The holiday season can be an especially stressful time... but can stress bring on a heart attack? One theory states that incidence of heart attacks rise during the holidays.

Pekka Rinne stopped all 23 shots in earning his third shutout of the month, and Vernon Fiddler scored the lone goal as the Nashville Predators beat the New York Islanders 1-0 Saturday night.

Dwyane Wade matched his season high with 43 points to lead the Miami Heat to 106-103 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Saturday night. Wade, the NBA's leading scorer, scored 12 of the Heats final 14 points.

Ben Gordon scored 26 points, and Derrick Rose had 10 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter in the Chicago Bulls' 106-98 victory over the Utah Jazz on Saturday night.

HOUSTON - Tis the season for red-capped Santas and red-nosed reindeers. Sleigh bells ringing and snowflakes glistening. Stockings carefully hung and yuletide carols being sung ... in an airport terminal. With a karaoke machine.

ROME - Some homeless people in Italy will be savoring beluga caviar this Christmas, thanks to officials who seized 88 pounds (40 kilograms) of the contraband delicacy from smugglers.

BOISE, Idaho - That odor wafting from 550,000 cows that make up Idaho's growing dairy herd smells like energy independence and economic development to state energy czar Paul Kjellander.

WASHINGTON - No strollers near the Capitol. No tents on the National Mall. None of that Silly String on the parade route.

MOUNT VERNON -- The city of Mount Vernon got some news for the future -- maybe.

MOUNT GILEAD -- The Mount Gilead Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred Friday at 12:30 p.m.

MOUNT VERNON -- Surprising even themselves with their success, students at Dan Emmett Elementary collected more than 500 items in the school's first year of participating in the Toys for Tots campaign. The student council hosted an assembly Friday to

MOUNT VERNON -- Trinity Episcopal Church in downtown Columbus was the central Ohio setting for a memorial service on Thursday evening. Across the nation, churches, shelters and organizations held the annual interfaith memorial service for homeless persons who died in

FREDERICKTOWN -- As Fredericktown firefighters and their families walked the aisles of local stores Wednesday evening shopping for toys to give to children they have never met, the joy they felt in the task was clear on every face.

MOUNT VERNON -- The adult volunteers with Children@CrossRoads at Gay Street United Methodist Church recently sought a new mission project, one that could be easily understood by the children. Coordinator Janet Jennings said Mount Vernon's new homeless shelter was one

MOUNT VERNON -- Rumors have been circulating that the Mount Vernon plant of Sanoh of America has laid off a significant number of workers. The layoffs were said to be on the third shift.

PITTSBURGH - When the Steelers beat the Ravens last week, Ben Roethlisberger and Hines Ward had another of their patented moments during the final drive.

DAUPHIN, Pa. - When she was in first grade, Claire Brobson worked to make life a little cheerier for kids who needed help.

LANCASTER, Pa. - Eight years ago, Jacqueline Marrero was a senior at her Bronx, N.Y., high school, just months away from graduation. Then her mother got sick, and Marrero had to drop out of school to take care of her

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania Republicans are meeting to discuss who they will nominate to fill the seat of a state senator killed in a car crash in October.