Congress' Christmas present to President Barack Obama may not be health-care reform, but rather a helicopter he insists he doesn't need. The 2010 defense appropriations bill is expected to provide more than $100 million to continue work on the VH-71 -- the next Marine One -- even though it was officially terminated this spring.

A South Florida woman whose husband jilted her after winning the lottery is about to be evicted from her house, the Sun Sentinel reported. But for Donna Campbell, the holiday season has brought at least a hint of a silver lining: a moving company has offered to move and store her belongings for free.

If they fail to reach a climate deal in Copenhagen, world leaders flying in their private jets and huddling in five-star hotels will have little to show for their efforts beyond a big, fat carbon footprint.

Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney whose powerful behind-the-scenes influence on The Walt Disney Co. led to the departure of former chief Michael Eisner, has died. He was 79.

An 11-year-old North Carolina boy has found and returned a stolen purse with nearly $2,000 inside.

A man who spent 28 years behind bars for a rape and murder he said he didn't commit walked out of a federal prison in Arizona on Tuesday with $75 and a bus ticket to Ohio after DNA testing showed he was innocent.

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that a 9-year-old boy living in Brazil should be returned to his American father, but the case will likely be appealed again, officials said.

A 2-year-old Brazilian boy has as many as 50 metal sewing needles inside his body, and a doctor treating the boy said Wednesday they were apparently stuck there one by one.