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Video: Long, hot weekend nationwide

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 03:43 PM PDT

July 2: Almost every part of the U.S. should see higher than average temperatures this weekend. NBC's Kate Snow talks to The Weather Channel's Samantha Mohr about the heat.  (Nightly News)Almost every part of the U.S. should see higher than average temperatures this weekend. NBC's Kate Snow talks to The Weather Channel's Samantha Mohr about the heat. (Nightly News)




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Yanks top Mets again, extend win streak to 7

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 04:17 PM PDT

Bartolo Colon pitched six shutout innings in his return from the disabled list to lead the Yankees past the Mets on Saturday.Bartolo Colon pitched six shutout innings in his return from the disabled list and Eduardo Nunez had another big game at the plate, leading the New York Yankees past the Mets 5-2 on Saturday for their season-best seventh consecutive victory.




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Video: FBI secretly tracked man without warrant

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 03:57 PM PDT

July 2: Yasir Affi found a tracking device stuck to his car, and the FBI admits they put it there, but they won't say why. Now, Afifi's suing the government. NBC's Pete Williams reports.  (Nightly News)Yasir Affi found a tracking device stuck to his car, and the FBI admits they put it there, but they won't say why. Now, Afifi's suing the government. NBC's Pete Williams reports. (Nightly News)




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Mexico confirms 11 dead from Arlene and aftermath

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 04:08 PM PDT

Mexican authorities have confirmed 11 deaths from Tropical Storm Arlene and the aftermath of floods, mudslides and overflowing rivers in central Mexico and Gulf Coast states.

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Protesters turn out for Prince William and Kate

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 04:14 PM PDT

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge chat with young cancer patients who are working on their crafts during a tour of Sainte-Justine Children's Hospital in Montreal on Saturday.Prince William and Kate are met by a small group of protesters in the French-speaking province of Quebec as the royal couple visit a children's hospital.




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PBT: Kobe, others may play in China during lockout

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 03:20 PM PDT



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Posted: 02 Jul 2011 03:20 PM PDT

Phillies' Halladay triumphs in return to Toronto

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 03:07 PM PDT

Philadelphia pitcher Roy Halladay threw a complete-game victory against his Toronto on Saturday. The former Blue Jays ace improved to 11-3 on the season.Roy Halladay pitched an eight-hitter against his former team to win his sixth-straight decision, Chase Utley hit a go-ahead home run and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 on Saturday.




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Strauss-Kahn steps out on first day of freedom

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 04:35 PM PDT

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn left the townhouse he was renting and stepped into a vehicle with his wife Saturday afternoon, a day after a judge lifted his house arrest on attempted rape charges.

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Montana oil spill forces evacuations

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 02:38 PM PDT

Jim Swanson is seen in his yard east of Laurel, Mont. where absorbent sheets were laid down to soak up oil from a ruptured ExxonMobil pipeline beneath the Yellowstone River on Saturday.An ExxonMobil pipeline that runs under the Yellowstone River near Billings ruptured and dumped an unknown amount of oil into the waterway, prompting temporary evacuations along the river Saturday morning.




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Fierce storm surprises Wis. campers, kills child

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 02:58 PM PDT

Storm clouds hover over Target field delaying the baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Minnesota Twins, Friday, July 1, 2011 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Andy King)A fierce thunderstorm swept through a normally rural Wisconsin county that was packed with holiday campers, toppling trees that killed an 11-year-old girl, blowing boats ashore and injuring more than three dozen people, officials said Saturday.




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Obama: 'Nothing can be off-limits' in budget

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 07:28 AM PDT

Bodies on peak appear to be missing dad, daughter

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 03:49 PM PDT

Makana, 20, and Michael Von Gortler, 53. Father-daughter pair have been missing in Colorado mountains for more than a week.Two bodies found on a 14,000-foot Colorado mountain appear to be those of a father and daughter who went missing last week while hiking, authorities say.




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Greece arrests Gaza-bound boat captain

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:24 PM PDT

The activist run boat "Audacity of Hope" is escorted by the Greek coast guard in port of Perama, near Athens, on Friday. Greece banned ships heading to the Gaza Strip from leaving Greek ports, and a vessel carrying several dozen American protesters which left port without permission was ordered to return. Authorities in Greece say they have arrested the captain of a boat that was to be part of a Gaza-bound flotilla trying to deliver humanitarian aid.




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Jury sees scant evidence in Anthony trial

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 11:32 AM PDT

After a month of testimony, 400 pieces of evidence and sweeping promises from attorneys to prove how 2-year-old Caylee Anthony died, neither prosecutors nor defense attorneys have provided concrete evidence showing whether the girl was killed by her mother.

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Marines accused of sham marriages for fiscal gain

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 04:36 PM PDT

Three Southern California Marine corporals are facing charges of defrauding the government for entering into sham marriages for financial gain, the military said Saturday.

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Wayward baboon, likely from park, captured in NJ

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:40 PM PDT

A wayward baboon that apparently escaped from an amusement park and became a mini-celebrity — appearing at a golf course and being followed on Twitter — was captured Saturday after spending three days on the lam.

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Kvitova powers past Sharapova for title

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 12:50 PM PDT

Blasting winners and taking advantage of Maria Sharapova's shaky serve, Petra Kvitova earned a 6-3, 6-4 victory  to win her first Wimbledon title in her first career Grand Slam final.




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Minn. residents feel pinch of shutdown

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 07:24 AM PDT

Minnesota lawmakers headed home for a long holiday weekend, bracing for likely public anger as some of them meet constituents for the first time since a failure to reach a budget agreement forced a government shutdown.

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Posted: 02 Jul 2011 07:24 AM PDT