-COMMUNITY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH: Family and Friends Night with meal and speaker the Rev. Charles Mock, today, 6 p.m. , 1001 German St. Cost: $10 for adults, $5 for 12 and younger. Call 459-7003, 459-2527. Full Article at GoErie.com
A curious by-product of our celebrity-crazed culture is the assumption that every time a well-known face on film or television steps on a stage, he or she will make a complete pig's ear of the exercise. Full Article at The Independent
NEW YORK - A nine-month rally in oil prices could be faltering as a gradual sell-off that began in late October gains momentum. Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor
You can forgive Thea Sharrock for being a wreck. The 33-year-old mother of two very young boys is also directing two very demanding plays. Full Article at Times Online
LAS VEGAS — Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto said Thursday she won't appeal a judge's dismissal of a criminal case accusing Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki and his top aide of misappropriating funds from a state college savings program. Full Article at North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
Successful colonies are the stuff of schoolroom history: everyone knows about the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth Rock and Captain Cook at Botany Bay. Full Article at Times Online
Donald Lewis Miller, 76, died on Saturday, Dec. 5 at his home in Smyrna, Tenn. , after an eight-year battle with cancer. Donald was a lifelong resident of Charlotte and Lansing. Full Article at Lansing State Journal
The Guthrie Theater and The Acting Company (TAC) today announced complete casting for their 2010 co-production and national tour of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Full Article at Broadway World
An unusual coalition of Christian leaders representing millions of evangelicals, Roman Catholics, and other denominations urged the House of Representatives in a letter Friday to pass tough sanctions on Iran to prevent it from obtaining nuclear... Full Article at NewsMax
(Comcast Movies: All Movies) Hung over and limping, Bruce Willis is commanded to pick up a convict (Mos Def) and drive him to a courthouse, where the con is supposed to play the... Full Article at Boston Globe