| The worst stadium in sports Posted: 21 Dec 2013 07:13 AM PST Mike Downey says Candlestick Park, due to be torn down next year, will be remembered for being cold, windy and a terrible place to play baseball  |
| Best week for privacy in long time Posted: 21 Dec 2013 06:59 AM PST Catherine Crump says actions by a judge, an NSA review panel and the president signaled that surveillance programs may be reined in  |
| 'Extraordinary People' you have to meet Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:55 PM PST They're not rich and famous -- they're just regular people -- but that didn't stop them from being extraordinary. The following five people transformed into heroes in 2013 after they made some selfless and inspirational split-second decisions.  |
| Mother Nature in no holiday mood Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:33 PM PST The weekend holds a little bit of everything for U.S. travelers: ice storms, snow, flooding, thunderstorms, tornadoes and record-setting warmth.  |
| Make most of year's shortest day Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:30 PM PST For millennia, cultures throughout the world have observed the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, as a sacred event. In the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice occurs on December 21 or 22, when the sun appears at its southernmost point in the sky.  |
| Why all the extreme weather? Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:32 PM PST Why are we seeing such extreme winter weather ahead of the season? CNN Meteorologist Jennifer Gray reports.  |
| 'Hot sauce' teacher gets job back Posted: 21 Dec 2013 10:31 AM PST A Florida teacher has been rehired after being fired for giving crayons doused in hot sauce to an autistic boy.  |
| See guard dive for falling baby Posted: 21 Dec 2013 06:40 AM PST A security guard in Poland dove to save a falling baby at an airport security line.  |
| PR exec let go after AIDS tweet Posted: 21 Dec 2013 01:16 PM PST Before Justine Sacco took off for Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday, she tweeted: "Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding. I'm white!"  |
| 4 U.S. troops wounded in S. Sudan Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:14 PM PST Three CV-22 Osprey aircraft, like the one shown at left, were about to help evacuate Americans in the violence-hit region when gunfire hit their aircraft.  |
| Mom arrested after child vanishes Posted: 21 Dec 2013 10:46 AM PST Five-year-old Jeremiah Oliver was last seen by his Massachusetts relatives on September 14. But the investigation into his disappearance didn't begin until last week when the authorities were first alerted to it.  |
| Dad gets emotional over missing boy Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:46 AM PST A mother is charged with reckless endangerment of a child while the father continues to search for his son.  |
| 4 arrests in fatal N.J. mall carjacking Posted: 21 Dec 2013 07:28 AM PST Authorities in New Jersey say they have four people in custody in connection with a fatal carjacking at a mall this month.  |
| Beyoncé surprises holiday shoppers Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:37 AM PST Singer Beyoncé surprised holiday shoppers at a Massachusetts Walmart buying 750 lucky individuals $50 gift cards.  |
| Vineyard buyer feared dead Posted: 21 Dec 2013 08:11 AM PST A Chinese investor who had just bought a French vineyard is feared dead in a helicopter crash that killed his son and is thought also to have claimed the lives of an aide and the vineyard's previous owner.  |
| Widow in U.S.: I love Benghazi killers Posted: 21 Dec 2013 07:14 AM PST Anita Smith told CNN's Anderson Cooper that she forgives the attackers who shot and killed her husband this month as he went for a morning jog outside his home in Libya.  |
| Year of the 'wasted-time' Congress Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:17 AM PST Congress set off for a two-week recess Friday, flying out of Washington under a dark cloud: the "Do-nothing" label. But that term is too easy. If you take a closer look, it turns out the better fit may be the "wasted-time" Congress.  |
| Pope to priests, staff: Cut the gossip Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:48 PM PST Pope Francis put the ideals of professionalism, service and holiness to the fore Saturday in his first Christmas message to the Curia, the Roman Catholic Church's governing body.  |
| Watch emergency spacewalk Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:57 PM PST Astronaut Chris Hadfield gives insight as to what it is like to participate in a space walk.  |
| Frenzy after gay-marriage ruling Posted: 21 Dec 2013 03:42 AM PST A federal judge in Utah has struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage, saying the law "conflicts with the United States Constitution's guarantees of equal protection and due process under the law."  |
| 25 years later: Pan Am Flight 103 Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:57 PM PST Pan Am Flight 103 exploded 31,000 feet over Lockerbie, Scotland, 38 minutes after takeoff from London. All 259 people on board the New York-bound Boeing 747 were killed, along with 11 people on the ground.  |
| Target breach costs woman $1,200 Posted: 20 Dec 2013 07:26 PM PST One Connecticut woman said the thieves behind the massive Target data breach hit her debit card up for $1200.  |
| Ryan O'Neal's real life love story Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:00 PM PST In actor Ryan O'Neal's world, events don't unfold in mundane fashion. There is usually drama -- the kind that sustains reality shows and draws gossips and tabloid journalists like ants to a picnic.  |
| Vonn, watched by Tiger, misses gate Posted: 21 Dec 2013 11:01 AM PST Even if Lindsey Vonn competes at the Olympics in Sochi in February, what kind of form will the four-time World Cup overall champion be in?  |
| Gupta: When religion, medicine meet Posted: 21 Dec 2013 10:52 AM PST The intersection between religion and science will capture our imagination as human beings as long as we are around.  |
| Uproar after TAs dress as prostitutes Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:17 PM PST A University of Colorado professor's controversial lecture used teaching assistants as pretend prostitutes.  |
| Best of Distraction: Pup learns to walk Posted: 21 Dec 2013 12:22 PM PST A puppy named Tebow struggles to figure out this whole walking thing.  |
| Dad defends video of son's punishment Posted: 21 Dec 2013 06:53 AM PST A Texas dad defends a viral video of his son running next to his SUV as punishment for unbuckling his car seat.  |
| Boycott urged over network's move Posted: 21 Dec 2013 06:32 AM PST A&E has been mum since suspending one of the stars of "Duck Dynasty" over his remarks. Online petitions are urging people not to watch the network's programming in the meantime.  |
| Widow: I forgive killers Posted: 20 Dec 2013 06:15 PM PST "I just really want them to know that I do love them and I forgive them, and Ronnie would want this," Anita Smith tells CNN's Anderson Cooper.  |
| Boycott urged over network's move Posted: 21 Dec 2013 06:32 AM PST A&E has been mum since suspending one of the stars of "Duck Dynasty" over his remarks. Online petitions are urging people not to watch the network's programming in the meantime.  |
| Millions at stake Posted: 21 Dec 2013 06:31 AM PST Tom Foreman reports A & E stands the most to lose if 'Duck Dynasty' goes away.  |
| 'Duck Dynasty' Posted: 20 Dec 2013 04:37 PM PST While boycott petitions against "Duck Dynasty" home A&E take off, the network itself is staying quiet.  |
| Same-sex marriage Posted: 20 Dec 2013 03:04 PM PST A federal judge in Utah has struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage, saying the law "conflicts with the United States Constitution's guarantees of equal protection and due process under the law."  |