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Will Tim Tebow go 'Dancing With the Stars'?

1 hour 58 min ago

According to season 13 champ J.R. Martinez, the Denver Broncos quarterback may be interested in slipping on"Dancing's" sparkly costumes and showing off his moves.


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Romania turmoil: Government quits after protests

2 hours 24 min ago

The Romanian prime minister Emil Boc on Monday announced the resignation of himself and his Cabinet, saying he wanted to protect the stability of the country.


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Mortgage relief: Partial solution better than none

2 hours 34 min ago

The architects of the joint state-federal mortgage releief plan believe it would be better for homeowners to get a partial deal than nothing at all, according to sources close to the talks.


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Junior 'high': Student sells pot brownies to classmates

2 hours 34 min ago
Students at a New York City middle school are facing discipline after an eighth grader allegedly sold marijuana-laced brownies to about 20 fellow pupils.       The incident happened at Intermediate School 208 in Bellerose, a suburban section of Queens.
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US shutters embassy in Syria, withdraws staff

2 hours 40 min ago
The US has closed its embassy in Damascus and withdrawn all American diplomats from Syria as President Assad's deadly crackdown on rebels continues.
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Eastwood's 'Halftime' is top with msnbc.com users

2 hours 57 min ago

Chrysler ignored some of the unwritten rules of Super Bowl advertising — be brief, be funny — for the second year in a row, but it didn’t matter to msnbc.com readers.


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Video: Amb. Rice: Russia will regret decision

3 hours 2 min ago

U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice talks about the shared frustrations of the Syrians and U.S. about Russia’s veto of a U.N. resolution to pressure the Assad regime. (Mitchell Reports)


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Spanking linked to more aggression in kids

3 hours 33 min ago
A review of 20 years of research finds that physically disciplining a child has long-term, harmful effects on their development.
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Former intern reveals details of JFK affair

4 hours 3 min ago
Mimi Alford claims she had an 18-month-long affair with President John F. Kennedy when she was a White House intern.
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Senate poised to pass aviation bill

4 hours 9 min ago
The Senate will vote Monday afternoon on a House-passed bill aimed at improving the nation’s aviation infrastructure and modernizing air traffic control systems.
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Sports court strips Contador of 2010 Tour title

4 hours 18 min ago

Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title Monday and banned for two years after sports' highest court found the Spanish cyclist guilty of doping.


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Video: Yale kicks off controversial ‘Sex Week’ event

5 hours 23 min ago

Yale kicks off its controversial “Sex Week” event, which is billed as a way to promote sexual health through a series of speakers and workshops. This year, however, the event will have some competition from another student-organized event: “True Love Week." WVIT-TV's Jeff Saperstone reports. (NBC News)


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Senate candidate under fire for racially tinged attack ad

5 hours 29 min ago
First Read: Michigan Republican Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra's came under scrutiny Monday for a controversial Super Bowl ad targeting Democratic opponent Sen. Debbie Stabenow.
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With U.S. help, Americans return to the farm

5 hours 32 min ago

Dan Pugh wishes he had a bigger tractor and his wife Laura worries about their chickens in the winter weather. But as new farmers putting down roots in rural Missouri, the Pughs are counting on more rewards than regrets in trading their city lives for the country.


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'Deceptive practices': US levies new sanctions on Iran

5 hours 42 min ago
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama ordered new U.S. sanctions on the government of Iran, including the Central Bank, on Monday.
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Beware! Siri may snap if you sell your iPhone

5 hours 51 min ago

Plenty of people will tell you that you need to make sure that you've erased all personal data from an iPhone before selling it. But no one ever asks how the phone itself feels.


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Original 'Living Dead' zombie dies at 75

5 hours 55 min ago

Thousands of variously decaying zombies have attacked humans onscreen, but Bill Hinzman was the first.


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Aww, man! Bart Simpson joins Barbie in Iran ban

6 hours 7 min ago
TEHRAN -- The Simpsons are corroding the morals of Iranian youth, an official said on Monday, as dolls based on Bart, Homer and the rest of the American cartoon family joined the shapely Barbie among Western toys targeted by a new crackdown in Tehran.
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Video: UMass students arrested in post-Super Bowl disturbance

6 hours 32 min ago

Police arrested 14 people at the UMass-Amherst campus following a disturbance after the Super Bowl win by the New York Giants. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports. (msnbc.com)


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