They put it off and put it off, but last-minute shoppers didn't give up. They just had to find stores that were open late. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.

The next time you're on the expresswayand you see a guy in a three-year-old Honda doing the speed limit, keeping tothe right line and rarely touching his brakes, it might be a guy from Wadsworth, Ill.His creeping along might tick

An explosion tore through an apartment building in southern Ukraine,killing at least 19 people and leaving dozens more trapped under therubble, emergency officials said Thursday.

New York police say 14 people have been hurt after an out-of-control car slammed into a building where Orthodox Jewish families were having a Hanukkah party. Nassau County Police Officer Patricia Tanksley says a 76-year-old man lost control of his

No new delays or cancellations were reported Thursday at eitherO'Hare or Chicago's Midway International Airport, said Department ofAviation spokesman Gregg Cunningham. On Wednesday, more than 100flights were canceled at O'Hare, the nation's second busiest airport, forcing many holiday travelers to

As of Christmas Day, at least 4,218 members of the U.S. military haddied in the Iraq war, according to an Associated Press count. On large bases and small outposts across the country, American troops marked Christmas with special meals and

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will deliver a Christmas Daybroadcast on Britain's Channel 4 television, occupying a slot used toprovide an often controversial counterpoint to Queen Elizabeth II'straditional annual message, the station said Wednesday.

A man wearing a Santa suit who had been suffering marital problemsopened fire at a Christmas party at a house in a Los Angeles suburb that then caught fire,leaving six people dead, authorities said Thursday. Hours later, police found the

Just because Batman landed in Hong Kong doesn't mean "The Dark Knight" will. Warner Bros. decided not to release the film in China - or even submit it for censors' approval - because of "prerelease conditions" and "cultural sensitivities," the

British playwright and poet Harold Pinter passed away on Dec. 23, his wife revealed Christmas morning. The Nobel Laureate died after a long battle with throat cancer. He was 78 years old.

Jewish groups have condemned a Belgian public broadcaster for airing ashow in which a standup comedian jokes about the Holocaust and thepersecution of Jews.

A federal judge has ruled that 20th Century Fox owns a copyrightinterest in "Watchmen," potentially jeopardizing the superhero movie'sMarch release.

Director Mike Nichols once said of Carrie Fisher: "She has too much personality for one person and not enough for two persons." Thatpretty much describes Fisher, daughter of Hollywood stars DebbieReynolds and Eddie Fisher. She starred in three "Star Wars"

Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died, a family spokesman said. She was 81.

A 47-year-old actor who starred as the gay firefighter-lover of a closeted mobster on the hit show "The Sopranos" was found dead of an apparent suicide after family members were unable to reach him.

In a move intended to force public testimony from President-electBarack Obama's inner circle, a lawyer for Gov. Rod Blagojevich hasasked the legislative panel considering impeachment of the governor tosubpoena more than a dozen witnesses, including Obama's incoming chiefof staff, Rahm

President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet choices have sent a ripple through state politics, fostering behind-the-scenes jockeying to fill key vacancies in the shadow of the Chicago scandal over filling Obama's Senate seat.