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Commentator Frank Deford suggests a New Year's resolution for the National Hockey League: No more fighting.

Douglass creates a textured sound the way a big-budget studio artist would, but he's on his own.

Harbor porpoises are showing up in growing numbers under the Golden Gate Bridge. Six decades ago, they were driven away in part by wartime activities and poor water quality; now, researchers are trying to understand why they're returning.

With many boomtime developments now just dusty wastelands, Sun Belt suburbs like those outside Phoenix are shifting gears. Some planners argue for a radical option called "smart decline" — letting empty lots go back to nature and even, in some cases, tearing down infrastructure.

Far from a relic, IBM has been one of the best stocks on the Dow this year, rising more than perennial tech hotshots Google and Apple. A revamp of its business to focus on services and software so impressed Warren Buffet, he bought $10.7 billion worth of IBM stock.

Both Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney once supported the requirement that almost everyone have health coverage — a key plank of the federal overhaul. And both GOP presidential hopefuls stuck with that position a lot longer than you might realize.

AIDS researchers dealt the disease a major blow in 2011 by showing that antiviral drugs not only save the lives of infected people, they also stop them from spreading the virus.

He is by far the most mentioned man on Gallup's annual list of the most admired men and women living today. Queen Elizabeth II, who has made the list 44 times, is the most-mentioned woman.

Of course, the economy is the main issue for voters in Iowa's Jan. 3 caucuses. But as the state's Hispanic population surges, Republican candidates are struggling with how best to deal with voter concerns around illegal immigration.

Also: Argentina's president has thyroid cancer; Mubarak's trial resumes in Cairo; hot embers sparked fire that killed five in Connecticut.