"Best Days of San Jose Are Ahead of Us"

Seeded on Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:49 PM EST (msnbc.com)

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed today delivered an optimistic State of� the City address despite the current economic downturn, stressing the need� for clean-tech growth, downtown improvements, help...

news, local-news, san-francisco-bay-area-ca, msnbci

Howie Mandel hospitalized with heart ailment

Seeded on Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:21 AM EST (msnbc.com)

Howie Mandel has been hospitalized in Canada with an irregular heartbeat.

entertainment, hospitalized, comedian, celebrities, nbc, irregular-heartbeat, msnbci

Sundin chooses Canucks for 'best overall fit'

Seeded on Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:50 AM EST (NBC Sports)

Free agent, 37, was choosing between Rangers and Vancouver.

nhl, sports, msnbci

Yanks' offer to Sabathia won't stay on table long

Seeded on Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:03 PM EST (NBC Sports)

Hal Steinbrenner says the team expects an answer on richest deal for pitcher.

sports, baseball, msnbci

Deaths uncounted in China's milk scandal

Seeded on Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:46 AM EST (msnbc.com)

The deaths of at least five babies suggest that China's tainted milk scandal has exacted a higher human toll than the government has so far acknowledged.

health, food-safety, msnbci

Dodgers offer Manny 'close' to A-Rod money

Seeded on Thu Nov 6, 2008 12:14 PM EST (NBC Sports)

The Dodgers want to keep Manny Ramirez in Los Angeles, and they made an offer that proves just how much.� General manager Ned Colletti said Wednesday the Dodgers' pitch to the free-agent slugger would give him the second-highest average salary in the sport behind Yankees third …

sports, baseball, msnbci

FirstPerson: Obama candidacy's impact?

Seeded on Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:42 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Msnbc.com asks readers to share their thoughts on what it means to them or the country that an African-American is a serious candidate for the presidency?

politics, decision-08, msnbci, race-and-the-election

Northeast snowstorm closes highway, schools

Seeded on Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:34 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

The first big snowstorm of the season in the Northeast has shut down part of a major highway and closed some schools in New York state.

weather, msnbci

Kick-boxing farewell ritual kills Japanese sailor

Seeded on Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:38 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

A Japanese sailor dropping out of an elite navy training program died in an unofficial farewell ritual requiring him to fight 15 classmates, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.

fight, training, submarine, asia-pacific, world-news, curriculum, msnbci

Saudi supercomputer lures researchers

Seeded on Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:04 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

A new science and technology university in Saudi Arabia will house one of the world's largest supercomputers and it is helping lure top researchers to the conservative desert state.

science, technology-science, msnbci

Farrakhan: 'New beginning' for Nation of Islam

Seeded on Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:25 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan stressed unity among religions, while still preaching a message of black empowerment, at a rare public event Sunday deemed "a new beginning" for the Chicago-based movement.

faith, us-news, msnbci

British princes begin motorbike rally for charity

Seeded on Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:27 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

British princes William and Harry set off Saturday on a grueling 1,000-mile motorcycle rally in South Africa to raise money for charity.

africa, world-news, msnbci

Tainted milk takes big toll on rural Chinese

Seeded on Sat Oct 18, 2008 1:03 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

News of tainted milk shocked the Zhang family and began an ordeal that would see them shuttling back and forth between their home and a hospital in Beijing, 450 miles away.

health, food-safety, msnbci

Ten fossils that evolved the tale of our origins

Seeded on Fri Oct 17, 2008 3:38 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Where did we come from? Scientists have pieced together a tale of human origins from the fossils of our ancestors. But the tale is incomplete and its telling is being reshaped by the growing fossil record.

science, technology-science, msnbci

'Dramatic evidence' of Arctic melt, experts warn

Seeded on Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:38 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Autumn temperatures in the Arctic are at record highs, the Arctic Ocean is getting warmer and less salty as sea ice melts, and reindeer herds appear to be declining, researchers said Thursday.

washington, environment, climate-change, us-news, msnbci

Russian rocket launches on space station trip

Seeded on Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:24 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Two Americans and a Russian were on their way to the international space station on Sunday morning.

space, technology-science, msnbci

Space millionaire confident ahead of liftoff

Seeded on Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:32 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Richard Garriott, a U.S. space tourist due to travel to space on a Russian spaceship on Sunday, said he was unfazed by the prospect of a bumpy ride back to Earth, saying he expected to land safely.

space, science, technology-science, msnbci

California Bleeds Money, Possibly No Cash By End Of Month

Seeded on Thu Oct 9, 2008 3:16 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Governor Schwarzenegger is calling legislative leaders back to the Capitol Wednesday to address California's mounting financial problems.

news, local-news, san-francisco-bay-area-ca, msnbci

Bernanke opens door to Fed cutting rates

Seeded on Tue Oct 7, 2008 1:55 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Tuesday that the financial crisis has not only darkened the country's current economic performance but also could prolong the pain.

business, msnbci, economy-in-turmoil

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Canada to compensate pathologist's victims

Seeded on Fri Oct 3, 2008 11:55 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

The Ontario government said Wednesday it would compensate victims after a judicial inquiry concluded poor oversight and the inadequate training of a Canadian pathologist led to the wrongful convictions of several people accused of killing children.

training, americas, government, oversight, world-news, forensic, msnbci

Poll: 'War on terror' hasn't weakened al-Qaida

Seeded on Fri Oct 3, 2008 11:21 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

People across the world think the U.S.-led "war on terror" has not weakened al-Qaida and many believe it has actually strengthened Osama bin Laden's network, a poll for the BBC said Monday.

terrorism, world-news, msnbci

Canadian party accuses PM of copying speech

Seeded on Wed Oct 1, 2008 4:09 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

A senior campaign staffer for the governing Conservative Party resigned Tuesday after admitting he wrote a speech for Prime Minister Stephen Harper that plagiarized another leader's address urging support for the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

elections, americas, conservative-party, the-wall-street-journal, world-news, foreign-policy, stephen-harper, foreign-affairs, msnbci

U.S. billionaire trains for second spaceflight

Seeded on Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:53 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

American billionaire Charles Simonyi, a computer software executive who paid more than $20 million to fly to the International Space Station aboard a Russian-built Soyuz capsule in spring 2007, will train for a second Soyuz trip to the space station in spring 2009.

space, technology-science, msnbci

Bono says Africa could become breadbasket

Seeded on Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:09 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Bono says Africa has the potential to become a major food producer rather than the epicenter of much of the world's starvation.

crisis, africa, world-news, productivity, ban-ki-moon, msnbci

Embassy bomber: Attacks loom over cartoons

Seeded on Sat Sep 6, 2008 3:42 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

A new al-Qaida video identifies the Saudi purportedly behind a suicide bombing at the Danish Embassy in Pakistan, who warns that more attacks will target Denmark over newspaper caricatures of Islam's founder.

pakistan, terrorism, al-qaida, intelligence, video, world-news, cartoons, msnbci

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