Excavator takes first chomp out of house of horrors

Excavator takes first chomp out of house of horrors

Aug. 7: Crowds cheer outside the home of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro as an excavator takes its first chomp out of the ...

Dark chapter in North Carolina voting success story

Dark chapter in North Carolina voting success story

Aug. 22: Rachel Maddow reports on North Carolina's success in improving voter turnout and ease of voting through the 2008 e...

Cruz takes credit for Boehner’s move to defund Obamacare

Cruz takes credit for Boehner’s move to defund Obamacare

Sept. 18: House Speaker John Boehner caved to Tea Party demands and added in language to defund Obamacare into the bill funding the go...

Iran takes new tone but Graham talks war

Iran takes new tone but Graham talks war

Sept. 18: Rachel Maddow reports on signs that the new Iranian political leadership is taking steps to make their country less isolated...

Cruz reads bedtime stories to daughters from Senate floor

Cruz reads bedtime stories to daughters from Senate floor

Sept. 24: Texas Senator Ted Cruz reads two bedtime stories to his daughters at home and likens Obamacare to “Green Eggs and Ham”  

A story of triumph under Obamacare

A story of triumph under Obamacare

Sept. 25: Fox's Elizabeth Hasselbeck goes to a claims President Barack Obama's health care law will dramatically hurt cancer patients....

Bill O’Reilly: I tell the real story of Jesus

Bill O’Reilly: I tell the real story of Jesus

Sept. 30: Fox News host Bill O’Reilly is author of the new book “Killing Jesus.” He tells TODAY’s Matt Lauer about his inspira...

Russia considers taking kids from gay parents

Russia considers taking kids from gay parents

Oct. 10: Rachel Maddow reports on the Russian crackdown on homosexuality including taking the children away from homosexual...

James Franco: The real reason I take selfies

James Franco: The real reason I take selfies

Oct. 14: Actor and author James Franco is out with a novel called “Actors Anonymous” that addresses some of the challen...

Former Miss World tells rape story

Former Miss World tells rape story

Nov. 19: Former Miss World Linor Abargil was abducted and raped just seven weeks before she won her title in 1998.  Ten ye...

The Trey Radel story: More than just cocaine

The Trey Radel story: More than just cocaine

Nov. 20: Trey Radel pled guilty Wednesday for buying cocaine in Washington - but there's more to the story of the "hip hop ...

NJ bridge story extending into scandal

NJ bridge story extending into scandal

Dec. 11: Rachel Maddow reports on developments in the story of a suspicious traffic closure in New Jersey as the investigat...

Record low temperatures put Midwest in deep freeze

Record low temperatures put Midwest in deep freeze

Jan. 6: Schools have been closed and residents have been warned to stay inside after reports of historically low temperatur...

Heating Bills Soar as Temperatures Plummet

Heating Bills Soar as Temperatures Plummet

Jan. 27: In Chicago, and across much of the Midwest, several days of sub-zero temperatures have taken their toll. And on Tu...

Matt’s app pick tells you when to take a pee break

Matt’s app pick tells you when to take a pee break

March 14: TODAY’s Matt Lauer chats about a few apps to download this weekend, including RunPee, which tells you the best time to tak...

Putin grab also takes Russians out of Ukraine

Putin grab also takes Russians out of Ukraine

March 18: Rachel Maddow reports on the recent political history within Ukraine and how Vladimir Putin's taking of Crimea changes Ukrai...

CBS feeling the heat for Benghazi story

CBS feeling the heat for Benghazi story

Nov. 8: Chris Hayes and the panel discuss the “trainwreck” series of events surrounding a “60 Minutes” report on th...

Take cover! KLG, Hoda hide from startled turkey

Take cover! KLG, Hoda hide from startled turkey

Nov. 22: David Mizejewski from the National Wildlife Federation introduces Kathie Lee and Hoda to some animal friends, incl...

Axelrod on Gates memoir: Stories are confusing

Axelrod on Gates memoir: Stories are confusing

Jan. 8: Former senior adviser to President Obama and NBC News senior political analyst David Axelrod says he was surprised ...

California town takes on Chevron over refinery pollution

California town takes on Chevron over refinery pollution

Aug. 5: Rachel Maddow reports on efforts by the residents of Richmond, California to hold Chevron accountable for a refiner...