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Reflection in space
View this image of Atlantis astronaut Leland Melvin and others chosen by msnbc.com editors for their interesting perspective on life.
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Crashers met Obama, White House says
Secret Service “embarrassed” that Va. couple got through, says it could press charges. Full story
Man hunted after Thanksgiving party killings
Cops: Relative with “resentment” toward family kills girl, 3 women. Story
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Life isn’t all glamor for Obama crashers
Despite photos with president and prince, White House party crashers Michaele and Tareq Salahi have a far less glamorous side.
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Killer hunted after Thanksgiving rampage
Florida police are searching for a man suspected in the Thanksgiving shooting deaths of his twin sisters, aunt and a 6-year-old cousin during a family celebration.
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Much less ice for polar bears, expert says
Arctic sea ice conditions are even worse than feared after a survey found that ice detected as older and thicker by satellites is actually thin and fragile, a prominent researcher says.
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570,000 9/11 pager messages released
Some 570,000 pager messages sent on Sept. 11, 2001, some of them by government officials, were being disclosed Wednesday by a nonprofit activist group.
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Military divorces edge up again
The divorce rate in the armed forces edged up again despite many programs to help couples, and the rate now is a full percentage point higher than around the time of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Meet Tiana, Disney’s first black princess
Nov. 26: Little girls lining up in New York and Los Angeles for the limited preview of Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog” will witness a first: a princess who happens to be African-American. NBC’s Chris Jansing reports.
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Muslims cast stones on third day of hajj
Vast crowds of pilgrims cast stones at walls representing the devil on the third day of the annual hajj on Friday as Muslims around the world began celebrating Eid al-Adha.
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$1,000 gold coin dropped in donation bucket
Nov. 27: Officials at the Salvation Army outside Chicago found a solid gold South African Krugerrand in a donation tin.
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Proposal to merge black schools draws fire
Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past.
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