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Nightly News: Men falling behind women

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 04:52 PM PST

As part of the series "America at the Crossroads," NBC's Lester Holt reports on the ways boys and men are falling behind women and efforts under way to close the achievement gap.

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Life in meteorites? Study stirs debate

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 02:35 PM PST

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Has evidence of life been found inside ancient meteorites? Add that to the list of unresolved questions surrounding the search for extraterrestrial organisms.Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Has evidence of life been found inside ancient meteorites? Add that to the list of unresolved questions surrounding the search for extraterrestrial organisms.




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Wide search for Calif. student missing in Spain

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PST

Family, friends and authorities from the United States and Spain searched Saturday for a San Diego State University exchange student who disappeared in Madrid more than a week ago.

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Man dies after falling into NV mine shaft

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 03:07 PM PST

A father of three children has died after falling into a Nevada mine shaft so deep and treacherous that rescuers had to abandon efforts to reach him while he was still alive, officials said Saturday.

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Video: Deadly end to peaceful protest in Ivory Coast

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 03:59 PM PST

March 5: Demonstrations against the country's president took a violent turn when government troops opened fire on the group, killing at least 6 women. NBC's Lester Holt reports. (Nightly News)Demonstrations against the country's president took a violent turn when government troops opened fire on the group, killing at least 6 women. NBC's Lester Holt reports. (Nightly News)




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Notre Dame doesn't win Big East, but dumps UConn

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 03:50 PM PST

Connecticut's Roscoe Smith guards Notre Dame's Ben Hansrough on Saturday.Ben Hansbrough scored 21 points despite fouling out with over 8 minutes left and No. 8 Notre Dame held off Kemba Walker and No. 16 Connecticut 70-67 on Saturday.




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'Two suns' spotted in China defy explanation

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 01:09 PM PST

A still from a video that purportedly shows "two suns" setting in China. One scientist suspects the apparition could be an optical illusion at sunset, rather than an all-out hoax.Weeks after a story shot across the Web claiming that the imminent explosion of a nearby star would result in the appearance of a second sun in the sky — a story that was later debunked — two suns were caught on camera yesterday in China.




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Posted: 05 Mar 2011 01:09 PM PST

Secret space plane blasts off after delays

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 03:18 PM PST

The U.S. Air Force's second X-37B robot space plane blasts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on March 5 to begin its secret Orbital Test Vehicle 2 mission.After being delayed a day by bad weather, the U.S. Air Force's X-37B robotic space plane blasted off Saturday from Florida on a mission shrouded in secrecy.




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Armed men attack Egypt antiquities store

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 01:04 PM PST

Forty armed men attacked an antiquities warehouse in the northern Egyptian city of Kafr el-Sheikh on Saturday, shooting at warehouse security men and injuring several, state news agency MENA said.

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Why we'll try breast milk foods (Not for our health)

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 08:57 AM PST

It seems the popularity of foods made from human breast milk is on the rise.

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21 airlines fined in price-fixing scheme

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 12:43 PM PST

Korean Air, British Airways and Air France-KLM are among the carriers charged with artificially inflating passenger and cargo fuel surcharges to help companies make up for lost profits.When the airline industry took a nose dive a decade ago, executives at global carriers scrambled to find a fix to avoid financial ruin. What they came up with, according to federal prosecutors, was a massive price-fixing scheme.




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Northwestern prof apologizes for live sex act

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 12:35 PM PST

A Northwestern University professor who allowed an on-campus presentation of a live sex act during an after-class event apologized on Saturday and said it would not happen again.

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Jayhawks lock up 7th straight Big 12 title

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 01:49 PM PST

Kansas' Marcus Morris pulls down a rebound over Missouri's Ricardo Ratliffe on Saturday.Marcus Morris and Thomas Robinson had double-doubles and No. 2 Kansas wrapped up its seventh straight Big 12 championship by holding on for a 70-66 win over No. 22 Missouri on Saturday that spoiled the Tigers' unbeaten home season.




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Off they go! Iditarod dog race begins

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 11:23 AM PST

Lance Mackey reaches out to fans while charging down the trail just after the official start of the 2010 Iditarod Race. Mackey went on to win the race for the fourth consecutive year.The streets of downtown Anchorage were filled with barking dogs and screaming fans Saturday as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race got under way with a rollicking sprint through Alaska's biggest city.




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Test drive turns deadly with car salesman at wheel

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 10:26 AM PST

A Pennsylvania car salesman who drove 100 mph during a test drive to show his customers "how it's done" but crashed, killing one of them, faces criminal charges, police said.

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Posted: 05 Mar 2011 10:26 AM PST

Yemen president repeats vow to stay until 2013

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 10:50 AM PST

A Yemeni girl chants slogans and waves her national flag during a rally to support Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Amran, Yemen, Saturday.Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday reiterated that he would remain in power until his term ends in 2013, rejecting an opposition plan for him to step aside this year.




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Bus and truck collide in Brazil, killing 25

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 07:00 AM PST

Brazilian police say a passenger bus collided head-on with a lumber truck in the southern state of Santa Catarina, killing at least 25 people. More than 20 were seriously injured.

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Live updates from Saturday's top 25 hoops games

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 09:17 AM PST



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