Report: 25 years since temps below average

It's been more than 300 months since the average global average temperature was below average, scientists and the U.S. government said in a State of the Climate report released Tuesday.

Bachmann's husband got $137,000 in Medicaid funds

A health clinic run by the husband of presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann has been collecting annual Medicaid payments totaling over $137,000 since 2005, according to new figures obtained by NBC News.

The slide in home prices not over just yet

Though falling house prices took a bit of a breather in many parts of the country in April, analysts who follow the housing market say it’s too soon to say they’ve bottomed.

Stocks end the trading day with healthy gains

South Carolina repeats in College World Series

Michael Roth pitched 7 2-3 innings on three days' rest, and South Carolina won its second straight national championship with a 5-2 victory Tuesday night that completed a two-game sweep over Florida in the College World Series finals.

Lee tosses another shutout, baffles Red Sox

Tracy Morgan offends again in latest stand-up

In his first performance since his infamous antigay rant, the comic is under fire for a routine that made fun of "retarded kids" and "cripples."

Newsweek cover imagines Princess Diana at 50

Need to remember something? Think of the dentist

If you want to remember information after you've just been tested on it, looking at photographs that stir up negative emotions may do the trick, suggests new research from Psychological Science.

Mammograms can cut deaths by a third

NASA: Last shuttle mission will launch July 8

It's official: NASA's last space shuttle launch in history is set to blast off from Florida on July 8.

What's ailing America's national parks?

The National Parks Conservation Association released a report Tuesday that details serious threats to natural and cultural resources.