THE LATEST NOOSE: Rope from Ill. hanging is at center of lawsuit St. Louis Post-Dispatch
BENTON, Ill. (AP) -- Folks in this southern Illinois town still cling to the legend of Charlie Birger, the bootlegging gangster who moments before meeting his maker on the gallows flippantly remarked how lovely the world was.
Accent pieces make all the difference with a glittery holiday decor Home News Tribune
If you can't help but be seduced by the magic of the season, no doubt you've given some thought to holiday decorating.
The gift of fruit The News-Press
Here's a gift for the party-thrower that isn't tired like fruitcake, candy or flowers, and it's fresh, so you'll never be accused of "regifting.
Desperate Housewives with guns Stuff
UKTV's new sitcom, Suburban Shootout, which began last night, is Desperate Housewives hybridised with The Sopranos – with a few bits of Tupperware thrown in to help with the cleaning afterwards.
Share the Season: Troubled family asks for assistance The Wichita Eagle
Share the Season is an annual campaign to raise money for people facing adversity. The people are not being named to protect their privacy.
Seasonal accents The Cincinnati Enquirer
Small decorating touches can give your home a holiday look and feel
Gerhardt: Out on a ledge to save falcons Rocky Mountain News
They called it the "rock," and it sat on the ledge 1,000 feet above the valley floor.
Deck the walls, but skip the holly Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
If you can't help but be seduced by the magic of the season, no doubt you've given some thought to holiday
Bust nets $1 million in meth Anchorage Daily News
Federal and local agents stormed a West Anchorage apartment recently and seized 11 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and arrested a man in what investigators are calling the largest seizure of the drug in Alaska.
Heels tune up for Vols with rout The State
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Camille Little scored 16 points and No. 2 North Carolina got all the scoring it needed in the first half Thursday night in a 103-48 rout of UNC Greensboro.

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