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Nuggets end Lakers' win streak at nine

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 03:17 PM PDT

Nuggets center Nene goes up for a shot as Lakers forward Ron Artest defends during Denver's 95-90 victory Sunday.Danilo Gallinari scored 22 points, Kenyon Martin scored six of his 18 in the final 3:24, and the Denver Nuggets hung on for their sixth straight win, 95-90 over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.




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Best bets: 'Arthur' returns for new generation

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 02:43 PM PDT

Russell Brand takes on the Dudley Moore role in a remake of 1981's "Arthur."Russell Brand takes on the drunken playboy role Dudley Moore made famous. Also this week: "Top Chef Masters" premieres; "Tron" and "Tron: Legacy" come to DVD and Blu-ray.




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'Hop' skips to box-office lead with $38.1M

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 03:13 PM PDT

With Russell Brand providing the voice of the reluctant new Easter bunny, "Hop" bound well beyond the expectations of industry analysts, who had figured the movie would debut in the $25 million range.

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Ship rescues dozens hurt by Gadhafi troops

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 02:16 PM PDT

Some of the wounded Libyans evacuated from Misrata are seen while the Turkish ferry docked in Benghazi on Sunday.A Turkish ship rescued 250 wounded from the besieged Libyan city of Misrata on Sunday, but left behind thousands of people pleading to be evacuated, a Turkish diplomat and witnesses said.




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Kinsler, Cruz power Rangers to sweep of Red Sox

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 02:58 PM PDT

Texas' Ian Kinsler, second from left, is congratulated by teammates following his solo home run off Boston's Clay Buchholz in the third inning of the Rangers' 5-1 victory Sunday.Ian Kinsler and Nelson Cruz became the first set of teammates to homer in each of the first three games in a season, and Matt Harrison pitched the Texas Rangers to a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday and a sweep of their season-opening series.




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PGT: Mickelson looks Masterful in Houston win

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 02:48 PM PDT

PGT: Phil Mickelson fires a final-round 65 to win the Houston Open, an effective tuneup before trying to defend his Masters title.PGT: Phil Mickelson fires a final-round 65 to win the Houston Open, an effective tuneup before trying to defend his Masters title.




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Video: Radioactive water leaks from nuke plant

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 10:36 AM PDT

April 3: Highly radioactive water is leaking into the Pacific Ocean from a crack in a concrete pit outside a crippled reactor at Japan's nuclear power facility. NBC's Charles Hadlock reports.  (Other)Highly radioactive water is leaking into the Pacific Ocean from a crack in a concrete pit outside a crippled reactor at Japan's nuclear power facility. NBC's Charles Hadlock reports. (msnbc tv)




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Posted: 03 Apr 2011 10:36 AM PDT

More U.S. families adopting HIV-positive kids

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 09:07 AM PDT

The Vander Zwaag family went to Bucaramanga, Colombia, to adopt 2-year-old Luisa, third from right, who is HIV-positive. From left are Dylan, Jayden, father Ryan VanderZwaag, Anaya, who was adopted in 2009 from Guatemala, mother Stacy Vander Zwaag, Luisa, Easton and Spencer.The number of U.S. parents undertaking HIV adoptions, or seriously considering them, is surging.




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NYT: A group building a good-old-girls club

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 10:46 AM PDT

Women backing women: Ann Kaplan, right, a member of Belizean Grove, helped Alexa von Tobel, center, with seed funding for her company. That led to an investment by a venture capital firm where Theresia Gouw Ranzetta, left, is a partner. New York Times: On the site of a 17th-century monastery in Cartagena, Colombia, a sort of Illuminati of the business and political worlds gathered for their annual winter rites.




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'Widespread cracking' in jet before emergency

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 02:31 PM PDT

Southwest Airlines flight 812 passenger Mary Flores, left, is hugged by her granddaughter, Dylan Dean, 9, center and daughter Desiree, right, after arriving at Sacramento International Airport Friday.Federal records show cracks were found and repaired a year ago in the frame of the Southwest Airlines jet that made an emergency landing after a hole was torn from the passenger cabin.




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Johnson & Johnson's quality catastrophe

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 09:37 AM PDT

Over the last 15 months, Johnson & Johnson has recalled contact lenses, syringes filled with prescription medications, hernia devices, and other products made by subsidiaries around the world. In the year ended March 8, J&J was involved in at least 11 major recalls.Over the last 15 months, Johnson & Johnson has recalled contact lenses, syringes filled with prescription medications, hernia devices, and other products made by subsidiaries around the world.




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Even as S&P nears 3-year high, time for caution

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 09:56 AM PDT

The Standard & Poor's 500 index is poised to hit its highest mark in nearly three years this week after more signs of life from the jobs market, but think twice before betting the house.

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It's not too early to start thinking about '11 taxes

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 10:22 AM PDT

An H&R Block office is seen in a Sunnyvale, Calif. the 2010 tax season may be over, but it's not too early to think about 2011 taxes. Congress established some of the parameters for the 2011 tax year even before the year began.The Bush-era tax cuts have been extended, the alternative minimum tax is patched and capital gains rates are set.




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Diaper absorbent used to try to plug nuke leak

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 04:12 PM PDT

Water gushes from a crack in a pit at Japan's stricken nuclear plant. Engineers first tried concrete and are now trying a mix of chemicals, sawdust and newspaper to plug it.The effort to contain Japan's nuclear crisis came to this: Engineers mixed together sawdust, shredded newspapers and chemicals used in diapers in the hopes that would plug a radioactive leak.




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Video: Durbin: Time to more on federal budget

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 08:29 AM PDT

April 3: Sen. Dick Durbin(D-IL) tells MTP Moderator David Gregory that Democrats don't want to see a shutdown and defends the President's handling of the recent budget debates and the unemployment crisis. (Meet the Press)Sen. Dick Durbin(D-IL) tells MTP Moderator David Gregory that Democrats don't want to see a shutdown and defends the President's handling of the recent budget debates and the unemployment crisis. (Meet the Press)




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Posted: 03 Apr 2011 08:29 AM PDT

Safety bonuses given despite Gulf spill deaths

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 08:58 AM PDT

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns April 21, 2010, after an explosion. The disaster killed 11 workers.Transocean Ltd. gives its top executives bonuses for achieving the "best year in safety performance in our company's history" — despite the oil rig explosion that killed 11 people.




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Suicide bombs kill dozens at Pakistan shrine

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 10:55 AM PDT

An injured blast victim is taken to a hospital on Sunday.A pair of suicide bombers struck a shrine in Pakistan Sunday, killing at least 42 people in a campaign of attacks against places of worship that extremists consider un-Islamic.




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Report: BP to restart deepwater drilling in Gulf

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 08:04 AM PDT

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns April 21, 2010, after an explosion. The disaster killed 11 workers.In a deal made with U.S. regulators, BP this summer plans to restart deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico on existing wells, British media reported Sunday.




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