U.S. drug war crackdown misses the money

  Every day, criminals shove proceeds from U.S. drug sales in their shoes, tape it to their torsos, stash it under dashboards — or just wire it electronically to Mexico. It all adds up to $25 billion a year.

Climate deal elusive even as U.S., China try

Stocks slide after jobless claims rise

  A rising dollar and disappointing corporate forecasts pushed stocks lower and Treasurys higher on concerns the economy will struggle to recover. Major stock indexes slid 1 percent.

NYT: Taxpayers at risk with mortgage giants

Bengals’ Henry dies day after fall from truck

Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry died Thursday, a day after falling out of the back of a pickup truck during what police said was a domestic dispute with his fiancee.

Rosenthal: Sad ending to a seemingly improving life

Scoop: Were Barkley, Jordan models for Woods?

Tiger Woods’ “indiscretions” began with a pair of bad influences, claims one of his former mistresses.

Tidbits: Hudson worried about A-Rod, women

Sunshine states are the happiest, study shows

  People in sunny, outdoorsy states — Louisiana, Hawaii, Florida — say they’re the happiest Americans, and researchers think they know why.

Air ambulances leave some with sky-high bills

Check your Facebook privacy settings. Now!

If Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg can't figure out his social networking site's privacy settings after they were ripped open earlier this month, what hope is there for the rest of us?

Eight ancient drinks uncorked by science

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