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Video: Thousands of police officers patrol in London

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:00 PM PDT

July 23: As the opening ceremony of the Olympics approaches, London is covering its bases with an influx of security forces on the ground, in the air and in the water. But officials still worry about the possibility of a 'soft target,' such as an attack on a bus, that would have a huge emotional impact on the city. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports.  (Nightly News)As the opening ceremony of the Olympics approaches, London is covering its bases with an influx of security forces on the ground, in the air and in the water. But officials still worry about the possibility of a 'soft target,' such as an attack on a bus, that would have a huge emotional impact on the city. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports. (Nightly News)




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Lung transplant didn't come from Colo. victims

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 03:08 PM PDT

Despite widely circulated news reports, lungs transplanted Friday into a man in Dallas did not come from victims of the Colorado movie theater shootings. The timing was a coincidence that highlights how any donation can turn tragedy into hope, Greg Muzzy's family says. Despite widely circulated news reports, lungs transplanted Friday into a man in Dallas did not come from victims of the Colorado movie theater shootings. The timing was a coincidence that highlights how any donation can turn tragedy into hope, Greg Muzzy's family says.




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Georgia halts execution of death-row inmate

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:28 PM PDT

The Georgia Supreme Court halted the execution of inmate Warren Lee Hill, responding to his lawyers' challenge to the new form of lethal injection.

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Obama announces 'reverse bootcamp' for veterans

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 03:30 PM PDT

Departing service members will soon have access to a "reverse boot camp" that offers new veterans more robust transition services, said President Obama in a speech Monday afternoon before the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Reno, Nev.

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Posted: 23 Jul 2012 03:30 PM PDT

Police look for boater in missing Iowa girls case

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 02:51 PM PDT

The paddleboater is not a suspect in the case of the two missing Iowa cousins, police said, but could have information. Meanwhile, one of the girls' mothers said she passed a polygraph test.

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'Dark Knight' earns $160.8M for best 2D debut

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 03:20 PM PDT

This is the best debut ever for a 2D movie and the third best for any movie, but projections from industry analysts before its opening had the Warner Bros. film going as high as $195 million.This is the best debut ever for a 2D movie and the third best for any movie, but projections from industry analysts before its opening had the Warner Bros. film going as high as $195 million.




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First US woman in space, Sally Ride, dies at 61

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:13 PM PDT

Astronaut Sally Ride monitors control panels from the pilot's chair on the flight deck of the space shuttle Challenger during her historic space mission in 1983. Floating in front of her is a flight procedures notebook. Ride died on Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. The first American woman to go into space, Sally Ride, died Monday after a 17-month battle against pancreatic cancer, her company said.




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14 killed in Texas pickup truck crash

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 02:32 PM PDT

Fourteen people died after a pickup truck loaded with suspected illegal immigrants veered off the highway and crashed into trees in rural South Texas, authorities said.Fourteen people died after a pickup truck loaded with suspected illegal immigrants veered off the highway and crashed into trees in rural South Texas, authorities said.




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Posted: 23 Jul 2012 02:32 PM PDT

Colo. attacks unlikely to affect gun laws

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 10:48 AM PDT

Little about the nation's gun laws has changed in the wake of recent high-profile incidents of gun violence, and all indications are that the movie theater shooting last week in Aurora, Colo., isn't likely to affect the gun control debate, either.

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Stock market facing a raft of troubles

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 01:08 PM PDT

Europe's debt crisis, the fiscal cliff and persistently high unemployment -- the stock market has had a raft of troubles to grapple with. Can stocks get over these issues and move higher?

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Lobstermen finding more odd colors in the catch

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 09:16 AM PDT

Scientists are seeing a boom in the number of blue, orange, yellow and calico-colored lobsters in the past two years, leading them to ask why they're getting more reports of rare-colored lobsters showing up in fishermen's traps. When a 100-pound shipment of lobsters arrived at Bill Sarro's seafood shop and restaurant last month, it contained a surprise — six orange crustaceans that have been said to be a 1-in-10-million oddity.




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Theater massacre suspect appears in court

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 11:08 AM PDT

James Eagan Holmes, 24, has been held in solitary confinement at an Arapahoe County detention facility but will be moved Monday to a next-door courtroom for a 9:30 a.m. MDT hearing, where the charges against him of suspicion of first degree murder will be read. James Eagan Holmes, 24, has been held in solitary confinement at an Arapahoe County detention facility but will be moved Monday to a next-door courtroom for a 9:30 a.m. MDT hearing, where the charges against him of suspicion of first degree murder will be read.




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Posted: 23 Jul 2012 11:08 AM PDT

Global airlines gross $22.6 billion in ancillary revenues

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 06:46 AM PDT

A $10 priority-boarding fee here, a $25 checked-bag fee there; pretty soon, you're talking real money. $22.6 billion, in fact.

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Theater massacre suspect set to appear in court

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 08:08 AM PDT

James Eagan Holmes, 24, has been held in solitary confinement at an Arapahoe County detention facility but will be moved Monday to a next-door courtroom for a 9:30 a.m. MDT hearing, where the charges against him of suspicion of first degree murder will be read. James Eagan Holmes, 24, has been held in solitary confinement at an Arapahoe County detention facility but will be moved Monday to a next-door courtroom for a 9:30 a.m. MDT hearing, where the charges against him of suspicion of first degree murder will be read.




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Syria acknowledges it has chemical weapons

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 08:04 AM PDT

The Syrian government threatened Monday to use its chemical and biological weapons in the event the country faced foreign intervention, marking the first time the regime has acknowledged it possesses weapons of mass destruction.

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Tax havens help rich hide $21 trillion, study shows

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:36 AM PDT

Thanks to lax international tax rules the world's super rich have siphoned at least $21 trillion into secretive tax-free havens, according to a study by UK campaign group Tax Justice Network.

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Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:36 AM PDT