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Troops grind on: 'Still got a year of fighting'

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:00 PM PDT

A U.S. soldier arrives at the site of an explosion in Kandahar city on May 19.The men charged with the tough daily grind of fighting on the frontline inthe near decade-long war in Afghanistan see little impact of President Obama's decision on troop withdrawals.




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Video: Rain brings relief to Texas

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:44 PM PDT

June 22: After months of drought that has fueled more than a dozen wildfires, Texans are hoping the rain will help dampen the blazes. NBC's Thanh Truong reports.  (Nightly News)After months of drought that has fueled more than a dozen wildfires, Texans are hoping the rain will help dampen the blazes. NBC's Thanh Truong reports. (Nightly News)




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Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:44 PM PDT

Video: Pat-downs for preschoolers? TSA reconsiders policy

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:50 PM PDT

June 22: TSA officials were grilled on Capitol Hill Wednesday over a series of airport pat-down incidents that have angered the public NBC's Tom Costello reports.  (Nightly News)TSA officials were grilled on Capitol Hill Wednesday over a series of airport pat-down incidents that have angered the public NBC's Tom Costello reports. (Nightly News)




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Video: FDA deems silicone breast implants safe

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:00 PM PDT

June 23: The FDA said Wednesday they're confident breast implants are safe--five years after they were allowed back on the market--although they cautioned that the associated risks are real. NBC Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman reports.  (Nightly News)The FDA said Wednesday they're confident breast implants are safe--five years after they were allowed back on the market--although they cautioned that the associated risks are real. NBC Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman reports. (Nightly News)




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Video: Recording of JFK near-miss released

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:53 PM PDT

June 22: After making a wrong turn while taxiing at JFK airport, an Egypt Air jet rolled right into the path of a speeding Lufthansa jumbo jet that was taking off. NBC's Brian Williams reports.  (Nightly News)After making a wrong turn while taxiing at JFK airport, an Egypt Air jet rolled right into the path of a speeding Lufthansa jumbo jet that was taking off. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)




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AP: Pentagon scare, DC-area shootings linked

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:20 PM PDT

Yonathan Melaku, 22, of Alexandria, Va.A Marine reservist who was detained during a security scare near the Pentagon last week has been linked to the shootings last year at the Marine Corps museum in Quantico and several D.C.-area military recruitment stations, officials said Wednesday.




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Self-help guru convicted in sweat lodge deaths

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:44 PM PDT

James Arthur Ray listens to testimony during his trial in Campe Verde, Ariz. Ray pleaded not guilty to three counts of manslaughter. Three people died following a sweat lodge ceremony he led near Sedona in October 2009. A jury has convicted a self-help author who led a sweat lodge ceremony in Arizona that left three people dead.




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Heiress Huguette Clark's will leaves $1 million to advisers

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:24 PM PDT

Huguette Clark, heiress to a copper fortune, has been secluded for decades. This photo of her as a teenager was made in Montana in the 1920s.A will filed in court for Huguette M. Clark leaves $1 million to her financial advisers, who are under investigation by the Manhattan district attorney. Investigative reporter Bill Dedman of msnbc.com reports.




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NY leaders: No obstacles to gay marriage vote

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:08 PM PDT

Supporters of gay marriage make signs that read "today" in a hallway at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Wednesday. State legislative leaders said Wednesday afternoon there are no major obstacles to a vote on whether to legalize gay marriage.




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Ex-reporter says he's an illegal immigrant

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:59 PM PDT

Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who covered presidential politics and the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings at The Washington Post is going on network television to announce he is an illegal immigrant.A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who covered the Virginia Tech massacre for the Washington Post went public Wednesday with a secret he has been keeping for nearly two decades: He is an illegal immigrant.




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Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:59 PM PDT

UK charges teen with cybercrimes

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:20 PM PDT

British police filed charges Wednesday against a teenager suspected of involvement in cyberattacks on the CIA website.

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City living stresses you out, study confirms

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:39 PM PDT

Honking cars, creaking buses, loitering kids, slow-walking tourists --  living in a city can be the worst. Now, a new study shows that native city dwellers -- as in, those who were raised in urban areas -- react more strongly to stress than their country-living peers.Honking cars, creaking buses, loitering kids, slow-walking tourists --  living in a city can be the worst . Now, a new study shows that native city dwellers -- as in, those who were raised in urban areas -- react more strongly to stress than their country-living peers.




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Most women with silicone implants need more surgery

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 10:19 AM PDT

The latest data on silicone breast implants show they are relatively safe, despite frequent complications that lead about one in five cosmetic-surgery patients have the implants removed within 10 years.More than one in five women who had silicone breast implants for cosmetic purposes and half of those who got the implants after a mastectomy needed surgery to remove the implants within a decade, according to a Food and Drug Administration report out Wednesday.




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Ranting Southwest pilot reinstated

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 03:52 PM PDT

Southwest Airlines Co. suspended a pilot whose disparaging comments about gays and older flight attendants were transmitted over an air-traffic control frequency.

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High gas prices expected to cut July 4 travel

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 08:07 AM PDT

Independence Day holiday travel will fall 2.5 percent from a year ago as expensive gasoline cuts driving demand, travel group AAA forecast on Wednesday.

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How do you steal virtual money? Bitcoin!

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:23 PM PDT

Why should you — let alone anyone — care about Bitcoin? If censorship, illegal drugs and hacker heists pique your interest, here's what you need to know.Why should you — let alone anyone — care about Bitcoin? If censorship, illegal drugs and hacker heists pique your interest, here's what you need to know.




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Video: Flood sirens sound in North Dakota

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:54 AM PDT

June 22: Authorities sound warning sirens in Minot, North Dakota, to alert residents that it is necessary to evacuate their homes. NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports. (Other)Authorities sound warning sirens in Minot, North Dakota, to alert residents that it is necessary to evacuate their homes. NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports. (NewsNation)




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'Jackass' star was drunk at time of crash

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:53 AM PDT

Police say Ryan Dunn had a blood-alcohol level of 0.196, twice the legal limit in Pennsylvania, when he died in a fiery wreck this week.Police say Ryan Dunn had a blood-alcohol level of 0.196, twice the legal limit in Pennsylvania, when he died in a fiery wreck this week.




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