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GOP rams anti-union bill through Wis. Senate

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:41 PM PST

Republicans pushed a provision stripping public employees of their collective bargaining rights through the state Senate by separating it from Gov. Scott Walker's budget bill.

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Sheen gets 74,040 applications for internship

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 01:25 PM PST

How bad is the current job market? At least 74,040 people would like to work for Charlie Sheen.

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Relief for one Libyan family

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 10:11 AM PST



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Mexico's Slim again tops Forbes billionaires list

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 12:49 PM PST

Mexico's Carlos Slim Helu, added $20.5 billion to his fortune, more than any other billionaire.This 25th year of tracking global wealth was one to remember. The 2011 Billionaires List breaks two records: total number of listees (1,210) and combined wealth ($4.5 trillion).




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Senate strikes down GOP, Dem budget bills

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:26 PM PST

The Senate has rejected two competing bills to fund the government until the end of the fiscal year, with 11 lawmakers who caucus with Democrats breaking with their party.

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Video: 'As many as 28' could be involved in rape of girl, 11

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 10:31 AM PST

March 9: Alleged gang assault took place in November. KPRC's Carl Willis reports. (NBC News Channel)Alleged gang assault took place in November. KPRC's Carl Willis reports. (NBC News Channel)




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82 percent of US schools may be labeled 'failing'

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:35 PM PST

Education Secretary Arne Duncan says an estimated 82 percent of U.S. schools could be labeled as "failing" under the nation's No Child Left Behind Act this year.

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Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:35 PM PST

How a bankruptcy filing can save your home

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 11:16 AM PST

Filling for bankruptcy won't guarantee you'll be able to save your home. For some homeowners, the financial hole is just too deep. By the time the foreclosure notice arrives, most struggling homeowners figure they are out of options. But there is one more step, often overlooked but sometimes effective: bankruptcy.




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Swedish bank robber busted by forgotten urine

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 10:53 AM PST

Two bank robbers left three bottles of urine behind after hiding inside a bank vault in Copenhagen for three days, and the DNA evidence led to the conviction and sentencing of one.

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Want to see London? Follow the homeless

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 11:32 AM PST

London-based Sock Mob Events offers four walking tours of the city. What sets these tours apart from other London offerings? They are led by trained homeless guides.

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White power link seen in MLK bomb arrest

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:21 PM PST

Images of the backpack containing the bomb, as well as two T-shirts found inside, were released by the FBI to help produce leads.A suspect was arrested and charged Wednesday in the foiled bombing of a Martin Luther King Day parade in this city last January.




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Ill. gov. commutes state's 15 death sentences

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 12:10 PM PST

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn abolishes the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all 15 inmates on death row.

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Ill. gov. commutes state's 15 death sentences

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 10:37 AM PST

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn abolishes the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all 15 inmates on death row.

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Political columnist David S. Broder dies

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 03:23 PM PST

David Broder of the Washington Post listens on NBC's "Meet the Press" during a taping at the NBC studios March 20, 2005, in Washington, D.C.David S. Broder, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post and a political writer for four decades, died Wednesday in Arlington, Va.




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Video: Tucson massacre victims battle to recover

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 05:02 AM PST

March 9: As injured victims of the shooting tragedy in Tucson try to piece their lives back together, suspected gunman Jared Loughner faces an expanded federal indictment, which includes all his alleged victims. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports. (Today Show)As injured victims of the shooting tragedy in Tucson try to piece their lives back together, suspected gunman Jared Loughner faces an expanded federal indictment, which includes all his alleged victims. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports. (TODAY )




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Posted: 09 Mar 2011 05:02 AM PST

Video: Rep. King: Al-Qaida is recruiting in America

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 05:04 AM PST

March 9: Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, says the controversy surrounding public hearings on suspected radicalization in Muslim-American communities is being stirred up by his opponents and that the hearings are necessary to protect citizens.  (Today Show)Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, says the controversy surrounding public hearings on suspected radicalization in Muslim-American communities is being stirred up by his opponents and that the hearings are necessary to protect citizens. (TODAY )




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Wedding fever! Queen’s granddaughter sets date

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:54 AM PST

Britain's Zara Phillips and her fiance Mike Tindall at their home in Gloucestershire on Dec. 21.Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Zara Phillips will marry in July, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday, becoming the monarch's second grandchild to get married in the space of a few months.




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Video: After rush to fame, Ted Williams reconnects with Jesus

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 05:56 AM PST

March 9: Ted Williams, the former homeless man with the golden radio voice, tells TODAY's Matt Lauer that his rise to stardom was Ted Williams, the former homeless man with the golden radio voice, tells TODAY's Matt Lauer that his rise to stardom was "too fast, too soon," and says he is now working on "reconnecting with Jesus." (TODAY )




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