Iran has confiscated a Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded to human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi in 2003, Norway says. The seizure is the first in the history of the prize. Ebadi, who won the honor for her efforts in promoting democracy, has long faced harassment from Iranian authorities.

The couple who crashed Tuesday night's White House dinner have a formidable history of legal woes. Michaele and Tareq Salahi are named in at least 16 lawsuits in Virginia's Fauquier County, as both plaintiffs and defendants. They are also aspiring reality TV stars, who were filmed by a cable network on the very day they attended the White House reception.

While thousands of revelers jam the streets in New York, Detroit and Boston for a glimpse of the passing parade, American soldiers in war zones receive holiday phone calls from President Barack Obama. Even America's astronauts get a surprise serving of smuggled turkey.

A study by two human rights groups says many video games encourage players to flagrantly violate real-life criminal and humanitarian law. By allowing players to attack civilians and destroy churches and mosques, says the report, the games suggest that modern warfare has no limits or rules. One gaming industry expert disagrees, calling the virtual havoc "just fun, harmless escapism."

An Indiana man who lost his job last summer sees his luck change when he wins $2 million in the Hoosier Lottery. Mick Brickley says he plans to use some of the money to buy a house.

Authorities in the Philippines plan to charge a town mayor with murder, accusing him of leading a massacre of 57 people in an election-related attack on Monday. Andal Ampatuan Jr. has surrendered, but he denies any involvement in the killings. The reason he gave himself up, he insists, is to "prove that I am not hiding and that I am not guilty."

On Dec. 9, 1965, people in Kecksburg, Pa., saw a ball of fire in the sky and an object land in the woods. After fighting to open government documents on the case, a journalist says she thinks the object was either a secret device or a UFO.