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MSNBC Top News

  • High winds, rain pound Northeast

    Flooding caused by a powerful storm that hit the Northeast left 500 passengers stranded in a New Jersey Transit train for more than five hours, officials say.

  • Obama: Overhaul ‘No Child Left Behind’

    Instead of requiring schools to meet annual benchmarks, President Barack Obama's plan would encourage school improvement based on a system of incentives for the best schools and teachers.

  • Avalanche kills at least 3; others missing

    At least three people are killed, 17 hurt and an undetermined number missing after an avalanche hits a snowmobiling event in British Columbia, authorities said.

  • Thousands mourn death of Calif. teen

    Thousands of teachers, classmates and neighbors filled a San Diego-area high school football stadium to honor a 17-year-old girl allegedly killed by a registered sex offender.

  • N.Y. brings Mavs’ streak to screeching halt

    Bill Walker scored a career-high 23 points, Wilson Chandler added 22 and the New York Knicks snapped Dallas’ 13-game winning streak and avenged a 50-point loss to the Mavericks earlier this season w...
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Ask.com News

  • Israel extends West Bank closure

    CNN - Found 1 hour agoSecurity in and around the old city in Jerusalem was also tightened Friday. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said there was extensive deployment of police in largely Arab East Je...

  • Illegal Prescription Discovered for Actor Found Dead

    New York Times - Found 8 hours agoLOS ANGELES Investigators say that an illegal drug prescription for Corey Haim, the actor who died unexpectedly last week, was found during an investigation of a frau...

  • How did suspect get nuke plant jobs?

    CNN - Found 2 hours agoSharif Mobley, shown in an undated photo, is suspected of belonging to al Qaeda. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Senator calls for probe into background check system for nuclear plant workers...

  • Trainer says Pacquiao should retire soon

    SI.com - Found 1 hour agoTrainer Freddie Roach wants Manny Pacquiao (above), the WBO welterweight champion, to retire sooner rather than later. TIME: The Meaning of Manny | GALLERY SI Photos Ghanian B...

  • Ireland Releases U.S. Woman Arrested in Terror Plot

    Fox News - Found 3 hours agoDENVER —  An American woman and three others arrested in Ireland over an alleged plot to assassinate Swedish artist Lars Vilks have been freed without charge, Irish pol...
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Slate

  • JO d'hiver de 2018: Annecy, cause (perdue) nationale

    Au cas où vous ne le sauriez pas, la France est candidate à l'organisation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques d'hiver en 2018. Annecy a été choisie, en effet, pour porter les couleurs nationales...

  • La disparition de Jean Ferrat

    Le chanteur Jean Ferrat est décédé samedi «en tombant du lit» de l'hôpital d'Aubenas où il était entré pour y subir des examens. Jean Ferrat, 79 ans, s'était fait connaître dans les années...

  • La pilule fait-elle vivre plus longtemps? Oui et non.

    Les femmes qui se demandent quels sont les effets à long terme de la prise de la pilule contraceptive peuvent se rassurer. A en croire une étude publiée vendredi dans le British Medical Journal, le...

  • Une seconde «JihadJane» arrêtée

    Une seconde «Jihad Jane»? Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, une jeune femme de 31 ans, originaire de l'Etat américain du Colorado est actuellement détenue avec six autres personnes, par la police irlandaise,...

  • A la recherche de Saddam 3/5

    Le sergent-chef Eric Maddox ne voulait pas d'Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri dans son organigramme. Chargé des interrogatoires dans le cadre des opérations spéciales à Tikrit, Maddox avait élaboré des gr...
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New Yorker

  • Yoni Brenner: Mannahatta.

    8220;New York Ranks Last in Happiness Rating.” —Headline in the Times. SCENE: Mannahatta, May 24, 1626. On the horizon are two tall-masted ships, anchored in the Hudson. Two Lenape India...

  • Vince Aletti: Robert Adams’s noctural landscapes.

    The forty-five black-and-white photographs in Robert Adams’s current show at the Matthew Marks gallery, “Summer Nights, Walking,” are about the American landscape after dark, when se...

  • Peter Schjeldahl: Juicy Fruit.

    Peter Schjeldahl on the Dakis Joannou collection.

  • Peter Schjeldahl: “Skin Fruit,” at the New Museum.

    The art world is peculiarly suited to dramatize a problem, or at least a syndrome, of the present day: that of abominable wealth, by which I mean the effect of huge fortunes on people who don’t...

  • Nancy Franklin: “The Pacific” on HBO.

    8220;The Pacific,” a ten-part miniseries that begins Sunday on HBO, is a companion piece to the channel’s “Band of Brothers,” which chronicled a company of paratroopers in the...
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Time

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NPR

  • Utah GOP Leader Quits After Hot-Tub Confession

    Rep. Kevin Garn, 55, resigned via e-mail days after acknowledging he paid a woman $150,000 to keep quiet about a nude hot-tubbing incident that took place a quarter century ago when she was a teenager...

  • Obama Wants 'No Child Left Behind' Law Overhauled

    The president's proposed changes call for states to adopt standards that ensure students are ready for college or a career rather than grade-level proficiency — the focus of the current law. The...

  • Iran Dismantles U.S.-Backed Opposition Groups

    Iranian officials say that several networks were gathering information on nuclear scientists and finding ways to circumvent Internet controls meant to stymie the opposition. Thirty of their members re...

  • Fallows On The News: Israeli Flap, Health Care

    Israel set off a diplomatic row during a visit by Vice President Joe Biden when it announced new Jewish settlement construction, and Congressional Democrats are hoping to haul health care legislation...

  • Haiti's Geology Slowly Giving Up Its Secrets

    Researchers studying the origin of the recent deadly earthquake have found signs of an actual fault rupture offshore, and figured out what triggered a small tsunami. But not all the causes of the natu...
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USA Today

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SF Chronicle

  • Supervisor Chris Daly moves to pick successor

    District Six is the crazy stew of San Francisco politics. Voters range from the formerly homeless in single-room-occupancy Tenderloin hotels to empty-nesters in million-dollar condos south of Market w...

  • Sacramento hospital welcomes 4 sets of triplets

    A Sacramento County hospital is caring for four sets of triplets for the first time since opening its neonatal intensive care unit two decades ago. Mercy San Juan Medical Center has four sets of tripl...

  • Fiorina assails Washington, Boxer as out of touch

    Senate candidate Carly Fiorina on Saturday attempted to win over California Republicans by attacking two of their strongest dislikes _ incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer and a federal government she say...

  • San Jose mayor urges city workers to take paycuts

    The mayor of San Jose is warning city workers that if they don't agree to take steep cuts in pay and benefits, the city will have to eliminate hundreds of jobs. As San Jose faces its ninth consecutive...

  • Santa Cruz man gets rehearing in Nazi salute

    A federal appeals court granted a new hearing Friday to a homeless-rights advocate who sued the city of Santa Cruz after he was expelled from a City Council meeting for giving a mock Nazi salute to th...
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Washington Post

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Newsvine

  • Obama seeks to overhaul 'No Child Left Behind'

    Instead of requiring schools to meet annual benchmarks, President Barack Obama's plan would encourage school improvement based on a system of incentives for the best schools and teachers.

  • Divided party? It's not just GOP, but also Dems

    For all the evidence of a divided Republican Party, the Democratic Party has its own widening cracks that could make a potentially bleak election year even more dour.

  • Tea Party avoids divisive social issues

    As the Tea Party infuses conservatism with new energy, its leaders deliberately avoid discussion of issues like gay marriage or abortion.

  • U.S. scrambles to save Mideast talks

    Israel's relationship with the U.S., a defining feature of the troubled Middle East, is under severe strain with diplomats trying to save newborn peace talks with the Palestinians.

  • New border war erupts with Mexico cartel rift

    This border city and others near the eastern end of the U.S. border escaped the worst of Mexico's bloody drug war for years, but now the bodies are piling up, several journalists are reportedly missin...
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Truveo Top Video News

  • Fresh clashes in West Bank

    Mar. 13 - Israeli soldiers clash with Palestinian residents and international peace activists in two West Bank locations amid heightened tensions in the region.

  • Weather on the 1s ? March 13, 2010

    Weather on the 1s from the WGN Weather Center...

  • Months after Haiti quake, no permanent homes

    After the earthquake that ravaged Haiti, there is still no permanent shelter for legions of quake survivors. Now, rains loom, which aid workers say could be create another major disaster. (March 12)...

  • City cuts police force

    Budget cuts prompt city of Monticello, Georgia, to eliminate its entire police force. Don Lemon reports.

  • UN / CLINTON (03:59)

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to deliver remarks in honor of the 15th anniversary of the UN world conference on women in Beijing. UNTV...
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The Alantic Current

  • Will It Work?

    The bailout bill has passed. But how will we know if it succeeds? By Robert E. Litan So, will it work? Now that Congress has passed the bailout bill -- an unprecedented riverboat gambl...

  • Low Expectations

    Why should Sarah Palin benefit from the fact that the media expects her to do poorly against Joe Biden? Low expectations might be the secret to happiness, but are they the secret to win...

  • The Chilling Innocence of Piracy

    Somali pirates hijacked a Ukrainian vessel carrying tanks and other military hardware in the Gulf of Aden. U.S. Navy warships have surrounded them. This year alone, pirates have attacke...

  • Getting It

    Barack Obama and John McCain both think they can win the election by accusing the other of not understanding America. In Friday's debate John McCain said six times that Barack Obama do...

  • It Failed

    The bailout crashed, and so did democracy. Democracy is not perfect, and one of its many imperfections is that voters tend to be ignorant. I don't mean to be insulting. There are, after...
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Harpers

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AOL News

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Topix

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Big Picture

  • On the Spot with Kim Jong-il

    The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korea's state-run (and only) news agency, sporadically releases photos of reclusive 69-year-old leader Kim Jong-il as he makes "on-the-spot" guidance visit...

  • Scenes from Kenya

    Kenya remains one of Africa's most developed countries, but has been dealt several setbacks in the past few years. Political and tribal conflicts, unstable neighbors (Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia), and a...

  • Chile, nine days later

    Nine days after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake killed hundreds of people in south-central Chile, relief efforts were beginning to reach those in need, rescue missions became recovery missions, and rebuil...

  • NYC and Las Vegas from above, at night

    Photographer Jason Hawkes, a frequent contributor to the Big Picture blog, returns today, sharing with us some of his latest images of American cities seen from above at night - New York City and Las...

  • Holi 2010

    Last Monday (March 1st), people in India and other countries with large Hindu populations celebrated Holi, the Festival of Colors. A welcoming of Spring, Holi is celebrated as the triumph of good over...
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