Tag: Holidays

In this image from video provided by NASA the Cygnus spacecraft resupply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. (AP/NASA)

Christmas delivery finally for space station

Marcia Dunn · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Stock futures were moving slightly higher Friday, as investors remain positive about the U.S. economic recovery going into the end of the year. (AP/Richard Drew)

US stock futures edge higher in quiet session

Associated Press · December 27, 2013 5:00 am

The annual NORAD Tracks Santa Operation, at the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, at Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP/Brennan Linsley)

NORAD Tracks Santa logs 19.58 million web visits

Associated Press · December 27, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Richard Blumenthal: UPS owes customers refunds for late Christmas packages

Sean Lengell · December 26, 2013 5:00 am

The day left me pondering exactly what my favorite Christmas things are. (Photo: Thinkstock)

How I spent my Christmas

Gregory Kane · December 25, 2013 5:00 am

NORAD Deputy Commander Lt. General Alain Parent, center, of the Royal Canadian Air Force, takes phone calls from children asking where Santa is and when he will deliver presents to their house, during the annual NORAD Tracks Santa Operation, at the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, at Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The story behind the US military’s tracking of Santa

Joel Gehrke · December 25, 2013 5:00 am

Customers wait in line at the flagship Toys 'R' Us store in New York's Times Square. The bankrupt retailer is closing all its U.S. stores.

War on Christmas: Let secular culture have a ‘happy holiday’ while Christians have a merry Christmas

Timothy P. Carney · December 24, 2013 5:00 am

Each December, misguided government officials and fearful corporate executives eliminate references to Christmas. Amazingly, some deny that this Christmas censorship even exists. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Christmas censors aren’t taking the holiday off

Jordan Lorence · December 23, 2013 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

It’s Festivus, and Rand Paul is airing his grievances on Twitter

Charles Hoskinson · December 23, 2013 5:00 am

There was a time when religious freedom meant tolerance and living your life how you want. (Photo: Thinkstock)

It’s open season on Christians this Christmas

Star Parker · December 20, 2013 5:00 am

Washington Secrets

Pew: Just 1 in 5 kids believe in Santa Claus

Paul Bedard · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

Slate blogger Aisha Harris recently proposed changing our image of Santa Claus from a white man to a penguin. (Thinkstock)

There are worse things than not having a black Santa Claus

Gregory Kane · December 18, 2013 5:00 am