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Syria's neighbors worry fighting will spill over

Feb. 3: Syria was the focus of an international security conference in Munich on Sunday where Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak strongly suggested Israel was behind the airstrike near Damascus last week. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (Nightly News)Syria was the focus of an international security conference in Munich on Sunday where Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak strongly suggested Israel was behind the airstrike near Damascus last week. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (Nightly News)

A spill with a chill: Penguin takes tumble on ice

Dec. 10: A new video making waves across the Internet shows a colony of penguins making their way across a swatch of ice. One unlucky penguin goes down with a slip of a flipper. A new video making waves across the Internet shows a colony of penguins making their way across a swatch of ice. One unlucky penguin goes down with a slip of a flipper. (TODAY)

Reminders of BP oil spill remain

Nov. 15: On the docks in Louisiana, fishermen and oystermen say the effects of the BP oil spill remain today. NBC's Anne Thompson has more. (Nightly News)On the docks in Louisiana, fishermen and oystermen say the effects of the BP oil spill remain today. NBC's Anne Thompson has more. (Nightly News)

BP agrees to plead guilty to criminal charges in oil spill

Nov. 15: NBC's Pete Williams takes a look at the multi-billion dollar settlement involving BP and the company's role in the Gulf oil spill. NBC's Pete Williams takes a look at the multi-billion dollar settlement involving BP and the company's role in the Gulf oil spill. (Mitchell Reports)

WSJ: Prosecutors preparing criminal charges in BP spill

Dec. 29: The Wall Street Journal reported that prosecutors are preparing what would be the first criminal charges related to the Deepwater Horizon explosion, which killed 11 people and caused a lot of misery for much of the Gulf Coast last year. NBC's Harry Smith reports.  (Nightly News)The Wall Street Journal reported that prosecutors are preparing what would be the first criminal charges related to the Deepwater Horizon explosion, which killed 11 people and caused a lot of misery for much of the Gulf Coast last year. NBC's Harry Smith reports.  (Nightly News)

New criticism over BP oil spill

Sept. 14: BP is coming under scathing new criticism over shortcuts and outright failures that resulted in the April 2010 disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 rig workers, soiled miles of coastline, and took nearly three months to get under control. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.  (Nightly News)BP is coming under scathing new criticism over shortcuts and outright failures that resulted in the April 2010 disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 rig workers, soiled miles of coastline, and took nearly three months to get under control. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.  (Nightly News)

Exxon underestimated size of Yellowstone oil spill

July 5: Exxon Mobil expanded the scope of its cleanup effort on the Yellowstone River Tuesday, assigning 360 workers to the spill as the giant oil company tries to figure out what went wrong with its pipeline. NBC's George Lewis reports.  (Nightly News)Exxon Mobil expanded the scope of its cleanup effort on the Yellowstone River Tuesday, assigning 360 workers to the spill as the giant oil company tries to figure out what went wrong with its pipeline. NBC's George Lewis reports. (Nightly News)

Cleanup intensifies in Montana oil spill

July 5: Cleanup efforts in the Exxon oil spill in Montana will be complicated Tuesday the rising waters of the Yellowstone River. NBC's George Lewis reports. Cleanup efforts in the Exxon oil spill in Montana will be complicated Tuesday the rising waters of the Yellowstone River. NBC's George Lewis reports. (TODAY)

Officials cleaning up mess from Exxon Mobil spill

July 4: NBC's George Lewis reports that cleanup continues in Montana's Yellowstone River after thousands of gallons of oil gushed into the water from an Exxon Mobil pipeline that ruptured late Friday evening.  NBC's George Lewis reports that cleanup continues in Montana's Yellowstone River after thousands of gallons of oil gushed into the water from an Exxon Mobil pipeline that ruptured late Friday evening. (TODAY)

One year after Gulf spill, oil remains

April 20: Clean-up workers continue to work along Louisiana's coast, scraping up the sticky residue that still plagues Gulf waters and wildlife. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.  (Nightly News)Clean-up workers continue to work along Louisiana's coast, scraping up the sticky residue that still plagues Gulf waters and wildlife. NBC's Anne Thompson reports. (Nightly News)

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