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Landlord Uncle Sam wants to sell foreclosures Washington is sitting on nearly a third of the nation’s 800,000 repossessed houses, the result of record numbers of people defaulting on government-backed mortgages. Wildfire destroys 476 homes near Austin, Texas At least 5,000 people were forced from their homes in the county about 25 miles east of Austin, many of them fearing the worst while spending the night in emergency shelters. Video: Winds fuel deadly Texas wildfires Hundreds of homes have been destroyed in the Austin area as firefighters struggle to contain a blaze that has already claimed two lives. NBC’s Jay Gray reports. (Nightly News) GOP candidates vow to carry tea-party banner Five Republican presidential hopefuls pledged their faith in free markets and the Constitution at a campaign forum for conservatives on Monday. Obama says Congress must pass jobs program President Barack Obama said Monday that congressional Republicans must put their country ahead of their party and vote to create new jobs as he used a boisterous rally to aim a partisan barb at the opposition. Bachmann campaign chief Rollins leaves post Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann's campaign manager, Ed Rollins, and his deputy are leaving their roles, Rollins said on Monday, adding he would remain in a senior advisory position. Video: Tropical Storm Lee drenches South As the storm moves away from the Gulf Coast, Atlanta is the latest and largest city to feel the effects of Lee, which has brought heavy winds and tornadoes to the region.  In Mississippi, the storm turned deadly when one man was swept away by the floodwaters. NBC’s Mike Seidel reports. (Nightly News) Lee's torrential remnants turn deadly in Miss. The slow-moving remnants of Tropical Storm Lee dumped rain across the South and whipped up twisters that damaged dozens of Georgia homes as the system pushed farther inland on Monday. One death was reported, and at least one person was injured. Libyan spy files detail Gadhafi regime's collapse Intelligence documents show how an authoritarian regime using all its means failed to quash an armed rebellion largely fueled by hatred of its tools of control. Djokovic starts slow, but reaches US Open quarters Top-ranked Novak Djokovic survived a marathon tiebreaker then cruised the rest of the way to beat Alexandr Dolgopolov in the fourth round of the U.S. Open. Tick-borne parasite infecting U.S. blood supply A tick-borne infection known as Babesiosis, which can cause severe disease and even death, is becoming a growing threat to the U.S. blood supply, government researchers said Monday. Iranian Internet users were victim to spying: report About 300,000 Internet users in Iran have been spied on last month by one or several hackers who stole security certificates from a Dutch IT firm, a report presented by the Dutch government said on Monday. New swine flu strain infects two more children Two more cases of a new strain of swine flu were confirmed Monday by Pennsylvania officials. Both are connected to an agricultural fair in southwestern Pennsylvania and bring the total number of reported cases to four. Fishermen face the most dangerous work in US If your work day sometimes seems to consist of nothing but boring meetings, coffee spills, and computer glitches, consider yourself lucky. Factory-like mills feed NYC heroin market Authorities say more abuse by a broader customer base has taken a devastating human toll that's difficult to measure. Man killed in plane collision with girlfriend A pilot was communicating by radio with her boyfriend before their planes collided in the air over Alaska last week, killing him, a federal investigator said. PHT: Vancouver rips NHL over Stanley Cup riots PHT: City council says league "has no approach, no policy" when it comes to handling potential problems, but since when is that an NHL issue? Video: Parents of missing student write, ‘You know where she is’ Three months after the disappearance of Indiana University student Lauren Spierer, her parents, Robert and Charlene Spierer, talk about actions they are taking to find their daughter. (TODAY) Video: Obama job plan hopes to ‘energize,’ says Secretary of Labor U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis talks about President Obama’s job plan, which he hopes will invigorate both Republicans and Democrats to support this push for job creation. (TODAY) Video: GOP candidates have ‘zero faith, ’ in Obama job plan Republican candidates gather in South Carolina to take aim at the president’s handling of the economy and as Obama preps for Thursday’s much-anticipated address on job creation. NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell reports. (TODAY) Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032091/device/rss/rss.xml

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