Fire survivor: Lou the mule saved me: Jolene Solomon is beginning the new year with her life, her mule named Lou and little else. She says Lou's braying alerted to a fire that consumed her house but she escaped unharmed. ›03:31 7 Jan, Wed
Low times for high tech as CES opens: Bill Gates isn't at the International Consumer Electronics Show. Steve Jobs isn't at Macworld. One way or the other, 2009 will be a turning point for the consumer technology industry. ›15:22
Obama pledges to tackle government spending: President-elect Obama says he'll have to juggle the competing interests of economic stimulus and deficit control, but that restoring general business health must come first. ›23:48 7 Jan, Wed
Police stop school bus on liquor-store run: A school bus driver made an unscheduled stop at a liquor store, then allegedly asked a student to help hide her purchases when police stopped her, the district superintendent said. ›21:56
'Hello 911? I'm driving drunk': Police get calls about drunken drivers all the time, but rarely do they come from the alleged offender. ›07:25 3 Jan, Sat
Video: Managing debts, and expectations: Jan. 7: The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday the projected federal deficit for 2009 is $1.2 trillion, and that does not include the $800 billion economic stimulus package President-elect Barack Obama is proposing. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.(Nightly News) ›23:43 7 Jan, Wed
Obama: Major stimulus needed: President-elect Barack Obama warned Thursday that the nation's recession could "linger for years" unless Congress acts to pump huge sums from Washington into the U.S. economy. ›20:54
New therapy helps boy with rare disease: A drug used to suppress the immune system in cancer and rheumatoid arthritis has helped extend the life of a Minnesota boy struggling with a rare and deadly form of the genetic disorder Pompe disease. ›16:56
Lead for car batteries poisonstown: The dirtin this town on the fringes of Dakar, Senegal's capital, is laced with lead left over from years of extracting it from old car batteries. And it is poisoning children. ›08:47 4 Jan, Sun
Engineer: Ash spill warning signs ignored: The nation's largest government-run utility ignored two small leaks that could have provided a warning years before a Tennessee coal ash pond collapsed, a former federal regulator contends. ›23:35 6 Jan, Tue
Statins can cause rare eye disorders: Treatment with a cholesterol-lowering "statin" drug may very occasionally cause double-vision, eyelid-droop, or weakness of the muscles that control eye movement. ›20:09 7 Jan, Wed
Chain stores post dismal December: Major retailers Thursday reported dismal sales for December, confirming fears that the holiday season was the weakest in four decades. ›20:58
Pioneering civil rights lawyer dies: Charles Morgan Jr., a civil rights-era lawyer from Alabama who represented Julian Bond and Muhammad Ali and argued for the "one man, one vote" principle, died Thursday. He was 78. ›21:15
Twins born on separate days, months, years: They're twins, all right, despite what their spanking new birth certificates say. ›22:58 2 Jan, Fri
'Jealous wife' charged in fatal genitals fire: An Australian woman accused of setting her husband's genitals on fire because she thought he was having an affair has been charged with murder. ›12:44 6 Jan, Tue
Fugitive Ala. cop to be sent back from Vegas: A fugitive police sergeant said Thursday he won't contest being sent back to Alabama, where he's accused of faking his abduction, stealing evidence money and flying to Las Vegas to try to win enough money to pay off personal debts. ›22:59
Mosquitoes buzz is music to their ears: When the first birds of spring chirp together, it's charming. When male and female mosquitoes harmonize, it's annoying. But they all have the same goal in mind: mating. ›22:57
Auto industry woes put buyers in drivers seat: By all accounts it's a great time to buy a new car. Manufacturers are willing to slash thousands off sticker prices and offer interest-free money. ›00:22
Neanderthals done in by competition: Climate change has become the default scapegoat for nearly every extinction on Earth. But a new study lets climate off the hook for at least one event: the disappearance of Neanderthals. ›19:20
Lab discloses problem with vitamin D testing: The nation's largest medical lab company says it recently discovered and fixed a problem that led to inaccuracies in a small number of tests for vitamin D deficiency. ›14:09
Shape up in '09 with a month of fitness tips: If you've resolved to give yourself a tune-up in 2009 or more like a full-body makeover we've got lots of expert advice to help you reach your get-fit goals. ›16:05 1 Jan, Thu