What's Going On: On-going events (San Francisco Bay View) Speak up for a child in foster care. SF's foster children need your help. Be a Court Appointed Special Advocate. Men and people of color are especially needed. Training provided. Call for upcoming orientations dates and locations, 415-398-8001. Info at www.sfcasa.org....more...United Way of Chittenden County Volunteer Center: Wish Lists (The Burlington Free Press) How you can help...more... Shopping timeline: Around the area in 20 hours (The Palm Beach Post) Palm Beach Post reporters - Pat Beall, Alexandra Clough, Phil Galewitz, Jeff Ostrowski, Linda Rawls, Susan Salisbury, Stacey Singer and Kristi E. Swartz - fanned out around the area to check the pulse of the shopping public this holiday season. We started early Thanksgiving morning and didn't wrap up until early evening on Black Friday. Here's what was happening at retail hotspots around the area....more... AREA BRIEFS (Dallas Morning News) The Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 2494 in Irving will participate in welcoming activities for State Auxiliary President Linda Henry of Odessa to District 3, who will visit Dallas next weekend. The visit will start on Nov. 30 with a fundraiser for Cancer Aid and Research at Post 4477 in Grand Prairie....more... Black Friday Shopping timeline: Around the area in 20 hours (The Palm Beach Post) 8:40 p.m.: The line outside Circuit City in on Okeechobee Boulevard has more than two dozen people waiting....more... Must-have gadgets for the discerning geek (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News) It's that time of year when even adults' thoughts turn to toys. For IT pros and technology lovers, that means gadgets and cool apps. Chances are that you've got an Apple iPhone or iPod Touch on your list, if not already in your pocket. And a high-def TiVo, Apple MacBook Pro with Leopard and Parallels Desktop are all old news to you....more... Look, CNN and FOXNEWS Forbid Americans to Know (Indymedia Chiapas) Look, CNN and FOXNEWS forbid Americans to know, families are threatened with arrest for not agreeing to cause neurological damage to their children. Will YOU make same demands by refusing US to discuss these matters openly?, or will you side to remain silent while my America dies undefended?...more... Thanks for the memories (The Columbus Dispatch) Like the holiday itself, many Thanksgiving celebrations are rooted in tradition. Which is precisely why The Dispatch recently asked central Ohioans to share the customs that help define their annual gatherings. ...more... Every School Every Thursday -- Des Moines West (The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index) There is no school on Friday due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Classes will resume on Monday. Nothing submitted....more... |