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Video: After 'shellacking,' Obama takes victory lap

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 03:40 PM PST

Dec. 22: Rising out of the ashes of massive midterm losses, President Obama cobbled together a string of bipartisan victories in final weeks of this congress. NBC's Savannah Guthrie reports.  (Nightly News)Rising out of the ashes of massive midterm losses, President Obama cobbled together a string of bipartisan victories in final weeks of this congress. NBC's Savannah Guthrie reports. (Nightly News)




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Virtual Santa brings the holidays to sick children

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 02:48 PM PST

Seven year-old Kaylee Sullivan sits in her wheelchair during a visit from a virtual Santa at Children's Hospital Boston on December 22, 2010. For children in the hospital over Christmas, a visit from Santa Claus — especially a cool, virtual Santa beamed in from the North Pole — is like a breath of fresh air.




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360 million diabetes testing strips recalled

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 02:19 PM PST

The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that Abbott Laboratories is recalling up to 359 million testing strips used by diabetics because they can give falsely low blood sugar readings.

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Producers cancel performance of 'Spider-Man'

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 03:06 PM PST

Producers of Broadway's troubled "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" said the show will resume Thursday after Wednesday's sold-out performance was canceled to put new safety procedures in place to prevent falls.

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FAA proposes Continental, American Eagle fines

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 01:25 PM PST

U.S. aviation regulators proposed fines Wednesday of $275,000 against Continental Airlines and $330,000 against American Eagle for alleged maintenance violations.

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New experimental HIV drug stalls early infection

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 11:20 AM PST

A new kind of experimental HIV medicine can halt one of the earliest stages of HIV infection and may eventually lead to a novel class of drugs to fight other dangerous viruses, German scientists said on Wednesday.

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Castrodale: Please, Santa, don't let there be a lockout

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 06:58 AM PST

The top Christmas wish for any sports fan is for the NFL to avoid a lockout, NBCSports.com contributor Jelisa Castrodale writes.Castrodale: My Christmas wish list this year is what I'd like as a sports fan, as someone whose wardrobe consists largely of shirts with other peoples' names stitched on the back. Pay attention, Claus. This is important.




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Smaller cities offer alternative to big-city trips

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 06:51 AM PST

Oakland International Airport is an alternative gateway to the San Francisco Bay Area.Flexible travelers might save time and avoid hassles if they skip the larger cities and instead book vacations in the "alt-cities" in which they land.




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WikiLeaks details Anna Nicole's Bahamas havoc

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 02:00 PM PST

A woman looks at the Monday, Feb. 12, 2007 edition of The Tribune newspaper, from The Bahamas, that published undated photos of Anna Nicole Smith and her alleged relationship with Bahamian Immigration Minister Shane Gibson.The cables, classified as confidential, described how Smith's remarkably rapid success in gaining permanent residency led to political upheaval.




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Posted: 22 Dec 2010 02:00 PM PST

Man returns book after 76 years

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 01:12 PM PST

In this 2010 photo, Library Director Donald Worrell Jr. holds a returned copy of the novel "A Dog in Flanders" at the library in Mount Clemens, Mich.  Worrell says he was thrilled to get the book and a letter from his friend and says he plans to put both on display. Mark McKee is lucky a Michigan library isn't charging him a late fee for returning a book 76 years late.




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Obama hails 'season of progress'

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 03:06 PM PST

President Barack Obama celebrated a bipartisan "season of progress" on Wednesday at a year-end news conference marking an up-and-down second year in office that blended a thrashing at the polls, slow progress on the economy and late victories in Congress.

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Video: Google inks massive real estate deal

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 02:13 PM PST

Dec. 22: CNBC's Brian Shactman has the details on Google inking the biggest real estate deal for a single building this year in the U.S. (CNBC)CNBC's Brian Shactman has the details on Google inking the biggest real estate deal for a single building this year in the U.S. (CNBC)




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PFT: Latest Jets controversy is strangest yet

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 03:40 PM PST

Rex Ryan's wife is allegedly involved in foot-fetish videos, and she won't deny it, calling it a 'personal matter.'Rex Ryan's wife is allegedly involved in foot-fetish videos, and she won't deny it, calling it a 'personal matter.'




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Video: Assange: Manning a ‘political prisoner’ in U.S.

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 01:28 PM PST

Dec. 22: In an exclusive interview with msnbc's Cenk Uygur, the WikiLeaks chief denies that he conspired to commit espionage with U.S. Army Specialist Bradley Manning, asserting that such claims are In an exclusive interview with msnbc's Cenk Uygur, the WikiLeaks chief denies that he conspired to commit espionage with U.S. Army Specialist Bradley Manning, asserting that such claims are "absolute nonsense." (Dylan Ratigan Show)




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Video: Watch live: Obama discusses Senate action

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 12:38 PM PST

LIVE VIDEO: President Obama responds to Senate action on  the 9/11 first responders health bill and the START nuclear treaty. (NBC News)President Obama responds to Senate action on the 9/11 first responders health bill and the START nuclear treaty. (msnbc.com)




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Skype service 'gradually returning to normal'

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 12:17 PM PST

Internet video calling service Skype experienced an outage Wednesday, but the service was slowly returning to normal, the company said.

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Senate ratifies nuke pact, giving Obama another big win

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 02:55 PM PST

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., talk about the New START Treaty on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.The U.S. Senate approved a new strategic nuclear arms treaty with Russia on Wednesday, handing President Barack Obama a major foreign policy victory.




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Posted: 22 Dec 2010 02:55 PM PST

Holiday shoppers pick up pace near the finish

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 11:34 AM PST

Shoppers on 34th Street, in New York City. Holiday shoppers are racing to the end of the season at a more feverish pace this year, with retail revenue up 5.5 percent during the last weekend before Christmas.Holiday shoppers are racing to the end of the season at a more feverish pace this year, with retail revenue up 5.5 percent during the last weekend before Christmas.




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