Obama names Daschle to lead health drive (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Barack Obama picked former Senate leader Tom Daschle to lead his high-risk drive to end the US healthcare crisis and stocked his White House staff with loyal campaign aides.

Do You Have an Alcohol or Drug Problem? (About.com)

Alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them and those...

Jeev, Jyoti team up for World Cup golf (New Kerala)

Shenzhen (China), Nov 21 : Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh, on a roll after winning the Singapore Open, is hoping to make a serious charge in the company of Jyoti Randhawa at the World Cup starting here Thursday.

Investigators: Hospital mix-up throws family into turmoil (KING5 Seattle)

When a 5-year-old girl had bladder infections, Harborview in Seattle ran a urine test. No apology from Harborview

Stigma attached to mental health causing opposition to housing development: psychologist (The Western Star)

Mary Jane Kearney doesn?t want the Community Mental Health Initiative to put up an apartment building across the street from her house.

More trouble for Pat-Med teens (Newsday)

One teen faces an upgraded charge of murder in Marcelo Lucero's death, with all 7 facing a hate crime charge linked to another attack.

'I felt safer giving birth in Hungary', says mother whose first child died in NHS blunder (Daily Mail)

A mother whose newborn baby died in a botched hospital delivery today told how she has lost faith in the NHS. Adrienn Both lost her son after doctors at the Royal Free Hospital used the wrong technique during labour.

Obama picks Daschle to lead health drive (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)

Barack Obama has picked former Senate leader Tom Daschle to lead his high-risk drive to end the US healthcare crisis.

Fixit: Cleaning pleated shades; splitting asters (Bradenton Herald)

Q: We're renting a house that has pleated shades on all the windows. How do I clean them?

Education, health care likely to be hit hardest by budget cuts (Putnam County Courier)

CARMEL - Two vital areas that receive the largest chunks of government funding - education and health care - are the two areas that expect to be hit the hardest by the upcoming state budget cuts.

I'm A Celebrity: Rows over beds as Timmy Mallett joins camp

Arguments over sleeping arrangements dominated last night's edition of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! With ex-Dollar singer David Van Day and TV presenter Timmy Mallett new to the camp, the contestants ...

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Some Points to Ponder: Re Wossen's Response

What you posted does not, in my judgement, address what my concern was. 1. Consider my question: "But I ask Wossen, isn't it more reasonable to those of us who are not prone to rumours to base our judgements ...

Brian Dickerson

He dreamed of going out the way every politician dreams of going out -- gracefully, on his own terms, with the taste of victory fresh in his mouth.

The 10th Hour: Top 10 Games of This Generation

The 10th Hour 11.21.08: Top 10 Games of This Generation Posted by Derek Robbins on 11.21.2008 We're over two years into this current generation of consoles, so surely we've had some games that stand out by now? ...

Scott Mendelson: Marley & Me gets a rare PG, and other MPAA ratings notes.

Marley & Me gets a rare PG, and other MPAA ratings notes. Box Office Mojo posted their weekly MPAA rating updates yesterday.

Guardian Daily: Price of oil falls to $50 a barrel

Oil prices hit low; a cut-out-and-keep academic; and America's Mad Max future, in our daily audio show with Jon Dennis Economics editor Larry Elliott explains why oil prices have fallen to below $50 a barrel.

Thanksgiving, Tequila, and Titans

The Lions have not won a single game yet, but they are prepared for this one. Why? Because this game is on Thanksgiving! It is going to be the best game of the year.

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Why Buy A House? Behold, one of the biggest myths of the American Dream. Mark Morford.

Greg Crosby:

By Greg Crosby The old axiom in journalism is that if a dog bites a man it isn't a story, but if a man bites a dog, it is.