Hurricane season forecast to be 'extremely active'

Batten down the hatches. Forecasters said Wednesday that the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season is likely to be "above normal and possibly extremely active," predicting three to six major hurricanes this season.

IRS official Lerner placed on leave

Lois Lerner, the IRS official who oversees the agency’s division in charge of tax-exempt organizations, has been placed on administrative leave, a source told NBC News on Thursday.

RVs drives hiring boom in Indiana town

  When the recession hit and RV sales plunged (58 percent from 2006 from 2009), unemployment in Goshen, Ind. soared to the highest in the nation: a staggering 20.9 percent in March 2009.

OlyTalk: Lochte says Phelps will return soon

OlyTalk: Michael Phelps denies that he'll make a comeback to swimming, but his friend and top rival, Ryan Lochte, said Phelps will be back.

Girl, 14, rocks Internet with Van Halen guitar solo

Eddie Van Halen is regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, and now a young girl is racking up YouTube views with her spot-on cover of his classic, "Eruption."

Bring back PE: Exercise should be 'core' class, report says

Children need a full hour of exercise in schools every day, and not just in physical education classes, the Institute of Medicine recommended on Thursday. Schools that have dumped education classes need to put them back on the schedule, the report recommends.

Cicada bugfest closes in on city-dwellers

Hordes of winged cicadas are coming out and turning up the music for their biggest party in 17 years, stretching from North Carolina through Virginia to New York — but experts aren't yet sure just how big the party will get.

Bronx 'ghetto' tours stop amid residents' outrage