Top headlines:
Speed limit likely around Atlantic right whales: The government on Monday recommended a speed limit for commercial ships along the Atlantic coast, where collisions with the endangered right whale threaten its existence. ›00:28 26 Aug, Tue
Walks doom Phils as Cubs win seventh straight: ›21:24
Pick the perfect car for your family: Walk into a dealership and ask to see the new-generation family car, and you might receive a puzzled look. That's because today's family cars are no longer one-size-fits-all. ›16:23
Automakers find safety in U.S. doesnt translate: It seems like an easy solution: Americans are looking for more fuel-efficient vehicles, so Ford Motor Co. is bringing over some of the small, gas-sipping cars it's been selling to Europeans for years. ›14:18
NASCAR means business with probation penalties: Be careful, Busch brothers. Now that probation is a big deal in NASCAR, you don't have much room for error, Darrell Waltrip says. ›16:35
The Internet makes me feel fat: In the Internet age with its endless playground for reinvention and resources for human understanding, its painfully clear just how hung up we are on appearances. ›12:56
How the Amazons lost cities worked: Researchers explain how an urban culture flourished 1,500 years ago in what are now the overgrown jungles of the Brazilian Amazon. ›18:00 28 Aug, Thu
Video: Will Pawlenty be McCain's VP?: Aug. 28: John McCain is set to name his running mate Friday, and speculation is at a fever pitch. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports.(Nightly News) ›22:54 28 Aug, Thu
Advancing Atlantic swallows African village: The old shore road to Totope is now under the sea, and when developers began carving out another one, it was washed away so often they abandoned it. ›14:13 26 Aug, Tue
Spygate stench sticks to Belichick: It's nearly a year later, and Bill Belichick's rep hasn't been rehabbed. Kevin Hench says the taint of "Spygate" will stick forever. ›17:52
Video: Obama's candidacy, 45 years after 'the dream': Aug. 28: On the anniversary of MLK's historic speech, Barack Obama becomes the first African American major party presidential nominee. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports on what this means for some Americans.(Nightly News) ›23:13 28 Aug, Thu
Video: Hurricane Gustav gains strength: Aug. 28: As New Orleans marks the 3-year anniversary of Katrina, it is bracing for a major hurricane that could hit the Gulf Coast. Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore reports on Tropical Storm Gustav.(Nightly News) ›22:57 28 Aug, Thu
Boeing union recommends strike: Machinists union leadership has called for a strike after deciding Boeings final contract offer isnt good enough. ›20:50
Ginobili says he needs surgery on heel: San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili says he needs arthroscopic surgery to repair a ligament injury in his left heel after playing for Argentina in the Beijing Olympics."They're going to operate on me," Ginobili was quoted as saying by Argentina's La Nacion newspaper Friday.Ginobili, who helped lead Argentina to a bronze medal in Beijing, said a subsequent MRI exam of his injured ankle showed no improvement."It's the same as it was two months ago, when they did the first exam," he said. ›20:21
Anxious freshmen meeting first on Facebook: Filled with going-to-college angst, many incoming freshmen spent plenty of time this summer soaking up campus life and getting to know their roomies and classmates first on Facebook. ›12:59 28 Aug, Thu
Melting Arctic opens shipping frontier: Rapidly melting ice on Alaska's Arctic is opening up a new navigable ocean in the extreme north, allowing oil tankers, fishing vessels and even cruise ships to venture into a new realm. ›22:28 21 Aug, Thu
Slide show: Month in Space: Sky highlights: Feast your eyes on eclipses, northern lights and other out-of-this-world sights from August 2008. ›19:25 28 Aug, Thu
Arctic sea ice drops to 2nd lowest level: More ominous signs have scientists saying that a global warming "tipping point" in the Arctic seems to be happening before their eyes. ›21:55 27 Aug, Wed
At top of Greenland, new cracks in ice: In northern Greenland, new satellite images show a growing giant crack and an 11-square-mile chunk of ice hemorrhaging off a major glacier. ›23:31 21 Aug, Thu
Indian villagers desperate as floods spread: Villagers were eating uncooked rice and flour mixed with polluted water in an eastern Indian state, officials said Friday, as hunger and diseases accompanied the worst floods in 50 years. ›16:32
How you can downsize without compromise: Here are 10 of the safest cars on the market that prove you can downsize without compromising. ›15:15
Cosmic Log: Visions of Mars ... and more!: Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Are you looking for the latest, biggest, best pictures from the Red Planet and other colorful celestial hot spots? Start your journey right here. ›21:47
Video: As Gustav heads to Gulf, New Orleans prepares for worst: Aug. 28: Louisiana has lined up 700 buses and set aside space for nearly 80,000 evacuees in preparation for a Hurricane that may be on track to directly strike New Orleans. NBC's Mark Potter reports.(Nightly News) ›22:59 28 Aug, Thu
Report: Oxygen bottle burst on Qantas jet: Air safety investigators confirmed Friday that an exploding oxygen cylinder ripped a gaping hole in a Qantas jet's fuselage mid-flight last month, but said they were no closer to solving the mystery of why the tank failed. ›15:47
