Dec 17 - By Frazier Moore, AP Television Writer
It was the first new series to be canceled this fall, but now "The Beautiful Life" has found a new life online.

Dec 16 - By Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer
Netbooks have been a hit among laptop buyers because they're cheap and they're easy to carry. Now there's the option to pay a lot more and get a lot less — a lot less weight, that is.

Dec 16 - By Mike Celizic, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
If you called central casting and asked for the quintessential American grandmother, they’d send you 76-year-old Sandy Vinge. Glowing with life, she is sweeter than a Christmas cookie.
Dec 16 - By Associated Press
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon plans stops in St. Louis and Kansas City on Wednesday to outline his proposal to create jobs in the life- and plant-science industries.
Dec 14 - By Mike Baker, Associated Press Writer
North Carolina's Supreme Court has temporarily halted the release of two convicted murderers under life sentences.
Dec 14 - By Mike Stuckey, MSNBC.com correspondent
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was supposed to create jobs by the millions, but Debra Morgan of North Platte, Neb., says it got her fired.

Dec 9 - By Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer
The e-book reading device is the gadget gift of the season. Both Sony and Barnes & Noble have sold out of their new models, and new buyers will have to wait until January for delivery. So why are e-book readers still such clumsy, annoying devices?
Dec 8 - By Michael Inbar, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
It’s been a long time coming, but Aron Ralston can’t wait to meet the little boy he says saved his life. Trouble is, he isn’t expected to be born for nine weeks.
Dec 4 - By Ian Kerner, Ph.D., msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
If parenthood has taught me one thing it’s that, irrespective of my public persona as a relationship expert, I am far from being an expert in my own relationship. Like many a new father, life after baby No. 1 left me confused and conflicted, not to mention sleepless, sexless and hard up. And just when I thought life couldn’t get any more hard up, along came baby No. 2 to take my randiness to new dimensions of dementia.

Dec 2 - By Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer
In its search for another technology to excite us, the consumer electronics industry is reaching deep — into the third dimension. The big push for 3-D TV won't happen until next year, but already we can get a taste of 3-D in the home — on laptops.

Dec 1 - By Courtney Hazlett, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
The Tiger Woods case might be closed in the opinion of the Florida Highway Patrol, but not according to some of the women who reportedly have had relationships with the pro golfer.

Nov 30 - By Ree Hines, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
The breakup rumors swirling around Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon are still going strong despite a matching set of denials from the couple’s camps.

Nov 29 - By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Katherine continues to head down the path to insanity, but this time, she tried to use Mike and Susan's young son, M.J., as a pawn. First, she fills the young boy's head with her woes and blames his mother. Then, she picks him up from a party without telling his parents. A furious Mike confronts her and ends up spitting out that he never loved her and thought of Susan every time he held or kissed Katherine. When he leaves, Katherine picks up a knife, calls for an ambulance, and then apparently cuts herself offscreen. Viewers hear a gasp and see the bloody knife, but not how serious the injury was. That was kind of a lot of blood on the blade, though.

Nov 25 - By Josh L. Dickey, AP Entertainment Writer
New cars have been tuning themselves for the better part of two decades now, so it should feel less impressive that Gibson has built a guitar that can smoothly do the same.
Nov 20 - By Sevil Omer, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
The recession has hit Terry Zimmerman hard. He is out of work, on the verge of being homeless and barely has money for food.
Nov 20 - By Mike Celizic, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
The surveillance video needs no narration to convey the panic. A subway train stops at a platform. A little boy with a backpack gets off, holding the hand of a man behind him. But before the man can exit the train, the door closes.

Nov 18 - By Rachel Metz, AP Technology Writer
Palm Inc. is fighting harder than ever to snag a chunk of the smart phone market, and just six months after releasing the stylish Pre it's back with a lighter, more petite and affordable version called the Pixi.

Nov 13 - By Linda Carroll, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Eight-year-old Julia Balobeck needs to prick her fingers so many times each day that the tips of her digits have started to turn numb and black. Even at her age, she understands that the needle sticks are crucial to keep track of her blood sugar levels and manage her Type 1 diabetes, but she’d really like someone to find a better way.

Nov 11 - By Rachel Metz, AP Technology Writer
The first touch-screen BlackBerry phone, the Storm, got a few things right, but generally it was a chore to use.

Nov 11 - By Mike Stuckey, MSNBC.com correspondent
Halloween has come and gone, but your U.S. government is focusing some attention and a bit of money provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on bats. Not the baseball kind, but the furry, flying, cave-dwelling creatures more often associated with trick-or-treating than federal spending.
Nov 10 - By The Associated Press, Only on msnbc.com
Use your phone's email or MMS (multimedia message service) to send photos or video to .
Nov 9 - By Associated Press
The life insurance subsidiaries of The Phoenix Companies Inc. received a ratings downgrade on Monday by Fitch Ratings.

Nov 4 - By Rachel Metz, AP Technology Writer
Since its debut in 2007, millions of people have gravitated toward Apple's iPhone, wooed by its sleek hardware, simple user interface and abundance of applications.

Nov 3 - By Michael Inbar, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
It sounds like the sort of romantic-mystery potboiler that keeps readers on the edge of their summer beach chairs: A strikingly pretty Florida housewife with a handsome husband and two beautiful young daughters is kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and held for $50,000 ransom.

Nov 2 - By The Associated Press, Only on msnbc.com
On the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 13, 2006, my husband was taking my daughter to a gymnastics class for the evening. I was not with them, but my infant son was.