of baby Gabriel, telling the boy's father that she suffocated their child and threw him in the trash. NBC's Kristen Welker reports and baby Gabriel's great-grandfather discusses the case. (Today Show)After a yearlong investigation, police in Arizona say that a taped phone call reveals Elizabeth Johnson, the mother of baby Gabriel, telling the boy's father that she suffocated their child and threw him in the trash. NBC's Kristen Welker reports and baby Gabriel's great-grandfather discusses the case. (TODAY show)




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Facebook's CEO visits China's top search engine

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 08:30 AM PST

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg toured the offices of China's top search engine Monday during a visit that has sparked speculation the social networking magnate is looking for business opportunities in the world's largest Internet market.

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Newsweek: Gates, Weingarten on fixing our schools

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:03 AM PST

Can the billionaire philanthropist and the president of the American Federation of Teachers find common ground—and fix our nation's education system?

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