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For American hiding in Libya, ‘It feels like a war zone’

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:38 PM PST

Fires set by protesters on Sunday in Misurata, Libya's third-largest city, gut a former high school that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi supposedly attended. "Iman," a Libyan-American woman living in the city, said the high school was later turned into a memorial to Gadhafi and other students and renamed the For Iman,  a 29-year-old Americanwoman  lying low in Libya, the last few days have been electric with tension.  She provides one of the first accounts of protests in the city of Misurata, which she says has fallen to the protesters.




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Cell phone radiation alters brain activity, study shows

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:24 PM PST

A man talks on his cell phone inside Grand Central Station in New York in this March 4, 2008, file photo.Spending 50 minutes with a cell phone plastered to your ear is enough to change brain cell activity in the part of the brain closest to the antenna.




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Wis. governor warns of layoffs

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 05:01 PM PST

A demonstrator makes his feelings known inside the Wisconsin State Capitol on Tuesday.With their Senate colleagues still in hiding, Democrats in the Wisconsin Assembly began introducing a barrage of 100 amendments Tuesday to try to stymie the Republican governor's plan to strip unionized public employees of most of their bargaining rights.




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Wu: Tiger costume photos 'inappropriate'

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:17 PM PST

Rep. David Wu says this photo of him dressed in a tiger outfit was taken while he was "joshing around" with his children in October just before Halloween.An Oregon congressman said Tuesday that it was "unprofessional and inappropriate" to send pictures of himself wearing a tiger costume to staff members.




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Video: Somali pirates kill 4 Americans on hijacked yacht

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:51 PM PST

Feb. 22: A shocking standoff between Somali pirates and U.S. Naval forces off the coast of Oman ended in the death of four American civilians on Tuesday. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports.  (Nightly News)A shocking standoff between Somali pirates and U.S. Naval forces off the coast of Oman ended in the death of four American civilians on Tuesday. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports. (Nightly News)




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PBT: Knicks got 'Melo, but the headaches await

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 12:03 PM PST



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Posted: 22 Feb 2011 12:03 PM PST

Police: Man deems himself king, refuses to pay

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:05 PM PST

Joseph Lawrence BorowiakWarren, Mich., police say a man has been charged after he told a store clerk he didn't have to pay for cigarettes because he was a king.




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Video: First face transplant patient: 'I feel great'

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 02:34 PM PST

Feb. 22: What is the recipient of the first U.S. face transplant doing now? NBC's Eric Minor reports. (NBC News Channel)What is the recipient of the first U.S. face transplant doing now? NBC's Eric Minor reports. (NBC News Channel)




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Dumbest moves ever on reality TV

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 05:06 PM PST

With all the scheming, plotting and over-the-top performances required for the average reality TV competition, it only makes sense that plenty of dumb moves are in the mix, too.

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Past sex, drugs will keep Clooney out of politics

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 12:31 PM PST

"I didn't live my life in the right way for politics, you know ... I f---ed too many chicks and did too many drugs, and that's the truth," the actor told Newsweek.




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Facebook says no to boobs, even for art school

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 09:47 AM PST

For some reason, nude portraits always seem to bring out the 13-year-old Beavis in a lot of folks, and in Facebook's case, it brings out their very prudish, strict, old-school side that has a hard time abiding by any boobage, regardless of artistic value.

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Video: 94-year-old mayor calls it quits

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:20 PM PST

Feb. 22: A Texas woman announces she won't seek a 20th term in office. KXAS reporter Sara Story has the details.  (NBC News Channel)A Texas woman announces she won't seek a 20th term in office. KXAS reporter Sara Story has the details. (NBC News Channel)




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Man wrapped like mummy uses hatchet to rob gas station

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:21 PM PST

Pennsylvania state police are investigating an armed robbery at a Herminie convenience store notable for the perpetrator's odd disguise and his choice of weapon.

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Body Odd: Spider venom better than Viagra?

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 06:37 AM PST

Most of us get a little excited when we see a big spider, but for the unfortunate few who fall victim to the bite of the daunting Brazilian wandering spider, that "excitement" takes on a whole new meaning: The venom of the wandering spider -- also known as the banana spider (or more formally Phoneutria nigriventer ) causes erections in men.

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Posted: 22 Feb 2011 06:37 AM PST

Video: Libyan troops defy Gadhafi, side with protesters

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:43 PM PST

Feb. 22: As Moammar Gadhafi vowed Tuesday to fight and die a martyr rather than give up power, the eastern region of the country already appeared to no longer be under government control. NBC's Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reports.  (Nightly News)As Moammar Gadhafi vowed Tuesday to fight and die a martyr rather than give up power, the eastern region of the country already appeared to no longer be under government control. NBC's Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reports. (Nightly News)




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U.N. Security Council: End Libya violence now

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:28 PM PST

Protesters carrying a pre-1969 Libyan flag chant during a demonstration against Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi outside Downing Street in London on Tuesday.The United States and Britain moved to get their nationals out of Libya on Tuesday as the U.N. Security Council called an emergency meeting for late Tuesday on Libya's bloody anti-government protests.




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Video: 'We will not live under this regime'

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 03:00 PM PST

Feb. 22: "Iman," from Tripoli, Libya, talks with Msnbc's Chris Jansing, NBC's terrorism analyst Evan Kohlmann and journalist Carl Bernstein about the unrest in her country.  (Other)"Iman," from Tripoli, Libya, talks with Msnbc's Chris Jansing, NBC's terrorism analyst Evan Kohlmann and journalist Carl Bernstein about the unrest in her country. (msnbc tv)




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