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Reporting live from the Berlin Wall NBC's Tom Brokaw, on Monday's "Today" show, never once mentioned Ronald Reagan's name and his role in helping to endA the Cold War, but did find time to praise Mikhail Gorbachev and "Today" co-anchor Matt Lauer even wondered if it was "a little egocentric" to look at the fall of the Wall as an "American victory," ...

Nov. 9, 2009 9:44 p.m. Pfc. Amber Bahr of Random Lake heard someone yelling and ducked at the sound of gunfire, but she said she thought supervisors at Fort Hood were holding a drill last Thursday.

This morning we covered some of the big news you'll be sure to pay attention to this week.

Nov. 9: There is new evidence, including a revealing audio tape, that police say helps prove Florida mother Quinn Gray planned an abduction hoax.

Nov. 5: Fort Hood, America's largest active-duty armored post, was home to a prior shooting and suicide in 2008.

A military spokesman has praised the heroics of Random Lake soldier Amber Bahr who helped other soldiers injured in the Fort Hood shooting before tending to her own wounds.

Jack Hennessy, 10, of Naperville is in the final four in the "Today show's Kid Reporter contest.

NBC Philadelphia's Terry Ruggles made a World Series bet with Matt Lauer -- Tony Luke's cheesesteaks versus Nathan's hot dogs.

It's been a year since the American public first said "I do" to Barack Obama and it's still a honeymoon period for the mainstream press.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with Pakistani tribal people in Islamabad on Friday.

Nov. 2: In an interview with TODAY's Matt Lauer, former "Full House" star Jodie Sweetin talks about growing up on the set and the turbulent years of alcohol and drug addiction that followed.

For reasons mostly unclear, this morning's Today Show featured a segment on decorating one's home for Halloween, with all anchors dressed up as characters from Star Wars .

Today Show Halloween costumes set the bar for yesterday's Halloween-themed programming.

NBC's "Today" show Halloween decorating segment with Better Homes & Gardens and the news team dressed as "Star Wars" characters went increasingly awry due to a pair of scene stealing Ewoks.

'Star Wars' Invade 'Today' Matt Lauer , Al Roker , Hoda Kotb and the rest of the "Today" show anchors paid tribute to "Star Wars" as they dressed up as the film's iconic characters for their annual Halloween episode.

A Today Show Halloween decorating segment was interrupted by a pair of scene stealing Ewoks, who began throwing food, fighting each other, doing the moonwalk, and humping both the floor and the leg ofA Al Roker, who was dressed as Han Solo.

On Monday evening, I had the pleasure of interviewing 12-year-old Deidra Shores at the end of a day she will never forget.

Hoda Kotb turned into Yoda Kotb as "Today's" annual Halloween show on NBC had a "Star Wars" theme.

San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris got a full five minutes in the national spotlight to pump up her new book and budding AG bid on NBC's "Today" show this morning.

Oct. 27, 2009 - Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd, D-Conn., yesterday introduced a bill that, if enacted, would impose an immediate freeze on credit-card rates.