A truck transporting fireworks ahead of Chinese new year celebrations exploded on a highway in central China, destroying a bridge and killing dozens. Angus Walker, for NBC News, reports. (NBC News)
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The radio DJs who prank called the hospital where Princess Kate Middleton was being treated are facing tremendous backlash following the death of one of the nurses who spoke with them. NBC's Annabel Roberts reports. (Nightly News)
Eleven people were injured in the production platform blast and oil spillage was minimal, according to the Coast Guard. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)
Hurricane Sandy, which has already done extensive damage in Cuba, will be making its way up the East Coast where major power outages are possible from DC to New York City. The storm is likely to bring both rain and snow as a winter storm and tropical systems combine. Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore reports from Florida. (Nightly News)
Protesters rushed the prime minister's office Sunday in Lebanon, ripping up barbed wire and hurling rocks. The situation, which started as a peaceful protest, has become a standoff between protesters and the military. It has also triggered concern that Syria's civil war is spreading. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports. (Nightly News)
More than 60 homes are gone as the fire continues to spread after having multiplied 10-fold. NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports. (Nightly News)
Video taken in Cape Canaveral, Fla., shows an experimental, unmanned NASA spacecraft, worth about $500,000, having trouble taking off and eventually bursting into flames. WESH's Dan Billow reports. (NBC News)
During a test at the Kennedy Space Center, NASA said the Morpheus lander experienced a hardware component failure. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)
A L.A. firefighter sprays foam on a burning car before and after the vehicle explodes while he is just feet away. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports. (TODAY)
Msnbc's Contessa Brewer talks to U.S. Coast Guard Chief John Edwards and NBC News' Anne Thompson reports on an explosion and fire at an oil platform 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay.