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Fetal surgery spares babies from spine defect

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:17 PM PST

Pregnant women were afraid to have it. Doctors were afraid to do it. Hospitals stopped performing the surgery because the U.S. government wanted evidence it was safe and worth doing.

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Video: Report: 27% of homeowners under water

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 10:24 AM PST

Feb. 9: Personal finance expert Carmen Wong Ulrich reports that 15.7 million U.S. homeowners owe more than their house is worth. (Other)Personal finance expert Carmen Wong Ulrich reports that 15.7 million U.S. homeowners owe more than their house is worth. (msnbc tv)




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Video: Kayaker plunges down a huge waterfall

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 08:25 AM PST

Feb. 9: Extreme kayaker Rafa Ortiz talks about plunging down a 128-foot waterfall in Mexico called the "Big Banana."  (Other)Extreme kayaker Rafa Ortiz talks about plunging down a 128-foot waterfall in Mexico called the "Big Banana." (msnbc tv)




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Hess: Duke's ranked higher, but Heels playing better

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 05:28 PM PST

North Carolina may be lower in the rankings, but David Hess writes that the Heels are actually playing better than No. 5 Duke right now.Hess: Duke may be wishing its game against North Carolina had been played back in November, as the two teams have been on opposite tracks since then.




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See the turmoil inside Jupiter's mysterious belt

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:07 PM PST

Cosmic Log: Scientists are getting a detailed look inside the turmoil behind the disappearance — and slow re-emergence — of a prominent stripe of clouds on Jupiter.Cosmic Log: Scientists are getting a detailed look inside the turmoil behind the disappearance — and slow re-emergence — of a prominent stripe of clouds on Jupiter.




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Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:07 PM PST

Video: Snowblower puts out house fire

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:57 PM PST

Feb. 9: A quick-thinking Michigan man rushes his snowblower into action to extinguish the flames in a neighbor's burning house. WLUC's Nikki Junewicz reports. (NBC News Channel)A quick-thinking Michigan man rushes his snowblower into action to extinguish the flames in a neighbor's burning house. WLUC's Nikki Junewicz reports. (NBC News Channel)




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PGT: U.S. serviceman plays with Tiger in Dubai

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:44 PM PST

Lt. Col. Michael Rowells says he was 'nervous' to play with Tiger Woods, but made a connection with the golf star at the Dubai pro-am. Lt. Col. Michael Rowells says he was 'nervous' to play with Tiger Woods, but made a connection with the golf star at the Dubai pro-am.




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Inside job? 700,000 condoms missing in Malaysia

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:46 PM PST

Police are investigating the disappearance of a shipment of more than 700,000 ultrathin condoms destined for Japan, with officials saying it's not a stretch to suspect an inside job.

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Video: New law would prohibit passing gas

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:33 PM PST

Feb. 9: A bill is expected to be introduced that would prohibit passing gas in public in the African country of Malawi. Msnbc.com's Al Stirrett reports. (msnbc.com)A bill is expected to be introduced that would prohibit passing gas in public in the African country of Malawi. Msnbc.com's Al Stirrett reports. (msnbc.com)




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Biff! Pow! Using comics to sell health law

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 08:00 AM PST

Jonathan Gruber, an Mass. Institute of Technology economist and advisor to President Obama, has suggested using a comic book to explain the intricacies of the President's health care law.An MIT economist and adviser to President Barack Obama is turning to comic books to help make the pitch for the administration's embattled health care law.




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Move over, alfalfa! There are new sprouts in town

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 06:58 AM PST

The ingredient list on the back of a package of pre-made pizza crust made with sprouted wheat at Erica Kerwien's home in Sammamish, Wash. Is it really possible that sprouts are hip again?




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Seven-year-old boy buys fighter jet on eBay

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:54 PM PST

Thanks to eBay, a seven-year-old London boy managed to purchase a real-life Harrier fighter jet. It was easy: All he had to do was click on a bright "buy it now" button on the auction site, send a payment of about $113,000, and he'd be ready to live out every young man's fantasy. There was just one problem: He didn't have the money — and his dad found out about his shopping spree.Thanks to eBay, a seven-year-old London boy managed to purchase a real-life Harrier fighter jet. It was easy: All he had to do was click on a bright "buy it now" button on the auction site, send a payment of about $113,000, and he'd be ready to live out every young man's fantasy. There was just one problem: He didn't have the money — and his dad found out about his shopping spree.




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Craigslist scandal forces congressman to quit

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:28 PM PST

The photo of a shirtless Christopher Lee hastened his departure from Congress.A married congressman from upstate New York resigns suddenly amid a scandal over emails and a shirtless photo supposedly sent in response to a Craigslist dating ad.




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Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:28 PM PST

Mexico violence not an 'emergency,' White House says

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:30 PM PST

U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke announces the indictment in Phoenix on Jan. 25 of 20 people who allegedly took part in a ring that sought to smuggle more than 700 guns into Mexico for use by a drug cartel. White House officials have scuttled — at least for now — a proposal requiring gun stores in four Southwest border states to report multiple sales of semiautomatic assault rifles and other long guns to authorities, officials tell NBC News.




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Video: Snow sweeps through Plains, South

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 11:29 AM PST

Feb. 9: A record-setting winter storm has brought up to 20 inches of snow and unseasonably frigid temperatures to the Midwest and parts of the South.   (Other)A record-setting winter storm has brought up to 20 inches of snow and unseasonably frigid temperatures to the Midwest and parts of the South.   (msnbc tv)




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Brutal drug war spreads to Mexico's second city

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:21 PM PST

A forensic worker takes measurements around the body of a dead man who was killed in a shootout between rival gangs in downtown Guadalajara on Monday.Cartel hitmen are killing rivals and terrifying residents across Mexico's second city as it prepares to host the Pan American Games in a deepening of the country's drugs war.




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Tanker with $200 million in oil hijacked

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 11:57 AM PST

The Greek-registered tanker Irene SL, seen in an undated photo, was carrying crude oil worth nearly $200 million when it was hijacked.Suspected Somali pirates captured a U.S.-bound tanker carrying around $200 million worth of crude oil in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday in one of the biggest hijackings in the area so far.




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Huge volcano under Yellowstone Park rising

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 11:06 AM PST

Hydrothermal fluids, just like the ones shooting from Old Faithful, could be pushing up the Yellowstone supervolcano.The huge volcano under Yellowstone National Park has been rising at an unprecedented rate during the past several years, according to a new study.




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