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Strong Magic finish ends Celtics' streak at 14

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:01 PM PST

Magic center Dwight Howard goes up for a shot around Celtics center Shaquille O'Neal on Saturday.Brandon Bass scored 21 points and the Orlando Magic ended the Boston Celtics' 14-game winning streak with a 86-78 victory Saturday.




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Man, 5-year-old girl killed in Wyo. ski collision

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 12:36 PM PST

Authorities say two people have died and one is injured after a man on a snowboard collided with a woman and her daughter on skis at a Wyoming ski area.

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Newborn girl dropped off at LA fire station

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 12:32 PM PST

Los Angeles firefighters received an unusual Christmas delivery at a downtown station this year — a baby.

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New-look Knicks use tough defense to top Bulls

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 12:55 PM PST

Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire defends against Bulls guard Derrick Rose on Saturday.Amare Stoudemire and Raymond Felton each scored 20 points, and the New York Knicks limited the Chicago Bulls to two baskets in the first 10 minutes of the fourth quarter, pulling away for a 103-95 victory Saturday.




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Haitian orphans settling in with adoptive families

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:04 AM PST

Brian Fletcher, right, and Cora, foreground right, watch as newly-adopted Sevil, center, tries on his brother Isaac's glasses at their home in Penfield, N.Y.Nearly a year after the devastating earthquake, hundreds of Haitian orphans are settling in with their adopted families in the United States.




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Schwarzenegger leaves mixed legacy in California

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 09:50 AM PST

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger discusses the fiscal emergency he declared during a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., on Dec. 6.Arnold Schwarzenegger landed in the governor's office after announcing his upstart bid on late night TV and railing against government spending during raucous campaign rallies — at one playing a spirited round of air guitar to the rock anthem "We're Not Gonna Take It."




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Posted: 25 Dec 2010 09:50 AM PST

Your stories of extraordinary giving

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 07:17 AM PST

The first Give60 group is off and running!Msnbc.com readers share stories of how extraordinary giving by ordinary individuals can profoundly change lives.




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Dutch detain 12 Somalis on terror suspicions

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 12:22 PM PST

Dutch police have arrested 12 Somali men in the key port city of Rotterdam on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack, the public prosecutor said Saturday.

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US troops in Iraq celebrate Christmas

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 01:43 PM PST

U.S. troops praying during a Christmas Eve mass in a chapel at an American military base in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 24,  2010. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)It's the fourth time Chief Warrant Officer Archie Morgan is celebrating Christmas in Iraq but he is not complaining.




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Tsunami warning cancelled after quake

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 08:50 AM PST

A tsunami warning was issued for the Pacific islands of Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Fiji after a powerful earthquake struck Saturday.

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TSA probes pilot critical of airport security

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 02:15 PM PST

Federal authorities are investigating a pilot who posted videos on YouTube that were critical of security at San Francisco International Airport, the pilot's attorney said Friday.

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Balloon takes Santa on wild Utah ride

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 05:28 AM PST

A man in a Santa outfit took a wild ride through Utah skies Christmas Eve when his balloon took off without a pilot.

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Busch family touched by scandal, tragedy

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 02:54 PM PST

August Busch IV, 46, was chief executive at Anheuser-Busch from 2006 until the maker of Budweiser, Bud Light and other beers was purchased by InBev in 2008.For generations, the Busches of St. Louis were the first family of American beer-making, but they have also been touched by scandal, tragedy and allegations of reckless behavior.




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Hundreds spend Christmas at Europe airports

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 08:17 AM PST

Hundreds of stranded travelers spent Christmas morning in European airport terminals after sleeping on camp beds overnight as icy weather grounded flights.

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Posted: 25 Dec 2010 08:17 AM PST

Bethlehem sees record pilgrim crowd

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 01:27 AM PST

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal leads the Christmas midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem early Saturday.The largest number of pilgrims in a decade gathered in Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas, with tens of thousands flocking to the Church of the Nativity for prayers Saturday morning.




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38 killed at churches, festivities in Nigeria

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 08:41 AM PST

People walk past the wreckage of a truck in Jos, Nigeria, on Saturday after bombing attacks Friday night.Explosions in Nigeria's central region killed 32 people on Christmas Eve and six people died in attacks on two churches in the northeast of Africa's most populous nation, officials said on Saturday.




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NATO: Two killed after U.S. embassy threat

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 10:54 PM PST

Afghan and foreign troops killed two men during a raid in downtown Kabul after receiving a "credible threat" to attack the U.S. Embassy in the capital, ISAF said Saturday.

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Tulsa overwhelms bowl host No. 24 Hawaii

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 11:55 PM PST

Tulsa defensive player Tanner Antle (40) celebrates after making an interception in the end zone against Hawaii during the first quarter.Damaris Johnson broke loose for a career-high 326 all-purpose yards to set an NCAA career record and Tulsa took advantage of six first-half turnovers to beat No. 24 Hawaii 62-35 in the Hawaii Bowl on Friday night.




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