Top headlines:
GM CEO heading to Capitol by way of Malibu: Eager to avoid another scathing lecture about corporate excess from members of Congress, top U.S. auto CEOs will travel to Washington this week in hybrid vehicles. ›12:46
Celebrities to flock to Obama inauguration: The Super Bowl? The Oscars? Who cares? The biggest star-studded event on the horizon is President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration. ›19:01
Global AIDS crisis overblown? Some dare to say so: As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at the expense of more pressing health needs. ›17:42 30 Nov, Sun
Simon Cowell says Britney was in awe of me: Singer made recent visit to his British reality show, The X Factor. ›04:02
Folk music legend Odetta dies at 77: Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century, has died. She was 77. ›16:44
Video: Governors look to Obama for aid: Dec. 2: The nation's governors pressed President-elect Obama for their own bailouts Tuesday as state budgets across the country have hit a wall. NBC's Savannah Guthrie reports.(Nightly News) ›23:43 2 Dec, Tue
Conjoined twin dies after separation: Faith was breathing for Hope. So when the newborn conjoined Williams twins were separated, it turned out that Hope couldn't live without her sister. ›16:05
Cop shoots himself after gun-safety lesson: A top cop mistakenly shot himself in the thigh after giving his daughter a lesson in gun safety, police said. ›11:17 29 Nov, Sat
Video: Moms warned against diluting baby formula: Dec. 2: Health officials are warning cash-strapped parents not to try to save money by watering down powdered baby formula after a five-month old Tampa boy almost died from malnourishment and water intoxication. NBC's Brian Williams reports.(Nightly News) ›23:59 2 Dec, Tue
Maude among TV Hall of Fame inductees: "Maude" and "Golden Girls" star Bea Arthur is happily poised to enter the TV Academy Hall of Fame, but she acknowledges it's her own fault the recognition didn't come sooner. ›18:27
Video: Outrage erupts over tainted milk scandal: Dec. 2: The Chinese government's refusal to investigate the tainted milk incident that sickened hundreds of thousands of children and killed at least six has sparked outrage as well as several lawsuits. NBC's Adrienne Mong reports.(Nightly News) ›23:52 2 Dec, Tue
Scientists turn into virtual body snatchers: Shaking hands with yourself is an amusing out-of-body experience. The illusion of having your stomach slashed with a knife, not so much. Both sensations, however, can feel real in a Swedish body-swapping experiment. ›00:17
Coleman pleads no contest to charge: Actor Gary Coleman has pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge stemming from a September incident at a bowling alley. ›23:16 2 Dec, Tue
Quiz: Which Hanks role did Travolta turn down?: Test your red-carpet savvy with our weekly quiz ›16:33 26 Nov, Wed
C-sections tied to higher asthma risk for babies: Babies born by Caesarean section are more likely to develop asthma than children delivered naturally, Swiss researchers said on Tuesday. ›01:52 2 Dec, Tue
Traveling with dogs? Good manners a must: As more shops, restaurants and hotels put out a welcome mat for Fido, its important for all traveling pets to have good manners. ›17:57
Airliner lands with shattered windshield: A regional airliner with a cracked windshield was diverted to Kansas City's airport and landed safely Tuesday. ›22:35 2 Dec, Tue
Wall Street wavers in volatile trading: Wall Street fluctuated Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of a fresh economic report from the Federal Reserve and digested disappointing data from the services sector. ›19:14
Notre Dame announces Weis will return: Charlie Weis will return for a fifth year as Notre Dame's football coach despite posting his second straight disappointing season.A person familiar with the decision said the university will make the official announcement later Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the information had not been authorized for release.Weis has seven years left on a 10-year contract signed midway through his first season. ›17:48
AP: Gregory to replace Russert, NBC exec says: AP: NBC News is close to naming chief White House correspondent David Gregory as Tim Russert's replacement on the political talk show "Meet the Press," a network executive said Tuesday. ›02:55
China forces AIDS activist to return home: A Chinese AIDS activist said Wednesday that she was forcibly taken back to her rural home after participating in World AIDS Day in Beijing. ›17:34
Slide show: The week in celebrity sightings: Britney gets her Bambi, Cruise and Beckham do Broadway, Oprah plants a tree and more. ›12:57 2 Dec, Tue
Sound of Music hotel plan hits sour note: The Austrian city of Salzburg has blocked plans to open a hotel in a former home of the von Trapp family immortalized in The Sound of Music after protests by neighbors. ›17:24
N.M. baby dies from illness tied to formula: The New Mexico Health Department says a baby has died and another has been hospitalized due to a rare infection. ›19:04 1 Dec, Mon
