Storm eyes mid-Atlantic, floods Florida

  A wet pre-winter storm threatens to dump more than a foot of snow on parts of the mid-Atlantic region this weekend, with New Jersey expecting up to eight inches.

NYT: Cartel ‘spies’ infiltrate U.S. customs

World leaders struggle to reach climate deal

  A new draft climate agreement being considered by world leaders at the U.N. summit in Copenhagen drops a previous 2010 deadline for achieving a binding treaty to fight global warming.

CQ: Women carry corporate success to campaigns

Stocks rise as tech earnings beat predictions

  Stocks rose early Friday as better-than-expected earnings reports from technology companies raised hopes that companies could begin boosting revenue.

  GM to shut down Saab after deal talks collapse

Still kicking: Colts 14-0 after wild win vs. Jags

  Peyton Manning threw four touchdown and helped rally the Indianapolis Colts to a 35-31 win against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday night.

Howard: Colts, not Pats, best-run franchise in NFL

Scoop: Gosselin divorce all but complete

After the troubled reality-show couple filed papers in June to end their 10-year marriage, Jon and Kate Gosselin’s divorce is finally set to become final before the start of 2010.

Shambo gets sham-POW-ed on ‘Survivor’

When gifts seem to say: You’re old, fat and hairy

From body shapers to Botox, nose hair trimmers to the dreaded Thigh Toner, there are some gifts it’s better to neither give nor receive.

Sunshine states are the happiest, study shows

Eight ways to cool a warming planet

Cuts to greenhouse gas emissions are widely considered the most prudent strategy to cool the planet, but some scientists say the politics and economics of this process are unfolding too slowly. Could geo-engineering be the answer?

  Earth's upper atmosphere cooling dramatically

Offbeat holiday celebrations

There are some places that put an offbeat spin on the holidays with everything from oversize ice-sculptures to New Year’s Eve events where big yellow Peeps drop from the sky.

Thousands flock to Aria for glitzy unveiling