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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Tim Duncan is doing his very best to get the San Antonio Spurs back to the NBA Finals one more time.The 37-year-old center took control in overtime for a second straight game, this time scoring the first five points as the Spurs rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 104-93 Saturday night.That put them a win away from their first finals since 2007."He ...    

An 87-year-old man jumped out of an airplane thousands of feet over Ohio on Saturday to help his sick 11-month-old great-grandson.Clarence Turner of Warren County took the tandem skydive with an instructor near Waynesville to help raise money for medical bills for Julian Couch, who has been in the hospital since he was born, NBC station WLWT of Cincinnati reported.The boy has a rare protein defici...    

In two major speeches, President Obama sent strong signals this week about what he envisions for the military in a post-Sept. 11 era, a new path which can be described in a word: downsized.The president said the United States will have stricter limits on drone attacks overseas and telegraphed a new emphasis on fighting terrorism, based more on focusing on targeted, isolated threats and less on an ...    

The wet weather plaguing many parts of the U.S. this holiday weekend has turned fatal in sodden San Antonio.Two people are dead and more than 100 were rescued Saturday after heavy rain pummeled the Texas city, causing flash flooding.The majority of rescues were people trapped in their vehicles in low-lying areas of the city, San Antonio Fire Department spokesman Christian Bove told NBC News.Bove s...    

An 87-year-old man jumped out of an airplane thousands of feet over Ohio to help raise money for his sick 11-month-old great-grandson.

By Craig Stanley, NBC NewsSome mornings, beneath the streets of Boston, David France plays his violin for the passers-by who fill the subway corridor. Some stop to listen, while others acknowledge him by dropping money into the empty violin case that lies at his feet.France uses this money to fund Revolution of Hope, an after-school orchestra he started a few months ago in the disenfranchised comm...    

Attorneys for George Zimmerman say that unreleased text messages drawn from Trayvon Martin’s cell phone show the 17-year-old was arguing with a friend and was “angry” on the day he was shot and killed in Sanford, Fla.“This is relevant to Mr. Martin’s overall demeanor that day and relevant to his emotional state,” a new court filing by the defense team reads. The filing goes on to say the messages ...    

    

By Ron Mott, Correspondent, NBC NewsMOORE, Okla. – As it was for many of her classmates here, Saturday’s high school graduation was an emotional ceremony for 18-year-old Alyson Costilla, a moment of pride long anticipated.But unlike most of her peers, she accepted her diploma one day after a final farewell to her mom, Terri Long, one of 24 people killed in Monday’s devastating tornado.“She talked ...    

    

Some mornings, beneath the streets of Boston, David France plays his violin for the passers-by who fill the subway corridor. He uses this money to fund Revolution of Hope, an after-school orchestra he started a few months ago in the disenfranchised community of Roxbury.

    

    

    

    

    

Tucked among the cornfields, windmills and water towers of Littlefield, in west Texas, Dr. Isabel Molina treats one patient after the next at Lamb Healthcare Center.Littlefield is a small, dusty town of about 6,500 people, but Molina's two-doctor practice draws from a much larger area. She and her partner serve a total population of about 15,000, she estimates. To keep up with her patient load, Mo...