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Holiday spending nears a record in overtime

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:33 PM PST

Spending was strong since the start of the holiday shopping season in November and the momentum continued through Christmas Eve, a surprising sign of strength for the economy.People hit the stores after Christmas to buy, indulging the rediscovered retail appetite that may have made 2010's holiday shopping season the biggest ever.




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Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:33 PM PST

Video: What's in store for gift returns

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 03:54 PM PST

Dec. 27: For those not housebound by the blizzard back east, it was a big day to hit the stores to bring back the estimated 33 percent of gifts that get returned every year. NBC's John Yang reports. (Nightly News)For those not housebound by the blizzard back east, it was a big day to hit the stores to bring back the estimated 33 percent of gifts that get returned every year. NBC's John Yang reports. (Nightly News)




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Nonprofits turn foreclosures into first homes

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 02:36 PM PST

Francisco Cruz and his wife Pam greet volunteers from the Honeywell Aerospace Human Resources Department working on a month-long renovation of their donated home.Francisco and Pam Cruz maneuvered around boxes of new flooring and open cans of paint as they surveyed the foreclosed Phoenix house they would soon call their own.




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New Yorkers upset about unplowed streets

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 03:04 PM PST

Men with a shovel and buckets of salt pass a snow plow and city bus that were both stuck on Monday in Brooklyn, N.Y.A windy winter storm that dumped nearly 2 feet of snow on New York City also whipped up criticism about how the city responded to it.




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Militias stem Pakistani Taliban, but at what cost?

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 09:55 AM PST

A Pakistani militant looks on while talking on a mobile phone at their headquarters in Peshawar, Pakistan. Tribal militias allied with the government helped block a Taliban advance in this corner of northwest Pakistan close to the Afghan border, but their success has come at a price: the empowerment of untrained, unaccountable private armies that could yet emerge as a threat of their own. Tribal militias allied with the government helped block a Taliban advance in this corner of northwest Pakistan close to the Afghan border, but their success has come at a price.




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Netanyahu: Interim Mideast peace deal is option

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 01:15 PM PST

A Palestinian man scuffles with Israeli soldiers during a protest against an Israeli roadblock at the entrance to the West Bank village of Beitin, near Ramallah on Monday. Israel's prime minister said Monday that if negotiations don't resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he could seek an interim accord instead of the comprehensive deal the United States wants. Palestinians reject that idea.




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Video: Snow takes a bite out of the Big Apple

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 03:46 PM PST

Dec. 27: New York City took the full force of a historic winter storm that closed airports, brought local transportation to a standstill and left record snowfall in its wake. NBC's Jeff Rossen reports.  (Nightly News)New York City took the full force of a historic winter storm that closed airports, brought local transportation to a standstill and left record snowfall in its wake. NBC's Jeff Rossen reports. (Nightly News)




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Snore-busting implant might get you more ZZZs

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 01:35 PM PST

Rik Krohn displays the remote control unit he uses to turn on an experimental nerve stimulator to combat his sleep apnea, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, at his home in Burnsville, Minn. Loud snoring may do more than irritate your spouse: It can signal sleep apnea, depriving you of enough zzzz's to trigger a car crash, even a heart attack. Now scientists are testing if an implanted device might help, keeping sufferers' airways open by zapping the tongue during sleep. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)Loud snoring may do more than irritate your spouse: It can signal sleep apnea, depriving you of enough zzzz's to trigger a car crash, even a heart attack. Now scientists are beginning to test if an implanted pacemaker-like device might help certain sufferers, keeping their airways open by zapping the tongue during sleep.




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iPad warning denies existence of other e-reader apps

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:48 AM PST

The other day I removed iBooks from my iPad, because, in a world where major book retailers including Amazon and Barnes & Noble have very nice e-book apps for iPad, it is utterly superfluous. To my surprise, I was greeted with the following warning...

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Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:48 AM PST

Northeast blizzard leaves travelers 'twisted'

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:30 PM PST

The blizzard ended and the sun came out on Monday, but the travel mess caused by up to two feet of snow and strong winds across the Northeast continued for a second day.

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Is dispersant still being sprayed in the gulf?

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 08:29 PM PST

The use of chemical dispersants in the wake of the massive BP oil spill ended on July 15, according to federal agencies. But photos and chemical lab results obtained by msnbc.com suggest that the controversial chemicals have been sprayed much more recently than that.

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Man faces charges for reading wife's e-mail

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:13 AM PST

Leon Walker, 33, who says he learned of his wife's affair by reading her e-mail on their computer, faces trial on felony computer misuse charges.A Michigan man who says he learned of his wife's affair by reading her e-mail on their computer faces trial Feb. 7 on felony computer misuse charges.




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Consumers' holiday splurge may be just that

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 03:50 PM PST

Shoppers hit stores hard this holiday season and their confidence about the future is up. But unemployment and household debt are still high.As U.S. retailers get ready to box up their Christmas decorations after a better-than-expected holiday season, many shoppers plan to join them by putting their wallets back in storage.




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Puerto Rico baffled by high asthma rate

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 06:34 AM PST

Jaycco Paris, 6, retrieves a stray ball while playing on a basketball court. Jaycco's chronic asthma has forced him to miss several weeks of school this year.One in 3 children in Puerto Rico has asthma, one of the highest rates of prevalence in the world. Experts are mystified whether it's due to genetics, the environment or both.




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'Teen Mom' Amber reportedly in jail

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 03:34 PM PST

Portwood's troubles stem from footage aired on season two of MTV's hit program, which showed the 20-year-old repeatedly punching and hitting then-fiance Gary Shirley.Portwood's troubles stem from footage aired on season two of MTV's hit program, which showed the 20-year-old repeatedly punching and hitting then-fiance Gary Shirley.




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Nebulas dazzle in new space telescope photos

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 08:17 AM PST

An image of the Flaming Star Nebula, taken in infrared light by NASA's WISE space telescope. NASA's WISE infrared telescope, which recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of its launch into space, has returned some stunning photos lately of interstellar clouds of gas and dust called nebulas.




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Video: Mysterious road threatens ‘Great Migration’

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 05:00 AM PST

Dec. 27: A controversial development project in Tanzania may be putting one of the last pristine environments on earth in danger. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (Today Show)A controversial development project in Tanzania may be putting one of the last pristine environments on earth in danger. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (TODAY show)




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Posted: 27 Dec 2010 05:00 AM PST