NewsTools is msnbc.com’s laboratory for news-infused games, tools and other experimentation. From the first-ever interactive cinema crowd game to graphic news visualizers, we’re always searching for useful and fun ways to enhance and extend the msnbc.com experience. So explore, share and keep checking back for exclusive, digital news innovations from msnbc.com.

First Read: Trio of controversies bring more questions over the administration’s handling of the bureaucratic machinery of government.
Yahoo said Monday it will buy blogging website Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, in a bold move to make itself more relevant amid the explosion in social media on the Internet.
PBT: Spurs guard Tony Parker repeatedly sliced through the Grizzlies' defense, creating 20 points and nine assists in an easy Game 1 win for San Antonio.
Taylor Swift managed to pick up six awards before the Billboard Music Awards even started on Sunday night, so it's no surprise that she came away from the MGM Grand as the show's biggest winner.
A long-term study released Monday finds men diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as children are twice as likely to be overweight or obese as those who never had the disorder. The results may surprise some parents since ADHD medications can suppress appetite.
A one-way trip to Mars sounds like something you'd wish on your worst enemy — yet more than 78,000 people have paid up to $75 for a chance to die on another planet. Three hopeful voyagers explain why.
© 2012 NBCNews.com