Dine-and-dash gang nabbed via Facebook: An restaurateur left holding a hefty unpaid bill when five young diners bolted used the popular social networking Web site Facebook to track them down and they got their just desserts. ›09:45 27 Nov, Thu
Newsweek: Who is the worlds worst banker?: Newsweek: Who is the worlds worst banker? ›15:13
Video: Building team, Obama opts for pragmatism: Dec. 1: Evidently eager to emphasize diplomacy and not ideology as a way to solve the world's problems, President-elect Barack Obama Monday introduced a national security team comprised largely of foreign policy centrists. NBC's Savannah Guthrie reports.(Nightly News) ›23:45 1 Dec, Mon
Thailand, air/15 nights, from $1,795: Meet Buddhist monks, ride an elephant, dine with locals at their home, and otherwise immerse yourself in Thai culture as you journey from the country's urban south to its rural north. ›14:51
Celtics aren't sorry to be repetitive: The Celtics outclassed the Magic for their ninth straight victory Monday. Charley Rosen says they're looking like champs again. ›05:22
Shoppers turn out, but hold on to their wallets: Retailers who saw Thanksgiving holiday sales drop off as the weekend progressed stepped up online promotions on the day known as Cyber Monday to get consumers to keep shopping. ›23:13 1 Dec, Mon
Official: U.S. warned India about plot: The U.S. warned India before last week's brutal attacks in Mumbai that terrorists appeared to be plotting a mostly waterborne assault on the city, a senior Bush administration official said Tuesday. ›15:56
More Nixon tapes, records being made public: The government is opening another window into Richard Nixon's shattered presidency. ›14:54
JPMorgan cutting 9,200 jobs at failed thrift: JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Monday it will cut a total of 9,200 jobs at its Washington Mutual unit, which it acquired Sept. 25 after the giant thrift failed. ›22:56 1 Dec, Mon
Newsweek: Gore on carbon, coal and illusion: ›15:24
The New Yorker: Pursued by a bear: No Treasury Secretary has ever entered office with as much responsibility as Timothy Geithner will have. ›23:13 1 Dec, Mon
New Yorker: Obama must face car talks: When it comes to the Big Three , the only compelling argument they can make at this late date-if a man strapped with explosives can be said to be making an argument-is they will not suffer alone. ›20:29 1 Dec, Mon
VW Jetta TDI named 'Green Car of the Year': Green Car Journal has named Volkswagen's 2009 Jetta TDI as the "Green Car of the Year," making it the first clean-diesel car to win the award. ›21:04 20 Nov, Thu
Good to go: Travel gifts for tight budgets: Hold the Louis Vuitton luggage set and the Christian Louboutin Travel Slippers. Unless youre the sort who regularly shops Neiman Marcus Christmas Book $160,000 2009 BMW 7 Series, anyone? this is probably not the year to go hog wild on the holiday shopping. ›14:55
Delta hints at more job cuts: Delta Air Lines Inc. hinted Tuesday that more job cuts could be on the way as it disclosed that it will reduce consolidated system capacity by 6 percent to 8 percent in 2009, compared to the current year. ›15:03
GE lowers its sights on fourth-quarter profits: General Electric Co. says it expects fourth quarter earnings to be near the low end of its previous guidance. ›14:16
Bush set to relax rules protecting species: Animals in danger of becoming extinct could lose the protection of government experts who make sure that dams and other projects don't pose a threat, under a regulation the Bush administration is set to put in place. ›16:13 20 Nov, Thu
Carbon monoxide kills 11 girls at China school: Eleven girls died of carbon monoxide poisoning at a school in northern China's Shaanxi province, an education official said Tuesday evening. The girls had reportedly lit a fire to keep warm. ›10:22
Canadian seal hunt will continue as usual: Canada's new fisheries minister said Wednesday she expects next year's commercial seal hunt will proceed as usual, despite a European Union proposal that threatens to ban seal products. ›23:29 19 Nov, Wed
Deer gets revenge after hunter shoots him: A hunter bagged a big buck on the second day of firearms season, but the kill caused him a lot of pain. ›02:02
Some U.S. travelers cancel plans to visit India: In the past decade, India has gone from a place that relatively few Americans visited to one of the top international destinations for U.S. residents ahead of other locales like Brazil, Switzerland and Greece. ›15:43