For President, Newt Gingrich  —  This newspaper endorses Newt Gingrich in the New Hampshire Presidential Primary.  —  America is at a crucial crossroads.  It is not going to be enough to merely replace Barack Obama next year.  We are in critical need of the innovative …

Kimberly Webb Joyner, 1970 to 2011  —  My wife, Kimberly Webb Joyner, died this morning in her sleep from unknown causes.  She was 41.  —  She leaves behind two little girls she loved more than anything, Katie, who turns 3 on New Year's Eve, and Ellie, who was born June 21.

Help Wanted: In Unexpected Twist, Some Skilled Jobs Go Begging  —  DENVER—Ferrie Bailey's job should be easy: hiring workers amid the worst stretch of unemployment since the Depression.  —  A recruiter for Union Pacific Corp., she has openings to fill, the kind that sometimes seem to have all but vanished …

IMF readying ‘?  600 bn rescue plan’ for Italy  —  ROME — The IMF could bail out Italy with up to 600 billion euros ($794 billion), an Italian newspaper reported on Sunday, as Prime Minister Mario Monti came under pressure to speed up anti-crisis measures.

Powell: Tea Party presidential candidate can't win in 2012  —  Former Bush administration Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday dismissed chances for a Tea Party candidate to win the presidential election, criticizing the hard-line stance taken by the majority of the grassroots movement …

Obama's toughest critic: Obama  —  President Barack Obama has plenty of critics — Republicans, liberals, the media — but the person hardest on the president, his administration and the Democratic Party is, at times, Barack Obama.  —  Obama has admitted that he's “screwed up,” is “frustrated” …

Cain: Confusion has led to drop in support  —  (CNN) - Herman Cain ascribed his recent drop in the polls to false sexual harassment allegations and voter confusion about his positions on abortion and foreign policy, saying Sunday that some of his remarks over the past month had been taken out of context.

Muslim medical students boycotting lectures on evolution... because it ‘clashes with the Koran’  —  Muslim students, including trainee doctors on one of Britain's leading medical courses, are walking out of lectures on evolution claiming it conflicts with creationist ideas established in the Koran.

Craven Political Crudités  —  BARACK OBAMA hates Thanksgiving and all that it represents.  —  Don't believe me?  Then consider his own words.  On Wednesday, previewing our annual overconsumption of fowl, the president said, “Tomorrow is one of the worst days of the year to be American.”

Arab League Approves Sanctions Against Syria  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Arab League approved tough economic sanctions against Syria on Sunday because of its violent crackdown against antigovernment protesters, an unprecedented step against an Arab country.  —  The sanctions …

BBC sought advice from global warming scientists on economy, drama, music... and even game shows  —  Britain's leading green activist research centre spent £15,000 on seminars for top BBC executives in an apparent bid to block climate change sceptics from the airwaves, a vast new cache of leaked ‘Climategate’ emails has revealed.

President as Piñata  —  A YEAR before President Obama faces re-election, take a look at what has happened to other Western leaders confronting voters in this economic vortex.  —  Spain's Socialist government was defeated in a crushing landslide vote a week ago, leaving the party …