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A moment's devastation, a long road to recovery

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 02:26 PM PDT

One image says it all: A stopped clock in the hamlet of Kitakami on Japan's devastated northern coast reading 2:46 – the moment when a tsunami generated by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck on March 11. One image says it all: A stopped clock in the hamlet of Kitakami on Japan's devastated northern coast reading 2:46 – the moment when a tsunami generated by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck on March 11.




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Hormone-blocker cuts breast cancer risk

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:28 AM PDT

Millions of women at higher-than-usual risk of breast cancer have a new option for preventing the disease. Pfizer Inc.'s Aromasin cut the risk of developing breast cancer by more than half, without the side effects that have curbed enthusiasm for other prevention drugs, a major study found.

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Guess who? Pujols leads Cardinals past Cubs again

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 04:37 PM PDT

Chicago Cubs right fielder Kosuke Fukudome catches a ball hit by St. Louis Cardinals' Daniel Descalso for an out during the fifth inning of a baseball game on Sunday, June 5, 2011, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)Albert Pujols held the followthrough on his swing for a couple extra seconds, the bat extended like a lightning rod, then high-stepped it to home plate.




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The postal service is running out of options

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 09:25 AM PDT

Rain, snow, dark of night — no problem. But can the U.S. Postal Service survive changing times and its huge deficit.The USPS has stayed afloat by borrowing $12 billion from the U.S. Treasury. This year it will reach its statutory debt limit. After that, insolvency looms.




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Amid the ruins, a fisherman contemplates a daunting future

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 10:27 AM PDT

Nearly three months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami shattered thousands of lives along Japan's northeastern coast, Kimio Sato, a 63-year-old fisherman, is camped out in the ruins of his home in what was formerly the idyllic town of Kitakami and contemplating a daunting future.

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Hackers attack Nintendo's servers in United States

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 10:29 AM PDT

Attendees wait in line at the Nintendo display at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Los Angeles on June 15, 2010. Nintendo's U.S.-based servers were attacked several weeks ago but no consumer data was stolen, the company said on Sunday.




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Facebook party spins out of control

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 10:36 AM PDT

Party goers gather in Hamburg, German after a teenage girl, identified only as Thessa, forgot to mark her birthday invitation as private on Facebook. Better check your Facebook settings before posting a party invitation online.




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Posted: 05 Jun 2011 10:36 AM PDT

Madoff's underwear fetch $200 at Fla. auction

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 10:05 AM PDT

Underpants belonging to Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff were among items sold during the weekend at an auction held under the auspices of the U.S. Marshals Service.

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Libyan woman who claimed rape leaves for US

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 01:12 PM PDT

A Libyan woman who claimed she was raped by Gadhafi troops has left Libya on her way to the United States, her sister said Sunday.

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Palin: I didn't mess up Paul Revere history

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 12:50 PM PDT

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, accompanied by her youngest daughter Piper, right, speaks briefly with the media as she tours Boston's North End neighborhood, on Thursday.Sarah Palin says she didn't mess up her history on Paul Revere.




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Army's 101st pays high price for Afghan surge

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 09:04 AM PDT

Helicopters carrying U.S. Army soldiers from the 1-320 Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, take off from Combat Outpost Terra Nova as the soldiers head home following a 10-month deployment in the Arghandab Valley north of Kandahar, April 23.The soldiers of the Army's famed 101st Airborne Division deployed to Afghanistan confident their counterinsurgency expertise would once again turn a surge strategy into a success but are headed home uncertain of lasting changes on the battlefield.




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The best- and worst-paying jobs in America

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 08:32 AM PDT

Tip your server. They, and other restaurant employees, are among the worst-paid people in America.C-level executives continue to stand out for what many consider to be their excessive pay, but it turns out they aren't, on average, bringing in the biggest paychecks.




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Gates visits with troops in Afghanistan

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 06:57 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates meets with service members at Forward Operating Base Walton, on Sunday, June 5, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed his concern about pulling troops out of Afghanistan too soon as he embarked Sunday on two days of farewell visits to remote U.S. bases in this war-weary country.




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Veggie sprouts likely behind E. coli outbreak

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 01:03 PM PDT

A woman holds bean sprouts with chopsticks in Berlin on Sunday. Locally grown sprouts in northern Germany have been identified as the likely cause of a massive outbreak of E. coli.The terrifying E. coli outbreak in Europe appears to have been caused by vegetable sprouts grown in Germany, an agriculture official Sunday as the toll climbed to at least 22 dead and more than 2,200 sickened.




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Video: Intense heat grips country

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 07:44 AM PDT

June 5: High temperatures that are more typical for late July or August are setting records from St. Louis to Baltimore. NBC's Janet Shamalian reports on the late spring heat wave. (Today Show)High temperatures that are more typical for late July or August are setting records from St. Louis to Baltimore. NBC's Janet Shamalian reports on the late spring heat wave. (TODAY)




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Posted: 05 Jun 2011 07:44 AM PDT

Facebook party spins out of control

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 07:06 AM PDT

Better check your Facebook settings before posting a party invitation online.

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Experts: Anthony defense team faces uphill battle

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 07:18 AM PDT

Experts say prosecutors' meticulous murder case against Casey Anthony so far, along with the woman's claims that her father covered up her daughter's death after the 2-year-old drowned, could make it difficult to avoid a conviction.

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Malaysia's 'obedient wives' anger rights groups

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 06:46 AM PDT

A Malaysian group urging wives to avoid marital problems by fulfilling their husbands' sexual desires like prostitutes has angered politicians and women's rights groups, the New Straits Times reported on Sunday.

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