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It's been a long, difficult ride for the passengers of the disabled Carnival cruise ship who are slowly being towed to Alabama. With only five working toilets for about 3,000 passengers, the stench has reportedly become unbearable. NBC's Janet Shamlian reports. (Nightly News)

PFT Live: Mike Florio talks with Kansas City Star writer Adam Teicher about a very somber Sunday in Kansas City. Was it the right move to play the game against the Panthers so soon after a teammate's death? Teicher also comments on how well Romeo Crennel and the entire Chiefs organization dealt with the tragedy. (NBC Sports)

Many residents in the nation's capital and surrounding communities have been dealing with triple-digit temperatures and no electricity for three days after hurricane-force winds tore through the region, knocking out power. NBC's Tom Costello reports. (TODAY)

As the nation's midsection recovers from deadly twisters, it is now also dealing with large amounts of snow. NBC's Lester Holt reports on the tornado devastation. (TODAY)

A major winter storm is inching its way across the country, leaving a snowy path of havoc in its wake and causing at least 15 deaths. NBC's John Yang reports from Michigan City, Ind., and TODAY's Al Roker reports from Dunkirk, N.Y. 

U.N. officials said Thursday that four million people are homeless and another eight million are urgently in need of humanitarian assistance as a result of the staggering flood disaster in Pakistan. NBC's Ann Curry reports live from Islamabad. (Nightly News)

As unrelenting rain devastates large areas of Pakistan, banned Islamic militant aid groups are stepping in -- delivering food, medicine, and competing for hearts and minds. NBC's Martin Fletcher reports. (Nightly News)