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The balloon Snoopy floats above the street before the start of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. (Photo by Craig Ruttle / AP)

In hard times, are Americans thankful?

Thanksgiving 2010 finds Americans politically divided and struggling financially. But poll data suggest that Americans are fiercely resilient, a quality that is strengthened by feeling gratitude.

Christian Science Monitor

Thanksgiving 2010: myths and facts

National Geographic

Special section:

Thanksgiving quiz

BBC

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

China concerned at US-South Korea military drill

China expressed concern about joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises in the Yellow Sea while North Korea threatened more attacks on its wealthy neighbor if there are more “provocations.”

Reuters

South Korean defense minister resigns

BBC

Assessing damages on the Korean peninsula

CNN

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

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

The World in Photos .........................................................................
Greek players try to stop Barcelona’s Lionel Messi during a soccer match at the Olympic stadium of Athens. (Photo by Thanassis Stavrakis / AP)	Conner of Salt Lake City, catches some air while sledding. (Photo by Jim Urquhart / 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)

NATION

Storms, not security, snarl holiday travel

A planned boycott of airport security scanners was a bust, but holiday travelers in the western U.S. had to contend with a chaotic mix of snow, sleet and ice.

CBS News

Despite tougher security, millions fly in stride

MSNBC

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

Recession-hardened consumers reshape retail landscape

Before shoppers hit the stores this holiday season, they will be making their lists and checking them twice to make sure they don’t stray too far from their budgets.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Will it be another ho-hum retail season?

McClatchy Newspapers

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

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

The ABCs of Black Friday

ABC News

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

ENVIRONMENT

New shelter for polar bears in Alaska

The Obama administration is setting aside 187,000 square miles in Alaska as a “critical habitat” for polar bears, an action that could add restrictions to future offshore drilling for oil and gas.

Anchorage Daily News

Developing nations are exporting deforestation, scientists warn

Developing countries engaging in forest restoration projects are looking elsewhere for timber, prompting an increase in deforestation rates in other nations.

Earth Times

EDUCATION

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

Teachers’ union chief pushes for funding for school libraries

The president of the American Federation of Teachers, Jerry Jordan, called on parents, public officials and education advocates to reverse the 20-year decline of school libraries.

Philadelphia Inquirer

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

Vatican denounces China for unapproved bishop ordination

The Vatican denounced China for ordaining a bishop without papal consent, accusing the government-backed church of gravely damaging the faith and warning that the bishop risked excommunication.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Cool Stuff

The Daily Quote

“There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.”

Christopher Morley

US author & journalist

Daily Quote Archives

Columns And Op-Ed

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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

Blog (Meg Bostrom):

A climate change plan for climate change deniers

Salt Lake Tribune

Blog (Hendrik Hertzberg):

The charity guy

(The New Yorker)

Hendrik Hertzberg

Column (Carolyn Bonner):

Problems won’t disappear because another party takes over

The Telegraph

Column (Howie Carr):

Turkeys fatten up on state payroll

Boston Herald

Column (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy):

I’m thankful for ... all of my feelings

AOL News

Live Chats All times are E.T.

NFL: Mike Mayock Nov. 24 at 11:30 am

NFL.com

Health: Nieca Goldberg Nov. 24 at 12:30 pm

Washington Post

Wall Street: John Cassidy Nov. 24 at 3 pm

The New Yorker

Cooking: Noelle Carter Nov. 24 at 5 pm

Los Angeles Times

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GOOD NEWS

Recipe for success

An innovative incubator hybrid kitchen in Minneapolis is helping aspiring food entrepreneurs test their culinary creations to get their businesses cooking. For many, it’s the start of dreams becoming reality.

Star Tribune

Tai chi may provide arthritis relief

Arthritis patients may gain physical and emotional relief from the ancient Chinese art of tai chi, finds a new study, the largest of its kind.

HealthDay

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

Merkel makes permanent bail-out vow