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Foundation repair business soars as drought hits homes

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:46 PM PDT

As if shriveled crops, dead fish, water rationing and brown lawns aren't bad enough, some residents across the Midwest and South are seeing the drought in their own homes as foundations shift in dried-up soil.As if shriveled crops, dead fish, water rationing and brown lawns aren't bad enough, some residents across the Midwest and South are seeing the drought in their own homes as foundations shift in dried-up soil.




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Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:46 PM PDT

Video: 5 ways to wait for 'Dark Knight Rises'

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 03:50 PM PDT

If you are waiting in line for "The Dark Knight Rises" or just can't get enough of Batman, these games, apps and videos will fuel your Bat-fever. NBC News' Todd Kenreck reports. (MSNBC)If you are waiting in line for "The Dark Knight Rises" or just can't get enough of Batman, these games, apps and videos will fuel your Bat-fever. NBC News' Todd Kenreck reports. (In-Game)




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Yogurt truck causes crash that kills six in NY

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 03:16 PM PDT

Six people were killed and one was injured when a tractor trailer carrying yogurt rear-ended a vehicle that had slowed for construction work.

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Most companies see no more layoffs in 2012

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 08:26 AM PDT

If you have a job, good news: A new survey finds that there's a good likelihood you're going to keep it. Right Management, a division of staffing firm Manpower Group, finds that 69 percent of U.S. companies plan no layoffs through the end of 2012.

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Wealthy homeowners brace for 'fiscal cliff'

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 07:03 AM PDT

Realtors to the rich have started getting a strange new kind of phone call. Wealthy homeowners with properties for sale are suddenly demanding that the brokers get them a deal  in the next five months. The reason, they say, is the fiscal cliff.Realtors to the rich have started getting a strange new kind of phone call. Wealthy homeowners with properties for sale are suddenly demanding that the brokers get them a deal  in the next five months. The reason, they say, is the fiscal cliff.




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France's radium craze still haunts Paris

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 09:35 AM PDT

A nuclear waste professional looks at containers near a decontamination zone in a family house which was built on the site of a former speed dial factory in Chaville, outside Paris, July 16, 2012.The Belle Epoque, France's golden era at the turn of the last century, bequeathed Paris elegant landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, but also a more sinister legacy of radioactive floors and backyards which the capital is only now addressing. .




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Posted: 19 Jul 2012 09:35 AM PDT

Penn State students protecting Paterno statue

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 08:07 AM PDT



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Lots of litigating to go before voters cast their ballots

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:01 AM PDT

The state-by-state battle over voter eligibility is not only being fought in the court of public opinion, but in actual courtrooms as well.

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Microsoft reports first quarterly loss ever

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:53 PM PDT

REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft reports first quarterly loss ever after accounting adjustment for weak ad business.  Microsoft paid $6.

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Russia, China veto UN Syria sanctions

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:03 PM PDT

Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution on Thursday that threatened Syrian authorities with sanctions if they did not stop using heavy weapons against an uprising.

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Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:03 PM PDT

Report: Ex-Gitmo detainee is not Bulgaria suicide bomber

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 12:21 PM PDT

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mehdi Ghezali is not the Bulgaria bus suicide bomber, intelligence officials told NBC News on Thursday, debunking reports in Bulgarian media.

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Mortgage woes afflict high rate of active troops, veterans

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 08:10 AM PDT

Deployments, transfers and predatory lending are a few of the six primary issues that have thousands of U.S. service members seeking emergency financial help and woefully behind with mortgage-payment savings.

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Millionaires upbeat about economy, survey shows

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:06 PM PDT

America's millionaires are feeling upbeat about the outlook for the stock market and the economy, even if most of us are not quite so sanguine.

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Trayvon Martin's parents: Killing our son not 'God's plan'

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:23 AM PDT

After George Zimmerman called his killing Trayvon Martin part of "God's plan,'' Martin's parents spoke out.

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Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:23 AM PDT

FBI raids Trenton City Hall in investigation of mayor

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 08:08 AM PDT

FBI agents are searching offices in Trenton City Hall a day after the feds raided the home of Mayor Tony Mack, whose administration has been accused of nepotism and reckless spending.FBI agents are searching offices in Trenton City Hall a day after the feds raided the home of Mayor Tony Mack, whose administration has been accused of nepotism and reckless spending.




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Drought widens, 'all indicators' bad through fall

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 08:45 AM PDT

Not only did the drought worsen over the last week, but it's likely to widen and intensify through the end of October, government forecasters report.Not only did the drought worsen over the last week, but it's likely to widen and intensify through the end of October, government forecasters report.




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