Thousands powerless after substation explosion

Jan. 17: NBC's Charles Hadlock reports from McAlester, Okla., where an ice storm has left 80 percent of the residents there without power.

May 9: Three teenagers dug up a grave, removed a skull and used it to smoke marijuana, say Houston police. MSNBC's Contessa Brewer reports.

Jan. 2: Steve Miller, a Kansas electricity spokesman, talks to MSNBC-TV’s Contessa Brewer about the power outage across the Plains, after last week’s snowstorm.

Sept. 26: A one-ton, 15-foot-long great white shark has been spotted off of Cape Cod. NBC's Contessa Brewer reports.

Savannah Haile, a 12-year-old girl whose case led to federal porn charges against operators of a teen and preteen model Web site in Florida, is going public. NBC affiliate WTVJ has the story. 

May 19, 1978: NBC News' Martin Fletcher reports on flying into Kolwezi, Zaire with President Mobutu Sese Seko after intense fighting between rebels and government forces.

April 13: A Tennessee teacher who was recently released from jail for having sex with a student is in trouble again for trying to communicate with the student over the Internet. NBC's Michelle...

Oct. 9: Thousands of Catholics flock to a Long Island, New York church to see the heart of a revered 19th century French priest. WNBC-TV's Adam Shapiro reports.

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Aug. 2: A powerful storm has left hundreds of residents without power with temperatures expected to reach near record highs. WVIT-TV's Susan Goodman reports.