Top celebs

Top celebs
2012's dumbest business moments
Christmas Day storms in South unleash tornadoes
'It's coming right toward us'
Newspaper names, maps gun owners
Obama to end vacation for cliff talks
Iranian woman behind deadly attack
12 die in Christmas Eve church attacks
Christmas around the world
Watch rocket hover, land vertically
Protests rage over woman's gang rape
Official: Egypt's constitution passes
What's missing from Gere's resume
Homeless man wants Timberlake's help
Artist behind Obama Christmas card
Bell ringer gets a Krugerrand
Watch Bo steal the show from 1st lady
Photos: Christmas around the world
Gunman: Killing is what I do best
FIREFIGHTER OF YEAR KILLED
Opinion: Movies that (mis)educate
Character actor Charles Durning dies
What to do with your old gadgets
A fresh start for 'motel kids'
Severe weather
Syria

Top celebs

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 05:27 AM PST

2012's dumbest business moments

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 09:27 AM PST

CNN's Alison Kosik reports on the dumbest business moments of 2012.

Christmas Day storms in South unleash tornadoes

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 08:30 PM PST

Storms pounded cities and towns across the South on Christmas Day, leaving at least two people dead and others injured.

'It's coming right toward us'

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 08:30 PM PST

Cell phone video captures funnel clouds moving through downtown Mobile, Alabama.

Newspaper names, maps gun owners

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 12:36 PM PST

An interactive map showing the names and addresses of all handgun permit-holders in New York's Westchester and Rockland counties has drawn a response from mostly disgruntled readers since it was posted Saturday on a newspaper's website.

Obama to end vacation for cliff talks

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 08:05 PM PST

President Barack Obama might end his Hawaiian vacation Wednesday to make a late-hour bid to reach a fiscal cliff deal before the year ends.

Iranian woman behind deadly attack

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 09:28 PM PST

The female police officer who killed a U.S. contractor in Kabul on Monday is an Iranian national, an Afghan government official said Tuesday.

12 die in Christmas Eve church attacks

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 12:31 PM PST

Gunmen in northern Nigeria attacked a church's Christmas Eve services, killing six people and setting the building on fire, police said.

Christmas around the world

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 11:35 AM PST

From the silly to the reverent we take a look at Christmas celebrations around the world.

Watch rocket hover, land vertically

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 05:11 PM PST

SpaceX tests a new rocket that takes off and lands vertically. CNN's Alina Cho reports.

Protests rage over woman's gang rape

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 04:14 AM PST

Police continued to block off a key government district in India's capital in an effort to stop protesters angered about the gang rape of a 23-year-old woman on a bus. The six supects are under arrest, police say.

Official: Egypt's constitution passes

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 11:25 AM PST

Egyptian voters have approved a new Islamist-backed constitution by a nearly 2 to 1 ratio, an election official said on Tuesday.

What's missing from Gere's resume

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 07:42 AM PST

Richard Gere has never won an Oscar, but he's received widespread praise this year for his performance in "Arbitrage."

Homeless man wants Timberlake's help

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 06:11 AM PST

A homeless man included in a mock video produced by a friend of Justin Timberlake's for the actor-singer's wedding celebration wants Timberlake to visit him on Skid Row.

Artist behind Obama Christmas card

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 05:21 AM PST

This year's official White House Christmas card was designed by an artist from Des Moines, Iowa. KCCI has her story.

Bell ringer gets a Krugerrand

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 05:36 AM PST

A Salvation Army bell ringer was shocked to find a $2,000 South African Krugerrand in his kettle. KOIN reports.

Watch Bo steal the show from 1st lady

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 06:58 AM PST

Michelle Obama reads "Twas the Night before Christmas" at the Children's National Medical Center with Bo on her lap.

Photos: Christmas around the world

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 06:29 PM PST

Photos: Christmas celebrated around the world

Gunman: Killing is what I do best

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 02:11 PM PST

Gunman William Spengler wrote that he wanted to "see how much of the neighborhood I can burn down and do what I like doing best -- killing people," police said.

FIREFIGHTER OF YEAR KILLED

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 09:20 AM PST

Michael Chiapperini, who was named "Firefighter of the Year" by his department, was one of two firefighters shot and killed by a sniper.

Opinion: Movies that (mis)educate

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 06:44 AM PST

Dean Obeidallah says "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Promised Land" present hot button issues that fire up people from the left and right.

Character actor Charles Durning dies

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 03:47 PM PST

You may not know his name, but anyone who watches movies and television knows the squat, tough-faced character actor Charles Durning, who died on Christmas Eve, according to his family.

What to do with your old gadgets

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 08:52 PM PST

If you received shiny new gadgets for the holidays, you probably have some older device that is now unwanted or obsolete. If you can't regift your old computer, tablet or TV, make sure you get rid of it the smart way by selling, donating or recycling it.

A fresh start for 'motel kids'

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 06:22 PM PST

Bruno Serato, a 2011 CNN Hero, expands his efforts to help families who are poor and live in motels in California.

Severe weather

Posted: 25 Dec 2012 05:01 PM PST

A powerful storm system provided a white Christmas for many Tuesday, but brought a less idyllic scene to the South, where at least one storm-related death was reported.