The NBC News political director provides a state-by-state guide to how Obama achieved his victory, as well as a toolbox for understanding the political implications of the 2008 presidential election. An excerpt.
Scientists think they have identified a new wintering area and a possible breeding ground in the Gulf of Maine for the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
Here's some food for thought: If you have nude photos of your wife on your cell phone, hang onto it.
Rival groups of scholars excavating the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found are arguing over who lived there in biblical times - a monastic sect or mere farmers.
One of the less sanitary aspects of life in Jesus' day has come into play in the debate over who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls, how they lived and how they died.
A wetland bird that eluded scientists for nearly 130 years has been rediscovered at a wastewater treatment plant in Thailand, Birdlife International announced Wednesday.
Will Barack Obama play the Sarah Palin card? It's no longer the risk Democrats once believed. And it might be his best chance to dampen a late-breaking GOP surge.
Who is Joe the Plumber? He's Joe Wurzelbacher, an Ohio man looking to buy a plumbing business who came to symbolize the middle class in Wednesday night's presidential debate.
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