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NASA to know Sunday if shuttle can fly Monday

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 03:55 PM PDT

April 29: NASA officials have decided to delay the final launch of space shuttle Endeavour for at least 72 hours. NBC's Tom Costello explains why NASA made the move. (Other)Engineers made their way into the guts of the space shuttle Endeavour to track down the cause of its puzzling heater problem, and expect to know by Sunday whether it can be fixed in time for a launch on Monday.




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Obama to shift from consoler to comic Saturday

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 03:26 PM PDT

President Barack Obama is shifting from consoler to comic for his appearance before a mix of politicians, celebrities and journalists at Washington's premier black-tie dinner.

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Posted: 30 Apr 2011 03:26 PM PDT

Bruins breeze past Flyers in Game 1

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 04:34 PM PDT

David Krejci and Brad Marchand each scored two goals, and the Boston Bruins took out their frustration from one of the great collapses in postseason history with a 7-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.




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1 year after Times Square scare, concerns endure

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 02:04 PM PDT

Duane Jackson, one of the first people to alert police officers to a suspicious vehicle that contained a crude bomb in New York's Times Square, May, 1, 2010, works at his stand. One year after a Pakistani immigrant spread panic by driving a bomb-laden SUV into the heart of Times Square, New Yorkers and tourists  who alerted police to the vehicle still descend to the site as if it never happened.




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Thousands at vigil ahead of John Paul beatification

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 03:19 PM PDT

Pilgrims attend a prayer vigil on the eve of John Paul beatification ceremony in the ancient Circus Maximus venue on Saturday in Rome, Italy.Up to 200,000 people held a prayer vigil on Saturday night ahead of the beatification of Pope John Paul II and heard a testimonial from a nun who says she was cured after praying to him.




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Police: Suspect in 4 deaths killed, 3 police hurt

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 12:39 PM PDT

Authorities say the suspect in a quadruple slaying in southern Ohio was killed during a shooting in Columbus, about 90 miles to the north, that left three police officers injured.

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Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon parents of twins

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 02:13 PM PDT

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are shown arriving at the 2010 Academy Awards in Hollywood. Carey gave birth to twins, a baby girl and boy, Saturday morning a Los Angeles hospital.Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon celebrated their third anniversary with another milestone — becoming parents to a baby girl and boy.




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'We've been blessed': Survivors grateful for donors, volunteers

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 04:15 PM PDT

Church groups, students and other volunteers worked aggressively Saturday to bring food, water and other necessities to communities ravaged by the second-deadliest day of tornadoes in U.S. history.

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Swan Lake vs slums: Egypt faces housing challenge

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 10:07 AM PDT

A man jokes with a woman outside their house in Boulaq Abu El-Ela in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Eight families, at least 70 people, share the eight-room mud brick dwelling. "You can't say what we're doing is living," says Hassan, who makes $150 per month in Egypt. "I wish I could move out, but I can't afford it ... In Egypt, even dreams are expensive."




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U.S. government moves closer to blowing up levee

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 04:54 PM PDT

A U.S. government agency took a step closer to blowing up a Mississippi River levee to control flooding on Saturday after a court decision cleared the way for it to proceed.

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Posted: 30 Apr 2011 04:54 PM PDT

Video: Trump unleashes profanity-laced speech

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 10:32 AM PDT

April 30: Donald Trump raised eyebrows with his recent foul-mouthed speech to a crowd in Nevada.  (Other)Donald Trump raised eyebrows with his recent foul-mouthed speech to a crowd in Nevada. (msnbc tv)




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Mugabe defies travel ban for papal beatification

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 05:04 AM PDT

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has arrived in Rome, sidestepping a European Union travel ban because he is headed for Pope John Paul II's beatification, being held Sunday in Vatican City.

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Iraqi lawmakers approve $400M payment to Americans

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 11:11 AM PDT

Iraqi lawmakers approved a controversial $400 million settlement Saturday for Americans who claim they were abused by Saddam Hussein's regime during the 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

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Pa. girl, 10, charged with murder in death of baby

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 09:56 AM PDT

A 10-year-old girl has been charged with third-degree murder in the shaking death of an infant in central Pennsylvania.

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Video: Storm chaser sobered by tornado

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 07:05 PM PDT

April 29: Meet 24-year-old Andy Gabrielson, a Meet 24-year-old Andy Gabrielson, a "storm chaser" who talks about his latest pursuit: the deadly tornado in eastern Mississippi, which he considers to be one of the most dramatic he has ever experienced. (Dateline)




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NFL Draft HQ: Pick-by-pick updates, analysis

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:08 PM PDT

Special feature: A complete breakdown of the 2011 NFL draft, with pick-by-pick updates and analysis.Special feature: A complete breakdown of the 2011 NFL draft, with pick-by-pick updates and analysis.




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Buffett says mistakes were made in handling Sokol

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 05:02 PM PDT

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett poses with University of Nebraska cheerleaders in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, April 30, 2011, prior to presiding over the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting on Saturday was dominated by somber topics, as Warren Buffett explained to roughly 40,000 shareholders how the company had been battered by a trusted former employee's misdeeds and a string of natural disasters.




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Neanderthal ancestors were mostly right-handed

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 08:50 AM PDT

Scratch marks on the teeth of ancient humans indicate they were mostly right-handed. Humanity's right-hand dominance might be more than 500,000 years old, new research indicates. The trait of right-handedness is commonly believed to be a sign of the development of another uniquely human trait — language.




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