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The New Rage: Student-Loan Payoff Parties Some of the people buckling down and paying off their student loans early are throwing big bashes to celebrate. Outstanding student-loan debt hit a record-high $956 billion in the third quarter. http://t.co/ONuWFw0s

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The End of the Map Apple Maps stands at the end of a long line of cartographic catastrophes. Say goodbye to the Mountains of Kong and New South Greenland—the... New South Greenland. The Mountains of Kong. From the false to the made up, a history of map mistakes: http://t.co/gAjt6fxx

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Video - For Christmas, Be Careful Where You Buy Your Dog a... ASPCA Senior Director Cori Menkin and seven-year-old maltese Denver join The News Hub to ask consumers to pledge not to support pet stores selling... This holiday season, be careful where you buy your dog a present http://t.co/aFTjpatj via @WSJVideo

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Pope Pardons Former Butler Pope Benedict XVI pardoned his former butler on Saturday, releasing him from an 18 month-prison sentence for stealing confidential papal documents... Pope Benedict XVI pardoned his former butler, who stole documents that embarrassed the Vatican. http://t.co/fMeksbL4

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Waldorf-Astoria Takes Couple Back in Time Ten years ago, the five adult children of Jerry and Peg Sussingham decided to chip in for a room at the Waldorf-Astoria so that their parents could... Couple returns to Waldorf-Astoria for 60th wedding anniversary, hotel honors their 1952 room rate of $21/night. http://t.co/G2ZU4u45

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Top Ten Most-Read Journal Articles of 2012 Count down the most-read stories of the year to see what captivated the most Journal readers. The fifth most-read @WSJ article of 2012: The 27 Rules of Conquering the Gym. See what was No. 1: http://t.co/UpOjddp5

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Say Goodbye to Freemium GUEST MENTOR, Eric Kuhn, founder and CEO of FoundersCard: Good old-fashioned networking isn't dead. While everyone's always saying that LinkedIn... In 2013, say goodbye to startups with freemium services, says Eric Kuhn of @founderscard. http://t.co/csDpQILH

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The Mystery of Mandela's Arrest His 1962 arrest changed South Africa's history. One question lingers: Who tipped off the police? Did a CIA tip lead to Nelson Mandela's 1962 arrest and 27 years of imprisonment? http://t.co/KSc4EwH2

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The Wine Surprises of Costco Lettie Teague heads to the Costco warehouse club and finds the expected deep discounts on wine—along with some very unexpected standout bottles. With more than 68 million members, the population of Costco customers is close to the size of Italy's. http://t.co/OELi4NdJ

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Gifts to Troops Brave Ambushes, Bombs The contractors who truck mail and gifts across Afghanistan, braving Taliban ambushes and roadside bombs, call themselves the Pony Express. Free to read: The contractors who truck mail and gifts across Afghanistan call themselves the Pony Express. http://t.co/kuZDiOYo

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Nokia, RIM Reach Patent Deal Nokia Corp. said Friday it has reached a new patent license agreement with Canada's Research In Motion Ltd. that will end all the patent litigation... Free to read: Nokia reaches a new patent license agreement with Research In Motion. http://t.co/nn6qhONi

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Obama to Tap Kerry for State Post President Barack Obama on Friday will nominate Sen. John Kerry to become secretary of state. a senior Obama administration official said. Free to read: "John's entire life has prepared him for this role," Obama said of Kerry's nomination. http://t.co/XacUW3Dh

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How 'Fiscal Cliff' Talks Hit the Wall Negotiations for a big deficit-reduction deal essentially broke down Monday afternoon in the office of House Speaker John Boehner as he told his... The fiscal cliff talks have hit a wall. Here's why: http://t.co/zkJmktwv

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Politics Counts: Urban-Rural Split on Gun Laws The different experiences that people in urban and rural communities have with guns and gun culture is one big reason why Washington has a difficult... Rural counties in the U.S. have more gun stores per capita, but lower gun homicide rates, data show. http://t.co/mIJz1tyw

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Making a Renovation Pay for a Vacation What's the hot new material in luxury renovations? Plastic—as in credit cards. Homeowners are expected to spend $120.7 billion on remodeling in 2012, up 5.9% from last year. http://t.co/2JSPKJG1

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Readers React to NRA Call for Armed Police Officers in... NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre called for armed police officers to be placed in every school. We asked our readers what they thought of the idea. Here is a... We asked @WSJ followers: "Should schools have armed police officers?" Here's what they said: http://t.co/xJJyxWCK

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Gambling Industry Bets Virtual Money Turns Real Gambling companies are partnering up with makers of simulated casino games in hopes of building a user base that will pay off if online betting is... Gambling companies are making a bet that could pay off if online gambling is legalized. http://t.co/oDBbKom8 (Correct link)

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Playing the College Game Soaring costs and confusing aid packages are making the college-selection process trickier than ever. Here's what to do. In 2012-13, at least 32 private colleges and universities have frozen or reduced tuition. http://t.co/FFyUcNuM

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Pawnshops Enter Holiday Shopping Fray Americans don't do their Christmas shopping just at department stores, boutiques and strip malls. Now pawnshops appear to have shed their stigma, and... "The stigma associated with used merchandise has gone away." Pawnshops become holiday-shopping destinations. http://t.co/eBWSH02i

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‘Gangnam Style’: Now with Over One Billion Served Who would've thought that a K-pop song performed by a nerdy, suit-and-sunglass-wearing star would become the most-watched YouTube video of all time? "Gangnam Style" now has more than 1 billion views on YouTube. http://t.co/8mWx0Bc2

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NRA Calls for Arms in School The nation's largest gun-rights lobby called for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer waiting in the... A state-by-state, interactive look at gun control laws: http://t.co/RMZeARoR

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Video - Wsj.com Business Financial News - The Wall Street Journal is the world's leading business publication. At WSJ.com users can access business news online as... Watch live: President Obama's statement on the fiscal cliff: http://t.co/uDCqTItK

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Facebook Rolls Out Poke App Facebook on Friday rolled out Poke, a messaging application for the iPhone that lets users send texts, photos and video to friends, which expire after... Facebook is bringing back the "Poke" with a new iPhone app that lets users send texts, photos, videos. http://t.co/gxSQUHhv

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Instagram Rolls Back Ad Policy Photo-sharing service Instagram said it is rolling back a controversial section in its updated terms of service to its original policy after fierce... Instagram will change the advertising section of its terms of service back to the policy created in 2010. http://t.co/liGutF9q

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War Tragedies Strike Families Twice Over the past 11 years of war, the U.S. has experienced a little-recognized suicide outbreak among the parents, siblings and spouses of the more than... Over past 11 years, U.S. has experienced a suicide outbreak among parents, siblings and spouses of deceased soldiers. http://t.co/8BxulkoA

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Code Pink Protester Disrupts NRA News Conference A Code Pink protestor interrupts a news conference held by the National Rifle Association in response to the shooting at a school in Newtown, Conn. Video of Code Pink protester interrupting NRA remarks today: http://t.co/7cfthU4Y #Newtown

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Shooter Left Few Tracks, Online or Off The man who went on a deadly shooting spree last week at a Connecticut school apparently left such a light imprint in life and online that... Adam Lanza left such a light imprint in life, online that investigators are struggling to grasp motivations. http://t.co/NaKHukSz #Newtown

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Bloomberg Slams NRA’s ‘Paranoid, Dystopian Vision’ Mayor Bloomberg, an outspoken advocate of tougher gun laws, criticized the National Rifle Association's response to the shooting spree at Sandy Hook... Bloomberg on NRA: "They offered a paranoid, dystopian vision of a more dangerous and violent America." http://t.co/nBunx3hB

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Google Designing Phone to Rival Apple, Samsung Motorola engineers are hard at work on a sophisticated handset, known internally as the 'X phone' and to be released next year, that parent Google... Breaking: Motorola is working on a new handset that parent Google hopes will be a better iPhone rival http://t.co/H6XUWD4j

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Video - Millions of Mental-Health Records Missing From... Despite recent progress in some states, millions of mental-health records remain missing from the national database that gun dealers use to run... Millions of mental-health records are missing from the national database gun dealers use for background checks: http://t.co/0rrmmccS VIDEO

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House GOP Pushes Ahead With 'Plan B' House Republicans said they were determined to push forward with a fallback proposal to address tax increases and spending cuts, predicting they had... Boehner abandons his fiscal cliff 'Plan B': http://t.co/GM6xBZia

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Text of NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre’s Speech Here is the prepared text of National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre's remarks at Friday's press conference, in which he unveiled a plan to have... Full text of NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre's speech at today's press conference: http://t.co/Pz4vYzm0

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Office Hours With The Accelerators — Friday, Dec. 21, 3... @WSJSTARTUP: Have questions about starting a business? Ask The Accelerators mentor Brad Feld of Foundry Group; and guest mentors Mike... Have questions about starting a business? Join our conversation at 3 p.m. ET with startup CEOs: http://t.co/S7ZfrYfc #Accelerators

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Live Blog: NRA Press Conference The nation's largest gun-rights lobby called Friday for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting... Should schools have armed police officers? http://t.co/yvyF5Vs9 Vote YES: http://t.co/fhn5DJco or NO: http://t.co/M4QZZc5w

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Readers Respond: Should Financial Aid be Based on Merit or... On Twitter and Facebook, we asked Wall Street Journal readers: “Who should get more financial aid: the best students, or those most in need?” Should financial aid should be based on merit or need? What @WSJ readers had to say: http://t.co/vK3Za6GG #costofcollege

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Lack of Data Slows Gun-Control Studies There is no shortage of opinions about whether gun-control laws accomplish what they are designed to do—reduce violent crime. What is lacking is... "The sad truth is that in the United States, the quality of data on crime is pathetic." http://t.co/5VJYebyF

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2013: Mortgage Credit Likely to Remain Restrained Rising home prices could eventually serve as a tailwind for credit. But it’s not clear how aggressive lenders will be in easing their standards as... Home prices hit a bottom in 2012. Will 2013 be the year of recovery or relapse? http://t.co/RFhFj1gY

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Five Things to Remember Before Heading Home for the Holidays Don't let burglars, floods and house stink ruin your return. Traveling for the holidays? Bring the spare key inside. In 12% of all burglaries, the thief had a key: http://t.co/zEKSdDAG

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Frank Lloyd Wright Home in Arizona Sells for $2.38 Million The Phoenix home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his son, David, which faced demolition earlier this fall, has sold for $2.38 million. A Phoenix home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, which faced demolition this year, has sold for $2.38 million. http://t.co/rI1hPTrg

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The Short Path to First Class Reaching the pinnacle of perks for frequent flying may not be as difficult as you think. The short path to First Class: why achieving elite status on airlines may be easier than you think http://t.co/zG9Ln7Z5

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Tax Threat Jolts Muni Market Many investors worry that budget negotiations in Washington could result in new taxes on interest they receive from municipal bonds. The concerns have... Free to read: The threat of tax changes is rattling the muni market. http://t.co/stpA7U3z

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Hulu Hits a Fork in the Road As Amazon and Netflix battle it out for dominance in online video, owners of the much smaller Hulu LLC are under pressure to decide which direction to... Free to read: Gambling companies are making a bet that could pay off if online gambling is legalized. http://t.co/w20F7QXo

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Millions Face Hit if AMT Fix Fails to Pass Congress hasn't passed the annual fix for the alternative minimum tax this year. If it doesn't, the tax will hit almost 30 million additional... Free to read: Millions of households face a hit if fix for alternative minimum tax fails to pass. http://t.co/vA708LAk

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CEOs Frustrated Over Cliff Talks A long line of CEOs have rotated through Washington in recent weeks, loudly urging lawmakers and the White House to reach a broad deal to fix the... "The worst-case scenario is increasingly becoming a probable scenario." Fiscal cliff talks frustrate CEOs: http://t.co/Yu7lAjzU

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Long Live Rock 'n' Roll? Study Shows Risk to Stars New research finds that rock and pop stars are at significantly greater risk of premature death than the general population. And solo performers were... Study: pop musicians are more likely to die young. Solo performers are twice as likely to die early as band members. http://t.co/jl33boCR

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Gun Control in the United States Since the American Revolution, when colonists went to war against Great Britain, the right to bear arms has been central to – and controversial in... Gun control in the U.S.: A look back at America's relationship with and regulation of firearms. http://t.co/KK5Yy5LR

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Cholesterol Drug From Merck Fails Merck said Thursday that its cholesterol drug Tredaptive failed to reduce heart-disease risks in a high-profile study. Merck cholesterol drug fails to reduce heart-disease risks in high-profile study: http://t.co/M6GB8ZE2

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Don’t be a ‘Wantrapreneur’ ALEXANDER OSTERWALDER: You know you’ve encountered another “wantrapreneur” when you bump into somebody who can reliably ID all the trendy... "Real entrepreneurs focus on the one trend that won't go away," says @AlexOsterwalder. http://t.co/CfHTqysY #Accelerators

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Snow Falls in the Midwest A large winter storm barreled across the Plains and Upper Midwest on Thursday, closing schools, canceling flights, snarling traffic and ending a... A blizzard barreled across the Midwest during the year's first major winter storm. Photos: http://t.co/oLwH7GeD

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Teen Smoking Keeps Falling Cigarette use among U.S. teenagers fell to historic lows and a four-year rise in marijuana use appears to have leveled off, according to a national... Survey: Cigarette use among American teenagers has fallen to historic lows. http://t.co/ZVfNNS21

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