It is an enduring mystery of English literature: What secrets lie entombed beneath the thick scribbles that Charles Dickens made as he wrote, and rewrote, the 66 pages of “A Christmas Carol” in 1843?

The annual NORAD Santa Tracker will not be tracking 'Santacon' events like this one last year in San Francisco, unfortunately.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command isn't messing around this year.

The BBC has been told by senior White House officials that the President Obama will announce he's sending 30,000 troops to Afghanistan over the next six months.

The surprise is not in the numbers, although some had predicted more, but the speed. It suggests that he wants a quick victory, and then a phased exit.

Today, December 1, is World AIDS Day, which seeks to bring further awareness to the epidemic.