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High court strikes blow against class-action suits
Video: Capturing images of Britain’s royal family
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NC teacher faces sex charges after student essay
Low vitamin D levels linked to diabetes risk
Man drives car into Grand Canyon, survives
Doritos and mac 'n cheese? Sushi gets a fast food twist
Wedding invite list contains serious political snubs
Lesbian Chic takes hold in Thailand
Analysis: Syria falls back on fear to quell revolt
Syrian city at heart of uprising under siege
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Eating armadillos blamed for leprosy in the south
Fatah and Hamas reach unity agreement
Publisher of upcoming 'birther' book makes no apologies
Investors like Fed's words, stocks end higher
Apple's Steve Jobs responds to iPhone tracking questions
Tyler tells Lauer: 'I needed that cocaine'
Japan disaster's hidden danger: Asbestos
Pregnant Kate Hudson says she's engaged

High court strikes blow against class-action suits

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:15 PM PDT

Fine print in everyday consumer contracts can include provisions that require Americans to surrender their rights to file class-action lawsuits, the U.S Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, overturning a lower court ruling.

Video: Capturing images of Britain’s royal family

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:12 AM PDT

NBC's Michelle Kosinski follows Getty photographer Chris Jackson as he continues to document the Windsors' playful, emotional and sometimes scandalous moments. (TODAY)

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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:12 AM PDT

NC teacher faces sex charges after student essay

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 01:10 PM PDT

A former high school band teacher in North Carolina was arrested on sex charges after a young woman wrote in an essay in her college newspaper that he got her pregnant — and took her to get an abortion — when she was his student.

Low vitamin D levels linked to diabetes risk

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:53 AM PDT

Lower levels of vitamin D circulating in the bloodstream are tied to a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes in a new study of Australian adults.

Man drives car into Grand Canyon, survives

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:46 PM PDT

A man survived with injuries after driving his car over the south rim of the Grand Canyon by accident, authorities said on Wednesday.

Doritos and mac 'n cheese? Sushi gets a fast food twist

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:02 PM PDT

The folks behind My Maki, a new restaurant in New York City, are letting customers DIY their sushi, adding snack foods to their rolls. My Maki is just one of many to take a decidedly American approach to a Japanese tradition — mixing it with comfort food to create a whole new fusion.

Wedding invite list contains serious political snubs

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:56 PM PDT

David Beckham, Madonna's ex-husband and even the actor who played the comic character "Mr Bean" all received a much-coveted invitation to Britain's royal wedding.

Lesbian Chic takes hold in Thailand

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:11 AM PDT

Women in this Southeast Asian country are expected to be gentle, polite, even demure, and gay women in Thailand traditionally have been more discreet than gay men, but that is visibly changing.

Analysis: Syria falls back on fear to quell revolt

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 04:28 PM PDT

Falling back on the tactics that have kept his family in power for more than 40 years, Syrian President Bashar Assad is gambling that fear — not reform — will break the popular revolt against his autocratic rule.

Syrian city at heart of uprising under siege

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 04:28 PM PDT

The city at the heart of Syria's monthlong uprising runs low on food, water and medicine as the army sends in more tanks and reinforcements, witnesses said.

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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 04:28 PM PDT

Eating armadillos blamed for leprosy in the south

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:25 PM PDT

With some genetic sleuthing, scientists have fingered a likely culprit in the spread of leprosy in the southern United States: the nine-banded armadillo.

Fatah and Hamas reach unity agreement

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:57 AM PDT

Palestinians have reached initial agreement on reuniting their rival governments in the West Bank and Gaza, officials from both sides said Wednesday.

Publisher of upcoming 'birther' book makes no apologies

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:46 PM PDT

The publisher of an upcoming book questioning the circumstances of President Barack Obama's birth took credit Wednesday for fueling conspiracy theories about the president's origins.

Investors like Fed's words, stocks end higher

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:05 PM PDT

Stocks turned higher after Fed chief Ben Bernanke said central bank officials expect a moderate economic recovery to continue through this year as the jobs market strengthens.

Apple's Steve Jobs responds to iPhone tracking questions

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:50 PM PDT

There are a lot of concerns floating around regarding the the recent discovery that iPhones are secretly tracking and recording their owners' locations. Apple and its CEO Steve Jobs finally responded.

Tyler tells Lauer: 'I needed that cocaine'

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 09:41 AM PDT

The Aerosmith frontman talks about drugs, his family and becoming an "American Idol" judge in an interview with Matt Lauer to air on Dateline on Sunday, May 1 and on TODAY on Monday, May 2.