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Nbcs natalie morales. >> reporter: when misty copeland sees her reflection, she says an artist, a ballerina. >> there, y e. >> reporter: but there are few ballerinas quite like misty. shes the first african-american in two decades to be appointed so low -- soloist for new yorks famed ballet theatre. how would you describe about how you feel about ballet? >> ive never been more passionate about something, even though i dont fit the typical mold and i cant open up the book and see someone who look...

Our final story tonight is about a little guy at a zoo in southern california who needed a little help to put his best foot forward. thats when the folks who care for him turned to a popular shoe company to give him a new lease on life. heres nbcs kristin dahlgren. >> reporter: he started life a tiny penguin called tim. theres a reason his name now is lucky. santa barbara zoo keepers noticed the little guy had a limp. his leg wasnt growing right. they tried a splint. >> but that meant he couldnt...

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Linspiration to go all the way. and after getting by sleeping on his brothers couch, lin says after his recent success, hes looking for a place of his own. thats "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. im lester holt. reporting from new york. see you tomorrow morning on "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good evening. i am diane dwyer. were learning tonight that whitney houston has

"lets tay together" at a recent fund-raiser. well, sales of classic have spiked 490% with 16,000 downloads in just a weeks time. and we had basketball on tonight. there was big news in the tennis world. the tennis season getting off to an epic start at the australian open. novak djokovic outlasting rafael nadal in a mens final that went a record 5:53 ending near 2:00 a.m. a euphoric djokovic tearing off his shirt in triumph there but during the exhaustive thank-yous, the crew had to bring out ...

Hometown. >> completely overwhelmed. >> reporter: john yang, nbc news, st. louis. that is "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. im kate snow reporting from new york. lester holt will be back with you tomorrow evening. from all of us here at nbc news, have a great night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> nbc bay area news starts now. good evening. im

Wheel at a festival north of sydney. after scooping up kids trapped on the ride, it took rescuers three hours to free two men in the plane which was dangling more than 30 feet in the air. amazingly, no one was seriously hurt. at our education nation summit here in new york this past week, we heard over and over again about the problem many districts are dealing with right now, severe cuts to their budgets. and that is leading some to resort to unique and controversial measures to make money. i...

Finally tonight, here, a story of triumph and boy did we need one after this week of horrible news. here it is, a young man facing an extraordinary hurdle. but with his mom cheering him on, he went from being her little champion to a national champion this weekend. >> the senior from mesa, arizona. seven minutes away from a national title. >> reporter: making his way up

I love to have my guns, i dont have a glock or whatever it is and i dont have a magazine with 33 bullets in it. i just dont understand that. we hope we can all get through it and maybe get through it with the help of baseball. its helped me because it -- you know, obviously you sink yourself into the work and you dont -- you dont see a little girl with a hole in her chest as much. we just miss the hell out of her. >> baseball veteran and grandfather, dallas green, in his own words here tonight. ...

♪ 12 minutes after the hour now, time for a quick check of whats new this morning. the brother of olympic figure skater nancy kerrigan has been charged with assaulting their 70-year-old father. daniel kerrigan died over the weekend at the familys massachusetts home. prosecutors say his son, mark, grabbed him by the throat during ab argument about using the phone. the heart attack happened subsequently after that. mark kerrigan has pleaded not guilty to the charges. kerrigans mother says her ...