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NBC/WSJ poll: Obama bouncing back
A jazzy all-American state dinner for China's Hu
NBC/WSJ poll: Public split on health care bill, repeal
Dem compares GOP health care argument to Nazi propaganda
Video: President Hu: Shades of gray?
Poll: Economists more upbeat on growth
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Burglars mistake man's ashes for coke, snort away
Facebook shaming for drunk drivers voted down
FAA: Laser incidents soar, threaten planes
Tunisia calms as government rejects old guard
Lawyer: Duvalier plans to remain in Haiti
Life Inc.: Life's little embarrassments, at work
Video: Pigeon caught carrying drugs to inmates
Video: 90 students become pregnant at one high school
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Video: Glenn Beck: ‘I was a very bad man’
Cheney opens door to tighter gun restrictions
First lady fashion hits and misses: State dinner edition
Video: Beck reflects on ‘losing everything’

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:29 PM PST

According to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, Obama's approval rating has surged above 50 percent; confidence in the economy also has spiked; and the Democratic Party — but not the GOP — now enjoys a net-positive rating from the American public.

A jazzy all-American state dinner for China's Hu

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:55 PM PST

It'll be a mix of Hollywood A-listers, big business types and prominent Chinese-Americans in the audience Wednesday night as Michelle and Barack Obama throw a "quintessentially American" state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao.

NBC/WSJ poll: Public split on health care bill, repeal

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 10:03 AM PST

Thirty-nine percent believe the health plan that Obama signed into law last year is a good idea, versus another 39 percent who think it's a bad idea.

Dem compares GOP health care argument to Nazi propaganda

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 10:51 AM PST

In a little-noticed floor speech last night, Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee invoked Nazis, the Holocaust, Germany's infamous Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, and – yes – blood libel in describing how Republicans have characterized the health care law as a "government takeover."

Video: President Hu: Shades of gray?

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 11:58 AM PST

NBC's Adrienne Mong takes a look at "The Most Powerful Person in the World" - President Hu Jintao of China. (Nightly News)

Poll: Economists more upbeat on growth

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 08:57 AM PST

Recent evidence a U.S. economic recovery may be gaining traction has led economists to raise their forecasts for the pace of growth in the world's largest economy.

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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 08:57 AM PST

Burglars mistake man's ashes for coke, snort away

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 11:41 AM PST

Burglars snorted the cremated remains of a man and two dogs in the mistaken belief that they had stolen illegal drugs, Florida sheriff's deputies say.

Facebook shaming for drunk drivers voted down

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 08:27 AM PST

There will be no Facebook shaming of those arrested for driving under the influence by posting their mug shots, the council of a California beach city decided late Tuesday.

FAA: Laser incidents soar, threaten planes

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 11:22 AM PST

More than 100 incidents occurred at Los Angeles International Airport last year in which the safety of planes was put at risk by people pointing at them with lasers, and nearly as many incidents at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, federal officials said Wednesday.

Tunisia calms as government rejects old guard

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:18 PM PST

Tunisia's new government said Wednesday it has freed all the country's political prisoners and also moved to track down assets stashed overseas by its deposed president and his widely disliked family.

Lawyer: Duvalier plans to remain in Haiti

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 02:23 PM PST

Haitian authorities want Jean-Claude Duvalier to leave the country, but the once-feared dictator will not go and could even choose to get involved in politics, one of his lawyers said Wednesday.

Life Inc.: Life's little embarrassments, at work

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 05:41 AM PST

Life Inc.: Almost everyone has done something at the office that still makes them cringe —including most bosses. Like these somethings.

Video: Pigeon caught carrying drugs to inmates

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 08:17 AM PST

A pigeon is captured by Colombian police after it tries to fly over a prison wall carrying packets of marijuana. TODAYshow.com's Dara Brown reports. (TODAY show)

Video: 90 students become pregnant at one high school

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 05:50 AM PST

NBC's Ron Mott reports from Memphis, Tenn., where teen pregnancy has become a big problem in the city's school district. Mental health experts Dr. Janet Taylor and Dr. Dale Atkins discuss this alarming and troubling statistic. (TODAY show)