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The nose knows: This allergy season's a doozy!

Posted: 13 May 2011 01:58 PM PDT

Flowers bloom on a tree in Akron, N.Y. Allergy specialists around the country all say this season is or has been a bad one.There may be a whiff of truth to claims by allergy sufferers who sniffle that this season is, well, a bigger headache than years past.




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Posted: 13 May 2011 01:58 PM PDT

Mummified Playmate died from heart disease

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:35 PM PDT

The Los Angeles County coroner's office has identified a decomposed body found last month in a Benedict Canyon home as actress and 1959 Playboy Playmate Yvette Vickers.The Los Angeles County coroner's office has identified a decomposed body found last month in a Benedict Canyon home as actress and 1959 Playboy Playmate Yvette Vickers.




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As river rises, residents wonder 'is this bad dream over?'

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:00 PM PDT

William Boyle paddles thorough his mother's backyard while checking the property conditions as the rising Mississippi River threatens their home in Yokena, Miss. Residents share tales of worry, sadness as floodwaters threaten communities between Memphis and the Gulf of Mexico.




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Cubans dream of being tourists — abroad

Posted: 13 May 2011 09:37 AM PDT

Reforms proposed by President Raul Castro could give Cubans a real chance to travel for the first time.Reforms proposed by President Raul Castro could give Cubans a real chance to travel for the first time.




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Computer glitch forces redo of US visa lottery

Posted: 13 May 2011 02:03 PM PDT

A computer glitch corrupted the State Department's annual worldwide lottery for U.S. immigrant visas and the results will be scratched, the Obama administration said Friday.

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Apple approves prostitution-friendly app

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:48 PM PDT

Thanks to what appears to be an oversight in Apple's App Store approval process, it'll be possible to hire a prostitute using an iPhone app after June 1.Thanks to what appears to be an oversight in Apple's App Store approval process, it'll be possible to hire a prostitute using an iPhone app after June 1.




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As river rises, residents wonder 'is this bad dream over?'

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:18 PM PDT

William Boyle paddles thorough his mother's backyard while checking the property conditions as the rising Mississippi River threatens their home in Yokena, Miss. Residents share tales of worry, sadness as floodwaters threaten communities between Memphis and the Gulf of Mexico.




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Volunteers still find lost pets in tornado ruins

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:16 PM PDT

Kittens found in the rubble wait for their owners in Tuscaloosa, Ala.  More than 350 dogs, cats, birds, snakes, lizards and even a tarantula already have been found in the shattered neighborhoods of Tuscaloosa.More than two weeks after twisters shattered the South, teams from the Humane Society of the United States are still rounding up stray animals and pets in the most heavily damaged areas.




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theGrio: Haiti still ailing from child 'slavery' epidemic

Posted: 13 May 2011 11:31 AM PDT

Fourteen-year-old Rose Manette Sully is just one among tens of thousands of child servants in Haiti who endure what the United Nations calls a modern form of slavery. Fourteen-year-old Rose Manette Sully is just one among tens of thousands of child servants in Haiti who endure what the United Nations calls a modern form of slavery.




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Posted: 13 May 2011 11:31 AM PDT

Video: Mining controversy in coal country

Posted: 13 May 2011 08:57 AM PDT

May 13: Coal helped create communities throughout Boone County, West Virginia years ago but now mountaintop removal mining may be demolishing more than just mountains throughout the region. NBC's Alex Moe reports.  (Nightly News)Coal helped create communities throughout Boone County, West Virginia years ago but now mountaintop removal mining may be demolishing more than just mountains throughout the region. NBC's Alex Moe reports. (Nightly News)




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Huckabee presidential announcement imminent

Posted: 13 May 2011 09:18 AM PDT

Huckabee statement is fueling speculation he will finally declare whether he intends to run for the Republican presidential nomination.

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Police: 5 dead in Idaho after murders, suicide

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:52 PM PDT

An Iowa man is believed to have fatally shot his two young sons, their mother and her sister in an eastern Idaho home before setting fire to the house and then shooting himself, authorities said Friday.

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Porn found in bin Laden lair, officials say

Posted: 13 May 2011 01:53 PM PDT

A stash of pornography was found in the hideout of Osama bin Laden by the U.S. commandos who killed him, current and former U.S. officials said on Friday.

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NBC News: US interviews bin Laden widows

Posted: 13 May 2011 09:22 AM PDT

Three of Osama bin Laden's widows taken into detention following the al-Qaida chief's death have been interviewed by U.S. officials, according to NBC News.

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Gadhafi: 'You can't reach me to kill me'

Posted: 13 May 2011 02:12 PM PDT

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi arrives to give television interviews at a hotel in Tripoli in this March 8 file photo. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi says in an audio recording aired on state television that he is alive after NATO airstrikes on his compound and staying in a place "where you can't reach me."




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Boy survives tornado — by hiding in dryer

Posted: 13 May 2011 09:16 AM PDT

The dryer in which Austin Miller, 11, hid to protect himself from a tornado.An 11-year-old boy lived through a tornado that demolished part of his house by hiding in a clothes dryer, according to reports.




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US Mideast envoy George Mitchell resigns

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:30 PM PDT

Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell briefs reporters the State Department in Washington on Sept. 2, 2010.The Obama administration's special Mideast envoy, former Sen. George Mitchell, is resigning after more than two largely fruitless years of trying to press Israel and the Palestinians into peace talks.




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Posted: 13 May 2011 03:30 PM PDT