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Sunday, August 21, 2011

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Gadhafi says he'll stay in Tripoli 'until the end'

    Libyans celebrate reports that rebels have attacked Tripoli early Sunday in Benghazi, Libya.Hundreds of euphoric Libyan rebels pushed to the western outskirts of Tripoli without meeting any resistance after they overran a major military base that defends the capital on Sunday




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Video: Libyan rebels, Gadhafi forces clash in Tripoli

    Aug. 21: Rebels clash with Moammar Gadhafi loyalists and stage large anti-government protests around Tripoli. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports; and then, Msnbc's Thomas Roberts talks with military analyst Gen. Barry McCaffrey. (Other)Rebels clash with Moammar Gadhafi loyalists and stage large anti-government protests around Tripoli. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports; and then, Msnbc's Thomas Roberts talks with military analyst Gen. Barry McCaffrey. (msnbc tv)




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GOP may OK tax hike that Obama hopes to block

    President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Obama cited the payroll tax in his weekend radio and Internet address Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, when he urged Congress to work together on measures that help the economy and create jobs. "There are things we can do right now that will mean more customers for businesses and more jobs across the country. We can cut payroll taxes again, so families have an extra $1,000 to spend," he said. Many of the same Republicans who fought hammer-and-tong to keep the George W. Bush-era income tax cuts from expiring on schedule are now saying a different "temporary" tax cut should end as planned.




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Video: Daniels: ‘Ought not rule anything out’ in solving deficit

    Aug. 21: Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN) discussed the possibility of raising taxes along with cutting spending to solve the deficit crisis. He didn’t rule it out, but did say “we should address our economic issues… without at least raising tax rates” but addressing loopholes and other issues.  (Meet the Press)Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN) discussed the possibility of raising taxes along with cutting spending to solve the deficit crisis. He didn’t rule it out, but did say “we should address our economic issues… without at least raising tax rates” but addressing loopholes and other issues. (Meet the Press)




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Norway remembers 77 killed in massacre

    Survivors and their relatives of the July 22 attack visit the island of Utoya in Norway on Aug. 20. Up to 1,000 survivors and relatives were expected on Utoya island, accompanied by police and medical staff, to face the painful memories of the shooting spree by a right-wing extremist. Flags flew at half-staff as people lay flowers and children blew soap bubbles outside the cathedral in Norway's capital Sunday to pay tribute to the 77 people killed in last month's bombing and shooting massacre by a right-wing extremist.




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Report: Prosecutor to drop Strauss-Kahn case

    Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his wife Anne Sinclair leave their temporary Manhattan residence in New York on July 6.Prosecutors will ask a judge to dismiss all charges in the sexual assault case against former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn at a court hearing on Tuesday, the New York Post reported on Sunday, citing unnamed sources.




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Investors should ready for another wild week
    The historic swings in the stock market have investors struggling to figure out where equities may be headed next. Only one thing seems clear: The volatility is far from over.

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Companies are hiring â€" just not hiring you
    With the jobless rate still above 9 percent, the untapped labor pool is deep. Yet some companies struggle to find qualified applicants.

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Who is going to church? Not who you think

    Church attendance has declined among whites since the early 1970s, and the rate of decline has been more than twice as high for those who earn low incomes and are less educated.Who is filling the pews in American churches? It is increasingly likely that they won’t be working class white people, according to new research.




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Hypnosis as health care quietly gains ground
    Over the last decade, more and more research shows there are benefits of hypnosis for medical problems.

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Tropical Storm Irene heads toward Puerto Rico 
    Tropical Storm Irene barreled toward Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday, packing heavy rains and winds that closed airports and flooded low-lying areas in the Leeward Islands.

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Clinton: US disappointed by hikers' sentence
    Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the U.S. is "deeply disappointed" that Iran has sentenced two American to eight years in prison after their conviction on charges of espionage and illegal entry.

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Pope urges youth to spread the faith

    Pilgrims greet Pope Benedict XVI in his vehicle as he arrives at Cuatro Vientos, near to Madrid, Spain, Sunday, on Aug. 21. The Pontiff was in Spain for a four-day visit on the occasion of the Catholic Church's World Youth Day. More than one million young pilgrims participated in the event, authorities said. Pope Benedict XVI urged more than a million young people to become missionaries for the faith Sunday, giving them words of encouragement as he concluded the church's youth festival.




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Preacher accused of raping women behind church

    The trailer behind the Freedom Free Will Baptist Church in Ladson, S.C., where former pastor Dale Richardsonof Summerville is alleged to have sexually assaulted two womenA South Carolina pastor has been charged with kidnapping and raping three women at gunpoint, including two who say they were assaulted in a trailer behind the church.




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With HP tablet dead, who can challenge Apple?
    The sudden demise of Hewlett-Packard's webOS TouchPad after just seven weeks on shelves was a reminder of how tech giants have failed so far to take a bite out of Apple's iPad.

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Senator: Deactivating cellphones can deter theft
    New York Sen. Charles Schumer says cellphone carriers can effectively put an end to a spike in phone thefts by deactivating the phones themselves instead of their data storage or SIM cards.

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Coast Guard struggling to update its aging fleet

    U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr., center, gets a tour of the new Coast Guard National Security Cutter Stratton in Pascagoula, Miss.  Nearly a decade into a 25-year, $24.2 billion overhaul intended to add more than 250 vessels to its aging fleet, the Coast Guard has two new ships to show after spending $7 billion-plus.




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Police seek suspects in shootings after Raiders-49ers
    Police sought suspects Sunday after gunfire erupted the night before in a stadium parking lot following a San Francisco 49ers NFL preseason game, injuring two men, including one victim who was wearing a "F--- the Niners" T-shirt.

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