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United Airlines temporarily grounds 96 planes

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 04:54 PM PST

United Airlines said it grounded 96 Boeing 757 aircraft in its fleet to perform unscheduled maintenance on the airplanes' computers, which could lead to cancellations or flight delays on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Boehner on possible fed job losses: 'So be it'

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:47 PM PST



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Video: Obama defends budget

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:51 PM PST

Feb. 15: President Obama's budget plan came under fire from Republicans as well as some Democrats. NBC's Savannah Guthrie reports.  (Nightly News)President Obama's budget plan came under fire from Republicans as well as some Democrats. NBC's Savannah Guthrie reports. (Nightly News)




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College was on alert for Giffords' suspect

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:44 PM PST

A week before a man allegedly wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a deadly shooting spree, a local college that kicked him out was on alert that he might return.

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Video: Berlusconi to stand trial amid sex scandal

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 04:24 PM PST

Feb. 15: After months of sordid allegations, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been ordered to stand trial in April on charges related to hiring an underage prostitute and then trying to cover up his relationship with her. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports from Milan.  (Nightly News)After months of sordid allegations, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been ordered to stand trial in April on charges related to hiring an underage prostitute and then trying to cover up his relationship with her. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports from Milan. (Nightly News)




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Horrific details emerge in German incest case

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 01:56 PM PST

Fluterschen near Koblenz, western Germany, is where a 48-year-old German suspected of fathering at least seven children with his stepdaughter and their family lived. The man went on trial Tuesday.The father first raped his daughter on her 12th birthday, after the other children had left her party, prosecutors said as a stomach-turning incest case opened in western Germany.




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Fashion Week moment: Going mad for plaid

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 06:37 AM PST

Keep up to date with the latest styles and trends from New York Fashion Week Fall 2011.

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Video: Food costs reach crisis proportions

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:53 PM PST

Feb. 15: The World Bank warned Tuesday that huge spikes in commodity prices have reached dangerous levels, as rising food costs could push millions into poverty. NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports.  (Nightly News)The World Bank warned Tuesday that huge spikes in commodity prices have reached dangerous levels, as rising food costs could push millions into poverty. NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports. (Nightly News)




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Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:53 PM PST

Secret recording may be heard at Bonds trial

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:20 PM PST

Bonds passed Hank Aaron to become Major League Baseball's career home run leader in 2007, but the record was tarnished the same year by a federal indictment charging he lied about use of performance-enhancing drugs.A judge on Tuesday ruled that a secret locker room audio recording about injections, urine tests and Barry Bonds could be used at the baseball home run king's perjury trial next month.




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'Jeopardy' computer match takes dramatic turn

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 04:01 PM PST

"Jeopardy" contestants Ken Jennings, left, and Brad Rutter, right, compete against a computer named Watson  in Yorktown Heights, N.Y.A human and computer were tied after the first round of a three-day "man vs. machine" match on the TV game show — but the game isn't tied anymore.




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Body found after driver, son overcome by odor

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 01:09 PM PST

Father and son hospitalized after chemical exposure, body found in bag in truck bed.

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Video: Sexual assault victims sue Pentagon

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:54 PM PST

Feb. 15: More than a dozen current and former service members have filed a lawsuit charging the Pentagon with turning a blind eye to their reports of being sexually assaulted and harassed by fellow service members while on active duty. NBC's Michael Isikoff reports.  (Nightly News)More than a dozen current and former service members have filed a lawsuit charging the Pentagon with turning a blind eye to their reports of being sexually assaulted and harassed by fellow service members while on active duty. NBC's Michael Isikoff reports. (Nightly News)




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U.S. hepatitis C cases down dramatically

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:52 PM PST

New infections of the liver with hepatitis C virus are far less common these days in the U.S. compared to the early 1980s, a new government study finds.

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U.S. customs agents shot in Mexico; 1 dead

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 05:53 PM PST

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was killed and another wounded in the line of duty Tuesday while driving through northern Mexico, officials said.

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'Curveball': I lied about WMD to hasten Iraq war

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 05:42 PM PST

U.S. Marines of the 1st Division advance in western Fallujah, Iraq, in this Nov. 14, 2004, photo. The U.S. decision to go to war in Iraq was based in part on faulty information provided by an Iraqi defector, according to media reports.An Iraqi defector codenamed "Curveball" admits that he made up stories about mobile bioweapons trucks and secret factories to try to bring down Saddam Hussein's regime.




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What's up with Mubarak? Everyone says they know

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:17 PM PST



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Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:17 PM PST

Senate tackles misuse of body-scan images

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 02:00 PM PST

Misusing body scanner images would become a federal crime punishable by up to a year in prison under a proposal approved Tuesday by the Senate.

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Owner of dead kitten offered air fare plus $50

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 02:44 PM PST

This undated photo courtesy of Linda Preece and Heather Lombardi shows Lombardi's kitten named Snickers. Lombardi paid extra to make sure Snickers was taken off the plane quickly, but instead the kitty sat in the plane's cargo hold for nearly an hour in 10 degree temperatures and died shortly thereafter.The owner of a hairless kitten that died after being shipped in the cargo hold of a Delta flight says the airline is only offering to refund her air fare plus $50.




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