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Hasan had intensified contact with cleric

Nov. 10:FBI officialsadmitted they knew months ago that Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan wase-mailing a radical Muslim cleric overseas. A Morning Meeting panel discusses how authorities missed what appeared to be multiple red flags in the Fort Hood massacre. (Other)Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan exchanged e-mails with a radical Yemeni American cleric and began to discuss surreptitious financial transfers, according to two sources.


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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:10:34 GMT
NYT: U.S. fears Iraq projects will go to waste

An Iraqi worker at a new water treatment plant in Baghdad's Sadr City. The $65 million plant is meant to provide water for 200,000 people  just a tenth of the population of the vast slum on Baghdad's eastern ouskirts. The U.S. has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq, but Iraqis' inability to maintain what's left behind could waste hundreds of millions of dollars and jeopardize basic services.


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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:12:46 GMT
China coal mine blast kills 37, traps 71

Relatives of coal miners come to the accident site to wait for further information in the Xinxing Coal Mine in Hegang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Saturday.A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China has killed 31 people and trapped 82, authorities say.


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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:01:06 GMT
Militia movement revives across U.S.

Ray Southwell, left, and Norm Olson, members of the Alaska Citizens Militia, stand by the woods near their home in Nikiski, Alaska, on Sept. 29. Olson's militia issmall at the moment, but there has been a resurgence of the militia movement nationwide.A civil rights organization says it has identified at least 50 new right-wing militia groups that have formed within the last two years, in part coinciding with the advent of the Obama administration.


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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:23:01 GMT
Big Bang machine fires up after repair

After a year's delay, scientistsat Europes CERN physics research center have sent beams of protons circulating all the way through the Large Hadron Collider.Scientists circulated beams of protons in the world's largest atom smasher Friday night for the first time after a year of repairs caused by a spectacular failure after the $10 billion machine was heavily damaged by a simple electrical fault.


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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:47:48 GMT
Syracuse stuns No. 6 North Carolina

Syracuse's Wesley Johnson was named MVP of the 2K Sports Classic after scoring 25 points in the Orange's 87-71 upset of No. 6 North Carolina on Friday.Orange use 22-1 run to start second half to crush defending champions 87-71.


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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:37:31 GMT
Galileos 2 missing fingers and a tooth found

In this image provided by Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze shows a finger attributed to Galileo Galilei. The remains will be put on display at an Italian museum.Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display.


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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:13:09 GMT
Dozens arrested in UC student protest

These protesters are among several dozen who barricaded themselves inside Wheeler Hall on the UC Berkeley campus on Friday.Officials report the arrest of dozens of people who barricaded themselves in a building on the University of California campus at Berkeley to protest an increase in student fees and budget cuts.


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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:48:50 GMT
U.S. to drop case against Blackwater guard

In court documents Friday, prosecutors said they have asked that the case against Blackwater Worldwide security guard Nick Slatten, seen here at right in Washington on Jan. 6, be dropped. The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting.


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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:48:58 GMT
Car strikes crowd outside Ala. school; 1 killed

Police say a woman has died after being struck along with nine children by a car outside an Alabama middle school.

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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:18:02 GMT
Carter, Magic make statement vs. Celtics

Orlando's Vince Carter protects the ball from a double team by Boston's Rajon Rondo, left, and Marquis Daniels during the Magic's 83-78 win Friday night. Carter finished with 26 points. Vince Carter scored 26 points, Rashard Lewis had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics 83-78 in a rematch of last season's Eastern Conference semifinal on Friday night.


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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:01:37 GMT
Billboard links Obama with jihadists

Maintenance man David Lee of Arvada, Colo., puts the finishing touches on a sign featuring cartoon drawings of a grinning President Barack Obama wearing a turban. A billboard showing President Barack Obama wearing a turban has sparked a lot of attention at the suburban Denver used car dealership that put it up.


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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:22:56 GMT
H1N1 may havepeaked, but not over

Dr. Toral Shah examines Sammi Jiminez, 4, in a tent clinic where patients with flu symptoms are treated outside the emergency room at Dell Children's Hospital in Austin, Texas.The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak across much of the globe, health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.


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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:37:51 GMT
Army to allow media to Palin book event

The U.S. Army has reversed itself and says it will open former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media.

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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:48:24 GMT
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:48:24 GMT
Panel: No new atomic weapons needed

An independent panel says the U.S. can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with existing programs.

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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:23:18 GMT
Dems push ahead on health vote

Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., says that the Senate owes his constituents "a full and open debate" on the health care overhaul.With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democratic leaders push ahead toward a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill.


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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:20:48 GMT
No hospital savings seen with electronic records

New electronic record systems installed in thousands of U.S. hospitals have done little to rein in skyrocketing healthcare costs, Harvard University researchers said in a study released on Friday.

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:21:47 GMT
NYT: Battling binge drinking on college game days

NYT: Students ejected from football games at the University of Minnesota are entered in a first-of-its-kind program, which requires them to meet with a counselor. After that, those who fail a game-day breath analyzer, or enter the stadium without submitting to the test, lose their season tickets.

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:48:00 GMT
Couple pleads guilty in Cuban spying case

A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a three-decade-long plot to spy for Cuba plead guilty in federal court.

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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:54:48 GMT
Pakistan wants to see U.S. Afghan plan

Internally displaced Pakistani tribal women and their children, who fled their villages due to fighting between Pakistani security forces and Taliban militants, visit a doctor in Dera Ismail Khan onThursday.Pakistan says it fears that a large increase in foreign troops in Afghanistan could push militants across the border into its territory.


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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:20:58 GMT
Turner leads No. 15 Ohio St. over No. 13 Cal

Ohio State's Evan Turner goes up for a shot against California's Nikola Knezevic during the second half Friday. Turner finished with 26 points and 14 rebounds.Evan Turner had 26 points and 14 rebounds, his fourth double-double in as many games, and No. 15 Ohio State beat No. 13 California 76-70 on Friday night in the third-place game of the 2K Sports Classic.


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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:38:13 GMT
8 ways to slash your holiday budget

It's possible to enjoy the holidays without spending lots of money. Here are eight simple ways to trim your budget.

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:33:13 GMT
'New Moon' breaksbox office record

Nov. 20: The second installment in the wildly popular "Twilight" series raked in more than $26 million at its midnight premiere, making it one of the biggest-ever movie openings. NBC's Lee Cowan reports. (Nightly News)$26.3 million helps Twilight sequel eclipse last Harry Potter film for No. 1.


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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:53:54 GMT
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