Toy sellers gearing up for what figures to be one of the weakest Christmas seasons on record aren't wasting time pumping up that $100-plus hot toy designed to spur weak-willed parents to cave to frantic, demanding kids. Full Article at KIVITV.com
A Hayward man was killed early this morning when the big rig he was driving went off the Bay Bridge S curve, plunging 200 feet onto Yerba Buena Island, the California Highway Patrol said. said. Full Article at Monterey County Herald
Tuesday's GOP surge was about President Obama. The dumbest thing that progressives, liberal Democrats and much of the media did following Obama's election a year ago was to gloat and smugly declare that the GOP dead. Full Article at L.A. Daily News
...angrily opposed proposed cuts to Medicaid and school financing, the two largest parts of the state’s budget, and the powerful labor unions that dominate debate in the capital are determined to fight them. Full Article at The New York Times
ALBANY Gov. David A. Paterson will take the rare step Monday afternoon of addressing a joint session of the Legislature during its traditional off-season, and will use the speech to underscore the increasing grimness of New York’s financial outlook. Full Article at The New York Times
On the twentieth anniversary of one of freedom's monumental moments, one of America's finest moments, the fall of the Berlin Wall, Obama is MIA. Yes, the mirror man who has never met a camera or teleprompter he didn't fall head of heels in love with is... Full Article at Atlas Shrugs
Some job seekers are finding one more nervewracking hurdle to leap when applying for work: prospective employers are requiring a credit check. Full Article at The Orange County Register
USD - In what appears to be a recurring phenomenon, the greenback was once again tossed to-and-fro by the winds of economic news and risk sentiment throughout last week and this morning. Full Article at International Business Times
Today's cuppa: English afternoon tea On CBS' hit freshman series, "NCIS: Los Angeles," airing Tuesday (it's a spin-off of "NCIS," which airs right before it), rapper/actor LL Coo... Full Article at Zap2it.com
BOISE, Idaho – On a small lot tucked between conventional homes on Boise Avenue, Mark Lung is hard at work stacking bales of straw and mixing mud. He is building a new home using local, recycled agricultural waste to form and insulate exterior walls. Full Article at The Olympian