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Shoppers come into the store for shopping during a Black Friday sales event at an Old Navy store in Chicago, Old Navy is open at 12:00 a.m. CST on Black Friday. (Photo by Nam Y. Huh / AP)

Shoppers see pleasure where others see pain

Like a football coach preparing for a rival, Nicki Shoulders has been seriously game-planning for Black Friday -- right down to the play sheet.

CNN

Shoppers queue up for Black Friday deals

ABC News

Experts give tips to college grads seeking 1st job

A college degree is no longer the ticket to the American dream. Graduates now must quickly learn how to promote themselves in the competitive job market.

USA TODAY

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iGeneration

At 1 Afghan base, there’s an extra reason to be thankful

The fact that there were no casualties during a recent incident was an extra reason to be thankful this Thanksgiving, despite being in a war thousands of miles away from friends, family and football.

McClatchy Newspapers

US Afghan presence reaches dubious milestone

CBS News

US troops get taste of Thanksgiving

USA TODAY

South Korea to appoint new defense minister after Kim resigns

South Korea may appoint a new defense minister after Kim Tae Young resigned in the wake of North Korea firing artillery onto the South’s territory.

Bloomberg

North Korea strike may have been premeditated

Newsweek

Fishing villagers hit hardest by North Korea

MSNBC

When you care enough to send ... an e-card

For more than a decade, people have been using the Internet to send holiday greetings, birthday cards and invitations.

NPR

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Members of Varsity Spirit Cheer march during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. (Photo by Craig Ruttle / AP)	In Rome, a baby white-naped mangabey monkey is fed by its zoo keeper after it was refused by its mother. (Photo by M. Di Giovanni / Bioparco Zoo, Rome / AP)	People enjoy the annual year-end illumination “Caretta Ocean Xmas” in Tokyo’s Shiodome district. (Photo by Koji Sasahara / AP)

NATION

Bad memory? Blame it on jet lag

Jet lag can not only leave travelers feeling cranky, it can also cause memory and learning problems long after the return to a regular schedule, according to a new study.

Globeandmail.com

Gulf looks to retirees for post-spill boom

For all the oil spill claims and cleanup work by BP, retirees from the North may be the best survival bet for some Gulf Coast resort towns this winter.

MSNBC

Color-coded terror warnings to end

The Department of Homeland Security is looking to scrap the five-tiered color-coded terror warning system in favor of a streamlined one with as few as two alerts.

San Francisco Chronicle

Despite tougher security, millions fly in stride

MSNBC

POLITICS

Pentagon alerts House, Senate panels to new classified WikiLeaks release

The Pentagon warned the Senate and House Armed Services Committees that WikiLeaks.org “intends to release several hundred thousand” classified U.S. State Department cables as soon as Nov. 26.

Bloomberg

Kamala Harris wins: 1st Calif. female attorney general

San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris made history, becoming the first woman, the first African-American and first Indian-American in California’s history to be elected state attorney general.

San Francisco Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

Scientists worry North Pacific salmon may run out of food

With the number of salmon in the North Pacific having doubled in the past 50 years, scientists are increasingly concerned there may not be enough food to support them.

McClatchy Newspapers

Tackling global wildlife crime

At the International Tiger Forum an important alliance was formed that will help not just tigers but a range of endangered species across the globe.

Earth Times

HEALTH

Medical errors stay stubbornly at same levels, despite intensive efforts

The number of medical errors and unavoidable mistakes, termed patient harms, have not gone down despite serious efforts to improve things, researchers from Harvard Medical School reported.

Medical News Today

The formula for lasting weight loss?

The world’s largest diet study has come up with the most effective way of maintaining weight loss.

The Independent

A wandering mind is unhappy

New research underlines the wisdom of being absorbed in what you do. The study showed that we’re happiest when thinking about what we’re doing.

Scientific American

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Protesters detained in Cairo church riots

Egypt’s attorney general ordered the detention of 156 protesters involved in clashes with riot police after the authorities blocked construction of a church in a Cairo suburb, the official news agency MENA said.

Reuters

Pope book reopens Jewish-Catholic rift

A newly released interview with Pope Benedict XVI revives a bitter Catholic-Jewish dispute over whether the Roman Catholic Church did enough to save Jews from Hitler.

USA TODAY

SPORTS

2nd half collapse keeps Lions from ending losing tradition

For the second time in many weeks and third time this month, the Lions blew a second-half lead in an avalanche of turnovers, undisciplined penalties and defensive breakdowns.

Detroit Free Press

Special section:

Patriot vs. Lions play-by-play

ESPN

Special section:

Thanksgiving Day NFL coverage

NFL.com

Walker, UConn win Maui Invitational with rout of Kentucky

Finishing off a dominating tournament, Kemba Walker scored 29 points and Connecticut beat a Top 10 team for the second straight day, knocking off Kentucky rout to win the Maui Tournament.

Sports Network

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GOOD NEWS

Volunteering is the ‘new health club’

Scientists testing human brains have found that helping others stimulates areas of the brain associated with a sense of accomplishment and well being.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Fla. family makes room for lots of thanks

When he and his wife moved from Long Island to San Carlos Park, Fla., 30 years ago, Walter Hoffmann made a point of inviting as many friends and strangers as he could to Thanksgiving.

News-Press.com

Boys survive 50 days adrift in Pacific

Three teenage boys have been found alive after being lost in their boat in the Pacific Ocean for 50 days.

BBC

WORLD

Military vehicles carry Rio police into slum to confront drug gang