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Heisman, BCS on line when Sooners meet Red Raiders - CBS Sportsline


NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -Sam Bradford has all the impressive numbers that go along with a Heisman Trophy campaign: a few dozen touchdown passes, an impeccable quarterback rating and right around two miles worth of passing yards. Graham Harrell has all ...


21 Nov 2008

On Native Ground - American Reporter


DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- Last week's presidential debate was supposed to cover foreign policy issues, but the ongoing market meltdown was too big to ignore. Just the same, when the debate turned to global matters, John McCain and Barack Obama responses ...


21 Nov 2008

Teen who lost feet on Ky. ride settles lawsuit - Salon


Nov 21st, 2008 | LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Kentucky amusement park says it has reached a settlement with the family of a Louisville teen whose feet were severed after an accident on a ride last year. Kaitlyn Lasitter was 13 when a cable broke as she was ...


21 Nov 2008

Researchers have found water ice glaciers on the Red Planet of Mars - DailyTech


Scientists used radar probes aboard the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to help discover low, wide glaciers about half a mile thick can be found under layers of rocky debris on Mars. This discovery is the biggest find of water away from the planet's ...


21 Nov 2008

NYT: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton - The Washington Independent.com


Peter Baker of the New York Times — once my next-door neighbor in Adams-Morgan! — quotes “two confidants” of Hillary Rodham Clinton saying she’s going to accept Barack Obama’s offer to become secretary of state. “She’s ready,” the ...


21 Nov 2008

Dave on Demand: The television week of review - Modesto Bee


By any measure, CBS' "NCIS" is a trouper: a show whose ratings continue to rise over time, a show that you can put on against the toughest competition - "Dancing With the Stars," "American Idol" - and it will still perform reliably. It's particularly ...


21 Nov 2008

Stocks surge higher on word Geithner will head Treasury (MarketWatch via Yahoo! Finance)


YAHOO - Stocks surge higher on word Geithner will head Treasury (MarketWatch via Yahoo! Finance)U.S. stocks rally on report President-elect Barack Obama would nominate Timothy Geithner to be the nation's Treasury secretary.


21 Nov 2008

Stocks Rally On Report Geithner Will Be Tapped For Treasury (Fox News)


YAHOO - Stocks Rally On Report Geithner Will Be Tapped For Treasury (Fox News)Stocks Rally On Report Geithner Will Be Tapped For Treasury


21 Nov 2008

Oil Futures End Slightly Higher, But Drop 13% On The Week (Fox News)


YAHOO - Oil Futures End Slightly Higher, But Drop 13% On The Week (Fox News)Oil Futures End Slightly Higher, But Drop 13% On The Week


21 Nov 2008

Talks on Clinton as secretary of state 'on track' (AP via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - Talks on Clinton as secretary of state A spokesman for Hillary Rodham Clinton says the New York senator is still in discussion over whether to accept the secretary of state's job, though the talks are "very much on track."


21 Nov 2008

U.S. Stocks Rally on Expectations Geithner to Head Treasury (Bloomberg)


YAHOO - U.S. Stocks Rally on Expectations Geithner to Head Treasury (Bloomberg)Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks rose and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rebounded from an 11-year low on expectations President-elect Barack Obama will nominate New York Federal Reserve Bank chief Timothy Geithner to head the Treasury.


21 Nov 2008

US teen who lost feet on ride settles lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - US teen who lost feet on ride settles lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! News)A U.S. amusement park has reached a settlement with the family of a Louisville teen whose feet were severed after an accident on a ride last year.


21 Nov 2008

Talking Points Memo | Good News on Mukasey


Good News on Mukasey. 11.21.08 -- 11:21AM. By Josh Marshall. The initial reports of Attorney General Mukasey's collapse last night sounded very grim. But his friends and family must now be breathing a deep sigh of relief. ...


21 Nov 2008

Democracy Now! | South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the ...


South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is one of the leading voices for peace, justice and human rights around the world. He was a central figure in the South African struggle against apartheid and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in ...


21 Nov 2008

Somebody's Wrong on Citi : CJR:


The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times both have scoops this morning on what Citi is planning to do about its plunging fortunes. Problem is, their scoops are diametrically opposed—one paper’s got to be wrong here. ...


21 Nov 2008

NASA discovers massive buried glaciers on Mars


One glacier is three times the size of the city of Los Angeles and up to a half-mile thick, NASA said.


21 Nov 2008

Political Radar: The Note: Obama Waits on Change for January


President-elect Barack Obama will not move for months, and perhaps not until 2010, to ask Congress to end the military's decades-old ban on open homosexuals in the ranks, two people who have advised the Obama transition team on this ...


21 Nov 2008

Is a Sale on Citigroups Mind? - Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture ...


DealBook is a financial news service reporting on mergers, acquisitions, venture capital and hedge funds and is produced by The New York Times.


21 Nov 2008