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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

Blog:

Opera report: 10 mobile web facts about Generation Y

(ZDNet)

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

NKorea warns region is on brink of war

North Korea warned that U.S.-South Korean plans for military maneuvers put the peninsula on the brink of war, and appeared to launch its own artillery drills.

ABC News

North Korea strike may have been premeditated

Newsweek

Fishing villagers hit hardest by North Korea

MSNBC

As small businesses get loans, job outlook shows promise

Some small businesses say they’re finding it easier to get loans, a development that could help jump-start a tepid recovery and sluggish job market.

USA TODAY

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

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (E.J. Dionne, Jr):

The Thanksgiving wars? No thanks

Truthdig

Cartoon (Mike Thompson):

Sarah Palin in 2012?

Detroit Free Press

Column (Cathleen Falsani):

Being thankful is always in style

Religion News Service

Column (Clancy Sigal):

Things I give thanks for

Guardian

Column (Hampton Stevens):

A 7-step plan for reclaiming Thanksgiving

The Atlantic

Column (John Blake):

Is America on the path to ‘permanent war’?

CNN

Blog (Paul Rieckhoff.):

This Thanksgiving be thankful for real heroes

Huffington Post

Column (Emily Rauhala):

Philippines: Hope, finally, for a family planning law

TIME

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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

Elite police units riding in military armored vehicles rumbled through a heavily fortified slum hunting for drug gang leaders blamed for five days of violence.

Baltimore Sun

Merkel makes permanent bail-out vow

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has vowed to implement a permanent bailout facility amid speculation over a break up of the 16-nation eurozone.

BBC

Special section:

Analysis: Thinking the unthinkable — a euro zone breakup

Reuters

BUSINESS

Retailers break with tradition to stay open

More stores are moving their Black Friday shopping sales up a day, leaving exasperated Thanksgiving cooks to ask, “Can’t we at least wait until the dishes are put away?”

Houston Chronicle

Blog:

Ultimate Black Friday tech deals

(TIME)

Techland

Foreclosure probe talks include investors urging resolution

Mortgage-backed securities holders are pushing for a resolution of a 50-state probe of foreclosure practices, attorneys general in Iowa and Arizona said as talks expand to include investors.

Bloomberg

The great copper heist

The scope and frequency of the copper thefts threatened to disrupt a far more important target — the wiring and plumbing that makes up the central nervous system of the city itself.

BusinessWeek

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Technology lets libraries share with the world

Powerful scanners allow for the preservation and easy dissemination of ancient texts, but the volume of material waiting to be processed is enormous.

Los Angeles Times

Dinosaur die-off cleared way for gigantic mammals

They just needed some leg room: New research shows the great dinosaur die-off made way for mammals to explode in size — some more massive than several elephants put together.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Andromeda galaxy ‘born in a collision’

The nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way — Andromeda — was born when two smaller galaxies collided, say astronomers.

BBC

EDUCATION

Does it pay to be a student in America?

The number of British students studying in America is at a record high, but with tuition fees set to rise in England and Wales, even more can travel across the Atlantic?

BBC

US college students explore UK options

MarketWatch

Killing ‘really addictive’: veteran’s essay leads to ban from campus

In an essay for a college English class, Charles Whittington Jr. opened up about his feelings about his time in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.

ABC News

Class sizes show signs of growing

After dropping for decades, average class sizes in American schools may be growing again as schools cope with budget shortfalls.

Education Week

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Turkey callers produce their own sound of music to lure the birds

The crisp morning air echoed with a wild turkey call. These calls have reverberated through the forests for centuries, and are a staple of hunting the bird that has become Thanksgiving’s main course.

Contra Costa Times

Blog:

Exploding the myth that tryptophan in turkey makes you sleepy

(Houston Chronicle)

SciGuy

DEA bans ‘fake pot’ incense

The Drug Enforcement Administration moved to halt sales of “herbal incense” products said to create a marijuana-like high when smoked.

Denver Post

FAQ: K2, spice gold and herbal ‘incense’

WebMD

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