The United Nations exists to fulfill its founding ideals of preserving peace and security, promoting global cooperation, and advancing human rights. These are the responsibilities of all nations, but especially those that seek to lead in the 21st cen...
Sneezing, coughing, and sniffing. Welcome to winter and the common cold virus, a cure for which has eluded for years. But now a major breakthrough by scientists in Cambridge University brings that cure a step closer, as they've discovered a new way t...
We are back from our DECISION 2010 headquarters here at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York. Last night on this broadcast, before the polls had closed, we heard the personal stories of four voters from around this country, and what was on their minds as...
Gavin George dressed up in a tuxedo for Halloween.He is going as a piano prodigy, only this isn't a costume trick, instead it's a real treat. The Newark Granville Symphony Orchestra hosted the pianist,knowing full well his capabilities.Earlier this y...
The terror threat comes as millions of Americans get ready for the busy holiday travel season, and they'll be met with new security and screening measures at the nation's airports. NBC's Tom Costello reports. Enhanced security at the nation's airport...
When it comes to alleged corruption, some countries are continually accused. The group Transparency International ranks those coutries. Its research has found some surprises this year and some rather deep concerns. Ralitsa Vassileva joins us now from...
And this just in to CNN, some sad news to report to you today. Paul, the World Cup psychic octopus dead. That news coming from the aquarium in Germany where Paul correctly predicted, I guess, all of the winners. He's an inspired gamblers, confounded...
Nancy has only been allowed to legally drink for a couple of months, but she was an alcoholic for years. When she was 13 she was drinking spirits, at 14 she had a stomach pumped,was put her on a drip, by 16 she was living in a hostel and shoplifting...
Its pretty local in the sense of this is just the appointment of a mayor of Moscow, but Moscow is one of the biggest cities in Europe and its got massive budget, billions of dollars, so the person who occupies this post has some degree of power, but...
In the battle against those senior moments, the Americans have turned everything from crosswords to Sudoku, but there is a new report out that finds that it could boil down that old injunction. Maybe it's really better to wear-out than rest-out. Debe...
As you well know, nearly 15 million Americans are out of work right now, and with the unemployment rate holding steady at 9.6%. People are looking for jobs have little to shake them out of the post-recession blues. But a new report from Money Magazin...
Oh, oh, its there. Yeah,yeah.You got it. Its a bird. Its a plane. Its a . Maybe superman. Maybe wonder woman. Youd rather it be wonder woman. Yeah. Theres something up there and theres been a crowd of people at the corner of 8 in 23rd street trying t...
The unions have already flexed their muscles with three days of strikes in the space of a month, but they're determined to ramp up the pressure on the governments. These workers are angry about Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reforms which mean the retirem...
More pictures of the mysterious man destined to take the reins of North Korea. State TV broadcasted these pictures of leader Kim Jong-il and heir apparent Kim Jong-un touring a newly built state theatre and artists' new flats. The youngest son of the...
Well, a lot of people have asked me to do it and until recently I would have no interest but somebody has to do something and that's not only having to do with our country but also having to do with your country. It's, would not been, this been, ther...
