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Conservatives scoff at attempted linkage to shooting

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 04:41 PM PST

Jan. 10: In the aftermath of the Tucson tragedy, both Democrats and Republicans are now reviewing the enraged rhetoric that characterized last year's heated health care debate and midterm elections. Msnbc political analyst Charlie Cook and former Rep. Martin Frost, D-Texas, discuss.  (Other)Conservative commentators on Monday pushed back at liberals' argument that the Tea Party movement and Republican politicians had contributed to a climate that might have encouraged Saturday's shootings in Tucson.




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Video: Unabomber attorney assigned to defend Loughner

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 03:44 PM PST

Jan. 10: Jared Loughner, the suspected gunman accused of killing six people and wounding 14 others including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, made his first court appearance on Monday. NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports.  (Nightly News)Jared Loughner, the suspected gunman accused of killing six people and wounding 14 others including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, made his first court appearance on Monday. NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports. (Nightly News)




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Shootings bring out worst of Web rumor mill

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 12:29 PM PST

After a national tragedy like this weekend's shooting in Tucson, it can feel like the Internet has been overrun by a something like a computer virus that spreads exaggerations, lies and distortions.

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Meth dealers use technology meant to stop them

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 10:43 AM PST

A man is arrested for having drug paraphernalia after he allegedly attempted to purchase an over-the-counter cold medication containing pseudoephedrine in Fenton, Mo. The man was denied the sale because he'd already purchased the legal limit of pseudoephedrine for the month. Police use an electronic database to track pseudoephedrine sales in real time. Technology meant to help stop the meth epidemic has actually created a vast market for profiteers to buy over-the-counter pills and sell them to meth producers at a huge markup.




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Cost of gas up about 9 cents in the last 3 weeks

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 11:59 AM PST

The twice-monthly Lundberg Survey has found the price of regular gasoline has risen about nine cents a gallon over three weeks to $3.08.

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Posted: 09 Jan 2011 11:59 AM PST

Judge sentences DeLay to 3 years in prison

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 04:47 PM PST

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay at the Travis Co. Courthouse in Austin, Texas on Monday.A judge ordered former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to serve three years in prison Monday for his role in a scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002.




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CFT: Auburn, Oregon will light up scoreboard

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 09:17 AM PST

CFT: The time for talk is almost over, and the high-octane, quick-strike offenses for Auburn and Oregon will battle for the BCS championship Monday night.

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PhotoBlog: Farewell to WWII Major Dick Winters

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 07:15 AM PST

The central character of 'Band of Brothers' passed away in central Pennsylvania.The central character of 'Band of Brothers' passed away in central Pennsylvania.




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The paucity of hope

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 11:42 AM PST

President Barack Obama announces a bi-partisan deal to extend expiring tax cuts for two years and to extend unemployment benefits in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House in Washington on Dec. 6.After the shootings at a congressional event in Arizona on Saturday, can Obama — or anyone — bring America back from the brink?




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Model charged in NYC hotel slaying, castration

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 07:11 AM PST

On Friday night, 65-year-old Carlos Castro, from Portugal, was found dead in his bloodied Manhattan hotel room, castrated and beaten. A Portuguese male model has been charged with murder in the slaying of a celebrity Portuguese television journalist.




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Pa. man crashes into ambulance carrying daughter

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 06:26 AM PST

Medics say a Pennsylvania man rushing home after his daughter suffered a seizure struck the ambulance carrying the girl, injuring several people.

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America's best and worst job markets

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 04:20 AM PST

Hartford, Conn., is among the top 10 job markets in the U.S., with an unemployment rate of 8.5 percent and 2.13 job-seekers per available position.If you're struggling to find a job, have you thought of looking for work in the cities seeking the most new hires? As a guide, here's a list of the best and worst job markets in America.




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Playboy agrees founder Hefner's buyout offer

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 03:37 PM PST

The publisher of Playboy magazine has agreed to a sweetened offer by founder Hugh Hefner, left, to take the company private. The publisher of Playboy magazine has agreed to accept a sweetened buyout offer from a partnership headed by founder Hugh Hefner, who will take the company private.




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Hottest doctors to ever grace television screens

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 02:02 PM PST

While "Grey's" and now "Off the Map" dazzle us with doctors hotter than a Texas Fourth of July, it's not the first time we've experienced sexual healing on the small screen.

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Posted: 10 Jan 2011 02:02 PM PST

First Thoughts: A new chance for civility?

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 06:38 AM PST

Tragically, the shooting Saturday at a congressional event in Arizona now has the ability to do what elected officials haven't been able to do: usher in a more civil era in politics and, at a minimum, simply start a SERIOUS conversation about political rhetoric.Tragically, the shooting Saturday at a congressional event in Arizona now has the ability to do what elected officials haven't been able to do: usher in a more civil era in politics and, at a minimum, simply start a SERIOUS conversation about political rhetoric.




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Slain girl’s dad: We wish we could have been with her

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 06:39 AM PST

The 9-year-old girl who was among the fatalities in the shooting tragedy in Arizona "was still alive when she got to the hospital," Christina-Taylor Green's father, John Green, said Monday. "We wish we had a chance to be with her while she was down."

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GM’s Volt named 2011 Car of the Year

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 01:38 PM PST

GM's Vice Chairman of Global Product Operations Thomas Stephens accepts the North American Car of the Year Award for the Chevrolet Volt at the Detroit auto show Monday.The Chevrolet Volt plug-in electric car, the centerpiece of General Motors' comeback, was named 2011 North American Car of the Year at the Detroit auto show Monday.




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Basque militants call permanent Spain cease-fire

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 01:48 PM PST

In this image made from video, masked members of the militant Basque separatist group ETA declare a permanent cease-fire in a video distributed to Spanish media Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, in what it called a firm step toward ending its bloody decades-long independence fight, but Spain's government quickly dismissed the announcement and demanded ETA disband outright. (AP Photo/Associated Press Television Network)The militant Basque separatist group ETA declared a permanent cease-fire Monday in what it called a firm step toward ending a decades-long independence fight. But Spain's government quickly dismissed the announcement as not going far enough, and demanded ETA disband and lay down its arms.




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