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Report: Study tying vaccine to autism was fraud

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 03:57 PM PST

The first study to link a childhood vaccine to autism was based on doctored information about the kids involved, shows a new report on the widely discredited research.

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Sean Penn and Haiti: Love in time of cholera

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 01:35 PM PST

Actor Sean Penn carries belongings of a shelter camp resident as they are prepared to be relocated to a new camp in Petionville, Haiti, on April 10, 2010.The actor, 50, has been a fixture in Haiti since moving there almost immediately after the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake that threw the country into chaos, and the actor's own life, too.




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Watchdog: IRS tormenting struggling taxpayers

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 01:16 PM PST

A government watchdog says the IRS is tormenting struggling taxpayers in the midst of a slumping economy by increasing the number of liens the agency has filed.

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Ore. police chief shot to death during struggle

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:40 PM PST

The police chief of a small northwest Oregon city was shot to death Wednesday in a shopping complex, sources told NBC station KGW. The suspect was wounded.

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Man in custody following Arizona standoff

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 05:17 PM PST

A man is handcuffed outside a Baja Fresh restaurant Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011 in Chandler, Ariz. Chandler police spokesman Sgt. Joe Favazzo says a gunman entered a Baja Fresh restaurant and fired a gun in what police think was a warning to customers following a shooting at the Chandler Mall.(AP Photo/Matt York)A shootout at an upscale shopping center in suburban Phoenix sent shoppers fleeing and prompted a mall lockdown Wednesday as the suspect who had exchanged gunfire with officers holed up in a fast food restaurant, authorities said.




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Russian Facebook investors have sparked U.S. concerns

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:04 AM PST

The Russian Internet company that this week purchased a stake in Facebook was prominently mentioned last February in a U.S. intelligence report questioning whether Russian oligarchs, operating on behalf of the Kremlin, were gaining too much control of the Internet in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

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Video: Boehner promises 'more responsive' House

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:55 AM PST

Jan. 5: Elected speaker of the House of Representative John Boehner says he will restore an "open, honest" and "more responsive" House. Watch his entire speech.  (NBC News)Elected speaker of the House of Representative John Boehner says he will restore an "open, honest" and "more responsive" House. Watch his entire speech. (NBC News)




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Shooting suspect warned of violence on Facebook 

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST

Police stand guard outside Millard South High School in Omaha, Neb., on Wednesday. Police say a 17-year-old who opened fire in the school fatally shot himself after leaving the school. The teen suspected of shooting two administrators at his Omaha high school said that people would hear about the "evil" things he did and said the school drove him to violence.




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Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST

Video: Wrong turn costs marathon win

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 06:15 AM PST

Jan. 5: Natsuki Terada, leader of a relay marathon in Tokyo, makes a wrong turn just before the finish. Morning Joe's Willie Geist reports. (Other)Natsuki Terada, leader of a relay marathon in Tokyo, makes a wrong turn just before the finish. Morning Joe's Willie Geist reports. (Morning Joe)




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First Read: Who didn't vote for Pelosi?

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:36 AM PST

A total of 19 Democrats broke with their party to vote for someone other than Pelosi, whose low approval ratings have been frequently cited as one reason for heavy Democratic losses in the November election.

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Administration reverses on end-of-life counseling

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 11:33 AM PST

Reversing a potentially controversial decision, the Obama administration will drop references to end-of-life counseling from the ground rules for Medicare's new annual checkup, the White House said Wednesday.

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Surveillance video shows 'confused' Wheeler

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 09:00 AM PST

John Wheeler III touches the name of a friend engraved in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington in 1994.Military expert John Wheeler was caught on video appearing confused in an office building just hours before his dead body was apparently put into a trash dumpster, police said.




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Lots of kidding around in 2011 family films

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 02:24 PM PST

Parents, you're in for a treat, or 10. In addition to new film faces, old favorites like Winnie the Pooh and the Muppets are back, as are the vrooming vehicles of "Cars" and a certain "Kung Fu Panda."

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Video: Fear factor: Anchors attempt wild stunts

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 08:04 AM PST

Jan. 5: In a new series, the TODAY anchors attempt amazing, frightening and awe-inspiring stunts like swinging on a trapeze and scaling a giant suspension bridge.  (Today Show)In a new series, the TODAY anchors attempt amazing, frightening and awe-inspiring stunts like swinging on a trapeze and scaling a giant suspension bridge. (TODAY show)




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Drive-by shooting kills 6-year-old; arrests made

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 12:01 PM PST

Three men are charged with capital murder in the death of a 6-year-old girl who was sleeping when 18 rounds from a rifle were fired into her home.

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'Miracle on the Hudson' plane is museum-bound

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:56 AM PST

This US Airways Airbus 320 jetliner was landed in the frigid waters of the Hudson River on Feb. 5, 2009, after bird strikes knocked out its engines.The US Airways jet that made a near-miraculous landing on the Hudson River in 2009 will finally reach its destination, but as a museum piece rather than in service.




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Posted: 05 Jan 2011 10:56 AM PST

Video: Navy captain fired over lewd videos

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:49 AM PST

Jan. 5: In a fierce public statement, Admiral John Harvey said he had lost confidence in Capt. Owen Honors' ability to helm the USS Enterprise, following his appearance in a series of raunchy videos. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports.  (Today Show)In a fierce public statement, Admiral John Harvey said he had lost confidence in Capt. Owen Honors' ability to helm the USS Enterprise, following his appearance in a series of raunchy videos. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports. (TODAY show)




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Boehner elected speaker of 112th Congress

Posted: 05 Jan 2011 01:06 PM PST

Newly elected Speaker of the House John Boehner (back, left) is greeted by Rep. Charles Rangel (back, center) and other members of Congress as he arrives on the House floor on the opening day of the 112th United States Congress in Washington on Wednesday.The 112th Congress convened with prayers and pomp Wednesday, as Republicans vowed to use their new House majority to battle President Barack Obama on health care, spending, taxes and other issues.




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