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NJ Gov. Christie vetoes same-sex marriage bill

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The Republican governor returned the bill to the Legislature, saying he wants voters to decide whether New Jersey changes the definition of marriage.

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Officials: US drones monitoring clashes in Syria

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"A good number" of unmanned U.S. military and intelligence drones are operating in the skies over Syria, monitoring the Syrian military's attacks against opposition forces and innocent civilians alike, U.S. defense officials tell NBC News' Jim Miklaszewski.

New Orleans revs up for Mardi Gras celebration

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The beads are ready to be tossed, the costumed crowds are in the mood to party and tourism officials are smiling. It can only mean one thing: It’s Mardi Gras time in New Orleans.

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Congress OKs payroll tax cut extension

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Both House and Senate on Friday passed a bill to keep the Social Security payroll tax at its lower 4.2 percent rate and to extend unemployment benefits.

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Shadid's death highlights dangers of asthma

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Journalist Anthony Shadid’s sudden death has many wondering how an apparently healthy 43-year-old man could be struck dead by an asthma attack.

How Anthony Shadid shaped my life and work

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Ayman Mohyeldin, an NBC News correspondent currently based in Cairo, Egypt, offers this appreciation of Anthony Shadid, a mentor, colleague and friend, who died on assignment in Syria.

New evidence that Hitler had French love child

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New evidence has emerged to support the disputed theory that Adolf Hitler had a secret son in 1918 after an affair with a teenage French mistress, a French newsmagazine reports.

FBI: Suicide bomber's plot against Capitol foiled

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The FBI has arrested a man who thought he was going to carry out a bombing attack on the U.S. Capitol building but was in fact dealing with FBI undercover operatives.

Josh Powell had 400 sex images

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Josh Powell had hundreds of images of disturbing cartoon sex and graphic depictions of incest on his home computer, something Utah authorities investigating his wife's disappearance kept private for more than two years.

Report: Kim Jong Il's eldest son falls on hard times

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Kim Jong Nam, the wayward eldest son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, has been kicked out of his luxury lodgings in the gambling mecca of Macau after failing to pay $15,000 in arrears, according to a report Friday by the Russian news website Arguments and Facts.

New accounts suggest John Wayne Gacy accomplice

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Three people have come forward with new information that suggests serial killer John Wayne Gacy had an accomplice in at least one of his grisly rape and torture murders, two Chicago lawyers say.

ICE agent opened fire during job performance talk

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A fatal shooting in a Southern California Immigration and Customs Enforcement office occurred as an agent was being counseled on his performance by a high-ranking ICE official, the FBI said Friday.