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PFT Live: While it's a forgone conclusion that the obvious hot seat candidates won't keep their jobs by season's end, Mike Florio breaks down whose seat is warming up. Could Rex Ryan be on the chopping block in New York? Will the Saints go in an unexpected direction in their coaching search? (NBC Sports)

American Airlines says "coking": years of spilled soda, coffee and other detritus, is responsible for gumming up the locking pin that holds the seats to the floor. NBC's Tom Costello reports. (Nightly News)

American Airlines has ordered 48 Boeing 757 planes to be grounded and repaired after the company said it had found the cause behind several seats coming loose during flight. NBC's Tom Costello reports. (TODAY)

American Airlines and the FAA are investigating separate incidents where two AA flights had to be diverted after several rows of plane seats came loose mid-flight. Both planes were 757 jets that had just received new seats. NBC's Tom Costello reports. (TODAY)

The bankrupt airline is struggling to boost their on-time arrivals and continues to blame the pilots union for allegedly orchestrating delays based on trivial maintenance issues. NBC's Tom Costello reports. (Nightly News)

Seats dedicated to those with Olympic ties that have gone empty may now go to military members and students. Meanwhile, a soggy Sunday sent cyclists to the mud. NBC's Chris Jansing reports. (Nightly News)

This isn't 1976! Former TODAY anchors Tom Brokaw and Jane Pauley, who co-hosted the show between 1976 and 1982, retook their old anchor chairs this morning, giving our viewers a blast from the past. (TODAY)

There's new advice for parents of young children about when you should turn your babies' car seats around to face the front. NBC's Erika Edwards reports. 

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) says the Tea Party is responsible for the elected Republicans and that Republicans maligning some Tea Party candidates hurt those candidates. (Meet the Press)

An Italian company is marketing new "Skyrider" airplane seats, which could lower ticket prices by saving space. KNBC's Chris Schauble reports.