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Treating scrap meat with ammonium hydroxide creates a pink goo that is used to extend meat products like chicken and beef and to kill bacteria.
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver demonstrated how mechanically separated meat — which McDonald's calls "select lean beef trimmings" — is made on his show "Food Revolution."
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and his wife Ann address a primary election night event in Tampa, Florida, January 31, 2012 after trouncing main rival Newt Gingrich in Florida's Republican primary.
Rick Santorum speaks before supporters in Nevada after placing third in Florida's primary, and stresses the need for the Republican candidates to elevate the tone of their campaigns and argue the issues instead of attacking each other's character.
Mitt Romney addresses supporters after winning the Florida Republican primary, insisting that the heated primary prepares the eventual candidate, and attacking President Obama on the economy and healthcare.
Newt Gingrich thanks his supporters in Florida, calling for help in defeating Mitt Romney's big money campaign, and outlines his plans for his first day in office as President of the United States.
At Tuesday's Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, National Director of Intelligence James Clapper said Iran may be more willing to attack the U.S. at home and abroad. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.
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For Clarence, N.Y., Jan. 9 looked more like spring than winter, when the town is usually under snow and busy with snowmobiles.
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A cyclist on Tuesday enjoys the spring-like day outside Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., where it got to 65 degrees F.
Temperatures are rising around the nation, making for an unusually warm January. Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore reports.
A new jet stream is causing high temperatures across the U.S. making for a nontraditional winter. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.
Much of the United States has been enjoying unseasonably warm weather, and it has many people asking whatever happened to winter? NBC's Ann Thompson looks at the "why" behind the wacky winter weather.
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Officials examine a dead sea lion found on a Seattle park beach on Jan. 23.
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Dozens of sea lions were spotted on Dec. 24, 2011, on an anchored barge in the Nisqually Delta by Pete Topping, a Washington state wildlife biologist.
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This dead sea lion with bullet wounds was found on a West Seattle beach on Jan. 23.
An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Spc. Jeremiah T. Sancho Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 at Dover Air Force Base, Del.
An investigation found "gross mismanagement" at the mortuary of the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Three of its officials have been reprimanded for losing or mishandling body parts of dead service members. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has ordered the Air Force to review its handling of a major scandal at Dover Air Force Base, where the remains of deceased soldiers were lost of buried in landfills. Stan McDowell, whose son's remains went missing, talks to msnbc's Craig Melvin.
The Humane Society says this image was taken at the Seaboard Foods' pig farm in Goodwell, Okla., in late 2011. The pigs are in stalls that measure two by seven feet, a practice that had been routine until other major pork producers announced plans to do away with them.
Film turned into photo lab led police to arrest a veteran educator. KNBC's Gordon Tokumatsu reports.
Jerry Miller has received four letters from the VA mourning his death and cutting off his benefits. NBC's Mark Potter reports.
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A man in New Haven was sleeping until a car crashed into his house and landed on top of him.
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Travelers wait in line for security screening at Denver International Airport in this file pic.
Spirit Airlines held "The Weiner Sale" last year, with airfares advertized as low as $9 each way to selected cities.
Skier Maddie Bowman wears a band on her arm and a purple ribbon in rememberance of Canadian skier Sarah Burke during Winter X Games 2012 at Buttermilk Mountain on Saturday. Burke died Jan 19 from injuries she sustained in a training accident.
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Sarah Burke at the FIS World Cup Grand Finals in 2008.
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Retired Lt. General William G. Boykin is seen in front of a flag. He has been criticized for anti-Muslim remarks.
In an August photo, airmen surround an open casket with another airman posed with a noose around his neck and chains across his body.
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This chart shows how far off an individual year was from the mean for January temperatures in the continental U.S.
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These golfers in Des Moines, Iowa, were out on the course on Jan. 5 as temperatures reached 60 degrees.
Temperatures are rising around the nation, making for an unusually warm January. Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore reports.
Downtown Anchorage, Alaska, has seen a snowy and icy winter, including this scene from Jan. 18.