National Budget for 11.22/23
GateHouse News Service National Budget For 11/22-23/07 editions
Here are the top national stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/. Please submit stories below no later than 6 pm local time, unless you have breaking news that is changing significantly.
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Lifestyles
THANKSGIVING CONTENT: Remember, if you need Thanksgiving stories, check out our roundup (with links) to Thanksgiving content. IN / Lifestyles
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/x676138267
THANKSGIVING RAIL: Turkey day giblets and tidbits. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/homepage/x224440942
NO TURKEY: Thanksgiving without turkey? Some give thanks the vegetarian way. With funny illustration. MESSENGER POST, N.Y. / in / Lifestyles http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/x224442377
TURKEY CLIP AND SAVE: Good to run on the day, includes safety tips, cook times, and much more. You can break it up and just use parts of it. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. / in / food columns
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/food/x1846402636
HOME HELP: Weekly home & garden rail, leads with what to do when squirrels attack. IN / home & garden
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/home_and_garden/x1846403982
BONSAI ARTIST: Feature about a guy with a passion for bonsai. MESSENGER POST, N.Y. / in / home & garden
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/home_and_garden/x715649046
ART: pic, with breakout info on bonsai
RELIGION NEWS: Weekly religion rail will move tonight because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Look for it here: http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/religion
RABBI BET: Everyone in the community wins when rabbis bet on World Series. BEVERLY / in / lifestyle http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/x224442006
ART: pic
MOVIE REVIEWS:
"The Mist": Frank Darabont has made a nice living off the work of Stephen King, picking up numerous Oscar nominations, including two best picture nods for his adaptations of King's short stories "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile." The well runs dry, though, with "The Mist," a more traditional offering from the King of Horror that raises an intriguing question: What's more fearsome, aliens or your neighbor? LEDGER / in / entertainment, movie reviews
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x224442618
"Margot at the Wedding": Nicole Kidman shines as an icy villain, but the movie is disappointing. LEDGER / in / entertainment, movie reviews
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x449723768
Opinions
CHARITA GOSHAY: Oil companies just keep kicking this Thanksgiving. CANTON / in / opinions
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/homepage/x187560044
PHILIP MADDOCKS COLUMN: Prosecutors want to add an asterisk to Bonds' indictment. CNC /in / opinions, columns
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/x187560644
ALICE COYLE: Black Friday shopping? It never dawned on me. AVON, Mass. / in / opinions, columns
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/x895210853
DEIRDRE REILLY: Are you ready to shop?! But don't start until you've read this column. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/x715650064
DAN HALL: Bush, Clinton, Bush … Richardson? http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/x1944245268
Sports
MIKE NADEL: Who's No. 1? Mike Nadel's 10th annual Thanksgiving tradition, his Turkey of the Year awards, counts down 2007's biggest losers, lunkheads and louses in sports. COLUMN/MIKE NADEL/early evening.
NASCAR WRAP-UP: 3 stories on the wire now, including a look back at the season, a look ahead at next season, and the NASCAR rail. Look for the NASCAR page tonight that combines those three elements in either a pdf, a Quark or an InDesign document.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/homepage/x1944245769
INSTANT REPLAY: MLB umpire notes disadvantages of adding instant replay
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/sports/x224440985
Wally Bell is big on baseball tradition. "Hey, I like human error," Bell
said Monday. CANTON / in / sports
News
SHOPPING STUDY: A look at Eastern Illinois University study of Black Friday shoppers. RUSHTON/SPRINGFIELD/Illinois and Illinois News.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/x1944246211
PARADE WEDDING: A Belvidere couple is getting married Thursday in a snow globe during the Chicago Thanksgiving Parade. They spent their wedding money on new home, entered the contest on a whim and are getting the works, courtesy of parade sponsor McDonald's. ROCKFORD/brief/Illinois News/posted.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/x852314918
ART: pic of the happy couple
OOPS! HERE, HAVE SOME CASH: Driver hits teen, gives him $20 and races off. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x449723906
THIRD-GRADE PHILANTHROPIST: A birthday party with a mission: Third-grader forgoes gifts to collect for idol's charity. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x852314869