It is owned by the NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of the NBCUniversal Television Group division of NBCUniversal, all of which are owned by Comcast. MSNBC and msnbc.com were founded in 1996 as a partnership between Microsoft and General Electric's NBC unit, hence the network's naming.
MARTIN: Mary Agnes Carey is a senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News. That's a nonprofit news service. It's not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente, and she was kind enough to join us here in our Washington, D.C. studios. Mary Agnes, thanks again.
Karen was a wonderful wife, mother, and homemaker; and a loving and caring person. She led the Outreach Center of St. Mary Magdalen Parish in Wilmington for many years, enjoyed family, reading, crossword puzzles and bridge. Born and raised in a wonderful family in Northern Kentucky, she was the oldest of six children.