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Hacker attack cripples al-Qaida on web

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Pete Williams - Jun. 29 (News) - Computer hackers shut down al-Qaida's ability to communicate its messages to the world through the Internet, interrupting the group's flow of videos and communiqués, according to a terrorism expert.

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US Debt Rating Should Be 'C': Independent Agency

Tue, 03 May 2011 12:08:17 -0700

NBC News - May. 03 (News) - There have been increasing concerns about the fate of United States' prized triple-A sovereign debt rating. While Standard and Poor's recently downgraded its U.S. debt outlook to negative from stable, implying that a ratings cut could happen in two years, one independent ratings agency has given the U.S. sovereign rating a "C".

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Inflation Actually Near 10% Using Older Measure

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

NBC News - By John Melloy - Apr. 13 (News) - After former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker was appointed in 1979, the consumer price index surged into the double digits, causing the now revered Fed Chief to double the benchmark interest rate in order to break the back of inflation. Using the methodology in place at that time puts the CPI back near those levels.

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Second nuclear meltdown likely under way in Japan, official says

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

NBC News - Mar. 13 (Special Report) - Japanese officials were trying frantically to thwart partial meltdowns presumed under way Sunday at two earthquake-stricken nuclear reactors in Japan.

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Egypt Shows How Easily Internet Can Be Silenced

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Reuters - Jan. 28 (News Report) - The move by Egyptian authorities to seal off the country almost entirely from the Internet shows how easily a state can isolate its people when telecoms providers are few and compliant. In an attempt to stop the frenzied online spread of dissent against President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule, not only Facebook and Twitter but the entire Internet was shut down overnight, leaving some 20 million users stranded.

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New video surfaces of royal car attack

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

MSNBC - By Tazeen Ahmad - Dec. 11 (News) - Additional video has surfaced which shows protesters attacking a car containing Prince Charles and wife Camilla in the streets of London.

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Feingold Expects Tough Battle for Senate

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

NBC News - By Courtny Gerrish - Sep. 14 (News) - Feingold's opponent, Ron Johnson, has already spent more than $4 million of his own money, and there's more where that came from. Putting the senator in a position, he says, he's familiar with.

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National Guard set for border patrol

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

NBC News - By Leanne Gregg - Jul. 19 (News Report) - National Guard troops will begin patrols on the Southwest border in September.

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The Skinny on Elena Kagan

Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

NBC News - May. 10 (Breaking News) - Some liberal critics have said that Kagan's views on executive power and the treatment of terrorist detainees are too conservative. If confirmed, Kagan would will the vacancy left by retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. Stevens, 90, announced his decision to retire on April 9 after nearly 35 years of service on the high court. Kagan would also be the third sitting woman on the court, joining Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor, and the fourth woman in history to be a Supreme Court Justice.

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American Public Divided On Health Care Reform (POLL)

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - Mar. 17 (Poll) - The American public remains evenly divided on whether President Obama's health care plan should be passed, according to the latest Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll....

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Feinstein is Paid Off $300,000 to Oppose Heath Care Reform

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

current.com - By JACKSON WEST, Adam Clack Estes, Jon Raymond, - Jul. 24 (News Report) - Feinstein doesn't seem to worry about health care costs when they are spent on her career. The industry is the sixth-largest donor to Feinstein's campaign funds since 2005, contributing over $300,000.

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Wright Speaks Out About Obama, Media

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

NBC News - Nov. 26 (News Report) - Jeremiah Wright made his most extensive comments to date about Barack Obama and the race for the presidency during a radio interview Tuesday evening. He spoke for two hours with WVON's Cliff Kelley on everything from being glad that Obama was elected to the way he was portrayed in the media. Wright insisted that the person that America grew accustomed to seeing -- portrayed in snippets of past sermons -- isn't who he really is.

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Colin Powell endorses Obama on Meet the Press

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Meet the Press - By Tom Brokaw, Colin Powell - Oct. 19 (Interview) - (VIDEO - 7:00) Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for president on Sunday, criticizing his own Republican Party for what he called its narrow focus on irrelevant personal attacks over a serious approach to challenges he called unprecedented. Powell, who for many years was considered the most likely candidate to become the first African-American president, said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he was not supporting Obama because of his race. He said he had watched both Obama and his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, for many months and thought “either one of them would be a good president.” But he said McCain’s choices in the last few weeks — especially his selection of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his vice presidential running mate — had raised questions in his mind about McCain’s judgment.

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Jim Rogers: Socialism for the Rich

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

NBC News - Sep. 09 (Interview) - (Video 8:38 minutes)

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Suze Orman: What You Need to Know About FDIC Insurance - Personal Finance - MSNBC.com

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

NBC News - By Suze Orman - Jul. 17 (Advocacy) - Those who are going to lose money either did not take the time to learn about the FDIC insurance rules for full coverage, or they assumed that the bank teller who told them their money was safe knew what he or she was talking about. Big mistake. And it happens all the time. Did you catch the report of the gentleman who had $230,000 on deposit at IndyMac? He was concerned that he might not have full FDIC insurance, but a bank teller had told him it was no problem. She said that even though the FDIC offers full repayment up to $100,000 per account at a bank, all he had to do was open a few different accounts at that bank, each with $100,000 of insurance, and all his money would be safe if anything happened to the bank. WRONG WRONG WRONG.

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Crossing Jordan: Iraq fuel deal sparks lawsuit

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

NBC News - By Aram Roston - May. 28 (News Report) - A little-noticed civil lawsuit in Florida is shining a light on an unusual but hugely profitable Pentagon contract to ship millions of gallons of aviation fuel to U.S. bases in Iraq through the kingdom of Jordan.

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Barack Obama on Meet the Press 11/11/07

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:01:44 -0800

NBC News - By Tim Russert - Nov. 12 (Interview) - An exclusive interview with Democrat Barack Obama. He was elected United States senator in 2004 and served in the Illinois state senate for eight years prior. This morning Barack Obama joins us for the full hour and tells us why he should be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States. See Video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G21LykX_Fw

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Warren Buffett Calls For Tax Reform

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:15:14 -0700

NBC News - By Tom Brokaw - Oct. 30 (News Report) - Warren Buffett sat down with Tom Brokaw on "NBC Nightly News" last night to discuss his problems with the US tax structure. He described an informal poll of his office, where the average tax rate was 32.9 percent, compared to his 17.7 percent, citing that as evidence that "the tax system has titled toward the rich in the last 10 years." He also talked about hedge fund managers and the lower tax rates they enjoy.

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National Guard Troops Denied Benefits After Longest Deployment Of Iraq War

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:17:58 -0700

NBC News - By Rhonda Erskine, - Oct. 03 (News Report) - When they came home from Iraq, 2,600 members of the Minnesota National Guard had been deployed longer than any other ground combat unit. The tour lasted 22 months and had been extended as part of President Bush's surge. ... Anderson's orders, and the orders of 1,161 other Minnesota guard members, were written for 729 days. Had they been written for 730 days, just one day more, the soldiers would receive those benefits to pay for school.

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Six Arrests In Alleged Terror Plot To Kill N.J. Soldiers

Tue, 08 May 2007 06:50:00 -0700

NBC News - May. 08 (News Report) - Six men from New Jersey have been arrested in an alleged terror plot against soldiers at Fort Dix, according to law enforcement sources. Investigators said the men planned to use automatic rifles to enter Fort Dix and kill as many soldiers as they could at the New Jersey military base. Fort Dix was just one of several military and security locations allegedly scouted by this group, authorities said.

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McCain Strolls Through Baghdad Market, Accompanied By 100 Soldiers, 3 Blackhawks, 2 Apache Gunships

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:27:55 -0700

NBC News - Apr. 01 (News Report) - Sen. John McCain strolled briefly through an open-air market in Baghdad today in an effort to prove that Americans are "not getting the full picture" of what's going on in Iraq. NBC's Nightly News provided further details about McCain's one-hour guided tour. He was accompanied by "100 American soldiers, with three Blackhawk helicopters, and two Apache gunships overhead." Still photographs provided by the military to NBC News seemed to show McCain wearing a bulletproof vest during his visit.

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Westchester Man Accused Of Helping Terrorists

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:49:40 -0800

NBC News - Feb. 21 (News Report) - The FBI arrested a Westchester man Friday in connection with allegedly trying to send more than $150,000 to terrorists in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari, a 53-year-old from Ardsley, N.Y., has pleaded not guilty after being arrested on material support for terrorism charges. Alishtari entered his plea in U.S. District Court in Manhattan Friday afternoon.

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"Midge" the tiny police dog gets BIG award

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:38:47 -0800

NBC News - By Michael O'Mara - Dec. 24 (Special Report) - Drug sniffing chihuahua is now in the Guinness Book of World Records

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Did an American fire on Iraqis for sport?

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:48:52 -0800

NBC News - By Lisa Myers, Aram Roston - Dec. 22 (Special Report) - They say another American fired, unprovoked, into two Iraqi civilian vehicles. They say it started during a mission to Baghdad International Airport, when their supervisor, who was leaving Iraq the next day and was in the vehicle with them, made a troubling remark. "He'd made a comment that he was going to kill somebody today," says Schmidt. "Kill someone." The two men say they thought he was joking.

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New site targets transparency in real estate fees

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:34:21 -0800

NBC News - By Jane Wells, CNBC - Dec. 05 (Interview) - LowerFees Inc. provides real estate consumers with fee transparency and reduces the confusion about the charges during a real estate transaction. The web portal is an "open marketplace" to breakdown complicated vendor fees for closing costs. In other words it provides a Good Faith Estimate for the transaction that compares fees from multiple vendors.

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