
NBC seizes ratings lead with football and 'Voice'
Powered by football and "The Voice," NBC took the lead in the ratings last week. But even football couldn't tackle CBS' indomitable "NCIS," which ...
DC police investigating 'Meet the Press' incident
District of Columbia police say they are investigating an incident in which NBC News reporter David Gregory displayed what he described as a ...

For the New York Stock Exchange, a sell order
The Big Board just isn't so big anymore. In a deal that highlights the dwindling stature of what was once a centerpiece of capitalism, the New York ...

Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012
Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables ...

Ex-ABC News veteran Sam Donaldson charged with DUI
ABC News veteran and former correspondent Sam Donaldson is facing a drunken driving charge in Delaware. Police in the southern coastal town of Lewes ...
CBS dominates week in TV ratings
CBS had little competition for dominance last week in the television ratings. The network had 17 of the 25 most-watched programs on the air last week, ...

Rio de Janeiro's funk gains acceptance
Rio de Janeiro's rich, oceanfront promenades have their own music, made immortal in Bossa Nova tunes such as "The Girl from Ipanema." Carioca funk, ...

Gun control debate begins to simmer after massacre
Democrats say meaningful action in the wake of the school shootings in Connecticut must include a ban on military-style assault weapons and a look at ...

Lieberman, Democrats want ban on assault weapons
Democratic lawmakers and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national ...

Obama, Boehner meet to discuss 'fiscal cliff'
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met Sunday at the White House to discuss the ongoing negotiations over the impending "fiscal ...

Did Costas overstep his bounds with gun comments?
Clearly, Bob Costas stirred up a hornet's nest Sunday with a halftime commentary about Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher, who killed his ...

Islamist sect in Nigeria grows more deadly
The radical Islamist fighters gather around piles of weapons and ammunition they've stolen and shout praises to God as they shoot into the expanse of ...

'Cliff' talks: White House waiting on GOP move
Republicans have to stop using "political math" and say how much they are willing to raise tax rates on the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans and then ...

Ex-NBC Universal head Zucker named new CNN chief
Incoming CNN President Jeff Zucker said Thursday that he intends to make the network more "vibrant and exciting" while broadening the programming on ...
Football leads NBC to ratings win
Two football games that showed the widely divergent paths of New York's pro football teams boosted NBC to its first ratings win of the new season.