News & Sports

Monitored discussions between NFL agents and teams have kept talks clean, all the while favoring agents with leverage. Something's gotta give. Mike Florio foresees an increase in record contract numbers. (NBC Sports)

WDIV's Roger Weber takes a look back at the start of the paint-by-numbers craze that swept the nation in the 1950s with creator Dan Robbins. (NBC News)

In an odd coincidence, several of the winning Powerball numbers matched the jersey numbers of baseball players in the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame: Mark Gubicza, Dan Quisenberry and Dennis Leonard to name a few. NBC's Kerry Sanders reports. (Nightly News)

NBC's Kerry Sanders has more on the record jackpot and looks at how the winner may have chosen their numbers. (NewsNation)

Walmart reported that the chain sold 5,000 items per second in the evening hours before Black Friday. While crowds swelled and swooned over deals, experts speculate that even with the high turnout, people spent less. CNBC's Kayla Tausche speaks with TODAY's Erica Hill. (TODAY)

When Google's earnings numbers came out earlier than they should have, alarmed investors sold off their stock. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)

A recent suggestion by Jack Welch that the most-recent U.S. jobs report is a bit suspicious has ignited a media firestorm. NBC's Mike Viqueira reports. (msnbc)

Although 114,000 jobs were added in September, manufacturing remains weak. Job numbers are known for their volatility, economists say, and the key is to look for a consistent trend in job growth. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports. (Nightly News)

Re-energized and confident, Mitt Romney stormed back onto the campaign trail in Iowa Friday, looking to capitalize on the weak jobs numbers, which he criticized as "disappointing" and "disheartening." NBC's Peter Alexander reports. (Nightly News)

Quadruplet boys in China have had numbers shaved into their hair based on their birth order so that people at their school can tell them apart. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports. (TODAY)