Urban Outfitters Inc. said Thursday that same-store sales dipped 1 percent for the holiday season, hurt by bigger discounts and softness in its Anthropologie and Free People brands.

NEW YORK - Retailers are reporting dismal sales for December, confirming fears that the holiday season was the weakest in four decades. As merchants report their sales figures Thursday, the big exceptions to the gloom were discounters and warehouse clubs.

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan -- Malacañang has declared January 9 a special non-working holiday in Pangasinan as the province, site of a major landing of US liberation forces during World War II, marks Veterans' Day.

Several area wrestling teams fared well in tournament action during the holiday break. Two of the more impressive finishes came at the Medina Invitational, where Oak Harbor took fifth and Elmwood 12th. This difficult tournament saw Massillon Perry claim the team title over perennial Division I state champ Lakewood St. Edward 275-212. The Rockets’ fifth-place effort was led by Ian Miller, who ...

Video games are big business, and chances are they’re the perfect holiday gift for somebody on your list. Here are things to know about gaming’s Big Three and hot titles released in the past year:

Sales at U.S. clothing stores dropped 17 percent in December as consumers pared holiday gift-giving amid the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, according to SpendingPulse data.

Despite a tenuous economic outlook, Hawai'i residents kept the Salvation Army's Red Kettles clinking prosperously through the holiday season. However, the returns weren't quite as rosy for other charitable organizations in the state, including the Aloha United Way, whose administrators expect to fall $1.1 million short of this year's fundraising goal.

The holiday season is over with the exception of memories, both tragic and warm.