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9/11 firefighters have higher cancer risk Male firefighters who were exposed to toxic dust and smoke from the 9/11 attacks on New York's World Trade Center have a 19 percent higher risk of getting cancer of all kinds than colleagues who were not exposed, U.S. researchers said Thursday. PFT: Obama promises speech will end before kickoff Video: Crews still working to restore power in the Northeast Thousands in the Northeast are still without electricity following tropical storm Irene. But crews working to get the lights back on say their work is made more difficult by an old infrastructure. NBC’s Anne Thompson reports. (Nightly News) Sewer smell, dust follow Irene flooding, mud Millions of Northeast residents remained mired in mud, stuck in the dark or both â€" some so upset with the pace of power coming back after Irene that officials deployed police to protect utility crews. Apollo 18 in fiction and fact Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The movie "Apollo 18" supposedly tells the tale of a murky military mission to the moon, but the real story of Apollo 18 can get just as murky. Tropical warnings for US Gulf coast over storm New Orleans initiated emergency procedures after forecasters warned that a weather system in the Gulf could dump up to 10 inches on the flood-prone city, and up to 20 inches elsewhere. Starz walks out on Netflix streaming talks Starz Entertainment said it had ended talks with Netflix over rewewing an agreement to stream Starz content, after the two failed to reach a deal. Video: Student discovers asteroids A university student makes an astronomical discovery so grand she may have an asteroid named for her. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.  (TODAY) US marks first casualty-free month in Iraq since 2003 3 boys forced on blister-filled, waterless hikes An Indiana man is accused of forcing his three young grandsons on brutal hikes at the Grand Canyon, beating them, making them walk on ulcerated blisters, denying them food and water and pushing them to run up the trail under the intense sun. Was this the face of Jack the Ripper? Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: A reconstruction of a murderer's face has reawakened interest in one of the world's most famous unsolved mysteries: Who was the serial killer behind Britain's "Jack the Ripper" murders in 1888? Gulf Coast beaches rebound 1 year after oil spill Beach towns from Alabama through the Florida Panhandle have had a strong summer 2011 rebound after a 2010 marred by tar balls, crude oil sheen, and cleanup crews and equipment ruining the views for any would-be sunbathers. UN: Israel blockade legal, flotilla force 'excessive' A long-awaited U.N. report on an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound ship that killed nine Turks declares that Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip was legal, but that the Jewish state used unreasonable force. Did Perry sideline a foe opposed to waste site? Texas governor Rick Perry tried to sideline a state commissioner who opposed expanding the scope of a nuclear-waste landfill owned by one of the governor's biggest political donors, Reuters has learned. Live updates from college football openers PFT: Johnson, Titans agree on $53 million deal PFT: Star running back Chris Johnson and the Titans have agreed ona four-year deal worth $53 million, $30 million guaranteed. Formal Peru murder charges for Van der Sloot Peruvian prosecutors have formally charged Joran van der Sloot with first-degree murder in last year's killing of a university student the defendant met at a Lima casino. They are seeking a 30-year jail sentence. 9/11 coloring book draws controversy A new coloring book about the Sept. 11 terrorist attack is drawing criticism for its portrayal of Muslims; one child psychology expert says there are better ways to help kids understand the tragedy. Video: Man who amputated toes: It was “my only way out alive” Colorado logger Jon Hutt saved his life by cutting off his own toes when a piece of heavy machinery fell on his foot.  NBC’s Miguel Almaguer reports. (TODAY) Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032091/device/rss/rss.xml

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