Christmas

It was not a traditional Christmas Eve gathering, according to a Montgomery County police account filed this week.

A spokesman says a Northwest Airlines flight from Detroit was briefly diverted to Tennessee after someone found a suspicious package that turned out to be a Christmas ornament.

Jan. 1 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama is reviewing initial government reports on the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner ahead of a meeting with top officials next week on intelligence gathering and aviation security.

A look at key events surrounding the Christmas Day attack on a U.S. airliner. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is accused of trying to detonate an explosive device hidden on his body as the plane approached Detroit on a flight from Amsterdam.

Recession-hit Britons are rushing to snap up bargains in the traditional post-Christmas sales, but economists warn that a looming tax hike is also fuelling demand — and could stall economic recovery.