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After LA landing, Endeavour has one last journey

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 11:04 AM PDT

The space shuttle Endeavour and its carrier airplane are escorted by two jets as they pass in front of the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles on Friday.The space shuttle Endeavour has touched down for the last time, but its travels aren't over just yet.




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Shawn Johnson joins TODAY.com to blog 'DWTS'

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 04:23 PM PDT

She's back in more ways than one! The Olympic gold medalist, who was our special correspondent for the London Games, will be blogging with us once again -- this time about "Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars."She's back in more ways than one! The Olympic gold medalist, who was our special correspondent for the London Games, will be blogging with us once again -- this time about "Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars."




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In Arizona desert, a charter school computes

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 04:27 PM PDT

Students at Carpe Diem in Yuma, Ariz., listen to dean of students Chet Crain deliver his morning welcome and message.Carpe Diem Collegiate High School and Middle School is trying to upend the way students are taught: a four-day week, with concepts learned through a computer program.




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Body of man who vanished from train found

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:05 PM PDT

The body of a retired San Francisco firefighter who was reported missing after possibly falling off an Amtrak train to Chicago has been found in Nebraska, his family said.The body of a retired San Francisco firefighter who was reported missing after possibly falling off an Amtrak train to Chicago has been found in Nebraska, his family said.




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Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:05 PM PDT

Anti-Muslim film: Pakistan minister offers bounty

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:21 PM PDT

A Pakistani government minister on Saturday announced a $100,000 bounty for the killing of the person who produced a film that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad.A Pakistani government minister on Saturday announced a $100,000 bounty for the killing of the person who produced a film that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad.




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Many Muslims denouncing anti-Islam film decry violent protests, too

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:01 PM PDT

The headline of Lebanon's leading English Newspaper read The headline of Lebanon's leading English Newspaper read "Calm reigns as protests condemn film.




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Many US stores report being sold out of iPhone 5

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:10 PM PDT

It was possible to walk into a store Saturday and buy an iPhone 5. But it took some hunting. Some stores reported having Apple's newest phone available for walk-up customers. But a random check of about a dozen stores indicated that most were sold out.It was possible to walk into a store Saturday and buy an iPhone 5. But it took some hunting. Some stores reported having Apple's newest phone available for walk-up customers. But a random check of about a dozen stores indicated that most were sold out.




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Zoo mauling: Man wanted to be 'one with the tiger'

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 11:54 AM PDT

The man who jumped out of the Bronx Zoo's monorail into the tiger exhibit is expected to face criminal charges, according to law enforcement officials.

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Posted: 22 Sep 2012 11:54 AM PDT

Florida politicians help Ryan woo Hispanics

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 09:48 AM PDT

Paul Ryan made a direct appeal to the large Hispanic population in south Florida on Saturday morning as he spoke inside the popular Versailles Restaurant with a couple prominent Florida politicians.Paul Ryan made a direct appeal to the large Hispanic population in south Florida on Saturday morning as he spoke inside the popular Versailles Restaurant with a couple prominent Florida politicians.




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Facebook posts in hostage case worry police

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 10:07 AM PDT

Pittsburgh police said they had serious concerns when an armed man took a business owner hostage in a downtown high-rise office building — and not just because he had a knife. The suspect, 22-year-old Klein Michael Thaxton, made Facebook posts during the five-hour ordeal Friday, authorities said, and they feared that responses from friends, family and others might goad him into violence.Pittsburgh police said they had serious concerns when an armed man took a business owner hostage in a downtown high-rise office building — and not just because he had a knife. The suspect, 22-year-old Klein Michael Thaxton, made Facebook posts during the five-hour ordeal Friday, authorities said, and they feared that responses from friends, family and others might goad him into violence.




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Photo leads to man's reunion with daughters

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 10:43 AM PDT

In this Aug. 30 photo, Larry Bailey, center, found in floodwater caused by Hurricane Isaac, is helped to safety in Slidell, La. When a Florida man saw the news photo of Bailey, who at the time was unidentified, he was sure it was his brother. It wasn't — but the mistaken identity started a search that ultimately reunited Bailey, who has been homeless, with the two daughters he hadn't seen in 16 years. When a Florida man saw a news photo of a man rescued from Hurricane Isaac's floodwaters, he was sure it was his brother. It wasn't — but the mistaken identity started a search that ultimately reunited that homeless man with the two daughters he hadn't seen in 16 years.




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Sheriff: Mother kills 2 kids, then hangs self

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 09:16 AM PDT

A 34-year-old Florida woman apparently killed her two children in their house and then committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said Saturday.

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Posted: 22 Sep 2012 09:16 AM PDT

Drones capture mountain scenery in Pakistan

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 08:34 AM PDT

Drones, which can weigh just a few pounds and cost between $1,000 and $40,000, are a fraction of the size and cost of helicopters traditionally used in adventure photography.The use of drones in Pakistan normally brings to mind images of U.S. spy planes attacking tribal areas. But drones now are being used to capture a different kind of picture in the country - showing some of the world's highest mountains being scaled by world-class climbers through some of Earth's thinnest air.




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Video: Who ya got: Oregon on upset alert?

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 06:20 PM PDT

Sept. 21: Sports Talk: Erik Kuselias talks with Clay Travis of Outkickthecoverage.com about the biggest college football games and wonders if Florida State is back to dominating the ACC, if Kansas State can upset Oklahoma, and if Notre Dame's defense can stop Denard Robinson from running all over them. (NBC Sports)Sports Talk: Erik Kuselias talks with Clay Travis of Outkickthecoverage.com about the biggest college football games and wonders if Florida State is back to dominating the ACC, if Kansas State can upset Oklahoma, and if Notre Dame's defense can stop Denard Robinson from running all over them. (NBC Sports)




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Cops: Shoplifter kills Wal-Mart employee

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 08:17 AM PDT

A man who tried to steal undershirts valued at $16 from a Wal-Mart in Margate, Fla., shot and killed a loss prevention employee there Friday evening, police said.

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HBT: Death row inmate's last words: 'God bless the Texas Rangers'

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 08:09 AM PDT



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Posted: 22 Sep 2012 08:09 AM PDT