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Tablets Replace Some Small Businesses Tools

Tablets are not just changing how people go about their lives. They're also changing the way businesses function. Small businesses especially are using tablets to replace a variety of business tools: from menus, to timecards, to cash registers.

AT&T Drops Bid To Purchase T-Mobile USA

The Justice Department and the FCC had already voiced objections to deal, which would have made AT&T the largest wireless carrier in the country.

A boy stands in a water fountain as he holds up the Syrian national flag during a rally in Damascus, Syria.

As Crackdown Continues, Syria Agrees To Arab League Observers

The United States said the agreement meant "relatively little" and that it wanted "concrete steps" toward ending the violence.

Meryl Streep stars as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Phyllida Lloyd's <em>The Iron Lady.</em>

From Meryl To Margaret: Becoming 'The Iron Lady'

In a new film, director Phyllida Lloyd and actress Meryl Streep dive into the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister whose policies were so tough they earned her the moniker "Iron Lady."

Workers dig at a mine in Chudja, near Bunia, north eastern Congo. The conflict in the Congo, a nation rich in mineral resources such as gold, diamonds, tin, and cobalt, has often been linked to a struggle for control over its minerals resources.

New Law Aims To Shine Light On Conflict Metals

U.S. companies might soon be required to publish where they get their rare metals for all those electronics consumers buy. And activists hope that it will be one small step toward resolving long running conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Jake Finkbonner, shown with his father, Donny, and mother, Elsa, nearly died after contracting a flesh-eating bacterium. His family and friends prayed for a miracle, and now the Vatican has declared that his recovery was considered a miracle by the church.

Vatican Declares Boy's Recovery A 'Miracle'

On Monday, the Vatican declared a boy's recovery from a flesh-eating bacterium a miracle, brought about by Kateri Tekakwitha, a Native American woman who lived 350 years ago and was beatified by the church. The declaration means she is likely to become the first Native American saint.

Mikael Blomkvist, the investigative journalist who teams up with the title character in <em>The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,</em> is the second iconic character that actor Daniel Craig (right, with Christopher Plummer) has tackled in the space of a half-decade.

From Bond To Blomkvist: Daniel Craig's Next Big Role

The sometime 007 plays Lisbeth Salander's investigative-journalist partner in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, a new English-language film adaptation of the international best-seller.

In a rare mass protest, thousands of people from the besieged village of Wukan, China, gather to demonstrate against what they say are illegal land seizures by the government. The villagers accuse local officials of selling 6.5 square miles of their land to boost government revenues.

In China, Anger Spreads Over Government Land Grabs

In the southern village of Wukan, residents have chased local authorities out of town and are in open rebellion over land seizures. Nearby villages also say their land has been taken. Nationwide, more than 40 million Chinese farmers have lost land.

During the holidays, beer manufacturers roll out seasonal brews. And now, in addition to Ebenezer Ale and Santa's Private Reserve, there's a relative newcomer for Chanukah: a chocolate rye porter from a micro-brewer in Portland, Oregon.

It's slick out there: The scene Monday along U.S. 550 near Rio Rancho, N.M.

Blizzard Pounds Great Plains, Northeast May See White Christmas

It's winter and parts of the Great Plains have gotten walloped. Looking ahead, there's a chance for a White Christmas in the Northeast, forecasters say.

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