Lawyer: Parents of ‘balloon boy’ to plead guilty
Attorney says Richard and Mayumi Heene expected to get probation. Full story
Chimp attack
victim breaks
her silence
Video: The woman who was brutally mauled by her friend’s pet chimpanzee speaks out for the first time.
Parents of ‘balloon boy’ to plead guilty
The parents of a 6-year-old Coloradan who became known as "balloon boy" will plead guilty at a court hearing on Friday, their lawyer said in a statement.
Ft. Hood suspect to face 13 murder charges
Military prosecutors to charge Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan with 13 counts of premeditated murder, a government official told NBC News.
Brown pelicans coming off endangered list
After nearly 40 years on the brink of extinction, the brown pelican is coming off the endangered species list.
Investigators: Fort Hood suspect acted alone
The Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood massacre apparently acted alone and without outside direction, investigative officials said Monday evening.
Obama honors veterans at Arlington cemetery
President Barack Obama paid fond tribute Wednesday to the determination of the U.S. military.
Public gets peek into 'Little Rock Nine' safe home
The nine black students who confronted angry white mobs as they integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957 took solace each day at the home of Daisy and L.C. Bates.
Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life
Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of alien life.
Widow leaves millions for opera, birds
A Scottish widow with twin passions for birds and music has left most of her $16.6 million fortune to New York's Metropolitan Opera and a British nature charity.
As stimulus funds trickle down, debate heats up
As details emerge about how communities are spending federal stimulus funds, debates about the use of taxpayers' money are erupting around the country. Tell us what kind of reception projects in your community are getting.








