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Cost of gas weaves its way into all aspects of life

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:33 AM PDT

Many people don't expect relief from soaring gas costs anytime soon: Two-thirds say they expect the higher prices will cause financial hardship for them or their families in the next six months.Quick: What do these things have in common? Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. The Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Wall Street volatility. A cranky, even angry American populace.




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Poll reveals baby boomers' retirement fears

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:41 AM PDT

Retiree Robert Rivers still works seasonally for the federal government and collects a modest military pension. A recreational pilot, he says he has scaled back his lifestyle by flying and driving less.Baby boomers facing retirement are worried about their finances, and many believe they'll need to work longer than planned or will never be able to retire, a new poll finds.




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Child's body found at home after I-5 mayhem

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:58 PM PDT

A boy is found dead at Washington state home during the investigation of a high-speed chase that ended with a couple shot to death. The couple's daughter is safe.

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Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:58 PM PDT

Video: Sobering report on black male prison population

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:11 PM PDT

April 5: A new analysis of the US prison population finds that black men make up 40.2% of the inmates. Msnbc's Thomas Roberts talks with Columbia University's Marc Lamont Hill. (Other)A new analysis of the US prison population finds that black men make up 40.2% of the inmates. Msnbc's Thomas Roberts talks with Columbia University's Marc Lamont Hill. (msnbc tv)




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Video: Wild weather whips South

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 01:21 PM PDT

April 5: Damaging winds leave trail of damage across several states. NBC's Chris Clackum reports. (NBC News Channel)Damaging winds leave trail of damage across several states. NBC's Chris Clackum reports. (NBC News)




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Video: FDA to chain restaurants: Post calories

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 01:29 PM PDT

April 5: A FDA proposal would require chain restaurants to post calorie count on menus. NBC's Chris Clackum reports. (NBC News Channel)A FDA proposal would require chain restaurants to post calorie count on menus. NBC's Chris Clackum reports. (NBC News)




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Video: Student, ACLU sue over prayer banner

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:37 PM PDT

April 5: A 15-year-old Rhode Island teenager teams up with the ACLU to file a lawsuit over a religous banner in her high school's auditorium. (Other)A 15-year-old Rhode Island teenager teams up with the ACLU to file a lawsuit over a religous banner in her high school's auditorium. (msnbc tv)




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TEPCO: Radioactive leak into ocean stopped

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 04:30 PM PDT

The utility that owns the crippled Japanese nuclear reactor say that highly radioactive water has stopped leaking into the ocean.

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Who is Ivory Coast's Ouattara?

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:15 PM PDT

The former prime minister, banker and top economist at the International Monetary Fund is a Muslim born in the country's north.

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Libyan rebels condemn NATO as too slow to act

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 04:02 PM PDT

Libyan rebels inspect two destroyed military vehicles of pro-Gadhafi forces that rebels claim were targeted by a NATO strike along the front line near Brega, Libya, on Tuesday. Libyan rebels fighting Moammar Gadhafi's forces criticize NATO as too slow to act and say they would ask the U.N. Security Council to suspend its mission unless it "did its job properly."




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Boeing didn't expect 737 cracks so soon

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:18 PM PDT

Boeing was surprised when a section of a Southwest jetliner's fuselage ripped open in flight because the plane wasn't old enough to be worrisome, a company official said Tuesday, as the airline cleared most of its older 737 planes to return to the skies.

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Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:18 PM PDT

Why no one was sucked out of Southwest jet

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:06 AM PDT

A Southwest Airlines plane is seen Monday in a remote area of Yuma International Airport in Arizona after the plane had a section of fuselage tear off during a flight on Friday. The top of a Southwest Airlines passenger jet popped open at 36,000 feet, but no one was blown out through the hole. Why not?




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Next Giffords decision: When can she go home?

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:46 AM PDT

Brain trauma patient Maria McKellips, center, is helped to stand by rehab technician Kaye Robertson, left, physical therapist Amy Briley, lower right, and husband John McKellips at the TIRR rehabilitation facility in Houston, which is the same clinic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been undergoing rehabilitation.As Rep. Gabrielle Giffords spends her days relearning how to speak, walk and care for herself, her therapists are carefully tracking every moment and often posing one critical question: When can she go home?




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Arc: A waaaay too early 2011-12 preseason Top 25

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:28 AM PDT

Kentucky, North Carolina, Duke, Syracuse and UConn are the five top teams to beat next year.Kentucky, North Carolina, Duke, Syracuse and UConn are the five top teams to beat next year.




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C'mon, 'Losers'! Quit gaining and complaining

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 06:46 PM PDT

Don and Dan Evans insisted they didn't intentionally gain weight in week three, but there's reason to doubt them.There's a big difference between trying and failing, and trying to fail, which is just what a bunch of "Losers" have done lately. And it's frustrating to watch them blow this big opportunity.




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A cheery mood makes you more forgetful, study says

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 06:57 AM PDT

Ever wonder why the bad times seem so much easier to remember than the good ones? Scientists may have found the explanation: A new study shows that your memory doesn't work as well when you're in a good mood.

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Woman stabs pit bull to save toddler, pet

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:53 PM PDT

A woman said she was forced to use a bread knife to stab and kill a pit bull that went after her daughter and then attacked her English bulldog.

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Nazi cakes get Austrian pastry shop in trouble

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:34 PM PDT

Owners of an Austrian pastry shop that showcases cakes decorated with Nazi themes should be prosecuted, a Holocaust awareness group urges.

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