News & Sports

Huffington Post Editorial Director Howard Fineman reports Ashley Judd has told sources that she will indeed announce her candidacy for Senate in Kentucky where she will challenge incumbent Republican Mitch McConnell. (msnbc)

NBC's Savannah Guthrie and Keir Simmons report from Vatican City where Pope Benedict XVI holds a special event with the cardinals to bid farewell. (NBC News)

Twenty hostages of an Algerian militant group with ties to al Qaeda in a standoff with the Algerian Army are reported to have escaped Thursday. Over 41 hostages of several nationalities, including Americans, were being held in a BP gas facility. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports. (TODAY)

In an NBC News Special Report, the president and vice president announce a package to reduce gun violence in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting. (NBC News)

A new study from the International Ocean Conservation group reveals up to 55 percent of  seafood in grocery stores and restaurants from cities across the country are mislabeled and replaced with fish of lower quality. NBC's Anne Thompson reports. (TODAY)

According to Bloomberg News, Vogue magazine editor-in-chief Anna Wintour could be made a U.S. Ambassador, either to the United Kingdom or France. TODAY's Tamron Hall reports. (TODAY)

In response to an FDA report investigating a link between a popular energy drink and five recent deaths, Consumer Reports launched its own investigation, and found that some of the drinks actually had 20 percent more caffeine than listed, and many of the products don't list levels at all. NBC's Tom Costello reports. (TODAY)

Reuters reports that officials at the White House and State Department were advised two hours after the attack that a group had claimed responsibility on Facebook and Twitter. Time Magazine's James Frederick discusses. (NewsNation)

Mike Florio breaks down the biggest injuries suffered in Week 3 including that of Bills running back C.J. Spiller. (NBC Sports)