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Video: Where US stores 345,000 spent nuclear fuel rods

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PDT

March 26: NBC's Tom Costello gets extraordinary access to a nuclear power plant in Louisiana and the pool that holds 25 years of its radioactive waste. (Nightly News)NBC's Tom Costello gets extraordinary access to a nuclear power plant in Louisiana and the pool that holds 25 years of its radioactive waste. (Nightly News)




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Video: Political pioneer Ferraro dies at 75

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 04:04 PM PDT

March 26: Geraldine Ferraro, the first female vice presidential candidate on a major U.S. ticket, has passed away at the age of 75. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell looks back at an incredible life. (Nightly News)Geraldine Ferraro, the first female vice presidential candidate on a major U.S. ticket, has passed away at the age of 75. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell looks back at an incredible life. (Nightly News)




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Video: Massive protest turns violent in London

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 04:10 PM PDT

March 26: About 250,000 people showed up for a "family-style" rally in London, but a fringe group destroyed the calm with paint bombs and flares. NBC's Rehema Ellis reports.  (Nightly News)About 250,000 people showed up for a "family-style" rally in London, but a fringe group destroyed the calm with paint bombs and flares. NBC's Rehema Ellis reports. (Nightly News)




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Believe it! Butler is back in Final Four

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 04:47 PM PDT

Butler's Shelvin Mack scord a game-high 27 points, including give in overtime, to lift the eight-seeded Bulldogs past Florida 74-71 on Saturday and into the Final Four.Shelvin Mack scored 27 points, including five in overtime, and Butler returned to the Final Four with a 74-71 victory over Florida on Saturday.




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Taxes: E-filing becomes the new normal

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 04:56 PM PDT

An overwhelming amount of taxpayers in recent years has been turning to the Internet to e-file taxes before Tax Day rolls around on Friday, April 15. The numbers are so large that the days of paper filing are quickly becoming a thing of the past.

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2 Americans detained during Syria unrest

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:51 PM PDT

A Vermont father has enlisted the help of U.S. officials in trying to find the whereabouts of his 21-year-old son who authorities say has been detained in Syria.

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$319 million! Winning Mega Millions ticket sold

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 02:18 PM PDT

Coulson's News, where a Mega Millions lottery jackpot ticket worth $319 million was sold, is seen in Albany, N.Y., on Saturday.Just down the hill from where a state's leaders are wrestling with a $10 billion deficit, a tiny variety store is abuzz.




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Gaps in US radiation monitoring system revealed

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 11:17 AM PDT

Part of the nation's key radiation warning system was out of service as the United States braced for possible exposure to the fallout from a nuclear crisis in Japan.

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Barbour, Gingrich show differing style, priorities

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 10:27 AM PDT

Before activists at the Conservative Principles Conference in Iowa today, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS) and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) gave a glimpse of what they might focus on if they launch likely presidential runs.

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Posted: 26 Mar 2011 10:27 AM PDT

Cherry blossoms to bloom as Japan grieves

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 11:55 AM PDT

A young couple admires the cherry blossom in full-bloom at a park in Tokyo in April 2010. In the coming days, cherry trees will blossom in the quake-ravaged nation.For the Japanese, the cherry blossoms will be a particularly poignant sight this year. Expected to bloom in the coming days, the flowers will grow as the quake-ravaged nation works to rebuild itself.




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Video: Kidnap victim, family reunite after 37 years

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 08:17 PM PDT

March 25: Her name was Pepper. At least that's what her kidnapper told her after taking her from her San Diego home when she was four years old. Now a grown woman, Pepper tells Keith Morrison in an exclusive interview about her lost childhood. (Dateline NBC)Her name was Pepper. At least that's what her kidnapper told her after taking her from her San Diego home when she was four years old. Now a grown woman, Pepper tells Keith Morrison in an exclusive interview about her lost childhood. (Dateline)




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Palestinian president meets Hamas to talk unity

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 12:28 PM PDT

An Israeli man inspects a damaged house hit by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, in Sede Avraham, southern Israel, Saturday, March 26, 2011. Israel's army said Gaza militants fired two rockets into southern Israel early Saturday, capping a week of intensified Palestinian rocket and mortar launches from the Hamas-run coastal territory and Israeli retaliations. (AP Photo/Yehuda Lahiani) ISRAEL OUTThe Palestinian president met Saturday with his rivals in the Hamas militant group in an attempt to end nearly four years of infighting that has complicated the quest for a Palestinian state.




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Alaska Airlines cancels flights after outage

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 01:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2009 file photo, an Alaska Airlines plane comes in for a landing as another taxis for takeoff at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. Alaska Airlines and its Horizon Air affiliate are canceling dozens of flights because their computer system failed. Company spokesman Paul McElroy says the two airlines canceled 60 flights by late Saturday morning, March 26, 2011, six hours after the outage started. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)Alaska Airlines and its Horizon Air affiliate canceled 95 flights Saturday because a computer system used for flight planning failed.




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Snakes on a plane? Almost in Indonesia

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 12:00 PM PDT

Indonesian airport authorities say they have detained two men who attempted to carry 40 pythons on board a flight to Dubai.

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La. convict says he wants to kill jury, gets death

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 11:02 AM PDT

A Louisiana man convicted of killing a store clerk in 2005 told jurors at his sentencing that he wanted to kill them.

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Family, fans turning out for Nate Dogg funeral

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 11:20 AM PDT

Nate Dogg whose near monotone crooning anchored some of rap's most seminal songs Throngs of fans are expected to join family and friends of hip-hop singer Nate Dogg for his funeral in Southern California.




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Posted: 26 Mar 2011 11:20 AM PDT

Alaska Airlines cancels flights after outage

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 10:58 AM PDT

Alaska Airlines and its Horizon Air affiliate are canceling dozens of flights because their computer system failed.

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Geraldine Ferraro dies at 75

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:37 PM PDT

Former Democratic vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro announces that she will seek her party's nomination to challenge Republican Alphonse D'Amato for his U.S. Senate seat in New York, January 5, 1998.Geraldine Ferraro, who in 1984 became the first woman to run for vice president on a major party ticket, only to lose in a landslide, died Saturday. She was 75.




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