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| Transparent TVs and Bendable Phones: CES Rumor Roundup Friday, Jan 04, 2013 09:00 PM PST The Consumer Electronics Show happens every January in Las Vegas: hundreds of thousands of people, acre upon acre of brand new gadgets, and the hopes of tech fans everywhere that something cool will be announced. So what do we expect â€" and what are some of the crazy rumors flying around? Transparent TV Samsung released a [...] Full Story | Top |
| How you can use Facebook to help this leukemia patient find his missing donor Friday, Jan 04, 2013 03:37 PM PST It was literally a one in ten million chance when Paul Zamecnik was matched up with a stem cell donor who could finally help the 53-year-old Virginia man get a sustainable treatment for his leukemia. But after the potential donor failed to show up for his scheduled appointment, Zamecnik has been forced to turn to [...] Full Story | Top |
| NASA’s Curiosity rover finds ‘flower’ on surface of Mars Friday, Jan 04, 2013 02:06 PM PST NASA has released a series of new photos taken by its Curiosity rover that appear to show a “flower†on the surface of Mars. NBCNews.com’s photo blog reports that the photos were taken as part of an effort to capture 360-degree images during Curiosity’s trek through Mars’ Yellowknife Bay. New Jersey-based journalist and photographer Ken [...] Full Story | Top |
| ‘Musician’s worst nightmare’: Vintage Gibson guitar mangled by airline baggage handlers Friday, Jan 04, 2013 01:46 PM PST It was a musician's worst nightmare. At least that's how Dave Schneider, guitarist and singer for Hanukkah-themed rock band The LeeVees, described it when his guitarâ€"a 1965 Gibson ES-335â€"got jammed in an elevator by baggage handlers at a Detroit airport. Schneider was traveling with fellow LeeVees guitarist Adam Gardner from Portland, Maine, to St. Petersburg, [...] Full Story | Top |
| New Congress, old ways: D.C.’s angry politics aren’t going away Friday, Jan 04, 2013 01:45 PM PST As the 113th Congress took the oath of office together this week, newly minted representatives and senators posed with their kids. Democrats celebrated unprecedented diversity at the Capitol (sometimes, ahem, less than completely honestly). Vice President Joe Biden was, well, in fine Biden form. Republican House Speaker John Boehner stirringly told veteran legislators “maybe it’s [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama to pick Hagel for secretary of defense: Reports Friday, Jan 04, 2013 12:33 PM PST President Barack Obama is planning to announce his choice of former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as the next secretary of defense, media outlets reported on Friday. "Several sources close to the process said have told The Cable that the White House and Hagel have been in touch on a regular basis and that Hagel is [...] Full Story | Top |
| Love letters from World War II unearthed in home Friday, Jan 04, 2013 12:27 PM PST Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy A couple remodeling their Detroit home discovered a past resident’s secret history: A treasure trove of love letters from a World War II veteran long before he had married. Hubert Sawyers III and Eliza Sorise-Sawyers came across the stash lodged in a heating [...] Full Story | Top |
| Robbers mistakenly break into KFC, expecting a jewelry store Friday, Jan 04, 2013 12:20 PM PST Somebody took a wrong turn at the deep fryer. A pair of crooks in Australia found themselves in an unusual spot when they attempted to tunnel into a jewelry store but ended up in a KFC restaurant on New Year's Eve. The mishap took place near Brisbane, Australia. Fortunately nobody was hurt. When they saw [...] Full Story | Top |
| Off-duty cops caught egging house of superior officer Friday, Jan 04, 2013 10:08 AM PST Cops these days. It's like they have no respect for authority. Last month, several off-duty police officers were caught egging the home of a superior officer in a small Massachusetts town. The MetroWest Daily News has the details. Initially, police from Framingham suspected dastardly teenagers of the shenanigans. Imagine their surprise when they pulled over [...] Full Story | Top |
| Nancy Pelosi defends doctored photo of women in the new Congress Friday, Jan 04, 2013 09:40 AM PST  As part of the festivities marking the first day of the 113th Congress, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi organized a photo op on Thursday with female Democratic lawmakers on the Capitol steps to mark the historic number of women in the new Congress. Temperatures that morning were below freezing, and after several minutes of waiting [...] Full Story | Top |
| Soldiers marry at airport, then depart for separate deployments Friday, Jan 04, 2013 09:31 AM PST The bride and groom wore matching Army fatigues, short haircuts and huge grins. The couple, Army Pvts. Caitlin Murray and Sean Whitney, wed at the Albany International Airport in New York on Thursday, before catching flights to separate military assignments. The wedding ceremony, reported by the Albany Times Union, was short and sweet, and pulled [...] Full Story | Top |
| War is over: Imaginary ‘Bicholim Conflict’ page removed from Wikipedia after five years Friday, Jan 04, 2013 09:28 AM PST A 17th Century international conflict has finally been laid to rest, nearly 400 years after it never happened. Wait a second. Are you feeling confused? A fascinating new story in the Daily Dot chronicles how for more than five years, rogue editors on Wikipedia perpetuated a hoax about the “Bicholim Conflict,†a purely fictional historical [...] Full Story | Top |
| House approves funding for Sandy insurance claims Friday, Jan 04, 2013 08:25 AM PST Still under pressure to provide federal aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy, the House on Friday voted to increase the borrowing limit for the National Flood Insurance Program, which will pay out 140,000 insurance claims for property damage. The federal program offers subsidized insurance plans to homeowners who live near the nation's coasts, and it [...] Full Story | Top |
| Bloomberg: Media need to rethink gun violence coverage Friday, Jan 04, 2013 07:15 AM PST NEW YORKâ€"New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the media need to improve their coverage of gun violence, arguing the press pays attention to gun-related deaths only after mass shootings. In an interview with NBC’s Jimmy Fallon, Bloomberg called the Dec. 14 shooting that killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., [...] Full Story | Top |
| Barney Frank: ‘Coach, put me in’ as Kerry’s successor Friday, Jan 04, 2013 06:14 AM PST Maybe we haven't seen the last of Barney Frank in the halls of Congress. Frank, who retired this week after 32 years in the House, revealed on Friday that he told Gov. Deval Patrick he would be interested in serving temporarily as Massachusetts Democratic Sen. John Kerry's successor. "I've told the governor that I would [...] Full Story | Top |
| Unemployment rate stays at 7.8 percent, job numbers slightly up Friday, Jan 04, 2013 05:45 AM PST The U.S. unemployment rate remained largely unchanged at 7.8 percent in the month of December, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly report, released on Friday morning. The number of unemployed remained at 12.2 million, which included 4.8 million long-term unemployed. Those in that category accounted for 38.1 percent of unemployed Americans overall. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Sotomayor to become first Hispanic to administer oath of office Friday, Jan 04, 2013 05:37 AM PST Vice President Joe Biden selected Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to conduct his inaugural swearing-in, the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Friday, making her the first Hispanic asked to do the job. "It's an incredible honor to have Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor swear me in," Biden said in a statement. "I believed strongly that she would make [...] Full Story | Top |
| Weekend in politics: Sandy aid vote, jobs report, and more Friday, Jan 04, 2013 03:52 AM PST The House will vote Friday on a $9 billion portion of the $60.4 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package passed earlier by the Senate. Republican House Speaker John Boehner originally declined to bring the aid package to a vote Tuesday night and that sparked a backlash from Republican and Democratic politicians from New York and New [...] Full Story | Top |
| Storm-ravaged Staten Islanders angry over stalled Sandy aid Friday, Jan 04, 2013 01:58 AM PST Congress isn't exactly winning popularity contests anywhere in America, but in New York's storm-ravaged borough of Staten Island, its name is mud. Republican House Speaker John Boehner declined to bring a $60.4 billion aid package for people hit by Superstorm Sandy to a vote on Tuesday night, sparking a backlash from both Republican and Democratic [...] Full Story | Top |
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