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"endeavour" is making its final voyage atop a jumbo jet. nasa's youngest shuttle left kennedy space center and headed west to become a museum piece at the california science center in los angeles. hundreds of trees were chopped down to make way for the spacecraft's final 12 mile journey through l.a. for its new home. the center has agreed to replant four times as many trees to address an outcry from local residents. nasa retired its shuttle fleet last summer. and we've got developments about u.s. troops in afghanistan to report today. nbc's jim miklaszewski standing by at the pentagon and we...

Today and several developing stories on a the agenda, as well. we begin with breaking news from the u.s. military. army officials are conducting a criminal investigation into newly revealed photos showing troops posing for photos with the body parts of dead afghan suicide bombers. an american soldier says he released those photos first published in the "l.a. times" to call attention to a breakdown in leadership and discipline. now, we cropped this photo that you're seeing here so that it is less offensive to our viewers. the pentagon has released a statement in reference to all of this. the se...