For those dusting off a do-it-yourself manual in this tough economy, there’s now help available from a growing group of good neighbors. NBC’s Lee Cowan reports on the helpful hands making a difference. (Nightly News)
These days, films need to be blockbusters outside the United States to be considered a success. As NBC’s Miguel Almaguer reports, the global influence is clear, even among the most American-themed movies. (Nightly News)
The energy industry centered in Prudhoe Bay is the economic engine of the North Slope, helping preserve the Inupiat culture, but it also presents a potential threat to that culture. Mayor Edward Itta of the North Slope Borough e-mailed answers to our questions about these conflicts.
As lawmakers call for new inquiries into Thursday's accident, oil industry executives say it will now be more difficult to lift the government's offshore drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico.
A group of fisheries scientists argue that the Marine Stewardship Council, an influential body that ranks fish sources as sustainable, grants its seal of approval too easily. As a result, some fish populations may be more endangered than consumers believe.
Angry rallies in Mozambique partly over a 30 percent rise in the cost of bread left 10 dead. A young protester in Maputo stood by a burning vehicle on Thursday.
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