Christian Monitor

Black Friday is looming large for retailers, but REI is taking the day off instead, closing all of its 143 stores on the biggest shopping day of the year. The outdoor equipment company is hoping consumers will join in instead of shopping.

In a Sunday interview, Donald Trump suggested that George W. Bush, brother of Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush, failed to protect the United States on 9/11.

Malaysian and US authorities allege that Kosovo native Ardit Ferizi provided a member of Islamic State with information about more than 1,000 US military and government personnel.

Photos, video, and social media are bringing unprecedented transparency and awareness to a range of issues – from hazing to racism to police violence.

National Police Chief Aminta Granera, who once trained to be a Catholic nun, is Nicaragua's most popular public figure, thanks in part to her department's success in fighting organized crime.

As costs soar in the cities, more couples in China are opting for 'naked marriages' - those without the once-required trappings of a house, a car, and other goods.

Newt Gingrich shows big gains in two new polls, ranking ahead of or even with Mitt Romney. One poll cites Gingrich's 'amazing comeback.' The other notes he would lose to Obama in a head-to-head matchup.

Wachovia and I dated exclusively all four years of college. When I moved to New York, she came along, too. Then things got rough in the fall of 2008. She told me she'd become someone else. “Who is Wells Fargo!?” I roared. She sent me letters asking for money.

Europe would like Beijing to use some of its money to help bail out the Eurozone. China has stressed it will not be a savior.

Some 80 percent of Korea's high school students go on to further education. And to ensure students have the best chance, one day every year Korea changes its plane schedules, redirects traffic, and holds its breath.

Public anger at Washington is at a high. But perhaps the much-admired military has qualities that can rub off on the rest of government.

The Chinese government orders 'entertainment' programs to be replaced with more uplifting fare - such as a senior citizen Lady Gaga cover band. Does this bode well for the China channel coming to the US?

The U.S. added 80,000 new jobs last month, a positive step, but not enough to provide jobs or trim the ranks of the unemployed much.

NASA researchers caught on film an 18-mile-long crack in the Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica. It looks like a huge new iceberg is forming.

As urgency rises over need to halt the migration of invasive Asian carp into the Great Lakes, a new solution comes forward: Eat them. Asian carp could anchor a lucrative fishing industry, some officials and biologists suggest.