Firefighters douse crash wreckage, houses in Conn.

Firefighters douse crash wreckage, houses in Conn.

Aug. 9: Firefighters in East Haven, Conn., work to douse the smoking fuselage of a small plane and the two homes the craft ...

NTSB update on Connecticut plane crash

NTSB update on Connecticut plane crash

Aug. 9: NTSB’s Senior Air Safety Investigator Robert Getz describes the crash site of a small private plane that crashed ...

Dash the skateboarding pooch shows off skills

Dash the skateboarding pooch shows off skills

Aug. 15: A Jack Russell Terrier named Dash has been trained to ride a skateboard. Dash's owner and professional dog trainer...

Fundraising takes teen from homeless to Howard U.

Fundraising takes teen from homeless to Howard U.

Aug. 19: Nineteen-year-old James Ward grew up in Los Angeles’ Skid Row neighborhood; on Monday, he will begin his freshma...

Scarborough: Is Christie rounding off harsh edges before a '16 run?

Scarborough: Is Christie rounding off harsh edges before a '16 run?

Aug. 20: Top Talkers: Some San Diego residents are defending their embattled mayor Bob Filner as he is expected to return t...

Gov. Christie endorses Steve Lonegan

Gov. Christie endorses Steve Lonegan

Aug. 20: NJ Gov. Chris Christie endorsed Steve Lonegan, the Republican running against Democrat Cory Booker for the U.S. Se...

NC faces fights that were supposed to have been won

NC faces fights that were supposed to have been won

Aug. 22: Montravias King, activist and student at Elizabeth City State University, talks about the history of ECSU and Rach...

iDog: School offers iPad course for pups

iDog: School offers iPad course for pups

Aug. 26: Playing catch is so last year! New York City's School for the Dogs offers an iPad class that will have your dog sw...

Caught on camera: Supposed burglars pay for items

Caught on camera: Supposed burglars pay for items

Aug. 28: When the vice president of a small store in New Jersey got a call that his store had been broken into, he was surp...

Bow to wow! Adopt these shelter pets

Bow to wow! Adopt these shelter pets

March 28: TODAY’s Jill Rappaport presents four adorable dogs and a cat who are made over and ready to be adopted! Are you the foreve...

Black bear strolls through Tennessee town

Black bear strolls through Tennessee town

Sept. 11: A small bear is caught on camera wandering down a sidewalk and even crossing at a crosswalk in downtown Gatlinburg, Tenn.  

The Pope rewrites the image of Catholicism

The Pope rewrites the image of Catholicism

Sept. 19: Many found an interview given by Pope Francis noting that the church can't be "obsessed" in "small-minded rules" on abortion...

Constitution puts burden of budget blame on Boehner

Constitution puts burden of budget blame on Boehner

Dec. 27, 2012: E.J. Dionne, columnist for the Washington Post, talks with Ezra Klein about the lazy tendency to c...

Shutdown opens chance for news dump, drinking

Shutdown opens chance for news dump, drinking

Oct. 1: Rachel Maddow reports on some important news stories that didn't get attention while Americans were focused on whet...

Tom Hanks: ‘Captain Phillips’ film is ‘wild’

Tom Hanks: ‘Captain Phillips’ film is ‘wild’

Oct. 7: Actor Tom Hanks plays the title role in the movie “Captain Phillips,” which dramatizes the 2009 hijacking of a ...

Watch Savannah’s full interview with Hannah Anderson

Watch Savannah’s full interview with Hannah Anderson

Oct. 10: In an exclusive interview with TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie, kidnap survivor Hannah Anderson describes her rescue, a...

Brad Pitt talks turning 50 and ’12 Years a Slave’ role

Brad Pitt talks turning 50 and ’12 Years a Slave’ role

Oct. 16: The iconic actor sat down with NBC News’ Ann Curry to talk about his small role as an abolitionist in the new mo...

Buono: Dems ‘cut deals’ with Christie

Buono: Dems ‘cut deals’ with Christie

Nov. 8: State Sen. Barbara Buono joins All In to discuss her recent loss in the NJ gubernatorial race against Republican op...

Dubious traffic jam shows signs of politics

Dubious traffic jam shows signs of politics

Dec. 9: Assemblyman John Wisniewski, (D) NJ, talks with Rachel Maddow about the investigation into a mysterious traffic jam...

Dubious traffic jam shows signs of politics

Dubious traffic jam shows signs of politics

Dec. 9: Assemblyman John Wisniewski, (D) NJ, talks with Rachel Maddow about the investigation into a mysterious traffic jam...