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• Video: Inside Syria
• Video: Pakistan arrests CIA's bin Laden informants
• Video: Global finance threat plays out on Greece's streets
• Video: Milk dud: Schools rule out chocolate
• Poll: Less than half of GOP primary voters satisfied with 2012 field
• Return to Vietnam: Deadly rice paddy ambush
• Weiner seeks treatment, but what ails him?
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• Birth rate drops for third year in a row
• Video: J-Lo unsure if she'll stay on 'Idol'
• Teen brains can predict hit pop songs, study shows
• Hair straightening chemicals can pose health risks
• Giffords released from Houston hospital
• Airlines see profitable summer, uncertain fall
• NY on cusp of legalizing gay marriage?
• Video: Moving an ocean of debris
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• Stocks end day sharply lower amid Greek fears
• Lifespan shrank in hundreds of US counties
• Feds watched as guns were shipped to cartels

Video: Inside Syria Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:19 PM PDT June 15: Crossing the border into Syria, NBC News gets a first look at Jisr al-Shughour, now a ghost town besieged by Syrian troops, with thousands driven from their homes.  Correspondent John Ray and cameraman Rob Bowles get a rare inside look. (Nightly News)

Video: Pakistan arrests CIA's bin Laden informants Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:47 PM PDT A parade of top U.S. officials have read the riot act to the Pakistanis for blocking CIA efforts against terrorists, and now the strained relationship between the countries has suffered another serious blow. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Global finance threat plays out on Greece's streets Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:49 PM PDT More violent protests and political chaos broke out in Greece Wednesday as the country faces a potentially disastrous default on its debt. NBC's Tom Costello reports. (Nightly News)

Video: Milk dud: Schools rule out chocolate Posted: 15 Jun 2011 04:07 PM PDT Having milk with school lunch has long been a constant at nearly every school in America, but now some schools are taking out the flavors. NBC's Tom Llamas reports. (Nightly News)

Poll: Less than half of GOP primary voters satisfied with 2012 field Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:53 PM PDT With about eight months until the first GOP nominating contests, less than half of Republican primary voters — 45 percent — say they are satisfied with their current crop of presidential candidates, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

Return to Vietnam: Deadly rice paddy ambush Posted: 15 Jun 2011 04:14 PM PDT Col. Jack Jacobs, a Medal of Honor recipient for "conspicuous gallantry" during the Vietnam War returns to  the battlefield where he saved many lives, but also lost many friends, and where his life was changed forever.

Weiner seeks treatment, but what ails him? Posted: 15 Jun 2011 12:21 PM PDT Experts say Anthony Weiner's actions — making electronic sexual contact with strangers — mimic the characteristics of drug addicts, alcoholics or problem gamblers.

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Birth rate drops for third year in a row Posted: 15 Jun 2011 09:59 AM PDT U.S. births apparently have declined for a third year in a row, probably because of the weak economy. Last year, it fell 3 percent to slightly more than 4 million births, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Video: J-Lo unsure if she'll stay on 'Idol' Posted: 15 Jun 2011 12:26 PM PDT Jennifer Lopez says she's undecided if she'll return to "American Idol" as a judge, rule changes in the race for Oscar best picture nominees, and Natalie Portman gives birth to a boy. (msnbc tv)

Teen brains can predict hit pop songs, study shows Posted: 15 Jun 2011 06:20 AM PDT The adolescent brain might not be such a teenage wasteland after all. Recent research suggests that the activity in teens brains may have some Nostradamus-like qualities when it comes to predicting the hits or misses of popular music.

Hair straightening chemicals can pose health risks Posted: 15 Jun 2011 06:03 AM PDT The Brazilian Blowout, a popular hair straightening treatment, has women flocking to salons to smooth out their curly, wavy and frizzy tresses. But the products used in the treatment contain formaldehyde, a known carcinogen.

Giffords released from Houston hospital Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:47 PM PDT U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Wednesday was discharged from a Houston hospital where she has spent the past five months recovering from a gunshot wound to the head.

Airlines see profitable summer, uncertain fall Posted: 15 Jun 2011 02:06 PM PDT This promises to be a moneymaking summer for the airlines, with planes full of passengers paying higher fares than a year ago. But there could be a fall chill in the air.

NY on cusp of legalizing gay marriage? Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:16 AM PDT A bill to legalize gay marriage in New York is in the hands of 32 Republican state senators meeting behind closed doors. According to reports, it's just a single vote from passage.

Video: Moving an ocean of debris Posted: 15 Jun 2011 08:23 AM PDT Sit in an excavator while it works, and visit with the teams who are removing debris by hand in the tsunami-ravaged town of Minamsanriku, Japan. Takahashi Abe of Abei Construction explains the process and challenges. (msnbc.com)

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Stocks end day sharply lower amid Greek fears Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:38 PM PDT Unrest in Greece rattled global financial markets Wednesday. Stocks fell the most since June 1 as investors piled into lower-risk assets like the dollar and U.S. government bonds.

Lifespan shrank in hundreds of US counties Posted: 15 Jun 2011 05:34 AM PDT Americans are living longer, but not in every corner of the country. A new study shows that in hundreds of U.S. counties — mostly in the South — life expectancy has fallen, in some cases by two years or more.

Feds watched as guns were shipped to cartels Posted: 15 Jun 2011 04:06 PM PDT Three federal firearms investigators told Congress on Wednesday that they were repeatedly ordered to step aside while gun buyers in Arizona walked away with AK-47s and other high-powered weaponry headed for Mexican drug cartels.

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