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What was in medicine chests at bin Laden compound?

Posted: 06 May 2011 02:17 PM PDT

Osama bin Laden and those who lived with him at a Pakistan compound suffered from stomach ulcers, high blood pressure and nerve pain — plus the normal ailments that affect a family with kids, according to analysis of medications reportedly found at the site.

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Donations mean prom is on at twister-hit town

Posted: 06 May 2011 02:17 PM PDT

Thanks to an outpouring of dress donations, girls from one twister-hit Alabama town will be able to attend their prom Friday night — a blissful, if brief, return to normalcy.

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Boy mauled by leopard at Kansas zoo

Posted: 06 May 2011 02:44 PM PDT

A 7-year-old boy was hospitalized Friday after being attacked by a leopard at the Wichita zoo, Kansas media reported.

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Abbottabad folks still don't think bin Laden lived there

Posted: 06 May 2011 12:38 PM PDT



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Posted: 06 May 2011 12:38 PM PDT

Video: Residents brace for rising water levels on Miss. River

Posted: 06 May 2011 11:56 AM PDT

May 6: Corps of engineers consider breaching more levees to divert flooding away from homes near the Mississippi River. NBC's Jay Gray reports. (NBC News Channel)Corps of engineers consider breaching more levees to divert flooding away from homes near the Mississippi River. NBC's Jay Gray reports. (NBC News)




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'Three Cups of Tea' author Greg Mortenson sued

Posted: 06 May 2011 01:00 PM PDT

A new legal shoe has dropped in the scandal surrounding Three Cups of Tea author Greg Mortenson. A suit charges him and his charity, the Central Asia Institute, with fraud, deceit, and civil racketeering. A new legal shoe has dropped in the scandal surrounding Three Cups of Tea author Greg Mortenson. A suit charges him and his charity, the Central Asia Institute, with fraud, deceit, and civil racketeering.




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Why Democrats focus on Medicare, not Medicaid

Posted: 06 May 2011 09:58 AM PDT

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., has proposed a far-reaching plan to reduce future spending on entitlement programs.Why is it that Democrats, in assailing Paul Ryan's budget plan, focused so much fire on his Medicare redesign — which would affect none of today's seniors — and so little on his Medicaid revamp which would affect many of today's seniors?




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Scully: Nehro will rally to win wide-open Derby

Posted: 06 May 2011 08:33 AM PDT

Nehro wasn't on the Derby radar when breaking his maiden Feb. 21, but he's rapidly advanced since his lone victory, posting a neck second in both the Louisiana Derby and Arkansas Derby.Scully: But more than half of the 19-horse field has the potential to wind up in the winner's circle in Saturday's $2 million race




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Video: She could be first woman to win Derby

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:45 AM PDT

May 6: Rosie Napravnik, 23, is only the sixth woman to compete in the Kentucky Derby, but that doesn't intimidate this fierce jockey from competing in this male-dominated sport.   (Today Show)Rosie Napravnik, 23, is only the sixth woman to compete in the Kentucky Derby, but that doesn't intimidate this fierce jockey from competing in this male-dominated sport.  (TODAY)




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NASA adds to shuttle Endeavour's launch delay

Posted: 06 May 2011 11:16 AM PDT

The space shuttle Endeavour sits on Launch Pad 39A behind a blank countdown clock at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA says Endeavour's final launch will take place no earlier than May 16.The next-to-last space shuttle flight has been delayed again, to no earlier than May 16, due to the need for more troubleshooting of a heater problem.




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Teen actress: Anti-obesity ads made me more confident

Posted: 06 May 2011 07:49 AM PDT

Maya Walter, a 14-year-old actress who appears in a controversial new public service campaign against childhood obesity, said the experience has increased her self-esteem: Critics say a new public service campaign against childhood obesity stigmatizes overweight children instead of helping them, but a 14-year-old actress said Friday that appearing in them "gave me way more self-confidence than before."




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Video: PlayStation baller awarded big pay day

Posted: 06 May 2011 11:37 AM PDT

May 6: A Florida college senior cashes in on his basketball video game skills. NBC's Julia Bagg reports. (NBC News Channel)A Florida college senior cashes in on his basketball video game skills. NBC's Julia Bagg reports. (NBC News)




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Fire-walkers' hearts beat in sync with spectators

Posted: 06 May 2011 06:55 AM PDT

A fire-walker's heart rate appears to match the rhythm of his relatives and close friends on hand to watch the offbeat event, a new study finds.A fire-walker's heart rate appears to match the rhythm of his relatives and close friends on hand to watch the offbeat event, a new study finds.




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'JetMan' gets Grand Canyon OK but scraps flight

Posted: 06 May 2011 12:02 PM PDT

Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy pretends to leap into the Grand Canyon from Guano Point on the Hualapai Indian Reservation on Friday. Swiss daredevil Yves Rossy said he scrapped his plan to fly over the Grand Canyon in a jet-propelled wing suit Friday morning because he didn't have enough time to train.




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Life Inc.: Where millionaires love to live

Posted: 05 May 2011 01:59 PM PDT

Life Inc.: By 2020, New Jersey is expected to edge out Connecticut as the state with the highest density of millionaires. Nearly a quarter of the state's population is expected to have more than $1 million in assets.Life Inc.: By 2020, New Jersey is expected to edge out Connecticut as the state with the highest density of millionaires. Nearly a quarter of the state's population is expected to have more than $1 million in assets.




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Video: Live: Obama addresses troops at Fort Campbell

Posted: 06 May 2011 12:05 PM PDT

LIVE VIDEO — President Obama speaks to a crowd of over two thousand troops at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. (NBC News)LIVE VIDEO — President Obama speaks to a crowd of over two thousand troops at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. (msnbc.com)




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Libyan freeze hits students studying in US

Posted: 06 May 2011 11:01 AM PDT

Mohamed Elcataani, right, president of the Libyan Student Union at Washington State University, discusses the impending loss of scholarship funds following the U.N. freeze of Libyan government assets. With him  Abdalhamid Alkar, left, and Mohamed Elhess. The civil war in Libya is about to inflict new casualties far from the battle zone – Libyan students studying abroad whose stipends are about to dry up as a result of the U.N. Security Council's freezing of Libyan government assets




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Mississippi River traffic stopped due to flooding

Posted: 06 May 2011 02:26 PM PDT

The Coast Guard closed a section of the  Mississippi to barge traffic, as police in Memphis went door to door urging residents to leave 1,100 homes that could be swamped by the mighty river.

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