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U.S. warship joining expanded search for AirAsia jet

8:45 p.m. EST December 29, 2014 SURABAYA, Indonesia — Helicopters began searching land Tuesday for possible wreckage from AirAsia Flight 8501, three days after the jet with 162 people aboard vanished in stormy weather over the Java Sea.

Santa's on his way! NORAD's tracking his sleigh

4:30 a.m. EST December 25, 2014 PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The constant ringing of phones sounding like so many jingles of bells can mean only one thing: Santa is on his way.

For Christmas, Obama gives feds an extra day off

8:48 p.m. EST December 5, 2014 President Obama signed an executive order Friday giving federal employees the day after Christmas off.

Rainstorm to bring wet Christmas to eastern USA

10:52 p.m. EST December 22, 2014 A mix of drenching rain, severe thunderstorms and howling winds will bring a wet Christmas to much of the East, while snow and rain hits the Northwest and Rockies.

NBC: Elizabeth Lauten to resign after Obama girls comments

11:44 a.m. EST December 1, 2014 Republican party staffer Elizabeth Lauten told NBC News she is "resigning today" after making controversial comments about Sasha and Malia Obama, according to NBC News.

Obama uses 'every tool at his disposal'

4:55 p.m. EST December 18, 2014 WASHINGTON — The White House acknowledged Thursday that President Obama has assertively exercised executive action in areas where Congress has not acted, but also said the president was accurate when he said he has issued fewer executive orders than his predecessors.