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Frank Cooper, who gave up his career as a lawyer to teach for half the pay, gives students lessons about life and history (with a little help from the King).
The men who jumped from 1 World Trade Center in September posted a video of their alarming stunt online.
First lady Michelle Obama took part in a Tai Chi class as she visited a high school in the Chinese city of Chengdu on Tuesday."It is a truly beautiful form of physical activity, and I loved giving it a try," the first lady wrote in a travel journal posted on the White House website.
Actor James Rebhorn, who many know from the TV series "Homeland" (I personally love his performance as the father of the groom in "Meet the Parents"), passed away last week after a more than 10-year battle with skin cancer. Rebhorn had written his own obituary, which you can view on his New Jersey church's website.
The U.S. Geological Survey is currently monitoring sites in Colorado and across the West Coast for possible landslides. The USGS says monitoring is essential to predicting the behavior of landslides and forecasting which storms can trigger large numbers of landslides.
More bodies have been pulled from the aftermath of the tragic mudslide in Washington. At least 14 are dead. NBC’s Miguel Almaguer reports.
Senior officials confirm that President Obama is proposing to end controversial bulk data collection. NBC’s White House correspondent Peter Alexander reports.
ICYMI, the United Nations this month examined women's equality worldwide and invited some special guests (including AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Shuler) to discuss ways to improve the lives of working women across the globe.
Good morning, and happy Tuesday. Here are six of the top stories we are following this morning at NBC News:1.
An Oklahoma City girl who says she asks everyone she meets to buy Girl Scout cookies has broken the organization's decades-old sales record by a margin about the size of a Thin Mint.Katie Francis of Oklahoma City sold 18,107 boxes in the seven-week sales period that ended Sunday night.
