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Williams receives award

The NBC News anchor accepted the 2009 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism, and says he lost his 'North Star' the day newsman died.

Brian Williams: 'An educated news consumer is our best customer'

The Boss, Jon Stewart pay tribute to Brian Williams

Reporting from Afghanistan

Viewers make a difference in Afghanistan

The children from a Kabul orphanage who were featured in a recent Nightly News report spent the weekend writing thank-you notes to the viewers who reached out to help.

Brian and young orphan see eye-to-eye

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Firefighters from afar converge in Southern California

Sept. 2: NBC’s Brian Williams tours the makeshift command post for the firefighting effort in Southern California, where federal, state and local resources have formed a united front.

Firefighters remembered as battle continues

Firefight: A view from the battlegrounds

Playing with fire: NBC News visits Engine 23

What’s a pump panel? Brian Williams knows

Brian Williams: Will G20 leaders have enough time?

Laughs with Brian Williams on TODAY

Backstage Pass: V-Day at 30 Rock

Touring the Treasury Department

New Orleans on the eve of the storm

Headlines from Brian Williams' Tehran interview

Behind-the-scenes at Obama speech in Berlin

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Chris Rock, Nia Long on ‘the hair divide’

Oct. 8: The comedian and director of the new documentary “Good Hair” tells NBC’s Brian Williams, ‘When I was growing up…anything that was black wasn’t good hair.’

Live, from NY: The Great Lake Swimmers' Tony Dekker

Obama: GM of ‘huge importance’ to economy

Commander Castellano: 'The mission was accomplished'

With Geithner, it's getting personal

One-on-one with President Obama

Lewis: 'It was worth the pain'

Rep. John Lewis: 'It is still unreal'

Embracing Yo-Yo Ma's 'venture culturalism'

Yo-Yo Ma and Brian Williams play the cello

Remembering the life and career of Paul Newman

Phelps: ‘I consider myself a normal person’

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Williams was the first and only network evening news anchor to report from New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina hit and was the only network news anchor to report from the Superdome during the storm. In March 2007, Williams went to Iraq and reported from throughout the country for several days.

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