What about us? (Nanaimo Daily News)
What about the forest industry?

Send us your shopping experiences (Courier-Post)
A C-P reader just tipped us off about a crowd of gatherers outside of the Verizon Wireless store in a Route 73 shopping center in Mount Laurel. She said about 40 people had been waiting in line for approximately an hour for the store to open at 8 a.m.

Use of nuclear weapons more likely in future: US intelligence (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The use of nuclear weapons will grow increasingly likely by 2025, according to a bleak US intelligence report that warns that US global dominance is likely to weaken over the next two decades.

US Congress warned of Chinese cyber, space threats (AFP via Yahoo! News)
China has developed a sophisticated cyber warfare program and stepped up its capacity to penetrate US computer networks to extract sensitive information, a US congressional panel warned.

US airstrikes put Pakistan's leaders on defensive (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
This week's suspected US airstrike deep in Pakistani territory – part of an unpopular but escalating campaign – has put the new government here on increasingly wobbly footing.

US Global Trends report: Key points (BBC News)
A US intelligence report on global trends, prepared ahead of President-elect Barack Obama taking office, outlines various scenarios as the world heads towards 2025.

Use of nuclear weapons more likely in future: US intelligence (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The use of nuclear weapons will grow increasingly likely by 2025, US intelligence warned Thursday in a report on global trends that forecasts a tense, unstable world shadowed by war.

US Women's Cycling Development Program diary (Cyclingnews)
The US Women's Cycling Development program was founded by former pro rider, Michael Engleman, as a way to help promising young women cyclists reach their full potential as athletes. The USWCDP networks current and former women pro riders with up and coming athletes through mentoring and coaching.

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to suspend US home foreclosures (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The two US mortgage finance giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, said on Thursday they halt home foreclosures until early January as they modify loans to help keep owners in their homes.

Rice, Kadhafi's son discuss US-Libya ties, human rights (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam discussed ways to improve US-Libyan ties and US human rights concerns, Rice told reporters Thursday.