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EpiPens: life-saving kid accessory
As allergies to peanuts, milk, eggs and gluten have risen, a cult-like following has emerged around the EpiPen, a single-shot of medication that can halt a potentially deadly reaction.

Pet store chain linked to puppy mills
After an eight-month investigation, the Humane Society of the United States accused Petland, the national pet store chain, of selling dogs bred under appalling conditions at puppy mills around the country.

Congress demands plan for auto aid
Democratic leaders in Congress decided to delay a vote to bail out automakers until December and will first demand the Big Three show how the funds would transform the industry.

Pirates free two ships after ransom
<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27820573/"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/081120-pirates-siriusstar-615a.thumb.jpg" alt="Hijackers have reportedly demanded a $25 million ransom for the release of the oil tanker Sirius Star, seen here anchored off the coast of Somalia on Wednesday." style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>Somali pirates released two hijacked ships after ransoms were paid, U.S. military officials said Thursday. 

Napolitano up for Homeland Security
<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27815921/"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/081031/n_wh_napolitano_081031.thumb.jpg" alt="Oct. 31: NBC’s David Gregory speaks with Gov. Janet Napolitano, D-Ariz., on her feelings about the presidential race and the new presidential ad campaigns in her home state. (Other)" style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>An early Barack Obama supporter from the southwestern part of the country, the former Arizona attorney general is a leading contender for the job of secretary of homeland security. 

Deflation poses economic threat
Strapped consumers are rejoicing at falling prices. But some economists warn of the growing risk of a ruinous downward price spiral called deflation. Here's what's at stake.

Retirement dreams yield to despair
<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27791582/"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/BUSINESS/EVERGREEN/Photo-Illustrations/CrackedNestEgg/savings1.thumb.jpg" alt="A rising number of people have seen their retirement plans evaporate. As 401(k)s dwindle, their dreams of golden years are being replaced by feelings of hopelessness and anger." style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>A rising number of people have seen their retirement plans evaporate. As 401(k)s dwindle, their dreams of golden years are being replaced by feelings of hopelessness and anger. 

Jobless claims jump to 16-year high
<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27820486/"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/081120/nc_joblossesnoon2_081120.thumb.jpg" alt="Nov. 20: More than 500,000 unemployment claims were last week, bringing the nation's total number of jobless Americans to 4 million, with the White House supporting an extension of unemployment benefits. NBC's Tracie Potts reports. (NBC News Channel)" style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>New claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to a 16-year high, the Labor Department said Thursday, providing more evidence of a rapidly weakening job market. 

Holder's ascent revives pardon furor
<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27822830/"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/081119/n_williams_holder_081119.thumb.jpg" alt="Nov. 19: Published reports say Eric Holder has accepted the nomination for AG, pending Senate approval. NBC's Pete Williams reports. (MSNBC)" style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>Eric Holder is in line for nomination by President-elect Barack Obama to the attorney general's job that Holder has long wanted, but a 2001 episode with fugitive financier Marc Rich is stirring partisan acrimony. 

Judge orders release of 5 terror suspects
<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27824434/"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/081120/n_williams_gitmo_081120.thumb.jpg" alt="Nov. 20: A federal judge has ordered the release of five Algerians. NBC's Pete Williams reports. (MSNBC)" style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>A federal judge has ordered the release of five Algerian terror suspects who have been held without charges almost seven years at Guantanamo Bay. 

End of an era: The Boss' reign is officially over
<a href="http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/27824127/"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/070830/070830_steinbrenner_bcol2_2p.thumb.jpg" alt="Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and manager Billy Martin watch the team during spring training workouts in March, 1977." style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>George Steinbrenner’s 35-year reign as boss of the New York Yankees ended Thursday when he passed control of the New York Yankees to his youngest son, Hal. 

ConsumerMan: Shady retirement seminars
Many Americans nearing retirement are bombarded with invitations to attend financial management seminars. A free lunch is offered. But that lunch may prove to be pricey.

Astronauts venture out for spacewalk No. 2
<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27821389/"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/spacewalk_10am_081120.thumb.jpg" alt="A camera on the international space station shows a robotic arm in the foreground, with spacewalkers Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Shane Kimbrough working around the station's robotic rail car below. Thursday's spacewalk was aimed at continuing the cleanup effort at a gummed-up solar array joint." style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>Astronauts vowed to double-check, even triple-check, to make sure a bag of tools is properly tied down during a spacewalk Thursday so it doesn't float away like one did earlier this week. 

U.S. shifts its approach in Iraq
<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27816107/"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/081120-peace-concert-hmed-145a.thumb.jpg" alt="U.S. soldiers look on as Iraqi girls who sing in a choir are photographed prior to performing in the Peace Concert at Zawrak Park, in central Baghdad, on Nov. 7." style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>With violence down sharply this year, the U.S. military is broadening its efforts to reconcile Sunnis and Shiites. 

Oil hits 3-year low; gas at $2 in 23 states
<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12400801/"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Interactives/Business/Oil and energy/Gas_prices_081117.thumb.gif" alt="" style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>Oil prices on hit levels not seen in more than three years and retail gas prices are now below $2 across nearly half of the country on dour reports suggesting an economic pullback. 

Bush to sign legislation to extend jobless aid
Because of the tight job market, the White House says President George W. Bush would sign legislation pending in Congress to further extend unemployment benefits.

3 airports opening new runways
<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27822324/"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/ap/918a8a05-ce48-45a5-8c2c-1201e2f6259d.thumb.jpg" alt="A worker at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport walks along a new runway — one of three multimillion-dollar runways that opened at major U.S. airports on Thursday." style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>At some major U.S. airports today, you’d hardly know there’s an economic slowdown. In Seattle, Chicago and near Washington, D.C., new runways are being opened up today. This, despite a projected 10 percent drop in domestic flights this winter. 

NYT: Daschle poses conflict-of-interest test
<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27813443/"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/081119/nn_03mitchell_cabinet_081119.thumb.jpg" alt="Nov. 19: Turning once again to a political veteran for his new team, President-elect Barack Obama chose former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle as his nominee for Health and Human Services chief. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports. (Nightly News)" style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>The choice of Tom Daschle for secretary of health and human services poses questions about how broadly Barack Obama will apply campaign promises to limit conflicts of interest among appointees. 

eHarmony agrees to provide same-sex matches
Online dating service eHarmony said Wednesday it will launch a new Web site which caters to same-sex singles as part of a discrimination settlement with New Jersey's Civil Rights Division.

New BlackBerry is good iPhone challenger
<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27790427/"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/08119-BBStormIcons-Vlarge-1019a.thumb.jpg" alt="The BlackBerry Storm costs $199.99 after committing to a two-year contract with Verizon Wireless and a $50 mail-in rebate." style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>Review: BlackBerry fans can rejoice: the Storm, Research In Motion’s first all-touchscreen Blackberry will make even iPhone users salivate just a little bit over some of the features of this very slick and sophisticated smartphone. 

Pakistan summons U.S. envoy
Pakistan summoned the U.S. ambassador Thursday to protest a suspected U.S. missile strike deep inside its territory as militants threatened revenge attacks unless the cross-border raids stop.

Michael Jackson to testify in London
<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27819346/"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/081120-jackson-vlrg-5a.thumb.jpg" alt="A photo released in August 2005 shows Michael Jackson with Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa, left. Al Khalifa says the pop star reneged on a contract for an album, a candid autobiography and a stage play, after accepting millions in advances." style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>Michael Jackson's lawyer says the pop star has agreed to come to London to respond to a Bahraini sheik's $7 million lawsuit. 

Ocho Cinco benched for breaking team rule
<a href="http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/27822193/"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Components/Video/_NEW/s_ffix_nflnews_080821.thumb.jpg" alt="Chad Johnson, who has played in every game for the 1-8-1 Bengals, has 41 catches for 383 yards and is tied for the team lead with four touchdown receptions." style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>The Cincinnati Bengals say Chad Ocho Cinco, the wide receiver formerly known as Chad Johnson, will be deactivated for Thursday night’s game with the Pittsburgh Steelers for violating a team rule. 

Over 1,000 melamine babies still in hospitals
Over a thousand Chinese infants are still in hospital receiving treatment for kidney damage caused by tainted milk, China's Health Ministry said.

McDonald's courts moms as emissaries
<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27816866/"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/081120-McDonalds-hmed-150a.thumb.jpg" alt="Moms Gilda McHenry, of Downingtown, Pa., left, and Tonia Welling, of Bentonville, Ark., are shown how McDonald's fries are made by plant manager Horst Ellendt during a tour of supplier Lamb Weston's factory in Hermiston, Ore. The visit was part of the McDonald's Moms' Quality Correspondents program." style="margin:0 5px 5px 0" /></a>McDonald's has recruited mothers to go behind the scenes of the company's operations, meet senior executives and then communicate what they see via the Web in a bid to brighten its image. 

Governors pledge fight on global warming
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, his counterparts in 12 states and regional leaders from four other countries signed a declaration Wednesday pledging to work together to combat global warming.