Video: Can CES gadgets lure cautious consumers?: Jan. 9: Industry representatives at the Computer Electronics Show in Las Vegas are hoping to persuade anxious consumers that their products will meet needs they didn't know they had. NBC's Lester Holt reports.(Nightly News) ›00:10 10 Jan, Sat
Calif. court bans ER docs from direct billing: The state's high court has barred emergency room doctors from directly billing insured patients when their HMOs refuse to pay the entire bill. ›23:20 8 Jan, Thu
Fla. conservatives fight transgender potty rule: A blond girl heads from a playground into a women's restroom. A scruffy man, lurking outside, darts in behind her. "Your City Commission Made This Legal," the words on the TV screen read. ›00:47 10 Jan, Sat
Newsweek: The man who blocked Burris: ›16:51
Cops probing sewer problem sniff out pot operation: Deputies investigating a sewer problem at a Minnesota home smelled something amiss a strong odor of marijuana. ›00:10 6 Jan, Tue
Iraq: With U.S. Help, Warlords Gain New Power: ›21:49 6 Oct, Sat
Drugs: Meet Mexicos Suspected Queenpin: Sexy, stylish and female. Meet Mexicos unlikely druglord suspect. ›22:00 10 Oct, Wed
Eating disorders may be rising in male athletes: More male athletes are developing unhealthy eating behaviors after seeing the competitive advantage a leaner physique can bring, a sports medicine doctor warns in a new report. ›18:59 8 Jan, Thu
Q&A: Policing School Shootings: A disturbed 14-year-old wounds four before killing himself in Clevelandjust another spasm of violence in another bloody year for Americas schools. How to spot trouble before it opens fireand the ongoing debate over blame for a cycle that just wont stop. ›23:25 11 Oct, Thu
Sub to probe shifting Antarctic glacier: A yellow, remote-controlled submarine will dive under an ice shelf in Antarctica to seek clues to world ocean level rises in one of the most inaccessible places on Earth. ›17:34 7 Jan, Wed
Weight loss a phone call away, study finds: Phone and e-mail counseling help people improve their diet and lose weight, according to a new study that points to a potentially simple but effective tool in the fight against obesity. ›20:12
Gardasil again denied for use in older women: U.S. health regulators again withheld approval for the use of Merck & Co's Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine by women aged 27 to 45, asking for longer-term data on a test group. ›23:30
Women can smell a man's intentions: It's not hard to tell when a guy is "happy to see you." The twinkle in his eye, his swagger, that sexy smile all are clear signs he's in the mood. ›17:43
Six-year-old's saggy pants lead to gun find: A 6-year-old boy brought a loaded handgun to his Southern California elementary school. It was discovered when he was sent to the campus office because of his sagging pants. ›15:48
Spirituality, not religion, makes kids happy: The link between spirituality and happiness is pretty well-established for teens and adults. More spirituality brings more happiness. Now a study has reached into the younger set, finding the same link in "tweens" and in kids in middle childhood. ›18:43
Doris Lessings Nobel Prize: The unpredictable curmudgeon has written about everything from feminism to sci-fi to cats (twice). ›15:18 12 Oct, Fri
Gellman: A Letter to a Bigot: What I want to say to a person of prejudice. ›22:12 12 Oct, Fri
Peru transfers jailed American for treatment: Peruvian authorities have moved jailed New Yorker Lori Berenson to a capital prison to treat a chronic back ailment that could complicate her five-month-old pregnancy. ›23:53
Timber giant drops plan for forest roads: The nation's largest owner of timberland disclosed Monday that it will no longer pursue changes that critics complained could transform forests into housing subdivisions. ›19:02 6 Jan, Tue
Waste pond ruptures, this time in Ala.: A power plant waste pond in Alabama ruptured but the spill has been contained, the Tennessee Valley Authority reported Friday. ›22:11
Death row inmate pulls out eye, eats it: A Texas death row inmate with a history of mental problems pulled out his only good eye and told authorities he ate it. ›21:44