MSNBC: Breaking News & Hottest Global News without Border [March ‘11 Diet]

Started by MSNBC, Mar 01, 2011, 12:05 AM

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Your toenails may hold clues to your risk of developing lung cancer, a new study finds.

Source: Toenails may hold clue to lung cancer risk

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A man stuck in a stalled car on Interstate 5 got a bigger response than Michael Micheletti ever expected after he began documenting his ordeal on Twitter.

Source: Man apologizes for traffic jam via Twitter

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A tornado slammed a southwestern Louisiana town Saturday, killing a young mother who was sheltering her child when a tree fell on their house.

Source: La. mom dies sheltering child from falling tree

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California has the most grueling commutes in the nation, but residents of Lake Elsinore take the cake.

Source: L.A., S.F., D.C. 'burbs have the worst commutes

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A new survey says the average price of regular gasoline in the United States has jumped 33 cents per gallon in the last two weeks.

Source: Gas up 33 cents — 2nd biggest 2-week jump ever

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After removing 50 or so rogue malicious apps from its official App Market, Google went a step further, remotely deleting the dangerous software from the phones of users who'd downloaded them.

Source: Google flips Android kill switch, nukes evil apps

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After years of claiming presidential immunity to avoid legal proceedings, Jacques Chirac is finally facing a court.

Source: Former French President Chirac to stand trial

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It took fast-acting doctors at a Colorado hospital to flag problems with tainted alcohol wipes now tied to a massive recall and growing reports of potentially deadly infections, including a 10-year-old boy battling leukemia.

Source: Colo. hospital blew whistle on tainted wipes

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Joran van der Sloot's lawyer says his client will plead guilty to killing a young Peruvian woman he met gambling but argue temporary insanity in a bid for a shorter sentence.

Source: Lawyer: Van der Sloot to plead temporary insanity

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There's no word yet on whether this means the show will also be canceled. Sheen reportedly told TMZ.com the firing was "good news" and that he never has to "put on those silly shirts again."

Source: 'Two and a Half Men' studio fires Charlie Sheen