The Nightly News Supplemental

Posted: Friday, January 02, 2009 5:05 PM by Daily Nightly Editor
Filed Under: Nightly News Supplemental

March 31, 2009

See the EPA's full list of schools being tested for air quality
http://www.epa.gov/schoolair/schools.html

More info on Montana's Grateful Nation program
www.gratefulnationmontana.com

March 30, 2009

Click here for the FDA's list of recalled pistachio products:
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html

 

March 29, 2009

Click here for more on statin therapy:
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMoa0900241

March 28, 2009

Click here for more on Three Mile Island:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/29916077#29916077

March 27, 2009

Click here for more from Red Tape Chronicles on debt collection calls:
http://redtape.msnbc.com/2009/03/harassing-calls.html

March 26, 2009

DSpa by Dellaria Salon
http://www.dspabydellaria.com

Burlington Community Food Pantry
http://peoplehelpingpeopleinc.org

 

 

March 24, 2009

Alzheimer's Facts and Figures http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_facts_figures.asp

 

March 23, 2009
More on Jack Jacobs' Making a Difference report

http://www.projectaugusta.org/index.htm

 

 

March 22, 2009
Click here for more information on Peter Alexander's segment:
http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/22/1849960.aspx

March 21, 2009
Click here to watch more from the "Seeking Solutions" series:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/29814554#29814554

March 20, 2009

'Is anybody listening?': Watch the Village Academy student video

March 19, 2009
More info on prostate screening study

Interactive: A view of employment trends in major sectors of the economy

March 18, 2009

More information on prostate screening:

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMe0901166

http://www.nejm.org/perspective-roundtable/screening-for-prostate-cancer

 

March 17, 2009

DOD report:
http://www.sapr.mil/contents/ResourcesReports/AnnualReports/DoD_FY08_Annual_Report.pdf

 

"In Their Boots" Documentary, series about Angela Peacock:
http://intheirboots.com/RS117.php

 

March 16, 2009
Read the full report: AIDS in DC

March 14, 2009
Click here to watch more from the Seeking Solutions series:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/29570135#29570135

March 13, 2009
Click here for more information on the Vascular Disease Foundation:
http://www.vdf.org

 

Click here for more information the U.S. Surgeon General's Call to Action:
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/deepvein/calltoaction/call-to-action-on-dvt-2008.pdf

March 8, 2009
Click here to watch more from the Seeking Solutions series:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/29570135#29570135

 

Februrary 23, 2009
More inforamtion on advances in flu vaccine research
Video Explorer: Presidential Address to Congress 

 

February 18, 2009

Interactive: Facebook's fine print

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29265689

 

 

February 17, 2009

Learn more about the Recovery Act
http://www.recovery.gov/

 

February 15, 2009

Read the full results of C-SPAN's 2009 presidential leadership survey:
http://www.c-span.org/PresidentialSurvey/presidential-leadership-survey.aspx

February 12, 2009

Read more on common cold study

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sci;1165557v1?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=+Ann+Palmenberg&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT

 

February 11, 2009

In Israel, messy election system means a mushy government
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/02/11/1790793.aspx

 

February 7, 2009

 

Search for information on products related to peanut butter recall:
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/peanutbutterrecall/index.cfm

 

February 4, 2009

 

For information on the robotic device for partial knee replacement featured in Robert Bazell's report, the MAKO surgical Corporation website has information for patients as well as names of doctors across the country who use it: http://www.makosurgical.com/08/patients/index.htm
 
The surgery we featured was carried out at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, www.hss.edu

 

February 3, 2009

 

For jobs information, visit the following:

 

US Dept of Labor:  http://www.dol.gov
Official site for federal jobs: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov
Careerbuilder.com:  http://www.careerbuilder.com

Job fair schedules, by city:  http://www.nationalcareerfairs.com/

 

Circuit City is currently hiring temporary labor to assist in the store liquidation process. If interested, visit the Circuit City jobs site. 

 

February 2, 2009

 

For more information relating to Robert Bazell's report on  breast cancer treatment: go to breastcancer.org and New York University's Cancer Institute.

 

 

January 31, 2009

To find out which retailers in your area will be carrying the the 3-D glasses for the Super Bowl commercials, visit www.sobelieve.com or www.monstersvsaliens.com 

You can also find them at any of the following stores: Kroger, Ralphs, Frys, Safeway/Vons, Supervalu, Food Lion, A&P, Pathmark, Coburns, Fairway, Fresh Brands, Hy Vee, Nash Finch, Roundy's, Winn Dixie, Dollar General, Meijer (1/31 only), Target (1/31 only)

 

January 26, 2009

 

Size matters: The Consumer Reports list of downsized products

 

January 24, 2009

 

Click here for more with former Air Force One commander Col. Mark Tillman
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/28830921#28830921

 

January 22, 2009

MRSA: The complete study detailed in Robert Bazell's report 
http://archotol.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/135/1/14

For more information from the Centers for Disease Control on MRSA
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa_ca.html

January 21, 2009

Search for information on products related to peanut butter recall
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/peanutbutterrecall/index.cfm

January 19, 2009

For more informtion on the FDA's peanut butter warning visit:
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/salmonellatyph.html

For more on Richard Engel's journey into Gaza visit:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/28705814#28705814

January 14, 2009

View the full results of the full WSJ/NBC Poll

Surgical safety checklist:Read the full New England Journal of Medicine report.

January 13, 2009

The Massachusetts health care experiment

Obesity in America: Calculate your Body Mass Index

January 12, 2009
The National Safety Council has called for a nationwide ban on cell phone use while driving. You can read the press release here.

January 10, 2009
For more from our series America's Agenda, visit:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/28511703#28511703

For President George H.W. Bush's full speech at the  carrier naming ceremony, visit:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/28593680#28593680

January 9, 2009

Making a Difference

For more information about how to help Leon McLaughlin continue his clean water charity, visit the following:

Leon McLaughlin-Clean Water Foundation
http://www.firstgiving.com/bolivia

World Vision International
http://www.worldvision.com

January 1, 2009

Nightly News Producers' picks for 2008
Click here to watch a selection of some our favorite stories from the past year

Nightly News Supplemental 2008
Related links and resources from 2008

 

 

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Nightly News Supplemental

Posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:10 PM by Daily Nightly Editor
Filed Under: Nightly News Supplemental

December 25, 2008

To read an excerpt of Jack Jacobs' "If Not Now, When?" visit:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26944322/

December 24, 2008

To track Santa's travels from the North Pole and beyond with Virtual Earth 3D visit:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28146841

December 16, 2008

In her report on Nightly News, “First Lady gets big perks, no pay,” Andrea Mitchell asked the question, Should the First Lady be paid? Here’s what the more than 2,000 MSNBC.com users who participated in our online vote had to say

December 13, 2008

To check the condition and inspection dates of the bridges you cross visit: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21840954

December 12, 2008

Making a Difference: Visit New Jersey's Electronic Information and Education Service site here: http://www.eiesofnj.org

Read NBC News Beijing Bureau Chief Eric Baculinao's World Blog post, "Amid growing unrest, will China Changes it's ways?"
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/11/1712172.aspx

December 11, 2008

Read the full NBC/WSJ survey
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/081210_NBC-WSJ_ReleasedPoll.pdf

December 8, 2008
Read the abstract of the "Sex Differences in Medical Care and Early Death After Acute Myocardial Infarction" study, as reported in the journal Circulation, here.

December 7, 2008

For more of Carmen Wong Ulrich's personal finance tips, visit "On the Money"
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15838483/

December 6, 2008

More information on the people filling the positions within Barack Obama's Cabinet: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27343359/

A state-by-state look at the deteriorating employment situation:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27913794

December 2, 2008

Information on the released Nixon tapes:
http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/virtuallibrary/tapeexcerpts/fifthchron_part_ii.php

For more information on the Institute of Medicine's report on the hours worked by doctors in training:
http://iom.edu/Object.File/Master/60/469/residency%20hours%20revised%20for%20web.pdf

For information about the young man who died and his mother's efforts to improve patient safety:
www.mamemomsonline.org. 

December 1, 2008

More information on Mujeres en Accion
http://nursing.asu.edu/ors/aging/mujeres.htm

November 26, 2008

Tracking the toolbox:

Read the best summary of where it is, and how long it will be visible for here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27910795/
 
Watch it move across the planet here: http://www.n2yo.com/?s=33442
 
Find out when you can see it in your area here:
http://www.spaceweather.com/flybys/

November 25, 2008

List of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's 2009 "Top Safety Pick" cars.
http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr112508.html 

Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation
http://www.dslrf.org/index.asp

National Cancer Institute Report
http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/ReportNation2008Release

November 24, 2008

National Geographic's Crittercam Chronicles
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/crittercam/

November 23, 2008

To watch the live stream of the space shuttle Endeavour's nearly two-week visit to the orbiting outpost,click here.

November 18, 2008

For more information on the “Paws for Purple Hearts” program, which involves veterans with PTSD training dogs for physically wounded veterans, click here: http://www.assistancedog.org/about_us/PPH.html

November 17, 2008

For more information on the diabetes research sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and carried out at the University of California, San Francisco, click here: http://news.ucsf.edu/

The research has so far only been conducted in mice; human trials are in the planning stages.

November 14, 2008

Puppy cam!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/shiba-inu-puppy-cam

Slideshow of big budget events
Milestones in government spending from CNBC.com

For more information from tonight's "Making a Difference," please contact:
Sabrina Brinson, Ph.D
Founder & National Director
Boys Booked on Barbershops / Girls Booked on Beautyshops
Associate Professor, Childhood Education and Family Studies
Missouri State University
901 S. National Avenue
Springfield, MO 65897
sbrinson@missouristate.edu
http://faculty.missouristate.edu/s/sbrinson
 
OR
 
Mocha Moms, Inc.
www.mochamoms.org
 
For more information on literacy services, please contact:
 
National Institute for Literacy
1775 I Street, NW, Suite 730
Washington, DC 20006-2401
(202) 233-2025
www.nifl.gov
 
The Institute, a federal agency, seeks solutions to improve literacy across the lifespan - children, youth, and adults. It also makes available free scientifically based publications on reading and literacy for learners.
 
The National Institute for Literacy also offers the America's Literacy Directory (ALD) to support your search for literacy, reading, GED, math, and English as a Second Language programs and resources in your area. The ALD, a free, national online resource, features more than 5,000 entries in all 50 states and the U.S. territories. Please visit www.literacydirectory.org or call 1(800) 228-8813 (for English and in Spanish).
 
Reading is Fundamental, Inc.
1825 Connecticut Ave., NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20009-5726
1 (877) RIF-READ
www.rif.org
Reading is Fundamental, the nation's oldest and largest non-profit children's literacy organization, prepares and motivates children to read by delivering free books and literacy materials to those who need them most.

November 11, 2008

Community of Veterans: An Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America online community

November 9, 2008

More information on 'Witness to Jonestown' and Rev. Jim Jones

November 5, 2008

On the scene: Witnessing history
Msnbc.com documents the thoughts and emotions of voters.

November 4, 2008

Relive Election Day hour-by-hour
Watch the best of NBC News' coverage from November 4.

October 28, 2008

The cartilage repair procedure featured in Robert Bazell's arthritis report is called NeoCart and is carried out by the Histogenics Corporation located in Waltham, Massachusetts.  For more information go to:

www.histogenics.com

 

The adult stem cell research being conducted at the University of California San Francisco is still only in the laboratory stages. For more information on the research program, go to: http://irm.ucsf.edu/

October 23, 2008

More on placebos from Robert Bazell
Read the AP story on the NIH survey

October 21, 2008

'Tip of the Spear' -- How to help the Viper Company:

The Army servicemen featured in Richard Engel's reporting from their outpost in Afghanistan would welcome winter hats, gloves and socks, comedy DVDs, videogames, cigars and Christmas treats. Send them to:

Captain James Howell
126 INF 3-1 IBCT
apo ae 09354

Crib recalls:

For official information on the Delta Crib recalls, go to http://www.deltacribrecall.com.

Related News from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission:

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09016.html

 

 

Alzheimer's:

Alzheimer's Association: http://www.alz.org

Alzheimer's Association Spanish language web portal: http://www.alz.org/espanol_recursos_para_los_latinos.asp

Alzheimer's Association 24/7 toll-free national Helpline (Spanish-speaking operators available): 1-800-272-3900.

October 14, 2008

Our Second Generation Americans series is based in part on the following research:

Census national population projections (2008 to 2050): http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/2008projections.html

A state-by-state breakdown of the percent of people who are foreign born (2007 US Census).

More than 40 percent of America's population can trace their ancestry through Ellis Island.  The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation allows anyone to search passenger names for free: www.ellisisland.org

October 1, 2008

Join Dr. Susan Love's Army of Women -- visit here

Learn more about children and allergies

Sept. 30,  2008

Erin Burnett mentioned that you can look at the FDIC Web site to see the rules for insuring deposits

September 19, 2008

How to help victims of Hurricane Ike

• The Best Friends Animal Society has rescued dozens of animals in the Galveston area following Hurricane Ike. You can make donations through their Web site, http://www.bestfriends.org/

• The United Way of Greater Houston is asking anyone who would like to volunteer -- as well as those who need assistance -- in the Houston-Galveston area to call 2-1-1 Texas / United Way HELPLINE. Specialists will connect potential volunteers with local agencies in need of help.

• The American Red Cross generally accepts only trained volunteers, but it does need bilingual volunteers who will be given onsite training. Call 713-526-8300 for more information or go to www.redcross.org. Bilingual volunteers are also needed at several San Antonio shelters, a Red Cross spokesperson said. Call 210-224-5151, for more information.

• Catholic Charities of Houston: Call volunteer coordinator Nancy Mercado at 713-305-8268 for information on upcoming disaster relief projects.

• St. Vincent de Paul has activated its home visit program to the elderly and sick known as "Arms Wide Open." To volunteer, e-mail yayaministries@svdphouston.org.

• For more opportunties, contact Volunteer Houston by email at volunteerhouston@gmail.com or call 713 853-8802.

• Houston mayor Bill White set up the Houston Ike Relief Fund. Send cash donations to: Houston Ike Relief Fund, C/O Greater Houston Community Foundation, 4550 Post Oak Place, Suite 100, Houston TX 77027. 

• The Houston SPCA is working hard to reconnect lost pets with their owners, as well as rescuing animals from hard-hit areas. You can make a donation here. The animal rescue hotline is 713-435-2990.

The Houston Chronicle has also posted a comprehensive list of places to give and get help.

September 18, 2008

Where They Stand: The Kaiser Family Foundation has conducted an independent comparison of Sen. John McCain's and Sen. Barack Obama's positions on health care reform. You can also read the candidates' official position statements here:
Sen. John McCain: "Straight Talk on Health Care Reform"
Sen. Barack Obama: "Plan for a Healthy America"

September 12, 2008

Learn more about "To Write Love on Her Arms," the suicide prevention program featured in Savannah Guthrie's story, on the project's MySpace page. You can also order merchandise from the official website.

September 11, 2008

More information on neurologist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, who wrote a best-selling memoir about her own eight-year recovery from an aneurysm, can be found on her website, http://drjilltaylor.com.

September 5, 2008

Learn more about the Standup2Cancer effort at http://su2c.standup2cancer.org.

September 4, 2008

Is your plastic bottle safe?

September 2, 2008

PNAS, the journal that published the article referenced in Robert Bazell's report on the "monogamy gene," has the full research paper here.

The Karolinska Institute has issued public press release as well.

August 26, 2008
Read the full Stanford University study mentioned in John Larson's "Improving with Age" report: "Reduced Disability and Mortality Among Aging Runners."

August 12, 2008
According to a story today in the New York Times, U.S. spending on contractors in Iraq will reach $100 billion sometime this year.

A study appearing in the August 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests citizen-soldiers pressed into service have less preparation for the stress of war and fewer support services after they come back home.

August 11, 2008
Fit and fat: US Study shows it's possible
Low vitamin D shown to raise death risk

August 6, 2008
More on camp for children with special needs
Click here to read Tiki Barber's personal connection to the story

August 5, 2008
More on prostate health and screening

August 3, 2008
More on Newsweek's Christopher Dickey's diary

August 2, 2008

On Nightly Saturday, we reported more details on Ivers' possible motive and audio tapes posted on the New York Times' Web site. In court, a former therapist called Ivers a psychotic "revenge killer."

Read more on the new AIDS infection rate report from the CDC here.

And to learn more on Mark Potters' report on the Run For The Fallen, click here. You can track the runners' journey on the site.

August 1, 2008

News broke today that a top researcher apparently committed suicide as prosecutors prepared to seek an indictment.

On msnbc.com, NBC News employee Casey Chamberlain wrote about her ordeal, opening the lettter addressed to Tom Brokaw.

We also profiled China's Yiwu Commodity Market, the biggest in the world where merchants around the globe travel to buy the stuff they sell you. Click here to learn more about an author mentioned in the piece Sara Bongiorni, on her year on living without China.

At the end of tonight's broadcast, we featured a summer camp that's making a difference in the lives of dyslexic kids. You can learn more about that organization here.

July 31, 2008

NASA confirms water on Mars

Exercise in a pill? Drug shows promise in mice

And did you see the solar eclipse? Meet a man who travels the world just to witness an eclipse (video).

July 30, 2008

In tonight's broadcast, NBC's Kelly O'Donnell and Chuck Todd reported on the controversial new John McCain tv ad . The First Read folks also weighed in on the matter, offering a glimpse of what people were saying over at Drudge, politico.com, and theinsider.com. Lively discussions on the subject were also taking place over at Huffingtonpost.com, and talkingpointsmemo.com, and NBC's Andrea Mitchell summed up her conversation with Obama senior strategist David Axelrod here.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)  released its evaluation of the safety of synthetic turf athletic fields, concluding that young children are not at risk from exposure to lead in these fields. As an overall guideline, the CPSC recommends that children wash their hands after playing outside. The commission's evaluation is available at http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08348.html.

July 29, 2008

A strong earthquake shook Southern California on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway and triggering some precautionary evacuations. There were no immediate reports of major damage or serious injuries. Read the story here. Newsviners shared their accounts of the earthquake here. What causes quakes? See this interactive.

July 25, 2008

Mark Potter's report on parents who are deferring their own retirement to keep their kids out of debt refers to an AARP survey statistic that says 39 percent of respondents ages 45 and older are paying bills for their adult children. You can read the full AARP report, "The Economic Slowdown's Impact on Middle-Aged and Older Americans," here.

Several photos of the barge-and-tanker collision that caused a major oil spill in the Mississippi River near New Orleans can be viewed here.

NBC's Digital Correspondent Mara Schiavocampo has been blogging from the UNITY Convention in Chicago - you can read her posts here.

July 22, 2008

Caught on tape: The video showing President Bush making light of the economic and housing crisis at a fundraiser in Houston can be seen here.

RX for Sex?: You can read the full JAMA report on the use Viagra to treat women with antidepressant-associated sexual dysfunction here.

You can view Part One of Robert Bazell's report on Iceland's genetic jackpot here; NBC Producer Jane Derenowski also wrote this related blog post from Iceland.

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