SAN FRANCISCO - Online retailers hope that the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday season - even as traditional retailers brace for mediocre sales.
WASHINGTON - The couple who crashed a White House dinner shouldn't need legal help, an attorney who knows them said yesterday, as the Secret Service remained quiet publicly about the eye-catching security breach.
SALT LAKE CITY - A man stuck upside-down in a cave for more than a day died early yesterday, despite the efforts of dozens of rescuers, authorities said.
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LONDON - The London Stock Exchange PLC halted trading for 3 1/2 hours yesterday after a technical glitch prevented some customers from connecting to its systems.
- Government charges that church leaders sheltered abusers for decadesDUBLIN - Roman Catholic Church leaders in Dublin spent decades sheltering child-abusing priests from the law and most fellow clerics turned a blind eye, an investigation ordered by Ireland's government concluded yesterday.
- Amid doubts, he says man 'speaks'BRUSSELS - Rom Houben's mother remembers her son's amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative.
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TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, the human-rights lawyer said yesterday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps Tehran is taking against any dissent.
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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Just a year after the global downturn derailed Dubai's explosive growth, the city is now so swamped in debt that it's asking for a six-month reprieve on paying its bills - causing a drop on world markets yesterday and raising questions about Dubai's reputation as a magnet for international investment.
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DENVER - While all of Washington was abuzz with the much-publicized party-crashing of a White House state dinner, in Colorado the talk yesterday was all about another unexpected incursion into governmental private space. But in the state's capital, the pranksters at least left a paper trail.
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WASHINGTON - Holiday shoppers should look out for toy hazards such as small parts, loud sounds, soft plastics and lead contamination, consumer advocates warned earlier this week.
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NEW ORLEANS - The creatures living in the depths of the ocean are as weird and outlandish as the creations in a Dr. Seuss book: tentacled transparent sea cucumbers, primitive "dumbos" that flap ear-like fins, and tubeworms that feed on oil deposits.
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WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes rose more than 6 percent in October. But that was only because of strong results in the South.
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A body that washed ashore at a North Carolina wildlife refuge over the weekend was identified yesterday as the owner of a fishing boat that sank off the New Jersey coast on Nov. 11.
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