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James Frederick Rowe, a Civil War veteran, was officially remembered by his descendents during a service in Billings, 132 years after his death.

A Grand Haven company, its president and vice president have been sentenced for violating the Clean Water Act.

captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to "today" on this thursday morning, i'm ann curry. >> and i'm matt lauer. i think you can see it's raining hard in the northeast here, but the midwest this morning is bracing for really, the first major snowstorm of the season. and here we are, two weeks into the year. >> this one has a little bit of everything. snow, high winds, matt, and also some bitter cold temperatures. it's going to have a big impact on some major cities in the region, chicago, milwaukee and green bay. we'll get al's forecast coming up straight ahead. a...

>> host: kenneth walsh, the book family of freedom and such a fascinating piece of work. i really enjoyed it and was actually envious of you because you actually -- for talking about african-americans in the white house, both as cabinet also as the servers, the enslaved people. talk a bit about what motivated you to do this. >> a couple of things. as a white house correspondent i covered the white house since 1986. they're always looking for different ways to see the president, different ways to sort it behind the curtain and public relations and so on to see what they are really lik...