Snowe: Public needs to express opposition

Snowe: Public needs to express opposition

Oct. 7: Leading lawmakers outside of Capitol Hill are voicing their unhappiness over a government shutdown that likely wonâ...

First-time actor: I was a ‘little scared’ to meet Tom Hanks

First-time actor: I was a ‘little scared’ to meet Tom Hanks

Oct. 10: Barkhad Abdi plays a modern-day pirate leader in the fact-based film “Captain Phillips,” and the first-time ac...

First-time actor: I was a ‘little scared’ to meet Tom Hanks

First-time actor: I was a ‘little scared’ to meet Tom Hanks

Oct. 10: Barkhad Abdi plays a modern-day pirate leader in the fact-based film “Captain Phillips,” and the first-time ac...

Victim’s mother: ‘I almost passed out’ after murderers set free

Victim’s mother: ‘I almost passed out’ after murderers set free

Oct. 18: The relatives of victims murdered by two fugitives want answers as to how the two men scammed their way of jail. N...

The cost of doing business

The cost of doing business

Oct. 22: Chris Hayes and an expert panel look at whether we are finally turning a corner in holding big Wall Street banks t...

Larry the Cable Guy: Healthcare expert?

Larry the Cable Guy: Healthcare expert?

Dec. 11: Earning the joint title of Ed Schultz's Pretender, Fox's Sean Hannity whipped out the big guns, bringing on a reli...

Fear of a black Santa

Fear of a black Santa

Dec. 12: Fox News broke a big story last night, in case you missed it - both Jesus and Santa Claus are white.  

Christie in path as traffic flap gains energy

Christie in path as traffic flap gains energy

Dec. 13: Ted Mann, reporter for the Wall Street Journal, talks with Rachel Maddow about how a small traffic story is becomi...

MHP’s letter to Santa

MHP’s letter to Santa

Dec. 14: Melissa Harris-Perry's open letter goes out to the big man in the North Pole and is about the debate in the Americ...

Midwestern polar apocalypse

Midwestern polar apocalypse

Jan. 6: In Trenders, a Wisconsin state senator wants to do away with days off, while actor Steven Seagal considers running ...

Oprah cancels 60th birthday party

Oprah cancels 60th birthday party

Jan. 29: Entertaining and lifestyle expert Colin Cowie tells TODAY that the media maven canceled her bash because the guest...

Will Republicans stick with Christie?

Will Republicans stick with Christie?

Feb. 2: The UP panel discusses the big question of whether New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will be able to politically survi...

Andy Samberg: Fallon will ‘kill it’ on ‘Tonight Show’

Andy Samberg: Fallon will ‘kill it’ on ‘Tonight Show’

Feb. 4: The comedian sat down with TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie to chat about his big Golden Globe win, and expressed his con...

Texas Republicans avoid Chris Christie

Texas Republicans avoid Chris Christie

Feb. 6: Gov. Christie avoided media during a TX fundraising trip as big name TX Republicans avoided him. Lawrence O'Donnell...

2014 already a fundraising battle

2014 already a fundraising battle

Feb. 18: Republicans, with the help of the Koch brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity, are getting a big cash advantage ...

Let the ‘Sheldon Adelson primary’ begin

Let the ‘Sheldon Adelson primary’ begin

March 31: Top GOP Governors head to Sin City, trying to court big money man Sheldon Adelson before the 2016 election. Ed Schultz, Zerl...

Don Blankenship vs. the world

Don Blankenship vs. the world

March 31: Don Blankenship, the onetime Massey Energy boss, tells Steve Kornacki that reports blaming Massey Energy for the Upper Big B...

Movie Legend Mickey Rooney Dies at 93

Movie Legend Mickey Rooney Dies at 93

April 7: The late actor was known for big box office attractions in the late 1930's and early 1940's. He was nominated for four Academ...

Did more than 7.1 million enroll for ACA?

Did more than 7.1 million enroll for ACA?

April 7: The White House has another big enrollment number, while Paul Ryan promises a 2016 repeal. Lawrence O'Donnell talks with Howa...

Is Jeb Bush not conservative 'enough?'

Is Jeb Bush not conservative 'enough?'

April 14: The Republican fight over immigration sheds new light on the big party divide ahead of 2016. Ed Schultz and Mitch Caesar dis...