• Atlanta Braves and reliever Robert Suarez agree to 3-year contract

  

• Chicagoans, visitors' brave cold for holiday festivities

  

• Santa Claus with Down Syndrome brings holiday joy to Atlanta families

  

• Chicago braces for weekend of extreme cold, wind chills could reach -30

  

• Cold blast forces some Minnesota events to cancel while others push ahead

  

• Denver police seeking Toyota Corolla allegedly involved in hit-and-run crash

  

• U.S. Marine among 3 killed in Panorama City hit-and-run crash, friends say

  

• N.Y. illegally gave foreigners commercial driving licenses, Duffy says