Expectant moms thankfully no longer have their mother’s delivery room experience, with Don Draper era dads sitting in waiting lounges until a doctor reports that baby has arrived. But the pendulum may have swung too far in the other direction.These days, delivery rooms can be rife with drama as grandparents-to-be vie for the best camera angle, or a mother-in-law angles to be the one feeding ice ch...

Just call him Python Dundee.A Miami man pulled an 18-foot Burmese python out of roadside brush and wrestled with it for 10 minutes before cutting its head off with a knife.The 128-pound specimen turned out to be the biggest Burmese python ever captured in Florida, besting the previous record by more than a foot, wildlife officials said."I was pretty exhausted and I didn't want to get bit," Jason L...

By Suzanne Choney, Contributing Writer, NBC NewsThe loss of life and stunning devastation in Oklahoma City suburbs after a monster tornado ripped through the area are heart-wrenching. But within hours, relief organizations were getting out the message on how to help.American Red CrossThe Red Cross has set up shelters in various communities. You can donate to the Red Cross Disaster Relief fund here...

There are "confirmed casualties" at an elementary school that was flatted by a tornado Monday, and rescuers were searching for survivors in the rubble as night fell, officials said.Several children and teachers were pulled alive from the ruins of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore after the building took a direct hit Monday afternoon.A little girl was lifted out of the debris by rescuers, whi...

By Devin Coldewey, Contributing Writer, NBC NewsThe tornadoes in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and other states are wreaking havoc, but relief efforts are underway. Local schools, churches and community organizations lucky enough to escape damage are coordinating food and shelter for displaced residents and accepting donations of food, blankets and other much-needed items.The scope of larger recovery an...

Two-mile-wide tornado touched down just as students were being released from school.

Utah police close active investigation in case of Susan Powell, mom missing nearly 3 1/2 years

In advance of Apple CEO Tim Cook's testimony later today, in Washington, on the way Apple avoids paying U.S. taxes on money it earns overseas, both Apple and congressional investigators tried to get in a preemptive kidney-punch or two. Monday night Apple released an advance copy of Cook's testimony. Its 17 pages of self-defense are clear, blunt, unambiguous: Apple, Cook declares, "does not use tax gimmicks." It pays "an extraordinary amount" in U.S. taxes—nearly $6 billion last year, making it "likely the largest corporate income tax payer in the U.S." Its' effective tax rate last year, he says, was approximately 30.5 percent.

The frontman of indie band Foster The People, Mark Foster, bought a ranch-style 3-bed home in Hollywood Hills from ABC's "General Hospital" actor Maurice Benard, who plays Michael "Sonny" Corinthos, Jr., according to the Real Estalker blog. Foster, 28, paid $2.155 million, lower than the original listing of $3.599 million in 2008. Foster's vocals lead the band's popular song "Pumped Up Kicks". Benard and his wife snagged the home for $420,000 in 1997 and underwent a renovation. The home was on and off the market since 2008. The home spans 4,637-square feet and sits on more than 1.2 acres.