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It's the Irish by inches in OT

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 03:56 PM PDT

Matthias Farley of Notre Dame breaks away from Stanford's Levine Toilolo after intercepting Saturday.TJ Jones made a reaching 7-yard touchdown catch in overtime and No. 7 Notre Dame stopped Stanford inches from the goal line to beat the 17th-ranked Cardinal 20-13 Saturday.




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Posted: 13 Oct 2012 03:56 PM PDT

Lemonade stand vs. cancer: Boy raises $80,000

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 04:15 PM PDT

When Max Igoe was 5 years old, breast cancer claimed the life of his mother's best friend. He expressed his pain with an idea only a kindergartner might conceive: a lemonade stand.

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Lake drained for LA water at center of dust lawsuit

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 10:32 AM PDT

Owens Lake is about 200 miles north of Los Angeles.The powerful Los Angeles Department of Water and Power sued air regulators Friday over demands to control dust from Owens Lake nearly a century after the exploding metropolis siphoned water to quench its growing thirst.




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Video: Pakistani teen moves hands, feet after shooting

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 02:23 PM PDT

Oct. 13: Positive developments have been reported regarding the recovery of 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban near her school on Tuesday. NBC'S Amna Nawaz reports. (NBC News)Positive developments have been reported regarding the recovery of 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban near her school on Tuesday. NBC'S Amna Nawaz reports. (NBC News)




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Muppet March planned for 'Sesame Street'

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 02:37 PM PDT

Plans to save Big Bird, the fuzzy yellow character from possible extinction are taking shape in the form of a puppet-based protest next month.Plans to save Big Bird, the fuzzy yellow character from possible extinction are taking shape in the form of a puppet-based protest next month.




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CDC reports 15th death from meningitis outbreak

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 01:48 PM PDT

A 15th person has died from fungal meningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.

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How a Martian meteorite rocked the world

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 10:06 AM PDT

The rear of the stone from the Tissint Martian meteorite is almost completely covered with a glossy black fusion crust.On July 18, 2011, at 2 a.m. local time, nomads living in a desert valley in southern Morocco near the Algerian border reported seeing a fireball light up the sky followed by two sonic booms.  This was a truly rare event, not just the arrival of a Martian meteorite, but a meteorite fall that had witnesses.




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Posted: 13 Oct 2012 10:06 AM PDT

No. 13 Oklahoma 63, No. 15 Texas 21

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:08 PM PDT

DALLAS (AP) - Damien Williams broke off a 95-yard touchdown run for the longest rush in Red River Rivalry history, Blake Bell powered his way in for four TDs and No. 13 Oklahoma beat No. 15 Texas 63-21 Saturday for its second straight blowout in the series.

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Painting sold by Clapton nets record $34 million

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:41 PM PDT

Visitors look at Gerhard Richter's "Abstraktes Bild (809-4)at Sotheby's London office on Oct. 8.An abstract painting by German artist Gerhard Richter has a set a new record for the price paid at auction for the work of a living artist, after selling for $34.2 million, Sotheby's auction house in London said.




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'Gangnam Style' (and spoofs) hit 1.2 billion views

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 11:09 AM PDT

Only about a third of those "Gangnam Style" plays, 438 million, have been of the original video. The rest come from more than 600 user-created versions.Only about a third of those "Gangnam Style" plays, 438 million, have been of the original video. The rest come from more than 600 user-created versions.




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Posted: 13 Oct 2012 11:09 AM PDT

Actor, TV host Gary Collins dead at 74

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 12:43 PM PDT

Gary Collins, actor, TV host and former master of ceremonies for the Miss America Pageant, died Saturday in Mississippi of natural causes at the age of 74, officials told NBC News.Gary Collins, actor, TV host and former master of ceremonies for the Miss America Pageant, died Saturday in Mississippi of natural causes at the age of 74, officials told NBC News.




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California may set trend easing '3 strikes' law

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 10:56 AM PDT

Inmates are escorted by a guard through San Quentin state prison in San Quentin, Calif., on June 8.More than a decade after California set a national trend its three-strikes law, Golden State crime is down, prison costs are up — and voters are poised to soften the hardline stance.




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What question would you ask the candidates at Tuesday's debate?

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 10:08 AM PDT

NBC News wants to know what you'd ask the candidates and why.

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Posted: 13 Oct 2012 10:08 AM PDT

Bruce Springsteen to campaign for Obama in Ohio

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 11:33 AM PDT

Bruce Springsteen will hit the campaign trail on President Barack Obama's behalf Thursday, joining former President Bill Clinton at a Parma, Ohio, rally.Bruce Springsteen will hit the campaign trail on President Barack Obama's behalf Thursday, joining former President Bill Clinton at a Parma, Ohio, rally.




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Texas Rangers hunt Twitter trolls, taxpayers are not amused

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 11:35 AM PDT

The Texas Rangers flash the baddest badge in the Lone Star State. They're the top cops working the biggest crimes beneath iconic white cowboy hats. They're the bodyguards for the governor. All of which raises the question: Why are they investigating a Twitter prank poking fun at a small-town city council.The Texas Rangers flash the baddest badge in the Lone Star State. They're the top cops working the biggest crimes beneath iconic white cowboy hats. They're the bodyguards for the governor. All of which raises the question: Why are they investigating a Twitter prank poking fun at a small-town city council.




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Scandal hurts Armstrong, but doesn't destroy image

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 10:27 AM PDT

While other sports stars who have faced drug-induced downfalls — Marion Jones, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens — fade from memory or become objects of scorn, Lance Armstrong keeps rolling along. It's not so much that the Lance Armstrong story was too good to be true. Now it might just be too good to let go.




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