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President Obama again made his case for action against Syria in a speech from the East Room of the White House on Tuesday night while asking the House and Senate to put off a vote a vote on military action.

President Obama said today he will seek approval from Congress before taking any military action against Syria. Obama said he believes military action is necessary.

A Boeing 777 airplane crashed at San Francisco International Airport Saturday afternoon killing two people on board.

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Italy's top appeal court Tuesday overturned the acquittal of American Amanda Knox for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. Kercher died at 21 years old in an apartment she shared with Knox in Italy in 2007.

According to Jonathon Cogan of the U.S. Energy Administration, U.S. crude oil production is expected to keep rising over the next two years. America’s oil output will jump nearly 900,000 barrels per day in 2013, to an average of 7.3 million barrels a day...