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GOP race crowded, uncertain following debate The state of the GOP race remains crowded and uncertain, with the fresh threat of new players stepping on stage to rewrite the script and bump already declared candidates off their marks. Video: GOP candidates trade shots at Iowa debate The gloves came off at Thursday’s Republican presidential debate in Iowa. NBC’s Chuck Todd reports. (TODAY) Video: Bachmann: We need a president who’s a fighter U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., talks to TODAY’s Lester Holt about her presidential run, Thursday’s Republican debate in Iowa and the controversial photo of her on the latest Newsweek cover. (TODAY) US pays for empty flights to rural airports Some days, the pilots with Great Lakes Airlines fire up an aircraft at the Ely, Nev., airport and depart for Las Vegas without a single passenger. And the federal government for it. Portrait of rioters emerges in UK court cases Portraits of those accused of violence, disorder and looting began to emerge Friday after another day of round-the-clock court hearings in major British cities for alleged offenders in the country's worst unrest in decades. Meet the boy with the backward leg When 10-year-old Dugan Smith learned he'd need to have part of his right leg amputated due to bone cancer, he feared he'd never play baseball again. But thanks to an unusual surgical treatment he can, with the help of one healthy leg â€" and one backward leg. 'Gladiators' arrested outside Rome's Colosseum Some 20 "gladiators" and "centurions" have been arrested outside some of Rome's most famous tourist sites, in an undercover sting by police aimed at breaking up a violent racket, according to reports. Scholars seek to correct 'mistakes' in Bible A dull-looking chart projected on the wall of a university office in Jerusalem displayed a revelation that would startle many readers of the Old Testament: The sacred text that people revered in the past was not the same one we study today. US troops return to Afghan 'Valley of Death' Just months after pulling out of a remote slice of eastern Afghanistan dubbed the "Valley of Death," U.S. troops are back reinforcing their once-abandoned bases in the area. Pit bull mauls pregnant woman to death A pregnant northern California woman was mauled to death by her pet pit bull, which was later shot and killed, reports say. theGrio: Hardships remain for the real-life 'Help' in US Is your ISP cheating you out of bandwidth? Tests conducted for the Federal Communications Commission indicate that consumers aren't necessarily getting all the broadband Internet access that they're paying for. Msnbc.com's Bob Sullivan has the story in the latest installment of the Red Tape Chronicles. Giant tent to go up over Japan nuclear reactor The operator of Japan's damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is building a huge tent to cover one of the worst-hit reactors, officials said Friday. Calif. teen dies after fall on Yosemite hiking trail A teenager has died at a hospital after suffering head injuries in a fall at Yosemite National Park, in a deadly year for visitors to the nature reserve, authorities said Thursday. Defense: Drop charges in Rutgers spy case Lawyers for a former Rutgers student accused of spying on his roommate's same-sex liaison with a webcam have asked a court to drop charges against him, saying there's no evidence he ever watched the footage. Short-selling banned in 4 European countries France, Italy, Spain and Belgium are banning short-selling on select stocks amid efforts to calm market turmoil that has sent bank shares gyrating wildly and aggravated worries about Europe's huge debts. Cop arrested for DUI â€" while driving to funeral Authorities say two Colorado police officers took a wild, drunken ride through Wyoming on their way to a funeral in South Dakota. Warrant singer Jani Lane found dead His body was found at the Comfort Inn in Woodland Hills, but no cause of death has been released. First vampire bat bite death in U.S. reported In case you needed any proof that vampires aren’t nearly as sexy as Pam on “True Blood,” the United States has now recorded its first death from a vampire bat bite. Denali National Park considers crowd control Denali National Park and Preserve gets 400,000 visitors in the summer season, but it has just one road. And the annual number of vehicles allowed in the park is bumping against the maximum. 'Deserved to get shot,' sibling reportedly tells cops A woman caught with her two brothers after a nationwide manhunt told Colorado authorities she "deserved to get shot," according to an arrest affidavit. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032091/device/rss/rss.xml

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