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Video: Dogs of war are man's best friend in battle

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:21 PM PDT

May 30: Meet some American warriors who are smart, brave and never complain about the food. NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports.  (Nightly News)Meet some American warriors who are smart, brave and never complain about the food. NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports. (Nightly News)




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Video: Teacher praised for calming kids during shootout

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:14 PM PDT

May 30: The Mexican government honored a kindergarten teacher who became a hero after she posted a YouTube video showing the children as they took cover from a gun battle. NBC's George Lewis reports.  (Nightly News)The Mexican government honored a kindergarten teacher who became a hero after she posted a YouTube video showing the children as they took cover from a gun battle. NBC's George Lewis reports. (Nightly News)




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Video: Far From Home, on the battlefront

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:28 PM PDT

May 30: A young American and his gritty platoon spend Memorial Day in one of the most remote regions of the Afghanistan war zone. NBC's Jim Maceda reports (Nightly News)A young American and his gritty platoon spend Memorial Day in one of the most remote regions of the Afghanistan war zone. NBC's Jim Maceda reports (Nightly News)




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Pawlenty touts Medicare proposal in Iowa

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:17 PM PDT

Republican presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty told people during a Monday stop in Iowa that the key difference between his Medicare proposal and the proposal introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wiscosnin, is that his plan will change the way providers are paid.

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Posted: 30 May 2011 03:17 PM PDT

Mladic may be sent to war crimes court soon

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:40 PM PDT

Supporters of genocide suspect Ratko Mladic wave flags with his picture during a rally Saturday.  Serbia may send Ratko Mladic to face genocide charges in The Hague within four days, a justice official said on Monday.




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GOP presidential contenders drift to the right

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:35 PM PDT

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney signs autograph in Des Moines on May 27.In the first presidential election since the tea party's emergence, Republican candidates are drifting rightward on a range of issues, even though more centrist stands might play well in the 2012 general election.




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Fake 'Harry Potter' news causes Facebook freakout

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:02 PM PDT

When a posting about the "Final Minutes of Last Harry Potter Movie To Be Split Into Seven Separate Films" hit Facebook, some took the joke from "The Onion" to heart, protesting mightily.When a posting about the "Final Minutes of Last Harry Potter Movie To Be Split Into Seven Separate Films" hit Facebook, some took the joke from "The Onion" to heart, protesting mightily.




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Libyan rebels distribute rules on POW treatment

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:04 PM PDT

An injured, captured soldier loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is interrogated March 19 by a rebel soldier at the Jalaa hospital in Benghazi, eastern Libya. The rebel administration that controls much of eastern Libya is distributing guidelines on how its fighters should treat prisoners of war, aiming to avoid a repeat of allegations that rebels engaged in unlawful arrests, mistreated captives and killed black Africans wrongly accused of being mercenaries. The rebel administration that controls much of eastern Libya is distributing guidelines on how its fighters should treat prisoners of war, following allegations that rebels have mistreated captives.




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Video: US soldiers mark holiday in Afghanistan

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:05 AM PDT

May 30: Thousands of US troops in Forward Operating Base Shank mark the Memorial Day by eating barbecue, playing volleyball, but most say it's another day that gets them closer to home. NBC's Jim Maceda reports.  (Other)Thousands of US troops in Forward Operating Base Shank mark the Memorial Day by eating barbecue, playing volleyball, but most say it's another day that gets them closer to home. NBC's Jim Maceda reports. (msnbc tv)




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World Blog: Meeting Anthony in Marjah

Posted: 30 May 2011 10:44 AM PDT

NBC News' Atia Abawi's friendship with a young Marine deployed in Afghanistan helps her understand how living in a war zone can help bring appreciation for loved ones and the chain of lives they touch.NBC News' Atia Abawi's friendship with a young Marine deployed in Afghanistan helps her understand how living in a war zone can help bring appreciation for loved ones and the chain of lives they touch.




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Drought parches China's 'land of fish and rice'

Posted: 30 May 2011 06:30 AM PDT

A fishing boat and a houseboat (background) lie stranded among fishing net poles at a dried-up portion of Honghu Lake, near Honghu city in central China's Hubei province.Dry spell is a jarring reminder of how China, the world's second-biggest economy, relies on increasingly strained water resources to feed its people and generate its power.




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Lawmaker aims to stop recall rentals

Posted: 30 May 2011 06:00 AM PDT

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York said he will introduce a bill to stop car rental agencies from renting automobiles that are under recalls for problems that aren't yet fixed.

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Posted: 30 May 2011 06:00 AM PDT

Bummer of a summer for kids hit by cutbacks

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:12 AM PDT

Port Lau poses in his room at Baruch College in New York. When his parents couldn't afford to send him to summer camp, Port Lau settled in for a summer at home: Eating. Sleeping. Playing video games. Swimming pools are being closed; recreation centers are locking their doors; library summer reading programs are suffering; openings for short-term jobs have evaporated.




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Zuma and Libya hold talks after officers defect

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:27 PM PDT

Libyan Army General Oun Ali Oun talks during a news conference in Rome on Monday. Eight Libyan army officers saying they are part of a group of as many as 120 Libyan military officials and soldiers who have defected from Moammar Gadhafi's regime in recent days.South African President Jacob Zuma made little headway toward brokering a Libya peace deal in talks with Moammar Gadhafi as eight army officers became the latest senior figures to break with the Libyan leader.




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Joplin victims offered existing homes

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:47 PM PDT

Joplin residents Paula Barnett, left, and Susan Dodson console each other during a memorial service Sunday, May 29, marking the one week anniversary of an EF-5 tornado which ripped a six mile long path of destruction through Joplin, Mo. and killed more than 130 people.Some of the people left homeless by the Joplin tornado could be placed in rental homes nearly an hour's drive away, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Monday it will consider bringing in trailers.




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Residents return to flood-damaged homes

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:15 PM PDT

A farmer drives his tractor past a flooded field of corn near Yazoo City, Miss. on Saturday.Residents of Cutoff, Miss.,  returned Monday for the first time since evacuating nearly a month ago, getting their first glimpse of the putrid mud and soaked debris left behind now that the Mississippi River's floodwaters have started to recede.




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Memorial Day marked by ceremonies, tributes

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:47 PM PDT

President Barack Obama participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. Americans from Washington to California are marking Memorial Day with parades, barbecues and special tributes tied to the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.




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German E. coli toll now 14; outbreak may worsen

Posted: 30 May 2011 08:44 AM PDT

An E. coli outbreak that has killed 14 people and made more than 300 seriously ill in Germany has spread to other north European countries and is expected to worsen in the coming week.

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