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Video Federal gov. reviewing solitary confinement
The Federal Bureau of Prisons is reviewing the frequency and fairness of solitary confinement in all federal prisons. A rollback on "solitary" is already underway in some states. Randall Pinkston reports on the impact the rollback is having on ...
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Video Did the WH know about IRS targeting
New questions are being raised concerning if anyone in the White House was aware of IRS targeting of conservative groups. Margaret Brennan reports on the new evidence that's heating up the ...
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Video NTSB investigating Conn. train collision
During rush hour in Connecticut, two commuter trains collided, sending 72 passengers to the hospital. The tracks are now closed while the NTSB investigates. And as Don Dahler reports, it's creating a travel ...
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Video More dangerous weather ahead for Midwest
Parts of the plains and Midwest are under the threat of severe weather, including possible tornadoes. Jim Axelrod speaks with CBS News weather consultant David Bernard about what to expect in the coming ...
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Video How Code Red saved lives during tornadoes
The town of Granbury, Texas, was hit hardest by a string of 16 deadly tornadoes that struck the state. Anna Werner reports how the city's "Code Red" warning system helped kept residents ...
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Big dreams as Powerball jackpot soars to $600 million
Powerball fever is sweeping the nation. In 43 states, people are plunking down their hard-earned cash for a chance at winning $600 million, the largest drawing in Powerball history. NBC's Brian Mooar ...
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Tornado risk increases in the Plains
Tornado watches are already in effect until late Saturday for parts of Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. And forecasters say this violent storm system could stretch into the Midwest Sunday. The Weather Channel's Kim Cunningham ...
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Plains states on edge under tornado watches
Tornado watches are already in effect until late Saturday for parts of Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. And forecasters say this violent storm system could stretch into the Midwest Sunday. The Weather Channel's Kim Cunningham ...
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Car drives into crowd at parade
southwest virginia today, at least 50 people were injured during an annual parade celebrating the appalachain trail. it happened in damascus, virginia, near the tennessee border. witnesses say an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in that parade. officials said the driver may have had some kind ...
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Can Jodi Arias escape death penalty
Legal analyst Lisa Green and criminal defense attorney Jay Fahy join MSNBC's Alex Witt to break down the Jodi Arias case, focusing on what could happen if Jodi Arias takes the stand and the mitigating factors that she should mention to avoid the death ...
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Video Final countdown to record Powerball jackpot
Excitement is growing as the drawing nears for the record-setting Powerball jackpot. Carter Evans reports from California, the latest player to join the multi-state lottery, where residents are buying up 10,000 tickets every ...
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Parking fees fight at Calif. state beaches heat up
A surfer carries his board at the San Clemente State Beach in San Clemente, Calif., Wednesday, May 15, 2013. In search of new revenue, the state parks system is eyeing new parking fees for parts of the Northern California shoreline or considering hiking rates to visit popular beaches south of Los Angeles during peak periods. (AP Photo/Jae C. ...
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Federal report documents inmate sex abuse in US
In response to a federal court order, Gov. Jerry Brown pushed a novel approach through the Legislature two years ago to dramatically reduce California's prison ...
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Jet-set Miami developers entangled in legal drama over private jet
For sale: a $12.6 million Bombardier Challenger jet presumably grounded at the Opa-locka Airport.At a price around $7.5 million, it comes stocked with china glasses, monogrammed hand towels and pillows, a mini-bar, and a lap top of navigational charts.It also carries some awful hefty baggage. The private aircraft is the source of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case and a long-running legal battle ...
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Oxbow upsets Orb in Preakness
BALTIMORE – Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb's bid to capture the Triple Crown. Oxbow led from start to finish. It was the sixth Preakness victory for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas and 15th Triple Crown win, the most in horse racing history. "I get paid to spoil dreams," Lukas said in an interview with NBC moments after the race. Orb finished fourth. The ...
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CHALLENGE FOR DEMSSenate Campaigns Marked By Internal Battles
Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota -- showing that Republicans aren't the only ones with internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. The prospects' decisions also show divisions within the Democratic Party and its challenge of finding candidates whose ideologies line up with ...
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60 injured five critically as trains collide in Connecticut
By M. Alex Johnson and Carlo Dellaverson, NBC News Sixty people were injured, five of them critically, and rail traffic from New York to Boston was shut down after a Metro-North commuter train derailed and plowed into a second train Friday in Fairfield, Conn., Gov. Dan Malloy said.An eastbound train derailed at 6:10 p.m. ET and struck a westbound train between the Fairfield and Bridgeport ...
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Ah Mr Fogle weve been expecting you The case of the hapless wig-wearing American diplomat expelled from Moscow is not as simple as it first seemed
In the long and sinuous history of international espionage, the one thing you can absolutely rely on is that very little is as it first appears. And so it is with Ryan Christopher Fogle, third secretary in the political department of the US Embassy in Moscow, comedy wig owner, and, apparently, a man who thinks it wise to hang around near park entrances at midnight with EUR100,000 (85,000) in ...
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More than a dozen injured as car plows through parade in Virginia
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - A car driven by an elderly man who may have lost consciousness plowed through a small-town parade of hiking enthusiasts in southwestern Virginia on Saturday, injuring more than a dozen people, some seriously, authorities ...
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Suspect IDed in Fatal Home Invasion
A wanted man with a criminal history dating back nearly 15 years was identified by police Saturday as the masked home invader involved in the death of a Hofstra University student early Friday morning. Dalton Smith, who was wanted on a parole violation related to a first-degree robbery conviction, attempted to rob the off-campus home where he and Hofstra junior Andrea Rebello were fatally ...
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New York Mets lose 8-2 to Chicago Cubs
New York Mets staring pitcher Jeremy Hefner pitches to the Chicago Cubs in the first inning in a baseball game in Chicago on Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles ...
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2 wildfires north of Los Angeles persist after long week
Here's how Montana's members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending May 17, 2013. Votes of Sen. Max Baucus, Democrat; Rep. ...
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Alaska volcano shoots lava up hundreds of feet
Alaska's remote Pavlof Volcano has been shooting lava hundreds of feet into the air, but its ash plume is thinning and is no longer making it dangerous for airplanes to fly ...
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Hero Philly cop arrested charged with rape other crimes
A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes. Authorities allege that former officer Richard DeCoatsworth left a party with two females early Thursday and took them to another location, where they allege that he produced a handgun and "forced the two ...
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Official Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- Officials investigating a train collision in Connecticut have ruled out foul play and are studying a rail fracture where a derailed commuter train was struck by another bound for New York ...
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Memorial Bridge is falling down, falling down
The Memorial Bridge linking New Hampshire and Maine is a historical landmark, its been there for over 80 years, but the bridge is old and in this age of recession, expensive repair work versus more valuable replacement may soon see the structure razed and replaced.
The Memorial Bridge that links Portsmouth in New Hampshire to Kittery in Maine is ageing. The through truss lift bridge is over 80 years old and has begun to feel its age in recent years, on the 16th of October, 2009 state authorities issued an emergency closure of the bridge due to essential repairs that were needed and its weight limit has steadily been reduced over the last year or so. Read more
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