Survey: 45 percent say they will travel by March
Forty-five percent of U.S. consumers will take a vacation or leisure trip between Thanksgiving and March that involves paying for overnight accommodations. Full story
Appeals panel: No landfill near national park
A court has upheld a 2005 court decision that effectively halted the development of what would have been one of the nation's largest landfills near Joshua Tree National Park. Full story
Coyotes kill woman on hike in Canadian park
Two coyotes attacked a Canadian woman while she was hiking alone in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities say she has died of her injuries. Full story
Study: U.S. parks average 11 searches per day
A new study says U.S. national parks launch 11 search-and-rescue operations on an average day. Full story
The world’s deadliest volcanoes
To identify the world's deadliest volcanoes, we must sometimes rely on educated guesses and estimates culled from contemporary accounts. Full story
Park Service says visits to national parks are up
It could be the upside of the economic downturn: The Obama administration says visits to national parks are up nearly 4 percent this year. Full story
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Deepwater permits issued with no lessons learned
In a TRMS Investigates exclusive, Rachel Maddow shows that the Department of the Interior is issuing deepwater drilling permits despite a report finding that blow-out preventer design is flawed and despite drilling companies submitting emergency response plans that pre-date the Deepwater Horizon spi
Salmon joke squirms its way into address
Who doesn’t love a good fish joke? In this edition of the News You Can’t Use, msnbc’s Willie Geist examines the president’s State of the Union laughs.
