Clues, hints, begs: twisted tales of elusive gifts

People aren't so sure why their numerous gift hints year after year yield a big fat nothing, even when their sought-after treasures aren't out-of-this-world expensive.

As Great Lakes plummet, towns try to save harbors

ONEKAMA, Mich. (AP) — For more than a century, easy access to Lake Michigan has made Onekama a popular place for summer visitors and a refuge for boaters fleeing dangerous storms. Now the community itself needs a rescue, from slumping lake levels that threaten its precious link to open water.

Blackhawk Bryan Bickell makes appearance at Bridges'

GRIFFITH | If some sport trophies were Christmas gifts -- take, for instance, what they hoist on the winner of the BCS National Championship Game -- they would be returned faster than a four-colored sweater.

Holiday feasting

'Christmas Story' kids come 'home'

HAMMOND | No one got their tongue stuck to a flagpole, but the spirit of "A Christmas Story" was alive and well Saturday in Hammond as three of the film's child actors helped usher in the holiday season.