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  • Black Friday shopping frenzy

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    Customers gather and wait for Sears to open at 4 a.m. at the West Acres Mall in Fargo, North Dakota, on Nov. 25. Over 30 stores at the mall opened at midnight.

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    Shoppers line-up at Target in Lisbon, Conn., for Black Friday bargains late on Thursday, Nov. 24. Black Friday began in earnest as Target and other stores opened their doors at midnight.

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    Landry Spitler (front left) Riley Spitler (left center) Megan Davis (top left) and Laura Davis (far right) show signs of fatigue while they wait in line for a cashier at the Target store in Mesa , Az., on Nov. 25.

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    Shoppers ride an escalator at a Target Store in Chicago on Nov. 25.

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    Black Friday shoppers wait in the check-out line over an hour, after waiting in line to get in and then fighting huge crowds at the Toys-R-Us store at the Fair Lakes Shopping Center in Fairfax, Virginia, which opened up at 9 p.m. on Nov. 24.

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    Did you know that the term "black Friday" was coined by a Philadelphia newspaper? TODAY's Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb talk about the history and fun anecdotes surrounding the busiest shopping day of the year.

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  • 'Why did we have a revolution?' Egyptians pack Tahrir Square again

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    A veiled woman waits for Friday prayers in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, on Nov. 25.

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    Men perform Friday prayers during a mass rally in Tahrir Square on Nov. 25, as protests continued to demand the end of military rule, capping a week of deadly clashes and political upheaval.

    msnbc.com news services report from CAIRO:

     Tens of thousands of Egyptians demanding an end to military rule converged on Cairo's Tahrir Square Friday in what activists say will be the biggest day yet in a week of demonstrations in which 41 people have been killed.

    Middle East News Agency via Reuters

    Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, right, the head of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), meets with former prime minister Kamal Ganzouri in Cairo in this Nov. 24 handout photograph. Egypt's ruling military council appointed Ganzouri as prime minister "with full powers" on Friday, state television and an army source said.

    The ruling army council named Kamal el-Ganzouri, 78, who served as prime minister under Mubarak from 1996 to 1999, to head a national salvation government. Prime Minister Essam Sharaf's cabinet resigned earlier this week amid the protests.

    El-Ganzouri said the military has given him greater powers than his predecessor and that military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi has no intention of staying in power.

    In a televised new conference, the 78-year-old prime minister looked uncomfortable, grasping for words and repeatedly pausing.

    "Illegitimate, illegitimate!" chanted the crowds at Cairo's Tahrir Square on hearing news of el-Ganzouri's appointment late on Thursday.

    "Not only was he prime minister under Mubarak, but also part of the old regime for a total of 18 years," said protester Mohammed el-Fayoumi, 29. "Why did we have a revolution then?" Read the full story.

    Bela Szandelszky / AP

    Pro-reform leader and Nobel peace laureate Mohamed El-Baradei, center, is surrounded by protesters during his arrival for Friday prayers in Tahrir on Nov. 25.

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    Protesters embrace two Egyptian Army officers in Tahrir Square on Nov. 25.

     

    See more pictures in our Egypt unrest slideshow and the Tahrir Square tagstream on PhotoBlog.

  • Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters

    Former Olympus Chief Executive Michael Woodford gestures as he speaks about an accounting scandal at the company during an event by the Economist magazine in Tokyo Nov. 24, 2011. Woodford said on Thursday he was confident Japanese authorities would fully investigate the scandal engulfing the disgraced camera maker, as he prepared for a showdown with the directors who sacked him.

    Olympus ex-CEO Woodford in tense boardroom talks

    It's hard to imagine how much courage it takes for a corporate executive like Michael Woodford to blow the whistle on his company, Olympus, in the face of Japanese business culture.

    Reuters reports:

    TOKYO (Reuters) - The ex-CEO of Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp attended what he called a tense but civilized board meeting on Friday with the directors who had sacked him, and said all hoped the firm could avoid being delisted over the scandal engulfing it.

    But Michael Woodford, still an Olympus director despite being fired as CEO a month ago and blowing the whistle over the accounting scam, said there had been no talk of him returning to lead a clean-up of the once-proud maker of cameras and endoscopes.

    Olympus had fired Woodford, a rare foreign CEO in Japan, alleging he had failed to adapt to Japanese culture and the company's management style. Woodford says he was axed for questioning dubious merger and acquisition payments.

  • Black Friday shopping starts on Thursday

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    Shoppers line up outside Toys R Us in Times Square, New York, New York, Nov. 24, 2011. The store opened its doors at 9 p.m. on Nov. 24 to entice early Black Friday shoppers. Black Friday is the day following the Thanksgiving and marks the unofficial beginning of the Christmas shopping season with stores offering special deals.

    I get tired just looking at this madness.


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    Joni Sappington looks at a brochure for Toys R Us as she stands in line in Pineville, North Carolina Nov. 24, 2011.

    Chris Keane / Reuters

    A customer runs into a Toys R Us store as it opens in Pineville, North Carolina Nov. 24, 2011.

    Chris Keane / Reuters

    A customer stands in line with a toy vehicle at Toys R Us in Pineville, North Carolina Nov. 24, 2011.

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    A customer shops for video games in the Toys R Us in Times Square in New York on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011.

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    A customer waits in line to pay for items inside the Toys R Us in Times Square in New York on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011.

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    Black Friday bargain hunters wait in line at Toys R Us, which opened at 9 PM Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, 2011 in New York City.

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    Black Friday bargain hunters carry their purchases out of Toys R Us, which opened its doors at 9 PM Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, 2011 in New York City. Marking the start of the holiday shopping season, Black Friday is one of retailers' busiest days of the year.

    Stores are opening earlier than ever and the mad dash for Christmas bargains is already on, and retailers are desperate for shoppers' business. NBC's John Yang reports from Chicago's Magnificent Mile.

  • Ravens win the Harbaugh bowl

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    Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, left, chats with his brother, San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh, center, and their father, Jack, before their NFL football game in Baltimore on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011.

    Full story.

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    Baltimore Ravens cheerleaders compete to make the team

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    Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, foreground, hugs his brother, San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh, after their NFL football game in Baltimore on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. Baltimore won 16-6.

  • Bahrain protesters clash with police after funeral

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    A man covers his face against tear gas fired by riot police on Nov. 24 in A'ali, Bahrain, at the end of a funeral for a 44-year-old man who died when his car was struck Wednesday by a security vehicle, according to unidentified witnesses. His funeral march drew thousands of mourners and protesters chanting anti-government slogans resulting in clashes with riot police. Bahraini officials said they are investigating.

    Hamad I Mohammed / Reuters

    Women chant anti-government slogans during the funeral procession of Abdulnabi Kadhum Akel in Aali, south of Manama, on Nov.24.

    Hamad I Mohammed / Reuters

    Riot police remove road blocks as they move in to disperse protesters who took to the streets after the funeral procession of Abdulnabi Kadhum Akel in Aali on Nov. 24.

    Reuters reports: 

    Bahrainis, emboldened by a rights enquiry that found evidence of systematic abuse during the crushing of pro-democracy protests this year, clashed with police on Thursday after the funeral of Abdulnabi Kadhum Akel, a Shi'ite man who died a day earlier.

    Some 10,000 people from the majority Shi'ite community in the Gulf Arab state took to the streets of the town of Aali, chanting slogans that were taken from the inquiry led by international rights lawyer Cherif Bassiouni.

    Related story: Bahrain report hints at Iran protest links

     

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    Running back John Kuhn #30 of the Green Bay Packers celebrates his one-yard touchdown run in the third quarter against the Detroit Lions during the Thanksgiving Day game at Ford Field on November 24 in Detroit, Michigan.

    Packers beat Lions 27-15 in Thanksgiving game

    The AP reports:

    Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes and the Green Bay Packers built a big lead in the third quarter, taking advantage of Ndamukong Suh's ejection and beating the Detroit Lions 27-15 Thursday. Continue reading.

  • Peruvian highlanders highlight mine's environment impact

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    Andean people from the communities neighboring the Conga mine protest in front of the Laguna Cortada, in Cajamarca, Peru, on November 24.

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    Police commandos stand guard at the Conga mine in Cajamarca on November 24.

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    Farmers from Piedra Redonda El Amaro during a strike organized in the region of Cajamarca to protest the mining project of Conga, on November 24.

    Though it drives the economy of Peru, mining has triggered social conflicts in poor areas such as Cajamarca, where a strike was called for November 24 to protest against the industry's environmental impact, Agence France-Presse reports.

    In a previous protest on November 10, at least 38 people were injured in the city of Andahuaylas after farmers demanding a ban on mining in their region clashed with police, the AP reported.

  • Olivia Harris / Reuters

    People leaving the St Paul's Cathedral annual Thanksgiving service look at a protester, wearing orange prison-type clothing in support of Bradley Manning, in London, England, on Nov. 24. Imprisoned U.S. Army soldier Bradley Manning is accused of leaking classified material to Wikileaks.

    Confusion greets Bradley Manning supporter's demonstration

  • Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords serves Thanksgiving meal to troops in Arizona

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    U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and her husband, retired Capt. Mark Kelly, meet both active and retired airmen after serving a Thanksgiving meal to troops at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz., on Nov. 24.

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    The AP reports:

    U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords helped serve a Thanksgiving meal to service members and retirees at a military base in her hometown of Tucson, Ariz.

    Giffords arrived in the dining hall at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base at midday Thursday wearing a ball cap and an apron with her nickname of "Gabby" sewn on the front. She was accompanied by her retired astronaut husband, Mark Kelly, who also donned an apron.

    Giffords used only her left hand as she served, a sign that physical damage remains from the injuries she suffered when she was shot in January.

    Kelly supported her from her left side as she worked the turkey station on the serving line. He served ham.

    Afterward, she mingled with service members, exchanging pleasantries and mostly one word greetings and responses.

    She did tell Airman 1st Class Millie Gray, of Kansas City, Mo., "Happy Thanksgiving, thank you for your service." Read the full story.

  • Artist's 5,000 lightbulbs brighten up an English winter

    The Holbourne Museum's winter experience, which will be switched on at the weekend, consists of over 5,000 bulbs of light, threaded with fibre optic cables and planted in the grounds of the museum in Bath, England, according to Getty Images.

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    Ed Manders makes final adjustments to lighting artist Bruce Munro's latest installation 'Field of Light' in the grounds of the Holbourne Musuem on November 23 in Bath, England.

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    Bruce Munro's latest installation 'Field of Light' is seen in the grounds of the Holbourne Musuem on November 23.

     

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    Burned and charred trees are seen after a bush fire swept through the area in Margaret River, Australia, on November 24. Over 200 residents from Prevelly have gathered on a beach near to Margaret River's mouth as the blaze forced them from their houses. The bushfire has already destroyed over 1000 hectares north of Margaret River. According to the local Department of Conservation several homes have been destroyed.

    After the fire: Margaret River, Australia

    Previously on PhotoBlog: Wildfire in Australia burns at least twenty homes

  • AP

    Demonstrators clash with police forces, unseen, in Kasserine, Tunisia, on Nov. 23. Photo made available Nov. 24.

    Protests in Tunisian town over lack of recognition for casualties of uprising

    The AP reports:

    A peaceful demonstration in the town of Kasserine over the exclusion of local residents from a list of those killed in last year's uprising against the dictatorship turned violent late Wednesday as protesters clashed with police and military.

    Demonstrators attempted to set fire to the local prison, rob a bank and loot the local branch of a government agency. They also set fire to tires and vandalized local businesses, said the state news agency.

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  • Baltimore Ravens cheerleaders compete to make the team

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    Baltimore Ravens cheerleader Angel is pictured in front of participants during the cheerleaders tryout clinic at the Ravens training facility in Owings Mills, Maryland, February 19, 2011.

    I have mixed feelings about the whole cheerleader thing; the games should be interesting enough without all the extra show biz trappings.

    But I have to hand to the team of Reuters photographers who followed the cheerleaders from the tryouts to summer training camp to the NFL regular season.

    As Reuters reports:

    Cheerleader talent is strong along the east coast and candidates drive to Baltimore for team tryouts each March hoping to join the squad.

    Related: Baltimore Sun story on the tryouts.

    Jason Reed / Reuters

    Hopefuls line up to perform during tryouts for the Baltimore Ravens cheerleaders in Baltimore, Maryland, March 5, 2011.

    Molly Riley / Reuters

    Baltimore Ravens cheerleader hopefuls prepare prior to performing during tryouts for the Ravens cheerleaders in Baltimore, Maryland, March 6, 2011.

    Molly Riley / Reuters

    Ravens cheerleader contestants warm up before performing during an event called "Making the Cut" to select the final Baltimore Ravens cheerleaders in Baltimore, Maryland, March 26, 2011.

    Larry Downing / Reuters

    A cheerleader performs as judges watch during tryouts for the Baltimore Ravens cheerleaders in Baltimore, Maryland, March 5, 2011.

    Jason Reed / Reuters

    Judges discuss possible picks during tryouts for the Baltimore Ravens cheerleaders in Baltimore, Maryland, March 5, 2011.

    Larry Downing / Reuters

    A disappointed contestant cries after being eliminated during tryouts at for the Baltimore Ravens 2011 cheerleader squad at a gym in Baltimore, March 6, 2011.

    Larry Downing / Reuters

    A young fan of the Baltimore Ravens cheerleaders reacts as she has a cheerleader provide an autograph in Deep Creek, Maryland, May 21, 2011.

    Jason Reed / Reuters

    Baltimore Ravens cheerleaders perform stunts during cheerleader training camp at Deep Creek, Maryland, May 20, 2011.

    Larry Downing / Reuters

    Male and female Baltimore Ravens cheerleaders chat in the locker room prior to a Ravens NFL football game in Baltimore, Maryland August 25, 2011.

    Larry Downing / Reuters

    Baltimore Ravens cheerleader Olivia applies lipstick prior to the Ravens NFL football game in Baltimore, Maryland October 2, 2011.

    Larry Downing / Reuters

    The Baltimore Ravens 2011 cheerleaders run onto the field during a game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, August 19, 2011.

    Molly Riley / Reuters

    Baltimore Ravens cheerleader Angel lines up while players take to the field for a Ravens NFL football game in Baltimore, Maryland August 19, 2011.

     
  • Plane with 6 aboard crashes east of Phoenix

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    A helicopter search light looks over the scene of an aircraft that crashed in the Superstition Mountains in Apache Junction, on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.

    AP reports:

    APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. — Authorities say the body of a child has been recovered from the scene of a plane crash in the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix.

    A small plane with three adults and three children on board crashed Wednesday night and authorities say there was no sign of survivors.

    Read the full story here.

  • Thanksgiving fare goes multi-legged at insectarium

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    Stephanie Smith, an educator at the Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans, holds a plate of boiled mealworms, left, and a cornbread stuffing with mealworms, for visitors to sample Thanksgiving-inspired foods with insects at the Audubon Insectarium Friday, Nov. 11, 2011.

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    Zack Lemann, visitor programs manager at the Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans, and Stephanie Smith, an educator at the bug museum, prepare cranberry sauce with wax worms, cricket pumpkin pie, and turkey with cornbread and mealworm stuffing for visitors to sample Thanksgiving-inspired foods with insects.

    Would you try this at home?

    AP reports:

    Gerald Herbert / AP

    Cornbread stuffing with mealworms.

    Anyone who wants can try this at home, said Zack Lemann, the museum's visitor program manager. "These particular recipes follow an old adage for beginning bug chefs: if a recipe calls for small bits or chopped pieces of fruits, vegetables, nuts, or meat, you can add or substitute insects," he said.

    So just take a favorite recipe and add bugs, making sure they've been raised in a pesticide-free environment. "Mealworms are usually boiled for a good 10 minutes. Wax worms are simmered for only three minutes or so. The softer body of wax worms will burst if boiled for too long, so we use less heat and less time when cooking them," he wrote in an email.

    "Crickets are done at 350 for 30 minutes and stirred into the pie mix."

    Read the full story here.

     

    Gerald Herbert / AP

    Corinne Hufft of Dallas, feeds her daughter Ella Hufft, 3, a boiled mealworm.

     

  • Thanksgiving comes early for those who need it

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    Antionette Erby-Jones feeds her eighteen-month-old grandson Anthony Erby as seven-year-old granddaughter Kayla Williams looks on.

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    DC residents arrive for the annual Safeway Feast of Sharing on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.

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    Goldie Brown with Child and Family Services Agency hands out traditional Thanksgiving turkey meals on Wednesday night.

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    Local residents pick free clothing after the dinner on Wednesday.

    As we celebrate this holiday season don't forget those less fortunate, please donate to your local food pantries.

    From Getty Images:

    The 12th annual Safeway Feast of Sharing feast provides a free turkey meal, a job fair, free clothing and free health screenings for low income and homeless DC residents to celebrate Thanksgiving. The event feeds more than 5,000 local residents through a variety of corporate and community partners.

  • Thanksgiving travel up despite higher prices

    Lynne Sladky / AP

    Jose Mendes sits in line with his daughter Maria Celeste Mendes at an air ticket counter waiting to travel to Venezuela before the Thanksgiving holiday weekend at Miami International Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, in Miami.

    This family doesn't look like they are looking forward to their trip. Full story.

    Holiday travel slideshow.

    Millions of Americans are expected to hit the airways, roadways and rails this holiday, even as the cost of travelling is sky high. NBC's Tom Costello reports.

     

  • Black Friday shoppers camp out in Texas

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    Barbara Riccelli sits outside her tent knitting while camping out outside the Best Buy store waiting to be the first ones in line when the store opens at midnight for Black Friday in Mesquite, Texas, November 23, 2011. Riccelli has been camping out for four days, along with four other tents.

    At first glance, I thought I was looking at an Occupy Wall Street protest. I can't imagine these deals are worth the trouble.

    Larry W. Smith / EPA

    Barbara Riccelli, Vicki Hawkins, and Vicki Lawrence, sit outside their tents while camping out outside the Best Buy store waiting to be the first ones in line when the store opens at midnight for Black Friday in Mesquite, Texas, November 23. People have been camping out for four days, along with four other tents.

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  • Georgian president unveils monument to Ronald Reagan

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    A man sits next to a statue of former US President Ronald Reagan in downtown Tbilisi, Georgia, Nov. 23, 2011. The bronze statue, depicting Reagan sitting on a bench, was unveiled by the Georgian president in Rike Park earlier the same day, reports state. Reagan, the 40th President of the United States (1981-1989), is celebrated in former Soviet satellite states for having helped hasten the fall of the Iron Curtain.

    I find it fascinating that former Soviet bloc countries are such big fans of Ronald Reagan. Apparently some folks in Newport Beach, California (bottom photo) don't share those feelings.

    AP reports:

    TBILISI, Georgia — Georgia's pro-Western president has unveiled a monument to Ronald Reagan in the capital of the ex-Soviet state praising the 40th U.S. president for "destroying the Soviet Empire."

    Mikhail Saakashvili, whose government has for years had tense relations with Russia, also lambasted Moscow's attempts to "restore" the Soviet Union by creating an economic bloc with other ex-Soviet nations.

    He said Wednesday that the bronze statue that depicts Reagan sitting on a bench "deserves a place in the heart of Tbilisi, the heart of Georgia."

    Alik Keplicz / AP

    Polish Army soldiers flank a Ronald Reagan statue honoring the late U.S. president for inspiring Poland's toppling of communism, in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, during the unveiling ceremony.

    Richard Koehler / Orange County Register via AP

    Laudie Freed of Newport Coast looks at the damaged Ronald Reagan statue in Bonita Canyon Sports Park in Newport Beach, Calif. Sunday morning, Nov. 6, 2011. The statue was damaged after thieves apparently tied a chain around it and tried to pull it away using a pickup truck or other vehicle, police said.

    Related:

    Reward offered for Reagan statue vandal

    PhotoBlog: Elizabeth Dole stands next to much taller statue of former US President Ronald Reagan

    Wikipedia list of things named for Ronald Reagan.

  • Casualties mount as protests continue in Cairo

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    Egyptian protesters throw stones during clashes with riot police along a road which leads to the Interior Ministry, near Tahrir Square, in Cairo on Nov. 23. Fresh clashes erupted between protesters and police in Cairo with three more people reported killed on the fifth day of violence that has left at least 31 people, according to the health ministry.

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    Wounded protesters are driven away on a motocycle truck to a makeshift hospital ), in Tahrir square ,Cairo, on Nov. 23.

    Goran Tomasevic / Reuters

    Protesters carry a fellow injured protester during clashes in a side street near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Nov. 23.

    Khaled Elfiqi / EPA

    Egyptian General Said (C) talks with a Muslim Imam, near the Interior Ministry, in Cairo, on Nov. 23. Renewed clashes erupted between security forces and anti-military protesters near Tahrir Square in central Cairo, reported state television.The clashes, for the fifth consecutive day, saw anti-riot police firing teargas on the protesters who answered with stone-throwing, according to the report.

    from NBC News services:

    CAIRO — Egyptian troops moved into streets around the Interior Ministry in Cairo on Wednesday, replacing riot police who had repeatedly clashed with protesters trying to reach the building, an army officer said. Riot police withdrew inside the ministry.

    The removal of the widely hated police seemed to be part of efforts to calm violence that has killed more than 30 people and wounded 2,000 in Cairo and elsewhere in six days of protests targeting the ruling military council, not the army itself.

    The Interior Ministry, near Tahrir Square, has been the main flashpoint for clashes in which police have fired tear gas, pellets and rubber bullets at stone-throwing demonstrators.

    Related:

    UN: Reports of unarmed Egypt protesters being shot in head

    See more images of the unrest in Egypt in our slideshow.

    Egyptian security forces react with force to protesters who throw rocks near Tahrir Square during the fifth day of demonstrations against the Egyptian military. NBC's Richard Engel reports from Cairo.

     

  • President Obama pardons Thanksgiving turkeys

    Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

    President Barack Obama, with daughters Sasha and Malia, pardons Liberty, a 19-week old, 45-pound turkey, on the occasion of Thanksgiving, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, on the North Portico of the White House in Washington. At left is National Turkey Federation Chairman Richard Huisinga.

    President Obama pardons the national Thanksgiving turkey, a 19-week-old, 45-pound bird named Liberty. NBC's Kristen Welker reports.

     

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