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Video: Mubarak clings to power as Cairo protests swell

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 03:46 PM PST

Jan. 29: The groundswell that began days ago continues to build, and Saturday, with police retreating and the army standing down, thousands of demonstrators had the run of the city. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (Nightly News)The groundswell that began days ago continues to build, and Saturday, with police retreating and the army standing down, thousands of demonstrators had the run of the city. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (Nightly News)




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Video: Egyptian-Americans take to streets a world away

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 03:57 PM PST

Jan. 29: With their country on the edge of history, thousands from New York to Los Angeles echoed the call for political reform, while others nervously awaited word from family. NBC's Lee Cowan reports. (Nightly News)With their country on the edge of history, thousands from New York to Los Angeles echoed the call for political reform, while others nervously awaited word from family. NBC's Lee Cowan reports. (Nightly News)




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Video: Cost of snow removal adds up quickly for cities

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 03:59 PM PST

Jan. 29: Cities throughout the Northeast are facing the same problem: what to do with all this snow? NBC's Michelle Franzen shares the creative ways that some are trying to come in under budget. (Nightly News)Cities throughout the Northeast are facing the same problem: what to do with all this snow? NBC's Michelle Franzen shares the creative ways that some are trying to come in under budget. (Nightly News)




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PGT: Tiger tumbles, shoots 74

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 02:38 PM PST

PGT: Tiger Woods said he was in good position heading into the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, a place he has won the last five times he has competed. On Saturday, Woods failed to take advantage of his position, though. Woods shot a 2-over 74 that left him on 4-under par through 54 holes. PGT: Tiger Woods said he was in good position heading into the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, a place he has won the last five times he has competed. On Saturday, Woods failed to take advantage of his position, though. Woods shot a 2-over 74 that left him on 4-under par through 54 holes.




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PGT: Mickelson, Haas lead at Torrey Pines

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 03:23 PM PST



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Posted: 29 Jan 2011 03:23 PM PST

SF weighs free parking for nannies

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 04:03 PM PST

Roxanne Stachon, left, holds her 10-month-old son Scott McKinnon as her daughter Julia McKinnon, 2, is held by nanny Patty Granados in San Francisco. A group of parents is pushing for car-owning nannies to be included in San Francisco's residential parking permit program, which covers about 25 percent of its streets. One category of drivers may soon get a break, thanks to a group of local parents who are lobbying for car-owning nannies to be included in the city's residential parking permit program.




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Train crash in Germany kills 10, injures 43

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 04:27 PM PST

The German news agency DAPD reports a head-on train crash in the country's east killed 10 people and injured 43 others, 18 of them seriously.

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Divers find no bodies in canal search for boy

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 03:46 PM PST

Rescue workers pull up three cars from a canal in Patterson, Calif., Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Divers began a daring effort Friday in frigid water to recover the car of a kidnapping suspect from a tunnel some 50 feet below the surface of a Central California canal. Earlier in the day, searchers discovered the Toyota Corolla belonging to Jose Rodriguez, who is suspected of kidnapping 4-year-old Juliani Cardenas on Jan. 18. It had not yet been determined if anyone was inside. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)Divers on Saturday ended their search in a canal without finding the bodies of a missing 4-year-old boy and his alleged kidnapper near the underwater site where the suspect's car was found.




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Your questions on Egypt answered

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 02:21 PM PST

Stephen Zunes,  professor of politics and chair of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco.Stephen Zunes, professor of politics and chair of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, answers questions from msnbc.com readers about the Egyptian crisis .




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Va. man's abuse story moves legislators to act

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 12:07 PM PST

Wayne Dorough didn't come to Virginia's Capitol planning to get involved.

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Hungary hit by strongest earthquake since 1985

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 01:24 PM PST

Rescue officials say parts of western Hungary and Budapest, the capital city, have been affected by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake, the strongest in the country since 1985.

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Orange woes continue with loss at Marquette

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 02:57 PM PST

Marquette's Darius Johnson-Odom dunks against Syracuse on Saturday.Jae Crowder scored 13 of his 25 points in the second half and Marquette handed No. 9 Syracuse its fourth straight loss, 76-70 on Saturday.




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Video: Wildfires scatter flames in Oklahoma

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 02:05 PM PST

Dry and windy weather conditions spur fires outside Oklahoma City, Okla., sending firefighters scrambling to contain the flames.  (Other)Dry and windy weather conditions spur fires outside Oklahoma City, Okla., sending firefighters scrambling to contain the flames. (msnbc tv)




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Video: Cairo resident: ‘Optimistic’ riots will oust Mubarak

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 01:36 PM PST

Jan. 29: 23-year-old Cairo resident Ahmed Ramez predicts President Hosni Mubarak will be removed from power within a matter of days, and explains that a major portion of the protesters are well-educated, young people wanting political change. Ramez talks to msnbc while armed in his home in an attempt to defend his family against looters. (Other)23-year-old Cairo resident Ahmed Ramez predicts President Hosni Mubarak will be removed from power within a matter of days, and explains that a major portion of the protesters are well-educated, young people wanting political change. Ramez talks to msnbc while armed in his home in an attempt to defend his family against looters. (msnbc tv)




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Posted: 29 Jan 2011 01:36 PM PST

Alpha Natural reaches $7.1B deal for Massey Energy

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 02:51 PM PST

Massey Energy Co., struggling with losses after an explosion that killed 29 workers at a West Virginia coal mine, agreed Saturday to be taken over by Alpha Natural Resources Inc.

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U.S. to Egypt: Don't 'stand pat' need 'real reform'

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 12:28 PM PST

The U.S. said Saturday that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak needed to take concrete action to achieve "real reform,"

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Bomber kills Kandahar deputy governor

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 09:04 AM PST

Security personnel examine the damaged vehicle belonging to the deputy governor of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, after an attack in Kandahar city, in this image taken from video on Saturday.Slaying sends a blow to U.S.-led forces trying to bolster governance and fight an insurgency in Taliban heartland.




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Echoes of Egypt swirl around World Economic Forum

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:55 AM PST

Police fire rubber bullets at protestors outside the meeting hall of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Saturday. More than two dozen senior officials from key economies will try to agree on whether to send a political signal that a new global trade deal can, at last, be completed this year. Where anti-capitalist protesters failed at the World Economic Forum, the protests in Egypt have become the most-talked about subject at the annual Swiss Alpine retreat of global political and business leaders.




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