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PGT: Mickelson in contention at Phoenix Open

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:59 PM PST

PGT: Phil Mickelson thrilled the huge crowd on the par-3 16th with a 30-foot birdie putt Saturday and closed within four strokes of leader Tommy Gainey halfway through the frost-delayed Phoenix Open. PGT: Phil Mickelson thrilled the huge crowd on the par-3 16th with a 30-foot birdie putt Saturday and closed within four strokes of leader Tommy Gainey halfway through the frost-delayed Phoenix Open.




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Video: High-stakes gamesmanship keeps Egypt on edge

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 03:43 PM PST

Feb. 5: The resignation of top party leaders is doing little to quell the belief that the standoff in Egypt is now an endurance contest between Hosni Mubarak and the demonstrators. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (Nightly News)The resignation of top party leaders is doing little to quell the belief that the standoff in Egypt is now an endurance contest between Hosni Mubarak and the demonstrators. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (Nightly News)




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Video: 76-year-old Texan emerges safely from Cairo

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 03:56 PM PST

Feb. 5: Mary Thornberry – trapped for days in her apartment above Tahrir Square – recounts her dramatic walk to freedom to NBC's Lester Holt. (Nightly News)Mary Thornberry – trapped for days in her apartment above Tahrir Square – recounts her dramatic walk to freedom to NBC's Lester Holt. (Nightly News)




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Posted: 05 Feb 2011 03:56 PM PST

Packers fan in ad ill, will miss first Super Bowl

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 04:48 PM PST

The streak is over: One of the four men featured in a national commercial for never missing a Super Bowl game will not be at Sunday's showdown between Pittsburgh and Green Bay.

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PFT: 'It's Prime Time' in Canton

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 04:49 PM PST

PFT: Deion Sanders, Richard Dent, Marshall Faulk, Shannon Sharpe, Chris Hanburger, Les Richter and Ed Sabol are headed to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.PFT: Deion Sanders, Richard Dent, Marshall Faulk, Shannon Sharpe, Chris Hanburger, Les Richter and Ed Sabol are headed to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.




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Amanda Knox lawyers seek to stop film

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 03:55 PM PST

Amanda Knox and ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted in 2009 of sexually assaulting and murdering her British roommate in Italy.Lawyers for U.S. student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend, who were found guilty of killing Knox's British roommate in Italy, have formally demanded that U.S. television channel Lifetime scrap a planned film about their trial.




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Opposition divided over Egypt's power shift plan

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 06:12 PM PST

Handing power over to Vice President Omar Suleiman could be a potential compromise for opposition groups.Opposition groups demanding the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak failed to agree a common stance before negotiations with Vice President Omar Suleiman to pull Egypt out of its worst crisis in 30 years.




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Tunisian police fire on crowd, killing 2

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 03:45 PM PST

Police fired at an angry crowd of 1,000 attacking the police station in the northwestern town of Klef on Saturday, killing two people and injuring 17 others, the Interior Ministry said.

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Amanda Knox lawyers seek to stop film

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 03:55 PM PST

Lawyers for U.S. student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend, who were found guilty of killing Knox's British roommate in Italy, have formally demanded that U.S. television channel Lifetime scrap a planned film about their trial.

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Tunisian police chief fires on crowd, kills 4

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 03:00 PM PST

The official Tunisian news agency says a police chief in the northwestern town of Klef fired at a crowd of angry people, killing at least four people and injuring 17 others.

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Video: Thousands in Italy tell Berlusconi to resign

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 02:26 PM PST

Feb. 5: Nearly 10,000 people gathered Saturday in Milan, Italy, in an attempt to pressure controversial Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi into resigning. Reports recently surfaced that he paid a teenage nightclub dancer for sex, prompting public outrage. Msnbc.com's Al Stirrett reports. (msnbc.com)Nearly 10,000 people gathered Saturday in Milan, Italy, in an attempt to pressure controversial Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi into resigning. Reports recently surfaced that he paid a teenage nightclub dancer for sex, prompting public outrage. Msnbc.com's Al Stirrett reports. (msnbc.com)




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35 zoo animals freeze to death in northern Mexico

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 03:32 PM PST

Thirty-five animals at a zoo in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua freeze to death during the region's coldest weather in six decades.

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Posted: 05 Feb 2011 03:32 PM PST

Video: Unrest spreads from Egypt into Jordan

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 12:51 PM PST

Feb. 5: Protesters are gathering in the streets of Amman, Jordan, in response to their newly appointed prime minister's structuring of his Cabinet. The demonstrations come amid growing concerns over a pipeline explosion, cutting off Jordan's natural gas supply from Egypt. NBC's Martin Fletcher reports. (Other)Protesters are gathering in the streets of Amman, Jordan, in response to their newly appointed prime minister's structuring of his Cabinet. The demonstrations come amid growing concerns over a pipeline explosion, cutting off Jordan's natural gas supply from Egypt. NBC's Martin Fletcher reports. (msnbc tv)




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Nasdaq hackers target service for corporate boards

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 01:26 PM PST

The Wall Street Journal reported on its website late Friday Feb. 4, 2011 that federal investigators are trying to identify the hackers that penetrated the market's computer network multiple times during the past year.The company that runs the Nasdaq stock market said Saturday that hackers had penetrated a service that handles confidential communications between public companies and their boards.




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Mauritanian army arrests al-Qaida suspect

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 12:34 PM PST

A suspected al-Qaida militant killed himself by detonating an explosive belt to avoid capture Saturday as security forces arrested his alleged accomplice in connection with an explosion earlier in the week, an army official said.

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Man repeatedly stabs himself in neck before arrest

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 10:41 AM PST

A man remains in critical condition after repeatedly stabbing himself in the throat when police arrived to take him into custody in connection with a Kentucky rape, authorities said on Saturday.

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An adoption tale more dramatic than ‘Blind Side’

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:06 AM PST

It's a story even more dramatic than "The Blind Side": How Jennifer Annable, who worked with troubled kids and took in five foster children, met her biggest challenge when she adopted a sullen 16-year-old who was an incredible athlete but trusted no one.

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Runners dash 2 miles, scarf doughnuts, sprint back

Posted: 05 Feb 2011 05:29 AM PST

On your marks, get set, stuff your face.

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