Tagliabue tours flood-ravaged New Orleans 
Fox Sports - Dec 05 1:31 PM
NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue toured flood-ravaged areas of New Orleans on Monday, as well as the hurricane-damaged Louisiana Superdome and the New Orleans Saints’ practice facility to help determine whether the Saints will play and practice here next season. Tagliabue had breakfast with local civic and business leaders before his tour of eastern New Orleans, the lower Ninth Ward and the Save to My Web

Big & Rich 
San Jose Mercury News - Dec 04 10:02 PM
julie jacobson — associated press CARRIE UNDERWOOD “Some Hearts'’ Arista 1/2 Big, throbbing voices and show-stopping climaxes inevitably prevail on “American Idol,'’ and Underwood, a winner this year, brings them to country on this debut album.Save to My Web

No Race In The Mountains 
CBS News - Dec 05 7:38 AM
Asheville, N.C. may elect its first-ever black mayor Tuesday. But voter turnout is more of an issue than skin color in the fast-growing city nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains.Save to My Web

Woman Is Determined to Overcome a String of Bad Luck 
New York Times - Dec 04 8:32 PM
Over the last year, Hillary Thorogood’s hard luck appears to have bottomed out, but it is easy to see why she continues to look over her shoulder.Save to My Web

‘Housewife’ Huffman bends genders in ‘Transamerica’ 
Reuters.co.uk - Dec 05 5:43 AM
Ask Felicity Huffman, star of hit television show “Desperate Housewives,” who breaks out of her acting mold to play a transgender character in low-budget comedy movie “Transamerica” debuting this month.Save to My Web