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Video: Japan criticized for nuclear disaster response

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:56 PM PDT

June 1: While UN investigators are reporting the Japanese government neglected to act on evidence that the Fukushima nuclear reactor site was vulnerable, those who continue to work to contain the ongoing crisis are being hailed as heroes. NBC's Robert Bazell reports.  (Nightly News)June 1: While UN investigators are reporting the Japanese government neglected to act on evidence that the Fukushima nuclear reactor site was vulnerable, those who continue to work to contain the ongoing crisis are being hailed as heroes. NBC's Robert Bazell reports. (Nightly News)




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Republicans press Obama on spending

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:42 AM PDT

From left to right: U.S. House Majority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), House Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) walk toward the microphones after a meeting with President Barack Obama on Wednesday.Top House Republicans pressed President Barack Obama Wednesday for more leadership and a detailed plan on budget cuts, with one leading lawmaker accusing him of distorting a GOP Medicare proposal at the center of the partisan divide over spending.




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Images of dead children fan Syria's protest

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:20 PM PDT

The images of children killed in a government crackdown on protests are circulating widely among Syrians on YouTube and Al-Jazeera, Facebook and opposition websites.

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Taxpayer loss on auto bailout narrows

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:53 PM PDT

Chrysler 200 vehicles are seen on the assembly line at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Sterling Heights, Mich., last month. Chrysler Group LLC recently repaid $7.6 billion in U.S. and Canadian government loans.Taxpayers will lose about $14 billion on the government's $80 billion bailout of Chrysler and GM, far less than originally anticipated, the White House said Wednesday.




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Bin Laden's trusted confidante identified

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:24 PM PDT

Residents and media are outside the house where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The courier who led U.S. intelligence to Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan hailed from the Swat Valley, a one-time stronghold of militant Taliban fighters, Pakistani officials said on Wednesday.




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PBT: Shaq's retirement end of a big, fun era

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:02 PM PDT

PBT: Shaquille O'Neal, who announced his retirement from the NBA after 19 seasons, was the most dominant player of his generation, but he was also a reminder that it's just a game. PBT: Shaquille O'Neal, who announced his retirement from the NBA after 19 seasons, was the most dominant player of his generation, but he was also a reminder that it's just a game.




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Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:02 PM PDT

Pill could erase painful memories, study shows

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:37 AM PDT

What if you could take a pill and erase painful memories? Most of us would probably choose not to lose parts of our past, but for those with post-traumatic stress disorder, such a pill might bring welcome relief.

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Time to leave, thousands told as river rises

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:49 PM PDT

This neighborhood in Minot, N.D., was flooded Tuesday. Some 10,000 were told to evacuate by Wednesday evening.National Guard troops were going door-to-door urging Minot, N.D., residents hit by river flooding to leave their homes as officials began to cut natural gas service to neighborhoods.




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Video: Woman bitten by shark while wading in Gulf

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:41 PM PDT

June 1: A 22-year-old University of Houston student is an apparent victim of a shark attack while wading in the Gulf of Mexico. KPRC's Ryan Korsgard reports. (NBC News Channel)A 22-year-old University of Houston student is an apparent victim of a shark attack while wading in the Gulf of Mexico. KPRC's Ryan Korsgard reports. (NBC News)




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PBT: Shaq announces his retirement

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:02 PM PDT

PBT: It's the end of an era -- Shaq announces on Twitter that he's retiring.PBT: It's the end of an era -- Shaq announces on Twitter that he's retiring.




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Duff: Wonder twins power Canucks toward Cup

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:08 AM PDT

Canucks identical twins Henrik Sedin (33) and Daniel are "so in synch, it's almost uncanny," an opposing coach said.Duff: Welcome to the Sedins' coming-out party. Two identical twins from Sweden are about to lead the way as Vancouver brings hockey's most coveted prize back to Canada for the first time in nearly two decades.




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PHT: Chara rises to the captain challenge

Posted: 31 May 2011 11:18 AM PDT

PHT: Boston's Zdeno Chara has emerged this postseason as the driving force as the Bruins look for their first Stanley Cup Trophy since 1972. PHT: Boston's Zdeno Chara has emerged this postseason as the driving force as the Bruins look for their first Stanley Cup Trophy since 1972.




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Waitresses sue casino over skimpy costumes

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:08 AM PDT

Nine cocktail waitresses who say they were fired from an Atlantic City hotel because they could not fit into costumes they were asked to wear have filed a lawsuit against the hotel.

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Suleman's fertility doc has license revoked

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 04:38 PM PDT

Dr. Michael Kamrava is shown during a Medical Board of California hearing on Thursday, May 5, 2011 in Los Angeles. The board revoked Kamrava's medical license on Wednesday, June 1, 2011.California medical officials have revoked the license of the fertility doctor who helped "Octomom" Nadya Suleman become the mother of 14 children through repeated in vitro treatments.




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Posted: 01 Jun 2011 04:38 PM PDT

Sharp rise in E. coli outbreak as mystery deepens

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:06 AM PDT

Samples from a cucumber are taken for a molecular biological test in Brno, Czech Republic, Wednesday, June 1.German health officials said on Wednesday there had been a dramatic increase in the number of people infected in an E.coli outbreak which has so far killed 17 and whose source is still unknown.




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'Ibuprofen' a headache at National Spelling Bee

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:21 PM PDT

Snigdha Nandipati, 13, from San Diego, Calif., spells out her word on her hand as she concentrates during round two of the National Spelling Bee, Wednesday, in National Harbor, Md.For the most part, the second round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee ran like a well-oiled machine, with youngsters rattling off the letters to words like "usufructuary" and "febrifugal" without a hitch.




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Chris Christie's helicopter ride

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:27 AM PDT

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's ride to his son's baseball game is drawing some to question his fiscal-conservative credentials.

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Weiner 'can't say with certitude' that lewd photo isn't of him

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:32 AM PDT

But in an interview with NBC News, Weiner repeated his claim that his Twitter account was hacked and said that he has hired a private security firm to investigate the matter.

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