The Bill Belichick coaching family tree has just endured a horrendous week, and we use the word "endured" liberally, because a couple of his offspring may be unemployed soon.

The shakeout from quarterback injuries left the Pittsburgh Steelers with good and bad news Tuesday: Ben Roethlisberger appears to be fine after taking a blow to the head, but backup Charlie Batch likely is done for the season with a broken left wrist.

Holiday travel and crowds can increase risks for colds, influenza and lesser-known conditions like deep-vein thrombosis.

But health experts have tips for not catching illness while catching the next flight to Grandma's house for Thanksgiving.

More than four years after Katrina left the deadliest toll for a tropical storm in the United States in nearly a century, most Americans remain convinced that hurricanes pose a greater threat to human life than in the past.

EDITORS: A November 19 article slugged TICKET-KING by the Toronto Globe and Mail and distributed by the Scripps Howard News Service described how much money Jet Set Sports paid to secure ticket monopolies from VANOC and the U.S. Olympic Committee. This information should have been attributed to the Seattle Times newspaper.

The Grinch who stole the holiday season last year is still lurking around the cash register this season. The difference: This time retailers are wide awake and waiting for him.

Last year, they were blindsided by a 3.4-percent drop in sales. Today, they are heading into the holiday season with much leaner levels of inventory, so they don't get stuck with piles of unsold product.

Dear Debt Adviser,

Help, I'm about $30,000 in debt. I have about $50,000 in my retirement. I will be 59 1/2 years old in January. I had to go on disability from a fall at work. My house is paid for. Should I just take money out and pay off my loan? Could I just hire someone to (advise me)? I don't know what to do and am at my wits' end. I am not behind on any bills.

-- Doris