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

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Wisconsin lawmakers have voted to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from the state's public workers in one of the strongest blows to the power of unions in years.

Source: Wis. lawmakers pass bill to curb union rights

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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has shown so much progress in her recovery from a head wound that plans are being made for her to attend the launch of her husband's space shuttle mission next month in Florida, a person close to the family says.

Source: Giffords on track to attend husband's launch

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Los Angeles police searched for firearms at the home of Charlie Sheen late Thursday night, but the actor tweeted all was good on the homefront.

Source: L.A. police search Sheen home for firearms

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A magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland.

Source: Huge quake triggers devastating Japan tsunami

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A magnitude 8.9 earthquake — the biggest in modern Japanese history — slammed the island nation's eastern coast Friday, unleashing a 23-foot tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland and prompting a "nuclear emergency."

Source: Hundreds dead after massive quake slams Japan

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A magnitude 8.9 earthquake — the biggest in modern Japanese history — slammed the island nation's eastern coast Friday, unleashing a 23-foot tsunami. The double tragedy left hundreds dead.

Source: Hundreds dead after quake, tsunami slam Japan

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Tsunami waves spawned by a devastating earthquake in Japan battered the U.S. western coast Friday, sinking and smashing dozens of boats at harbors and sweeping a man out to sea.

Source: Man swept away by tsunami wave in Calif.

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Japan launches a massive, military-led rescue operation Saturday after a giant quake and tsunami kill hundreds of people and turns the northeastern coast into a swampy wasteland.

Source: Vast destruction after Japan quake, tsunami

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This week TODAY'S Barbara Corcoran goes from Pennsylvania to Missouri in search of truly unique properties you can get for $300,000 or less.

Source: Five homes you can get for $300,000 or less

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Japan's nuclear crisis intensified Sunday as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple reactor meltdowns and more than 170,000 people evacuated the quake- and tsunami-savaged northeastern coast.

Source: Japan races to prevent nuclear reactor meltdowns