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Making a Difference: A place where girls matter

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:05 PM PDT

Making A Difference: In Kenya's largest slum, the Kibera School for Girls is providing little girls with the chance of their lives--a refuge from abuse and hunger.  NBC's Maria Menounos reports from Kenya.




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Video: LA's new superintendent offers innovative solutions

Posted: 20 May 2011 03:57 PM PDT

May 20: Education Nation: One month into his job as superintendent of one of the country's largest school districts, John Deasy is trying out fresh ideas that may help other struggling districts across the nation, despite their dwindling budgets. NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports. (Nightly News)Education Nation: One month into his job as superintendent of one of the country's largest school districts, John Deasy is trying out fresh ideas that may help other struggling districts across the nation, despite their dwindling budgets. NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports. (Nightly News)




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Video: Bizarre scene shows teen run over by mom

Posted: 20 May 2011 03:59 PM PDT

May 20: An Ohio woman is facing serious charges after she ran over her teen daughter in a Sandusky parking lot. Msnbc.com's Al Stirrett reports. (msnbc.com)An Ohio woman is facing serious charges after she ran over her teen daughter in a Sandusky parking lot. Msnbc.com's Al Stirrett reports. (msnbc.com)




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Loyal teammate latest to say Armstrong used PEDs

Posted: 20 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT

George Hincapie has often been depicted as one of Lance Armstrong's most loyal teammates and was with him for all seven Tour victories. In an interview last year, Armstrong said Hincapie was "like a brother to me." A report by "60 Minutes" says George Hincapie, a longtime member of Lance Armstrong's inner circle, has told federal authorities he saw the seven-time Tour de France winner use performance-enhancing drugs.




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Posted: 20 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT

'Don't say gay' bill advances — just say Takei?

Posted: 20 May 2011 04:06 PM PDT

The Tennessee Senate passes a bill forbidding teaching students up through eighth grade that some people are gay — a measure met with protests and a work-around from a "Star Trek" actor.

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Pakistan looks east to 'good friend' China

Posted: 20 May 2011 08:52 AM PDT

As Pakistan-U.S. relations sour over drone attacks and the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, Pakistan cozies up to China.As Pakistan-U.S. relations sour over drone attacks and the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, Pakistan cozies up to China.




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Apple nears music deal with labels, says source

Posted: 20 May 2011 03:02 PM PDT

Apple is close to securing deals with all four major recording companies on a music service that will allow people to stream songs stored on distant servers, presumably to an array of portable Apple-made devices. That's according to a person familiar with the matter.

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Preakness infield: Where debauchery runs wild

Posted: 17 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT

Chad Barry of Lancaster, Pa., pulls a cooler while his friends George Smith, center, of Charleston, S.C. and Dan Whitman, left, of Atlanta, all show off their physique in their brief swimsuits as they arrive at the Preakness in 2007.While the racing is the grand spectacle to most at the Preakness, there will be a crowd of 40,000 parked inside the oval that, for the most part, has little idea that horses are even competing. Welcome to the Preakness infield, a Woodstock-like party in which almost anything goes.




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She found a kidney for ailing mom via social media

Posted: 20 May 2011 08:13 AM PDT

For 10 years, Kirti Dwivedi watched her mother suffer from kidney disease. When she reached out for help via social media, "I never thought that we would be able to find somebody that would be willing to be a donor, let alone a match," she said.

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Hospital patients more likely to die on weekends

Posted: 20 May 2011 12:07 PM PDT

People admitted to the hospital on the weekend are 10 percent more likely to die than those who checked in during the week, according to a new analysis of nearly 30 million people.

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Video: Wounded warriors compete at home

Posted: 20 May 2011 02:09 PM PDT

May 20: Captain Ivan Castro, who is blind, talks about the Warrior Games competition happening this week at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs  (Other)Captain Ivan Castro, who is blind, talks about the Warrior Games competition happening this week at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs (Dylan Ratigan Show)




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Black lung disease seen rising in U.S. miners

Posted: 20 May 2011 01:38 PM PDT

Black lung disease, long a killer of coal miners, is on the rise again after retreating in the 30 years since Congress passed tougher mine safety laws, health and safety experts said Friday.

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Posted: 20 May 2011 01:38 PM PDT

Video: Tourism business fearing floods in La.

Posted: 20 May 2011 01:53 PM PDT

May 20: As flood waters continue to creep closer to homes and businesses in Louisiana, residents can do nothing more than sit and play a stressful waiting game. NBC's Jay Gray reports. (NBC News Channel)As flood waters continue to creep closer to homes and businesses in Louisiana, residents can do nothing more than sit and play a stressful waiting game. NBC's Jay Gray reports. (NBC News)




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New book details Will and Kate's royal relationship

Posted: 20 May 2011 12:49 PM PDT

"William & Catherine: Their Story," by Andrew Morton, is on shelves now.Andrew Morton's new 224-page tome details the lives of Prince William and Catherine from childhood through their courtship and then the big day.




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150 inmates riot at Calif. prison

Posted: 20 May 2011 01:30 PM PDT

California corrections officials say two inmates have been stabbed and others injured during a riot at a maximum-security prison near Sacramento.

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Cajuns to blame for flood misery? Not so fast

Posted: 20 May 2011 10:33 AM PDT

Part of the Morganza Spillway, seen at top center in this satellite image, has been opened to take pressure off the Mississippi River, seen winding at center right. Homes and farms southwest of the Morganza are being flooded as water makes its way into the Atchafalaya River, at far left, and the river's fertile basin. Levees are seen lining the basin, starting from each side of the spillway's edges. The basin continues south, through towns like Morgan City, before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.It's easy to blame evacuees in Louisiana for living in a floodplain. But a leading flood expert says don't lose sight of this fact: Much of what's happening started way up north.




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Poll: Majority in US back same-sex marriage

Posted: 20 May 2011 10:54 AM PDT

More than half of Americans say same-sex marriage should be legal, garnering the same rights as traditional marriages, according to a newly released Gallup poll showing for the first time since Gallup began tracking the issue in 1996 support by a majority of Americans.

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Why we're enraptured by Rapture hype

Posted: 20 May 2011 12:42 PM PDT

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The prediction of a world-shattering Rapture is so kooky that other end-time prophets say it's giving them a bad name. So why is there so much buzz over this one?Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The prediction of a world-shattering Rapture is so kooky that other end-time prophets say it's giving them a bad name. So why is there so much buzz over this one?




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