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Reflection in space
View this image of Atlantis astronaut Leland Melvin and others chosen by msnbc.com editors for their interesting perspective on life.
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More seniors showing up at soup kitchens
Increase of 81 percent last year from two years earlier, USDA reports. Full story
Life isn’t all glamor for Obama crashers
Would-be reality TV stars faced dozens of civil suits, long-running family feud. Full story
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Body of trapped spelunker won't be recovered
The popular Utah cave where a 26-year-old medical student died earlier in the week will be closed permanently and his body will not be removed, state and county officials said Friday.
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Knox’s parents investigated for defamation
The parents of American student Amanda Knox are being investigated for alleged defamation for saying Italian police abused their daughter before arresting her in 2007.
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Steel town plans return to its green roots
Residents of Vandergrift, Pa., are reviving the town architect's vision and making the community environmentally sustainable for the 21st century and beyond.
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570,000 9/11 pager messages released
Some 570,000 pager messages sent on Sept. 11, 2001, some of them by government officials, were being disclosed Wednesday by a nonprofit activist group.
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Afghan teens allege abuse at U.S. ‘black’ site
Two Afghan teenagers held in U.S. detention this year say they were beaten by American guards, photographed naked and deprived of sleep while undergoing interrogation.
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Meet Tiana, Disney’s first black princess
Nov. 26: Little girls lining up in New York and Los Angeles for the limited preview of Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog” will witness a first: a princess who happens to be African-American. NBC’s Chris Jansing reports.
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Muslims cast stones on third day of hajj
Vast crowds of pilgrims cast stones at walls representing the devil on the third day of the annual hajj on Friday as Muslims around the world began celebrating Eid al-Adha.
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More seniors showing up at soup kitchens
Older Americans who were raised on stories of the Great Depression and acquired lifelong habits of thrift now find themselves crowding soup kitchens and food pantries in greater numbers.
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Proposal to merge black schools draws fire
Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past.
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