it's now nbc news.com. ile it looks the same and has all the same departments and coverage and information nbc news just figured it made a lot more sense to have our name on it. so as of today think nbc news.com. >>> up next for us tonight, the night they pulled the plug on two superstars and a spectacular free show in the night sky. >>> it was downright hard to sleep in parts of minnesota and other northern states this weekend because of the spectacular northern lights caused by the huge solar flare from late last week we were telling you about. it reached its peak around 3:00 a.m. saturday night with what one sky watcher called pink curtains in the night sky. >>> it was a great book title and a lot of people gained valuable insight after reading "the seven habits of highly effective people." the author of that book stephen covey died today from injuries he suffered in a biking accident back in april. covey was considered an authority on leadership and management and motivation. his book sold over 20 millio

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it is now nbc news.com. >>> one man does it all for the nationals and one man is posing problems for the new york knicks. plus, one yankee slugger loses his grip. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> the intense summer heat has left the mountain west at least for in our. the forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> very good morning to you. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, there was no power shortage yesterday in the final game of the angels/yankees weekend match-up. here's bill sue ward with an early look at all of your headlines. >> a very good morning to you. if you like home runs yesterday's angels/yankees game was for you. eric ibar hit a solo shot. albert pujols hit one of his very own back to back jacks. bottom of the inning, a rod, see ya. 14th of the year. tied it at 2. that's three home runs before the fans were settled in their seats. mark trumbo didn't win the home run derby last week but he buried the yanks with this bomb in the ninth inning. the teams combined for eight home runs. angels win a slugfest,

nbc is buying the software company's interest in the website and msnbc will be rebranded as nbc news.com. the online divorce stems from the two partner's desire to gain control of their own destinies. microsoft plans to launch its own service this fall. >> meantime that break we've been enjoying on gas prices may soon come to an end. lundburg survey says high seasonal demand and the rising cost of crude oil will likely mean the rise -- a rise at if pump. the average is $3.41 and the average price we're paying here in baltimore is $3.38. >> police say a 3-year-old may have actually shot and kill his father. the toddler found a loaded gun inside the home and accidentally shot and kill his 33-year-old father on friday night. police say the man, his wife, their three children and another relative were inside the home at the time of the shooting. nobody else in the home was injured. the incident remains under investigation. >> the relentless drought sweeping most of the country is causing some major problems for boaters in indianapolis. water levels in the morris reservoir is under six feet.

own online news service, nbc is buying microsoft interests in the venture that will be called nbc news.com. >> eric: new study shows hire college costs force parents to make tough choices. they report that the average amount fpls spend on college declined by 5% in the 2011-2012 school year. families turn to more cost saving strategies, choosing less expensive schools. >>> a new survey out this morning paints a gloomy picture for the economy. they show the sales increases we saw earlier this year is disappearing and there is less hiring. other negative factors, europe's financial crisis and potential federal spending cuts and the possible expiration of bush tax cuts in december unless they reach an agreement. >> eric: finding a new job is tough in this economy but special for women. it includes 61% of jobs went to men in the last year. part of the reason is rebound in the mail dominated manufacturing economy but men are also making inroads in formally female businesses like retail and areas like government where women have the majority of jobs are still suffering. >> kristen: men may be get

nbc news.com, courtney haslett. the whole jackson, i'm confused.r guardian how does she go away for a week and the kids don't know it. >> they didn't know where she was. paris jackson tweeted her grandmother is missing. she tweeted out a phone number saying if you have any information call this number. long story short he was pictured playing uno with family members in a spa location arizona. she was safe and sound. other jackson family members have come forward saying that really this confusion about her and who gets the guardianship is all masking this controversy over michael jackson's will. if you remember, everything was left to kathryn jackson. now some of the jackson brothers are saying that that will should not be valid because michael wasn't there to sign it when the executor says he was there. that's what they are trying to focus on. this whole mess surrounding catherine jackson detracting from that. >> her health in good health she says this has been a budge ever lies about any type of condition or stroke or anything like that. but dr. c

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on-line identity after buying out microsoft's share of msnbc.com, visitors are now directed to nbc news.comcomcast owned network is also embracing new on-line ties. last week announcing a partnership with facebook for exclusive olympics content. for its part, abc paired itself more closely last year with yahoo! by reaching an agreement to show more of its content on-line than to provide web only programming. the combined sites have 81 million unique visitors a month in the u.s. alone. and many journalism organizations including the newshour have recognized the popularity of youtube's video sharing approach and now make their own news channels available there. i'm joined now by tom rosenstiel of pew research who conducted the study an brian stelter who reports on the media for "the new york times". it calls it a new kind of visual journalism, speaking of youtube, what does that mean. >> well, it's a perfect loop between citizens who are producing video, news organizations who are producing video, and also incorporating the citizen eye witness footage into their journalism. and audiences who

news.com. it ends a 15-year relationship between microsoft and nbc news. >>> still ahead here at 6:00, the secretn your stride, what your walk could reveal about your chances of alzheimer's. >> i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center. we're tracking temperatures here in july, an extensive marine layer stretching across most of the bay area will keep cooler weather in place as we head into our tuesday. we'll tell you how long this trend with lost and we could have drizzle tomorrow. sncht >>> suddenly subtle changes in a person's surprise may -- slowing of walking pace or more variable surprise could indicate early signs of cognitive decline. the story of more than 11 elderly adults showed that those with alzheimer's walked much slower than those with cognitive decline. >>> children who watch a lot of tv in their earlier years growing up. the study is the first to document the relationship between tv screen time and physical activity. researchers surveyed parents on their kids tv habits at 2 and as age 4 1/2. they found the mother they watched tv, the less far they were able to jump. >>