Obama Needs Stitches After Being Hurt During Basketball Game  —  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama needed 12 stitches in his upper lip after taking an errant elbow during a pickup basketball game Friday morning with family and friends visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday, the White House said.

President Obama injured  —  By: CNN Senior White House Correspondent Ed Henry, CNN White House Unit  —  Washington (CNN) - Apparently no good deed goes unpunished for President Barack Obama, who was trying to make sure he didn't get a flabby belly after Thanksgiving but wound up with a fat lower lip instead.

Feds Arrest Somali-Born Teen in Car Bomb Plot  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — A Somali-born teenager plotted to carry out a car bomb attack at a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony in downtown Portland on Friday, but the bomb turned out to be a dud supplied by undercover agents as part of a sting, federal prosecutors said.

Homeland Security seizes domain names  —  The investigative arm of the Homeland Security Department appears to be shutting down websites that facilitate copyright infringement.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has seized dozens of domain names over the past few days, according to TorrentFreak.

Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000-Word E-Mail  —  WASHINGTON—Having admittedly “reached the end of [his] rope,” President Barack Obama sent a rambling 75,000-word e-mail to the entire nation Wednesday, revealing deep frustrations with America's political culture, his presidency, U.S. citizens, and himself.