Whiteout hinders search for 2 climbers

A dispatcher for an Oregon sheriff's office reports whiteout conditions on Mount Hood, where searchers have been looking for two missing climbers.

Police: Girl, 12, raped in school stairwell

Stocks fall after wholesale inflation data

  Stocks fell in early trading Tuesday after wholesale inflation rose more than expected in November, led by a surge in energy costs.

Great Recession spawns biz buzzwords

49ers delay Cardinals’ NFC West title party

Alex Smith threw a pair of touchdown passes following Arizona turnovers and the San Francisco 49ers kept themselves in the hunt for the NFC West title with a 24-9 win on Monday.

Report: Cards offer Holliday eight-year deal

‘Up in the Air’ leads with 6 Golden Globe nods

  The recession-era tale “Up in the Air” leads Golden Globe film contenders with six nominations, among them best drama and acting honors for George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick.

Nominees for 67th annual Golden Globes

50 million shades recalled for strangulation risk

Government safety regulators and the window-covering industry have recalled all Roman shades and roll-up blinds in homes with small children. The concern is that a child can easily become entangled in the cords and strangle to death.

Shoes on/shoes off? Policy polarizes partiers

Digital zombies? Virtual world trumps physical

Study shows we spend more hours staring at screens than doing anything else. But are we losing something profoundly human in all those texts, tweets and chats?

  Australia to block obscene, crime-linked sites

Will the real Vegas please stand up?

Las Vegas has been on a losing streak lately, but it’s not called “The Capital of Second Chances” for nothing. If the city has proven anything, it’s that the house always wins in the end.

Winter season at Yellowstone opens Tuesday