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Lee stalls off La. coast, brings torrential rain Slow-moving Tropical Storm Lee brought torrential rains to the Louisiana coast on Saturday as the heart of the storm approached New Orleans. Far-right protesters ignore UK ban on marches Ignoring a government ban on marches in London, hundreds of far-right activists held a protest in the capital on Saturday and some clashed with police. Many US schools adding iPads, trimming textbooks For incoming freshmen at western Connecticut's suburban Brookfield High School, hefting a backpack weighed down with textbooks is about to give way to tapping out notes and flipping electronic pages on a glossy iPad tablet computer. Too sexy for Stalin: Russians embrace oar girl statue The artist may have been a favorite of Stalin, but Ivan Shadr's statue "Girl With an Oar" proved too sexy for the Soviet dictator. Video: Grim job report hangs over upcoming Obama address Coming off of a poor U.S. jobs report for August, many in Washington, D.C., are wondering what will be included in President Obama's upcoming address on the economy. NBC’s Mike Viqueira reports. (msnbc tv) Vatican rejects Irish parliament child abuse rebuke The Vatican rejected on Saturday accusations from the Irish parliament that it had sought to cover up child sex abuse by its priests and undermine child protection laws. Video: U.S. hopes to counter cash cards in war on terror Msnbc.com's Alex Johnson explains why pre-paid cash cards make tracing terrorists' money trails extremely difficult and how it could have hindered 9/11 investigations. (msnbc tv) Four bodies found after Chile plane crash Chilean rescuers and fishermen found four bodies and aircraft wreckage on Saturday after an air force plane with 21 people aboard lost contact off the remote Juan Fernandez islands, officials said. PHT: After enforcer suicides, should NHL end fighting? Video: Tractor seized after farmer's DWI Police say a confrontation with neighbors led to the arrest of a Minnesota man, who was charged with fourth-degree driving while impaired. KTTC's Katie Lange reports. (NBC News) Norway: Polar bear makes unexpected boat visit A Norwegian boat crew recently had an unexpected wake-up call when a full-grown polar bear climbed aboard their anchored ship for a 30-minute-long sniff around the deck. High surf to pound Calif. beaches into holiday Powerful surf will keep pounding California beaches into the Labor Day weekend, forecasters say, creating dangerous swimming conditions for the crowds expected to flock to the ocean for the holiday. NC man convicted of killing 8 at nursing home A North Carolina man was convicted Saturday of second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of eight people at a nursing home in 2009, meaning he will not be eligible for the death penalty. Pakistani Taliban claim holding 30 abducted boys The Pakistani Taliban said Saturday they are holding around 30 Pakistani boys who were abducted three days ago after being lured across the border into Afghanistan. Video: Plane passenger thwarts burglary â€" at his house Steve Lynn, a Texas man who called police to report a burglary he spotted from the low-flying Cessna in which he was a passenger, says he couldn’t believe what he was seeing as he flew over the scene of the crime â€" his own home. (TODAY) NYT: India scans 2.4 billion eyes â€" and future Across the sprawling, chaotic nation of India, workers are creating what will be the world’s largest biometric database, a mind-bogglingly complex collection of 1.2 billion identities. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032091/device/rss/rss.xml

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