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The 'Mushy Middle' Is Tricky Ground for Both Obama, McCain

Last Updated: 12:30 PM 07/03/08 - With their parties' nominations secured, democrat Barack Obama and republican John McCain are courting those elusive voters in “the middle.” (Full Story)
Uncle and Former Stepfather Facing Charges in Death of VT Girl

Last Updated: 12:20 PM 07/03/08 - A 12-year-old girl's uncle and former stepfather are both facing charges in Vermont after her body was discovered by police. (Full Story)
Employers Cut Jobs for Sixth Straight Month
Last Updated: 12:15 PM 07/03/08 - Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June. It's the sixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring the economy's fragile state. (Full Story)
Freed Americans Go Home

Last Updated: 10:27 AM 07/03/08 - Three U.S. Military contractors are back in America and reunited with their families this morning. (Full Story)
Georgia Teen Charged After Thrown-Baby Video Online

Last Updated: 10:05 AM 07/03/08 - A south Georgia teenager is charged with child cruelty after an online video showed a young man launching a baby several feet across a room.
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Justice Department Eyes Race Profiling For Terror Probes

Last Updated: 9:21 AM 07/03/08 - The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing. (Full Story)
TODAY SHOW: Limbaugh Reportedly Gets $400 Million Contract

Last Updated: 7:59 AM 07/03/08 - Conservative talk radio commentator Rush Limbaugh has reportedly recieved a record breaking 8 year contract. (Full Story)
MSNBC: Woman Arrested For Driving With Child on Hood of Car

Last Updated: 7:37 AM 07/03/08 - A mother that allowed her ten year old son and friend to "car surf" is facing serious charges after the boy is hospitalized with critical injuries. (Full Story)
MSNBC: KY Woman Arrested for Trading Sex for Gasoline

Last Updated: 7:33 AM 07/03/08 - A Kentucky woman has been arrested after trading sexual favors for a $100 gas card. (Full Story)
MSNBC: The Body of Missing VT Girl Found
Last Updated: 7:28 AM 07/03/08 - The body of a missing Vermont girl has been found buried not too far from her uncle's house. (Full Story)
TODAY SHOW: Airport Screening Device Can See Through Clothes

Last Updated: 7:24 AM 07/03/08 - A new security device to be used at airports will allow screeners to see through people's clothes.
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Newsom Exploring Run For Governor
Last Updated: 1:11 PM 07/02/08 - The mayor of San Francisco has his eye on another job.
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Some Tickets, Some Warnings On First Day Of New Laws
Last Updated: 12:19 PM 07/02/08 - Millions of California motorists are trying to get used to driving empty-handed, at least where cell phones are concerned. (Full Story)
Florida Execution is First Since Botched Procedure
Last Updated: 9:40 AM 07/02/08 - Florida has carried out the state's first execution since a botched lethal injection procedure prompted a moratorium and an investigation. (Full Story)
McCain Meets Colombian President Uribe

Last Updated: 9:03 AM 07/02/08 - Republican presidential candidate John McCain says he's urged Colombia's president to do better on human rights.
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Man Accused Of Killing 8 Captured While Smoking Outside A Bar

Last Updated: 8:59 AM 07/02/08 - A man suspected of killing eight people in two states was smoking a cigarette outside an Illinois tavern when he was captured.
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Bush Says Housing Deal Possible
Last Updated: 8:14 AM 07/02/08 - President Bush is expressing confidence that he will reach a deal with congress on a housing rescue plan but is prodding lawmakers to show “less politics.” (Full Story)
MSNBC: Man Gets Bionic Arms after Fireworks Mishap
Last Updated: 9:07 AM 07/02/08 - After losing both arms in a fireworks explosion, a West Virginia Man becomes the first person to use two bionic arms. (Full Story)
Reforms Promised After Woman Dies on Floor of Psych Ward

Last Updated: 7:31 AM 07/02/08 - Officials promise to make changes at the psychiatric ward at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, after workers ignored a dying woman on the floor. (Full Story)
TODAY SHOW: Starbucks to close 600 stores

Last Updated: 6:48 AM 07/02/08 - In response to declining sales, Starbucks is looking to close 600 of it's retail locations. (Full Story)
UPDATE: YouTube Video Lands Teen in Trouble for Bouncing Baby

Last Updated: 6:51 AM 07/02/08 - A shocking video posted on the Internet has landed a Georgia teenager in a heap of trouble. (Full Story)
California Fires Crowding Doctors' Offices

Last Updated: 12:14 AM 07/02/08 - California’s raging wildfires have created a smoky haze so stifling that doctors say their waiting rooms have been crowded with patients struggling to breathe. (Full Story)
Obama To Support Expanding Bush's Faith Based Programs
Last Updated: 2:07 PM 07/01/08 - Barack Obama wants to expand a Bush administration program making religious charities eligible for federal funds.
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General Clark Says Obama Had No Part in His Comments On McCain
Last Updated: 1:46 PM 07/01/08 - Wesley Clark says Barack Obama played no part in remarks the retired general made about John McCain's qualifications to be president. (Full Story)
Gas Prices Continue to Rise
Last Updated: 12:26 PM 07/01/08 - The price for gasoline continues to climb. (Full Story)
Woman Accused of Cutting Out Baby Held Without Bond

Last Updated: 9:35 AM 07/01/08 - A woman accused of fatally stabbing a pregnant woman and cutting the nearly full-term baby from her womb is jailed without bond and has a court appearance tomorrow. (Full Story)
TODAY SHOW: Batman Reunion
Last Updated: 8:32 AM 07/01/08 - In honor of the re-release of the original 1960's Batman film, Adam West and Lee Meriwhether meet on the Today Show. (Full Story)
TODAY SHOW: Mental Patient Left to Die on NYC Emergency Room Floor

Last Updated: 8:10 AM 07/01/08 - A mental ill woman dies after being left in Brooklyn emergency room for over 24 hours. (Full Story)
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS: New Milk Packaging Causing Concerns

Last Updated: 8:11 AM 07/01/08 - Sam's Club and Costco are selling milk with a redesigned container. But is it more trouble than it's worth? (Full Story)
TODAY SHOW: Girl Survives Bear Mauling

Last Updated: 7:59 AM 07/01/08 - A teenage girl is in critical condition after getting mauled by a bear while riding her bike in the woods. TODAY’s Matt Lauer talks to three of the men who saved her life (Full Story)
9 Young Hikers Rescued From Western NY Gorge
Last Updated: 1:09 PM 06/30/08 - A helicopter has saved nine young hikers from a ledge in a Western New York gorge where they spent the night after getting stranded. (Full Story)
Medicare Fees to Doctors Won't Fall Tomorrow
Last Updated: 12:48 PM 06/30/08 - The Bush administration is freezing a scheduled 10-percent fee cut for doctors who treat Medicare patients. That gives Congress time to stop the cuts after the July 4th recess. (Full Story)
Oil Punches Through $143
Last Updated: 12:44 PM 06/30/08 - Oil prices have surged above $143 a barrel for the first time ever today. (Full Story)
Prices Spike; 9 in 10 See Rising Gas Prices Causing Family Hardship
Last Updated: 12:30 PM 06/30/08 - Oil prices have spiked above $143 a barrel for the first time, while the nationwide average for a gallon of regular unleaded approaches $4.09 per gallon according to AAA and the oil price information service. (Full Story)
Obama: I Will Never Question Others' Patriotism
Last Updated: 12:25 PM 06/30/08 - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he will never question others' patriotism during the race, and blames his own “carelessness” for some criticism of him so far. (Full Story)
Bear Rescued From Drowning
Last Updated: 10:22 AM 06/30/08 - A Florida black bear is lucky to be back on dry land after a weekend swim in the Gulf of Mexico. (Full Story)
6 Die As Medical Helicopters Collide Over Arizona

Last Updated: 3:22 PM 06/30/08 - A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman now says six people are dead after two medical helicopters collided in mid-air in Arizona. (Full Story)
9 Dead in Separate Small Plane Crashes

Last Updated: 10:05 PM 06/29/08 - At least nine people are dead after two small plane crashes in Alabama and New Mexico.
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Firefighters in Stalemate Against Calif. Wildfires

Last Updated: 10:01 PM 06/29/08 - Firefighters are making slow progress against more than 1,000 wildfires throughout northern California as the region braces for more lightning storms. (Full Story)
St. Louis Awaiting Mississippi Crest

Last Updated: 9:56 PM 06/29/08 - Crests on the Mississippi from the recent flooding are expected Monday in St. Louis and later in the week in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Full Story)
Poll: Schools Emphasize Wrong Subjects
Last Updated: 1:54 PM 06/27/08 - Most Americans think schools are putting too much emphasis on the wrong subjects. (Full Story)
MSNBC: Do Public Surveillance Cameras Work?
Last Updated: 7:34 AM 06/27/08 - The evidence against the usefulness of video cameras grow as their use increases. (Full Story)
VIDEO: Woman Selling Home, Hand in Marriage on EBay
Last Updated: 7:27 AM 06/27/08 - A Florida woman is selling her home and throwing in her hand in marriage at the same time. (Full Story)
TODAY SHOW: Evidence of Life on Mars?
Last Updated: 7:21 AM 06/27/08 - A soil sample taken from the Mars Rover shows that life is possible on Mars. (Full Story)
Other Suits Expected, Now That DC Gun Ban Is Struck Down

Last Updated: 12:52 AM 06/27/08 - Gun-rights groups have already filed a lawsuit against Chicago’s handgun ban -- after a similar ban in Washington, D.C. was struck down by the Supreme Court. (Full Story)
Los Padres Forest Fire Moving Closer To Big Sur
Last Updated: 2:12 PM 06/26/08 - More dry lightning is expected at the end of the week in California, where fire crews are already up against hundreds of lightning-sparked wildfires. (Full Story)
Settlement in NY Lawsuit Over NBC'S 'Predator'
Last Updated: 12:51 PM 06/26/08 - NBC may not be catching any more predators for a while.
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More Rain in Midwest
Last Updated: 12:45 PM 06/26/08 - Severe thunderstorms rattled northern Missouri early today threatening to add even more rain to the swollen, flooding Mississippi river. (Full Story)
Jobless Claims Hold Steady
Last Updated: 8:51 AM 06/26/08 - New filings for unemployment benefits held steady last week but were still at a high level, pointing to a cooler jobs market. (Full Story)
Update: Bush Administration Lifting North Korea Sanctions
Last Updated: 8:47 AM 06/26/08 - President Bush is lifting key trade sanctions against North Korea and removing it from the list of nations that the U.S. Says sponsor terrorism. (Full Story)
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