National budget for 12.12.07
GateHouse News Service National Budget For 12/12/07 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 (Wednesday is Food)
WISE TO THE WORD: Vichy carrots. CANTON / in / food
CRITIC'S CUPBOARD: M$Ms Razzberry. CANTON / in / food
PEPPERMINT PIE: Peppermint pie will bring out the kid in all your guests. CANTON / in / food
WITH: pic and recipe
HOLIDAY COOKING GUIDE: Happy baking. CANTON / in / food
WITH: 10 tips for best baking, pic, recipes
'BOURNE' AGAIN DVD: 'Ultimatum' DVD comes locked and loaded with extras, bonus features - Get another dose of Matt Damon, People magazine's newly crowned Sexiest Man Alive, in the third installment in the Bourne franchise - "The Bourne Ultimatum." The DVD goes on sale Tuesday.
Ledger, Barbuto, 15 inches, on wire now
With photos
'FLY FIT' BOOK helps travelers rise above health woes - Deep vein thrombosus strikes 2 million Americans a year, usually as the result of sitting for long periods of time like during lengthy airplane flights. DVT is the presence of a vascular blood clot, often in the legs, which can block circulation and dislodge into the brain, lungs, or heart, causing severe damage or death.
Ledger, McKee, 22 inches, on wire now
With photo to come
Opinions
GRANLUND CARTOON: Federal home heating assistance. METROWEST / in / cartoons
PETER COSTA: What's that sound, everybody look what's going down - In Dilbert cube land, I can hear the breathing of the four colleagues who sit around me better than a pulmonary specialist can with a stethoscope. CNC, on wire now
IRAN INTELL EDITORIAL: In a stunning reversal, America's intelligence apparatus now states 'with high confidence' that Iran 'halted' its development of a nuclear weapons program in 2003. Weren't we on the verge of World War III not but two months ago? EDITORIAL/PEORIA/Illinois Opinions and GHNS Opinions
BLIND AMBITION EDITORIAL: Could Hillary Clinton be serious about her primary challenger Barack Obama being too ambitious for the White House? EDITORIAL/PEORIA/Illinois Opinions and GHNS Opinions
GLOBAL WARMING: Al Gore got his Nobel Peace Prize in Norway on Monday and all we got was an ice storm. EDITORIAL/SPRINGFIELD/Illinois Opinions and GHNS Opinions/posted.
TOO DEPENDENT: Ever since 9/11, we have become aware - perhaps grudgingly - that America's addiction to foreign oil has in many cases helped keep corrupt governments in power and has fostered anti-American anger among impoverished populations in those nations. EDITORIAL/SPRINGFIELD/Illinois Opinions and GHNS Opinions/posted.
BRITT: Toon on Mike Huckabee's version of America. CARTOON/ CHRIS BRITT/ SPRINGFIELD/Illinois Opinions and GHNS Cartoons.
BRITT: Funny look at the Midwestern ice storms. CARTOON/CHRIS BRITT/ SPRINGFIELD /Illinois Opinions and GHNS Cartoons.
Sports
CAREER MOVE: Defensive tackle Mike Ware gave up a starting spot in Division III football to walk-on at Illinois. The senior was named the most improved player and will play in the Rose Bowl in a dream-come-true end to his career. SUPINIE. Champaign. Illinois sports and Big Ten. Moving this evening.
News
ICE STORM: Stories from GateHouse papers in Illinois and Missouri, as those states cope with the ice storm sweaping through the Midwest. HOMEPAGE
WITH: pics, video and tips
ACLU REPORT ON RACISM: Racism 'swept under the rug' - The United States is doing little to comply with an international agreement to end racial discrimination and has downplayed widespread racism, charged an American Civil Liberties Union report released Monday.
MetroWest, Parietti, 18 inches, on wire now
FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF DISCUSSES HIS ASPIRATIONS: - While he has no immediate plans to run for political office, former White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. says he hasn't ruled anything out. Enterprise, Papadopoulos, 18 inches, on wire now
With photos and video
Coming Tomorrow (Thursday is Home & Garden)
PROTECTING YOUR PLANTS: Most people's gardens are under a nice, insulating blanket of snow right now. But Jana Lamboy, assistant professor of horticulture at Finger Lakes Community College, told an audience Wednesday night that it's never too early to think about strategies for protecting their precious flowers, vegetables and trees from being nibbled or otherwise damaged by deer. MESSENGER POST / in / home & garden
ART: pic
HOME HELP: Weekly home rail.