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Triple-whammy slows Japan relief effort

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:04 PM PDT

A gas station worker tells drivers who camped out overnight Wednesday that no fuel is available in Ichinoseki in northern Japan. Physical destruction and harsh, snowy conditions have created a severe fuel shortage in the country.Relief efforts after the Japanese nuclear disaster are being stymied as relief workers struggle with the physical devastation of last week's earthquake and tsunami, the specter of radiation dangers and harsh weather conditions.




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Bracket-buster! Morehead State beats No. 4 Louisville

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 02:56 PM PDT

Demonte Harper (22) is mobbed by teammates after hitting the game-winning three-point shot with 5.5 seconds left.Demonte Harper made a 3-pointer from the top of the circle with 4.2 seconds left Thursday to lead 13th-seeded Morehead State to the first upset of the NCAA tournament, a 62-61 victory over No. 4 Louisville in the Southwest regional.




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West Virginia wears down tired Clemson

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 11:36 AM PDT

Darryl Bryant scored 19 points and Kevin Jones added 17 to help fifth-seeded West Virginia overcome a slow start and wear down No. 12 seed Clemson, 84-76 in the second round of the East Regional on Thursday.




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Yale student murder: Lab tech pleads guilty

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 11:48 AM PDT

Annie Le is seen in this undated photo released by Yale University.The graduate student's body was found inside the wall of a campus building on the day she was due to be married in 2009.




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5 split reward for 'Barefoot Bandit' capture

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 12:06 PM PDT

Colton Harris-Moore is escorted handcuffed by Bahamian authorities to the court building in Nassau onTuesday, July 13, 2010. Five men who last summer helped Bahamian authorities capture Colton Harris-Moore, the "Barefoot Bandit," have split a $10,000 FBI reward.




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Video: Hiroshima loss inspires American doctor

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 10:56 AM PDT

March 17: Dr. Ritsuko Komaki grew up in Hiroshima, Japan, but was living in a town hundreds of miles away when the atomic bomb was dropped. Inspired by the loss of a childhood friend in Hiroshima, she became a radiation oncologist with the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Komaki discusses her friend and the danger of accidental exposure to high levels of radiation.  (Nightly News)Dr. Ritsuko Komaki grew up in Hiroshima, Japan, but was living in a town hundreds of miles away when the atomic bomb was dropped. Inspired by the loss of a childhood friend in Hiroshima, she became a radiation oncologist with the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Komaki discusses her friend and the danger of accidental exposure to high levels of radiation. (Nightly News)




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Video: Radiation levels in Tokyo only slightly raised

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 09:15 AM PDT

March 17: With extensive radiation monitoring systems available, Japanese authorities are well-prepared to deal with a nuclear crisis. NBC's Robert Bazell reports. (Nightly News)With extensive radiation monitoring systems available, Japanese authorities are well-prepared to deal with a nuclear crisis. NBC's Robert Bazell reports. (Nightly News)




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Late (again) this morning? How to kick the habit

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 06:47 AM PDT

Some of us seem to be perpetually 10 minutes behind on life, always rushing out the door, always apologizing to those that are waiting for us. But tardiness can be stamped out by discovering the cause.

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Posted: 17 Mar 2011 06:47 AM PDT

Castrodale: It really is location, location, location

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 01:09 PM PDT

Duke forward Ryan Kelly dunks the ball against North Carolina during the ACC tournament.Castrodale: Schools that play NCAA tournament games closer to home do a lot better




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NCAA Tournament schedule

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 10:22 PM PDT

Regional and day-by-day schedules

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Video: Dramatic video shows tsunami survivor's rescue

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 08:56 AM PDT

Almost a week after Japan was struck by twin disasters, images continue to appear showing the scale of the tsunami. ITN's Louisa James describes the rescue of one woman, plucked to safety as the water surged through Sendai. (MSNBC)Almost a week after Japan was struck by twin disasters, images continue to appear showing the scale of the tsunami. ITN's Louisa James describes the rescue of one woman, plucked to safety as the water surged through Sendai. (Nightly News)




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PhotoBlog

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 07:57 AM PDT

View and discuss the pictures and issues that caught our eyes.View and discuss the pictures and issues that caught our eyes.




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Gov. Cuomo orders review of N.Y. reactor after report on quake data

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 11:16 PM PDT

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo orders a safety review of the Indian Point nuclear plant near New York City, after one of its reactors ranked first for risk of damage from an earthquake in a study published Wednesday.

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Why do hangovers get worse as we get older?

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 04:22 AM PDT

It's not your imagination. Our bodies really do start to lose the capability to process booze as we get older, an alcohol expert explains.It's not your imagination. Our bodies really do start to lose the capability to process booze as we get older, an alcohol expert explains.




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Women record revenge on lying lover who betrayed them

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 08:25 AM PDT

Simon Reid, 44, not only cheated on three British women: He scammed one out of almost $30,000. But when they found out, with the help of an American woman who Reid also betrayed, they got together and confronted him — on camera — and put him behind bars.

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Video: Kaku: 'Like squirt guns against a forest fire'

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 08:18 AM PDT

March 17: Physicist Michio Kaku tells msnbc's Richard Liu that cooling attempts like using helicopter drops to cool down the 700 tons of spent fuel at Japan's Fukushima reactor site won't be enough, that they would be better served with a 'Chernobyl' approach. (Other)Physicist Michio Kaku tells msnbc's Richard Liu that cooling attempts like using helicopter drops to cool down the 700 tons of spent fuel at Japan's Fukushima reactor site won't be enough, that they would be better served with a 'Chernobyl' approach. (Jansing Co)




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Posted: 17 Mar 2011 08:18 AM PDT

Nagasaki survivor: People seem 'too sensitive'

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 07:02 AM PDT

A mushroom cloud rises 20,000 feet over Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945, moments after an atomic bomb was dropped on the city by U.S. forces.Kazuko Yamashita — a 5-year-old when the atom bomb was dropped on Nagasaki — says people appear to be over sensitive about the current nuclear crisis in Japan.




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Litany of mishaps in Japan nuclear industry

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 09:12 AM PDT

Radiation detection devices are prepared after a 1997 radiation leak at a uranium processing facility in Tokaimura, 70 miles northeast of Tokyo. Behind Japan's escalating nuclear crisis sits a scandal-ridden energy industry in a comfy relationship with government regulators.Behind Japan's escalating nuclear crisis sits a scandal-ridden energy industry in a comfy relationship with government regulators often willing to overlook safety lapses.




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