By TRISNADI MARJAN and MARGIE MASON (SURABAYA, Indonesia, AP) — The plane sought permission to climb above threatening clouds. Air traffic control couldn’t say yes immediately — there was no room…. Read more »

By JEFF KAROUB (ADRIAN, Mich., AP) — When it came time to pick a college, Abby Slusher leaned toward a private school near her southeastern Michigan home for the small… Read more »

By RAPHAEL SATTER (LONDON, AP) — North Korea’s microscopic corner of the Internet has had a rough couple of days, suffering seven outages in the last 48 hours, according to… Read more »

Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Keurig is recalling some 7 million of single-serve coffee brewing machines because of reported burns. Keurig says its Mini Plus Brewing Systems, with model number… Read more »

By BERNARD CONDON, ERIC TUCKER and MAE ANDERSON (NEW YORK, AP) — The unprecedented hack of Sony Pictures which a U.S. official says is linked to North Korea may be the… Read more »

(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – The University of Central Missouri’s public broadcasting television station helped bring the joy of Christmas to area children by donating hundreds of books to a local program. Michael… Read more »

By HILLEL ITALIE (NEW YORK, AP) — Thanks to a holiday windfall, Left Bank Books in St. Louis plans to install a security system and possibly update its phones. Strand… Read more »

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO (NEW YORK, AP) — Millions of Americans are expected to head to the stores for holiday gift shopping on Thanksgiving in what’s quickly becoming a new holiday… Read more »